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¢ departments. /The committee had previously voted not to table the| * Hammer resolution, preferring to | WEATHER. Generally row: at 4 p.m. am. tod: Full report on page 7. | fair tonight and tomor- little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty- ended at 2 p. m.. today: Highest, 83, yesterday; lowest, 60, at 6 four hours l Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 = = - oQ = Entered as second-class matter No. 28514, [Ciehnce Washington, D: G, @ WASHINGTON, COMMITTEE KILLS HAMMER DISTRICT DAYLIGHT PLAN Popular Vote Conducted by| Evening Star Sways Opin- ion in Congress. PROTEST PRESENTED BY NORTHEAST BODY Actien of Representative Denies ¢ Commissioners Right to Change Time. The House District committee Voted today to kill the Hammer re olution, which would have authorized the District Commissioners to issue | regulations making the entire Dis- | trict conform with the daylight-sav- ing program enforced in the federal! detinitely dispose of it. R, tive Hammer, author of t said that personally he tion, is op- posed to daylight saving and that he ! be the people of the District, by a big majority, are opposed to it. Representative Stuart Reed of Wes Virginia, acting chairman, resentative Millspangh « both called attention to the Yote which The Star i the daylight-saving que the committee that very will be shown how the people really | fecl on this proposition | eves Blanton for Late Hour. Blanton of Texas t the best way to han- would be for Con- legislation directing | the school author- | Representative suggested dle the qu Er to 1he Comm tion pass ioner; ities and the federal officials not to open the schools or places of work before 9 o'clock epresentative Blanton also went on record as op- yosed to the plan now under con - eration by the cabinet and by e members of Congress to use the lier opening hour as a we «ll government establishments on eight-hour day He id he favor an eight-hour day. but by straight- forward legislation r than by subterfuge Evan H. Tuck representing the | M North t Washington €itizens’ As-! gociation, appeared in opposition to the daylight saving resolution and said he was authorized by that as ciation to write to the President in yrot against the daylight saving Representative Keller of Minnesota | guestioned by what authority the | schools were opened an hour earlier. | Asked as to Referendum. | Representative Millspaugh question- | ed whether there was really a refer- | endum vote in the government de- | partments in favor of davlight sa ing. Mr. Tucker said that he felt sure | “It was not a fair vote.” The House District committee today passed a resolution directing the chairman of the committe or the representative of the commitice in ation on next District the Fitzgerald wor tion bill the special | charge of leg day to make man’s compen order of busin When the Hou D met a peculiar occurred. Representative W of Pennsyl- vania was elected porary man and objections re reg by Representatives Blanton of and Gilbert of Kentucky tha meeting was r. Representa- | tive Walters overruled these objec- | tions on the ground that thi sthe for a District committee mecting. The point of no quorum was | raised. and when a quorum appeared Representative Walter, lled Repre- sentative Zihlman of Maryland to| preside, so that duting the committee session today three chair- -n—Walters, Zinlman and F FLOGDSFCOUPONS HTDAIGHTPLAN Star Poll Shows Citizens | Overwhelmingly Against Present System. Register Your Opinion | About Daylight-Saving | | | mesister your opimion om DAYLIGHT - SAVING TODAY on the coupon printed on Page | 2 of today's ixsuc of The star and wend It immediately to the | Daylight-saving | itor, it you have not already dome mo. Prompt voting will ald In de- termining the local public opinion on the matter, to the end that a movement may be started to get what the major- 1ty of the people here want. Large business houses of the city, end the department stores in par-| ticular, have returned to standard time. Practically all of them gave the | iocal brand of daylight saving a trial | all last week, but found that for them | it did not work. The reason given | today was the same in ‘every case, |federal officers, and her crew under arrest here today as a result of her| out early in the morning and at 5|capture in the gulf, off Clearwater, | that is, that the people did not come | o'clock, the closing hour under the daylight-saving