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WEATHER. Unsettled, thundershowers tonight or tomorrow; no decided change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four holrs ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 89, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 28,530. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. i WASHINGTON, D. C, e Foen ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Paper and also the local news published hereln, ANl rights of publication of special @ispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,203 TWO CENTS. GONFERENCE ENDS TROUBLE AROUSED - OVER RICCH SPEECH Secretary Hughes Gives En- voy U. S. View of His | Tariff Discussion. IS NOW FULLY ADVISED ON DELICATE QUESTION | Regarded Highly Improbable In- | cident Will Be Revived by Future Utterances. The incident created by the public discussion of tariff questions by Am- bassador Ricel of Italy, which brought criticism on the floor of the Sonate, has been definitely closed, so | far as the American government is | concerned. The ambassador saw Sec- retary Hughes late yesterday in re- lation to the matter and It was | Jearned authoritatively today that the | conference ended the matter. Now Fully Advised. There is no doubt the ambassador 18 now fully advised as to the views of the American government upon the delcate question of partiipation | by the representatives of other gov- ernments in public debate in this country on questions of a domestic | nature pending for settlement in Congress or elsewhere. The American viewpoint on the | Bubject is perfectly clear and holds | that foreign governments are in this| country through the persons of their | diplomatic representatives and that| those represeatatives have no status as private citizens and can speak only for their governments. That being the case, It Is obvious that they cannot debate before Ameri- can audfences questions that are of do-) mestic_concern in the United States, since their government would not con- | sider for a moment taking any official action to participate in such a debate. Channel of Communication. The channel of communication for governmental views on pending legisla- tion of any character in this country held to the State Department, which will transmit such views to the proper legislative body. As a result of the criticism expressed In the Senate of | Ambassador Ricel's action and also of the conversations between Secretary Hughes and the ambassador, which Erew out of that criticism, It is re- zarded as wholly improbable that any | Tuture remarks of the ambassador would be of such a nature as to revive | the incident now closed with complete iriendliness on all sides. MAY MUZZLE U. S. ENVOYS. Effects of Senator Watson’s Crit- icism of Foreign Diplomats Seen. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. It's an ill wind that blows no good —and already enough has Happened to indicate that one of the unex- pected effects of the speech of Sen- ator James Watson. republican, of In- diana criticlzing European diplomats for speechmaking on tre tariff ques-) tion will be to muzzle American dip- omats abroad. For a long time the present admin- istration has been embarrassed by the speechmaking proclivities of some of the American ambassadors. | The notable George Harvey at Lon- don has with difficulty suppressed his desires for expression. Significant, therefore, is the constant emphasis by high officlals of the American gov- ernment that in asking the foreign diplomats to refrain from discussing the tariff and otter domestic ques- tions the United States is merely ask- ing that other governments observe the same rules and instructions as are in effect on this subject in the American code for ambassadors and| ministers. Restriction on Speeches. Careful examination of the prin code reveals the fact . that mi speeches by American diplomatic of- ficers are absoluely forbidden, except on “extraordinary festal occaslons | and the inference is that the Ameri- | can diplomats will even then confine their remarks to comments on the | beauties of nature and the wonderful | opportunity that nations have nowa- days to further the brotherhood of man. It's difficult to lecture an ambassa- dor Itke George Harvey, whose po- litieal influence is multiple and | whose political influence is multiple and whose ability to express himself is attested by a long caréer as a journalist and ‘editor—a master of after-dirner oratory and satire. But it Is important to note that even Senator Watson used in his speech | an illustration based on the hy-| pothesis that Col. Harvey -might make sundry remarks on British in- ternal questions. The truth {s Ameri- can_diplomats in the past have of- fended almost as much as European diplomats here, and what we are wit- nessing In fact §s a return to pre- war normal in diplomatic etiquette. The war period broke down all rules. Ambassadors discussed publicly ques- tions internal and external and with- . out submitting coples of their re-| ASSAILS CONGRESS lasat present instituted, Congress has PRESIDENT EULOGIZES GENIUS OF Pays Glowing Tribute tinental Army as Battle Monument Is Unveiled at Princeton. By the Assoclated Press. ' PRINCETON, N. J., June 9.—Presi- dent Harding reached here today at 1 p.m. to dedicate the Princeton Bat- tle Monument, after traveling across country by motor from Somerville, N. J.,, with his party. | Behind a squadron of cavalry and over a road flanked by artillery de- presi- livering the twenty-one-gun dential salute, the President was taken directly to the monument speaking stand. Bayard Stockton, 3d, a descendant of a Declaration of Independence signer, pulled away a great flag, which draped the MacMonnies sculp- ture commemorating George Wash- ington’s exploits in leading the Con- tinental Army in the Princeton-Tren- ton campaign against the British. There were other brief preliminaries in the dedication ceremony. At thelr conclusion President Harding swung straight into his ad- dress, an appreciation of the genius of Washington, which, he said, “here reached the highest of its brilliancy in action.” A qulet throng, in the open air on the Princeton Inn grounds, heard the President’s words. Departing from his set speech, the President referred to the cere- monies he witnessed. “I have seen two things new to my experience here today,” he said. “One was the bringing forward of the coloms rep- resenting the thirteen states which joined the revolution, and saw them blended into the one supreme banner of Americanism, our dear Old Glory!" The audience cheered him. “And the other was the sight of the Philadelphia_troops,’ the Presi- dent continued, “and the 3th Mary- land Infantry, who have linked us here with the great achievements of the past. “I like this monument; I like every monument to the American enter-| prises of our history. I hope our AS LABOR' ENEY Metal Trades Vote to Seek Election of Friendly Can- didates in Fall. By the Asmociated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 9.—Con- gress and state legislatures gener- ally were assailed today as enemies of organized labor by a resolution calling for a non-partisan political campaign this fall to elect candidates friendly to labor, which was adopted uhanimously at the annual meeting of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor. President James O'Connell of the department was directed by the dele- gates to visit congressional districts whose representatives were termed