plan, the stores werel crowded. Widespread interest is being taken | in the movement of The Star to de- termine, by voting, the sentiment of the people of Washington for day- light saving. Hundreds of coupons taken from The Star were received today. Tabulation of the coupons received today shows that 1,329 persons are ezainst the present brand of daylight £aving, while only 112 voted for the present plan. The number of those who #re against the present plan but want guvlight saving by setting the clocks {Continued on Fage 2, Column 3.) | could be accompl |ot | reached an agreement { which_will water. - 116-YEAR HEAT RECORD IS BROKEN IN PARIS; ALPINE GLACIERS MELT By the Assoeinted Press. PARIS, May 24.—Paris today ex- perienced the hottest May day in 116 years, the thermometer hitting 94 1-10 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade at 3:45 this after- noon. This cit one of many o'clock w European capitals to experience a similar heat wave that began .sweeping western Europe five days ago. The heat here generated a pecu- larly stifling haze, although the sky ‘was blue throughout France The weather bureau predicts ¢ tinued heat, with possibly an e higher temperature tomorrow. The usu were thinly peopled at n today and there were noticeably few women on the boulevards The cafes and beer gardens, however, did a land- office busines n Iy crowded stree t m VA, 3 24. — The heat wave in the Alps region has broken a ninety-vear record for the month of N . the thermom- eter at a number of points toda; istering degrees hrenheit. now and glaciers re melting rapidly and the Rhine and Khone rivers are rising. An avalanche by the heat destroyed an club- house, it was report on the summit of Mount Ferszinkogel, T.000 feet above level B CERRANLOAN URGED BY BANKERS Morgan Has Seat of Honor at Paris Meeting of World Financiers. By the Associated P PAR A {.—Leading bankers from many nations, with J. P. Mor- i as the A rican representative, today to idiscuss finan- the settlement of the situati with a loan to as the al uropéan 1 essa consider on ret measures ne Informal the discussions preliminary among to the ine ated that a loan to Germany ! must f derable magnitude to bring al settlement and sure that a fresh erisis will not spring up within a few months. The fizures mentioned ranged from 3300.000,000 to $2.000.000.000, the latter apparently meeting with the | most favor. Such a loan, however. d be contingent, it under- »d. upon a de e revision down- in the cash reparation pay- ments demanded from Germany. Given Seat of Honor. Mr. Morgan was given the seat of honor at the right of Chairman Dela- | croix when the meeting of the com mittee opened. Al the member. were present except M. Sekiba, who had been added to the committee for Japan. George Whitney of Paris was the only other American present be sides Mr. Morgan when the delibera- ions were begun with M. Delacroix’s request 1v Bergmann, the German ntative, outline the view of his government as to what ed should a loan be granted Departure of a French mi confer with the n inter: debt-fun » in Washi ha itely pos the moment P. Mor- the fruitfully T avs the Petit other hand, it is de- a bill as it stands ves no opening for useful discus- . as it notably precludes the debtor states from turning over their claims on_other governments in set- tlement of :ir owl® debts. Deliberations Private. It was announced that the deiibera- tions would be confidential, so that the members might express and ex- change their view terruptions arising from publicity. the end of each day's sitting a communique will be issued. but other- wise no infor n regarding the consultations will be furnished the public. g James A. Salter of the British dele- gation to the reparations commission was appointed secretaty of the con- feren ALLIED FORCES TO QUIT SILESIA LAST OF JULY Recent Agreement of Poles and Germans Held to Remove Need of Militia. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 24 —The allied military | occupation of Upper Silesia is likely to end the last of July, according to the report of the allied commission for the district, which was considered today by the council of ambassadors here. Fourteen the of allies forces are still in Upper Silesia. thousand men these 11,000 are French, 1,500 British and the remainder Italian. The Germans and the Poles recently covering ad- justments in the district, and the ioners forecast a situation permit complete with- drawal of the military within sixty days. RUM SHIP CAPTURED commis AFTER 9-MILE CHASE | TAMPA. Fla, May 24.—The nine- teen-ton motor launch Saramack of | custody of | Pensacola was in the late yesterday by the coast guard cutter Arrow. Three hundred cases of Irish whisky, English gin and French champagne, the total valued |at $21,600 at prevailing bootleg quota- tions, were found aboard. The Arrow overtook the Saramack atter a stern chase of nine miles, the rum runner heading toward the open sea with her motor turning at full speed and assisted by sails, The crew consisted of Capt. J. W. Hamilton, William Brown, engineer; D. C. Corona, a Mexican, and_Lewis Campo, a negro. Brown jumped | overboard and swam ashore ‘as the captured vessel came up the Hillse boro river here, but was caught.by an officer as he -emerged from the £ meet- | freely without in-; CRISIS N IRELAND . ALARMS BRITISH CABINETLEADERS {Will Confer With Envoys | From Dublin on Treaty To- morrow Night. {FEAR FOR PRESERVING OF ANGLO-IRISH PACT Belfast Outrages Continue as | Ulsterites Press War on [ Sinn Feiners. By the Associated Pre | LONDON, Ma Representatives {of the Irish provisional government | are coming to London Thursday night | for a conference with representatives of the British cabinet concerning the |agreement reached last Saturday be- tween the two Irish political factions. This announcement was made this| {afternoon in the house of common | by Austen Chamberlain, the govern- ment leader. ! i Much Alarm in London. ! LONDON, Ma —The latest de- | | velopments in Ireland are regarded | here as having added to the serious- {ness of the situation and conside | ble anxiety is manifest as to the out- | come, The pact between Michael | Collins and Eamonn De Valera, which | | was viewea with ‘ from the s avowed uncompromising jtility to the Anglo-Irish treaty and i the proposed constitution, is now re- | garded "with increased fuspicion in e of Collins’ address be- | £ Ard Fheis In his address Mr said: | “If, as has been said, this agreement limperils the Anglo-irish treaty, we | will have to face that in this manner. ! We have made an t which | will bring stable to the i country, and if the stable condi- | tions are not more valuable than T lother ‘agreement, then we must face | what “these Stable conditions will to face.” enable us 1‘ Demand for Republic Seen. | This is generally interpreted here as deflance of Great Britain, and the | Times' Dublin correspondent says: he statement is grave that | | s0 | hasty comment upon it would be im- | | proper.” { The Dublin correspondent of the Dally Telegraph predicts that “Great Britain will be confronted at the rliest possible moment with a de- | | mand from the whole forces of the | dail eireann for acknowledgment | | of Ireland as an independent repub- | |lic, owing to allegiance to the em- pire, and embracing not only the twenty-six counties, but the whole of Ireland.” | i He adds “The treaty from today is of little value. Coilins in his | speech tore it to fragments and de- | | clared himself prepared to face the | Morning Post's correspondent i the statement means that “if | | t Britain objccts to the pact on | | the ground that it violates the treaty | then Great Britain can go to devil and take the treaty with it | New Pact Endangers Treaty. | The PBritish cabinet, according to ! some of the morning newspape ! regards the situation as very seri-| |ous, and its committée on Ireland | | met last night to discuss the posi- | tion, with Prime Minister Lloyd | George presidin | The members of the committee still | | hoped, says the Daily Mail, that the | past would prove to be within the terms of the treaty. but it was de- | cided that, while every effort at ac- commodation should be made, the | real issues could not be shirked and | {the government must face the pos- | ibilities frankly and let Collins and | { his associates realize that the gov-| ernment cannot go bevond a certain | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) GEN. WOOD ESCAPES - PERIL OF TYPHOON ;Yacht in Cruising Safe at Island | : Near Mindora. Which He Was! By the Associated Press. | MANILA, P. L. May 24.—Leonard | { Wood, governor general of the Phil- | ! ippines. is safe after being missing | | thirty-six hours in the yacht Apo, | following a typhoon, according to | word received here early today. | The yacht was reported to have | taken refuge at an island near Min- | dora, where the governor, accom- | panied by his wife and daughter, had | gone Saturday on an inspection trip. | Since the typhoon keen anxiety hau been felt for the safety of Gen. Wood | |and his family. The Apo is a small | | yacht, and vessels generally in the | vicinity of the island /of Mindoro were driven helplessly before the | storm. For two days efforts to reach the Apo were unavalling. The island behind which the Apo found haven is named Ilin. Gen, Wood is expected to reach Manila to- morrow. Today’s News in Brief. | Latest crisis in Ireland causes great Alarm in London. Page 1 Six G. O. P, candidates in Towa seek | nomination to U. S. Senate. Page. 1 I C. C. orders 10 per cent cut in| freight rates all over country. Page 1 Star will begin In Sunday editian brinting weekly invisible color book for children. Page 3 Daugherty issues reply to Caraway. .Page 3§ Senate committee approves Army of 133,000. Page 3 Committee reports pro; m for Music week ready for Sunday opening. 4 Page 3 California’s alien land law upheld. Page 4 Georgetown University Cadets award- ed special prizes. Page 12 Prizes awarded in Bible contest. Pagels HOTFIGHT IN IOWA IR { the nomination shall | vention, | promise, on account of his edged wide popularity in the state. { reduction in freight rates. He was re- ! for the railroads,” or “voted for the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C.,” WEDNESDAY, ¢ Foening Star. MAY 24, 1922—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. FIRST OVER SENATORSHP Col. Brookhart Leads Field of Six for Nomination—Sen- ator Rawson Spurns. Towa is the battle ground of a con- test for the republican senatorial nomination, which is attracting In- terest among politicians, and which ill reach a climax in the primarfes to be held Monday, June 5. An odd 5. feature of the situation is the possi- bility that a man who is not an as- pirant for the nomination, may in the end have it given to him. This is the way it may come about: Senator Rawson, republican incum- bent, who was.appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by Senator Ken- von's appointment to the bench, de-} clined to run for renomination im the field of six candidates. The lowa law | provides that in case the high man ¥n the balloting does not poli 35 per cent of the vote cast in the primari be made by state convention. With six candidates| it is regarded as possible that the! vote may be so scattered as to turn the selection over to the State con- in which event some lowa think Senator Rawson sttled upon as the acknowl- { i politicians might be Col. Brookhart in Lead. The man regarded as leading in the campaign is Col. Smith W. Brookhart, who two years ago gave Senator| Cummings such a tight race and| close finish. He is running on a ulal»} form particularly pleasing in Iowa— stringent regulation of railways and indorsed by the farmer-rail- way labor-independent movement launched in Chicago last February under the title of “the conference for progressive political action.” Xt to him is Clifford Thorne, well known as an interstate commerce lawyer in contests against the rail- | roads, and who xpected to share a portion of the same vote counted upon by C cently 1. Brookhart. Former Rep- e E. Pickett and Repre- resentativ k sentative are in_the fight for | ihe nomination, also State Senator | Leslie Francis and Col. Clayde Stanley. Democrats Have No Contest. The democratic nomination is ex- pected to go without contest to Clyde Herring, a prominent business man of Des Moines. Gov. Kendall, repub- lican, will be renominated and his re- election is virtually conceded, as the state is overwhelmingly republican. is thought that the entire dele- ga‘tlion in the House, all republicans, &1l be renominated, no serious op- position_having developed to any of Dhem. The bonus question is not fig- uring in the primary contest to any extent thus far. New Faction The “Conference for Progressive Po- litical Action,” the title of the farmer- labor-railway, socialist political com- bination organized at Chicago last Feb- cuary, which had its national headquar- ters in this city, has entered the con- gressional nomination contest in Iowa. William H. Johnston, chairman of the conference, has sent out a circular letter favoring the candidacy of Smith W. Brookhart for the senatorial nomi- nation, declaring that “he has been strongly indorsed by a number of the executive heads of the railway labor organizations and Is receiving the en- thusiastic support of Iowa labor.’ The letter also ‘tabulates the votes! of Towa representatives in the House on bills which the organization claimed mterest, designating those “who voted for the people” and those “who voted Active. profiteers” or “for the shipowners” or “against the people. Will Help Record of Votes. Jowa voters are advised in the letter “that herewith you will find a record of votes by your state delega- tion in Congress on some of the most vital issues which-have recently come up for a vote.” In the declaration of/the confer- ence at the time of its creation it was asserted, “We hold that the Splendid structure of _the visible ‘American government is sound and Lol adapted to the genius of our Deople, but through the apathy of The people and their division upon faise issues the control of this visible government had been usurped by the ‘invisible government’ of plutocracy and privilege and, administered in ery branch by their creatures and servitors, h me destructive ‘of those sacred, l_‘ to secure which ON | w THE “MOB PROOF JAIL” GOAL OF NECK-ROPED NEGRO WHO ESCAPED LYNCHING By the Associated Press. IRWINTON, Ga, May 23.—Jim Denson. negro, it is believed, has shattered all lynching records by escaping from a mob after a rope had been placed about his neck and today he is reported to be at- tempting to elude a sheriff's posse and reach Macon to take refuge in a “mobproof jail.” Denson, convicted of attacking a white woman. was taken from the Jail here early vesterday morning after a battle between jail at- taches and a mob. He was placed in an automobile, a rope about his PRESIDENTIAL H neck. The automobile soon after- ward crashed into another ma- chine and the occupants were thrown out. Denson is said to have recovered and made a hasty exit from the scene. Irwin county officers who visited the scene of the automobile ac- cident said they were c nced That Denson escaped. Several farmers in the vicinity reported baving seen him, running bare- headed across country. —_— HOPOFFINFLIGHT T0 CIRCLE WORLD Three Britishers Expect to| Make 30,000 Miles in Ninety Days. BS the Associated Press. CROYDON, England, Ma W. T. Blake and two companions started from the airdrome here at| 3:05 o’clock this afternoon on an at- jtempted 30,000-mile airplane flight around the world. Maj. Blake's associates venture are Capt. and Lieut. Col. L. Brilliant _sunshine, brecze, made the in the ad- orman MacMillan Broome. with a light veather conditions perfect for the take-off. Official tome va ven to the occasion ir William Brancker, of civil aviation. 5 The machine the aviators are using s a D. H. 9, capable of making 115 iles an hour. It has the latest equipment for comfort. and special attention has been paid to the pe- troleum systems. A thorough test has been given the machine and it 1s_taken up again today by pilot MacMillan for the final spin prior to the great flight which is expected to last ninety days. 1 director The start was scheduled for o'clock, the first stop being at Paris. Tomorrow the aviators expect to reach Lyons, France, and thence will fly to Rome and by stages through India, China, Japan, Alaska and the United States, crossing the Atlantic from New Foundland via Greenland and Iceland. Speq Camera Attached. Several hours were spent making last minute changes in the fuselage and equipment. A special camera for aerial work, with a revolving tripod, was attached to the machine at Maj. Blake's request. Col. Broome, the scientific member of the party, who has spent many years in Alaska, the Aleutian Is- lands and the Pacific northwest, said ! the party would explore Iceland and Greenland if time permitted. “I_am the luckiest and proudest (Continusd on Page 2, Column 1 24.—Maj. | by Maj.| IGHWAY. QUIZ COMPLICATES Millionaire’s Story Must Be Cleared of Contradictions, Says Coroner. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 24— Coroner Edward Fitzgerald has p poned the inguest into the death Clarence Peters, described by Walter S. Ward, millionaire baking compan official, as one of a blackmailing trio. killed by him near Kensico reservoir recently. The inquest had been put off until the coroner's investigators can clear up several points in the Ward con- fession with which Mr. Fitzgerald, in the light of late developments, is far { from satisfied. The police have been told by C. W. Eckhardt, owner of an estate border- ing Kings road, where Peters' bady | was discovered by }and Richard Short, that no bullet { wound was found until they had opened the coat and vest which were part of the clothing. Griggs and | Short also told the police that only | the shirt and undershirt showeg evi- " dence that a bullet had pierced them. Traces But One Car. The men also declared that traces of automobile rush north along the road bout 4 o'clock that morning, time set by Ward for the affray with i the blackmailers. Another | cleared up is the lure to find but one empty shell near the body, al- though Ward declares that nine shots | were fired between the time he shot i Peters and exchan shots with the |two other men, and i who fled. | The New Rochelle police have further { complicated matters by ed “Ross" | Peters. shot on the morning of May 16, was in Ward's house the night before |during a card game. They say that Ward went for a ride on the morning »f the 16th, but returned to his house {at 2 o'clock, not at 4, ated by the jauthorities here, who say that they got the 4 o'clock time from Ward. Peters' Gun Not Found. been used by Peters was found when the body was discovered nor is the gun Ward himself used in the hands of the authorities. Last night Ward was asked where he had met Peters, but he declined to answer. He was annoyed by a question: revolver which Peters used?"”" “Don’t try to trap me,” he said. The authorities are said to be doing everything in their power to locate the missing “Ross” and “Jack,” but so far as can be learned no description of the men or general alarm has been sent out. ‘When reporters asked Ward to be al- lowed to see the coupe he said he used on the death drive and which had a glass shattered by the bullet from Peters’ gun, he refused. The request followed the discovery that no one who found the body saw any glass in the road. such as would inevitably follow the fight described by Ward. HUNT FAKE I‘IIEMBL'ZH OF CONGRESS TRYING TO SELL AUTOS AT $50 EACH A spurious “member of Con- gress” who offered to sell postal employes government automo- biles for $50 each, provided they would keep silent about it, was being sought today by postal in- spectors and the police. Several thousand letters signed by “James D. Bailey, member of the post office and post roads committee of the House,” were sent out, 1t i8 declared, the letters con- taining the offer. Inquiries from constituents to members of Con- gress here led to the investigation. It was revealed that the name “James D. Balley” does not ap- pear in the list of members of the H The stationery used by the promoters of the scheme was the same as officlally used by members of the House, it is un- derstood.\ A_suspect, registered as E. Van at 121 Maryland avenue northeast, had left the city overnight, it de- veloped. It was stated there that only two letters had reached during his two weeks' residence there. Several letters torn into small bits were found in the room. Dollar marks were found scrawled on the walls. The letters sent to prospects stated that the government had on its hands a surplus of auto- mobiles from the war, which had been found very efficient for such service as performed on the rural free delivery routes. They stated that the service would probably be improved 100 per eent through the use of these machines, but that there were not enough to go around. The object, then, was to supply the rural free delivery car- riers who most needed the ma- chines with them, and they would be practically without cost, the only charges belng. an advanced allotment of $50 to pay for stor- age to this time. \For the reason that there was an insufficient num- ber to supply all, each recipient of a letter was counseled to keep the matter strictly confidential. Post Office Inspector Barclay said_that premature publication of the plans had probably ham- redadne chance. for w success- 'tp:rc*n-up in’the case, | I William Griggs | only one car were found at the ot, and Short, who lives near. de- | clared that he heard but a gle the ! contra- | diction which officials insist must be “Jack,” | insisting that | Neither the gun said by Ward to have | “Do you know what became of the | _— Member of the Auoclnled‘?m’—” The Associnted Press fs exclusively rhe use for republication of all mews dispatches | credited to it or rot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herciu. All rights of publication of special dispatches hérein are also reserved. titled to | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 89,454 TWO CEXTS. 'FREIGHT RATE CUTS OF ABOUT 10 PER'CENT ORDERED BY I. C. C. of the nation. ! The cut in freight rates w; { i | cut than was generally expected. | | :ommission, in ordering the | s —which are on a horizontal | basis—held that the nation’s rail X are e led to earn 5% per j cent on the value of their property, {rather than the approximate 6 per cent under the transportation act of | 1920. Passenger Charges Unchanged. Transportation charges on passen- ger travel and Pullman charges were left unaffected by today's decision. Agricultural products will not be affected by the reduction granted un- der order today. The reduction of 161z per cent made {in the western hay and grain rates last fall and the voluntary 10 per cent cut made in_all agricultural ! products by railroads January 1 will i be substituted for the decision on | these commoditie £ | The comm n in its decision de- | clared a general reduction in rate |le\'flls “as substantial as the condi- { tion of the carriers will permit will itend * * * to stabilize conditions’ of all business. | { | commission’s Find Rates Impeding Commerce. “Transportation charges have mounted to the point where they are apeding the free flow of commerce, the commission’s decision, which or- dered a far greater reduction of rates than ha anticipated in any quarter, said, and are thus tending to defeat the purpose for which they were established—that of producing revenue which would enable the car- {riers to provide the people of the { Unitea St with adeguate trans- tion. two members of the board, ioners Lewis and Cox, dis- d, holding that the adjustments d have been made in commodity rather than on a horizontal McChord and other accepted this view in a su emental opinion, concurring with the majority. The ordc: of the commission fix- ing the new level of rates defined the percentages of reduction as follows “In the eastern group. also between points in Illinois territory and tween Ilinois territory and the east- ern group, 26 per cent, instead of the d been 40 per cent authorized in the deci- sions last cited (the rate increase of 1920). “In the western group and between the western group and Illinois terri- | ry, 215-10 per cent, instead of the 35 per cent authorized “In the southern and mountain Pa- cific groups, 125-10 per cent, instead of the 25 per cent so authorized | ““On interterritorial traffic. except as otherwise provided herein, 20 per cent, ad of the 331-3 per cent so authorized.” High Basix Called Futile. Commissioner Potter { opinion concurring with | declared centages mentioned, a requirement that present rates and charges shall, generally speaking, be re- duced 10 per cent—certain reductions heretofore made to be treated as part of such 10 per cent reduction.” The majority opinion reviewed the recent history of rate regulation and { set forth summaries of arguments made { by shippers in favor of reductions and carriers against reductions. It ex- pressed the conclusion that “assumption that railroad rates can or should be | stabilized on the present high basis is futile.” in a the separate majority “the per- is in effect that the fixing of ithe public is convinced that there is little likelihood of immediate further material reductions in prices or trans- portation charges, confldence necessary to normal business will to that extent { be_impaired.” Explaining the reason for adopting rates, the commission said that while alterations in_price levels had un | equally affected different commodities,’ ! the needs of commerce cannot be met if rates are to fluctuate with market prices of commodities.” Its conclu- sion was that “reduction should be { made generally upon all commodities in substantially equal ratio. i How Fair Return Was Fixed. i In the matter of reasonable return, ithe commission pointed - out, that {until March 1, 1922, railroads had | been legally entitled to 6 per cent annual earnings on the aggregate value of property used in transporta- tion. The sum was fixed by the trans- portation act as the amount equal to 3% Padaitional to be granted in the discretion of the commission for provisions for improvements and bet- ferments to railroads. The commis- sion exercised this discretion and the reasonable return consequent- 1y has generally been known as “the 6 per cent return.’’ The commission in modifying the fair return standard reviewed testi- mony taken by It in the general rate case and concludéd that “a substan- tlal reduction in .the percéntage of return * be unsettli: in s mizht #itect. Dariiculariy ia lizht of the £ The majoity further said that “until a horizontal method of reducing freight | per cent, with ‘one-half ot 1 ‘per’ I | | ! | deducting the federal corpora Aciion Will Tend to Stabilize All Business, Commissioners . Declare in Decision. REDUCTIONS EFFECTIVE JULY 1: PASSENGER RATES UNCHANGED Railroads Entitled to 53/; Instead of 6 Per Cent, Says Ruling—No Change for Agricultural Products. Reductions in freight rates, averaging about 10 per cent, were ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commission in a de- cision resulting from its inquiry into the general rate structure fixed by the commission at 14 per cent in eastern territory, 134 per cent in western territory and 1274 per cent in the southern and mountain Pacific territories | All reductions ordered are effective July 1 and constitute a greater * BLAGKVAL DEATH that the return allowed in 1920 was oot realized. “We may observe that a fair retu; of 5.75 per cent,” in further explanation, * the commission said * after n income tax on a return of 6 per cent, would be approximatdly the equivalent of a fair re turn of 6 per cent, out which the federal income tax waspayable 1920 Value Accepted. In this connection the commission concluded that its 1 timate of the aggregate value of railway property in the country, which wa: 00,000,000, as made for rate-making purposes could still be accepted. The changes in val- uation made since would be in calculating earnings Chairman McChord, in his dissenting opinion, object-d to the rate of return allowed, and expressed the opinion that it should not exceed 5% per cent, and t in any c: the commission should not set a value at the present tim “In my judgement the genera duction now decree fall short full attainment of the desired end, he added of rates immaterial re- on b should be materially Comments of Commissioners. Commissioner Eastman said that the decision should have been with- 1d to await action by the F Iroad Labo: Board on pending applications SEEK NEW WEGHT AND NEASURELAW Conference at Bureau of Standards Would Use D. C. Law as Model. Th fifteenth d annual measures, ut the bureau dards tod: voted that 1 law on weights and- mes based on the District of Columbia laws, should be drawn up by the committee on leg- islation and presented to the con- ference for approval tomorrow, look- ing teward uniformity in laws among the various states. It was pointed out by several of the dele- gates that in some states commodi- ties were soldy by the pound and in others by the bushel, which caused continual confusion in inters trade It was azreed by the members pres- ent that uniform laws among all the s was the most vital step in the andardization of weights and measures. . Chicago Men Speak. Wiliilam Cluett of Chicago some lengtn on the un ing certain comm confer at n an- a mod such spoke at rness of sell- dities as potatoes and apples by the measure and the frequent “methods used by the smail merchants in_giving:short-weight meus- ures, and told how this practice had been eliminated in Chicigo and the great advan g both to the merchant general public by sale of such commoditi by the por as is now the practice there. Other dele- Zates also scored the use of the dry measure and the difficulties that found in those states where it still in vogue. Secretary Hoover, who was scheduled to talk to the conference this morn- ing, was detained and will speak this afternoon at 2 o'clock instead This evening the delegates will hold dinner at the City Club. Tribute to Louis A. Fischer. A glowing tribute to Louis A. Fisch. er, formerly chief of the divi.on of weights and measures of the * yreau of standards, who died last sumimer, was paid by Dr. Samuel W. Stratton, di- rector of the bureau, at the ¢ ning session_of the conference ves®ruay, Mr. Fischer, until his dGeath, had been secretary of the conference since its formation in 1905, and is given credit for being the leading spirit and whose efforts were highly instru- mental in the successes of the vear- ly conferences and work carried out in them, in standardizing weights and measures in the different stat. Dr. C. W, Waggoner, speaking for the state departments and D. J. Mona- han, speaking for the manufacturers, added a word of eulogy for Mr. Fisch- er, for his enthusiasm, energy and modesty in his work. Following the registration of the delegates, each gave a report on t success in prosecuting short weight unghmeuure cases and telling of various problems in his state. At yesterday afternoon’s session, an inspection and demonstrati aufacturers’ exhibits of we Duasuring devices, wus neld,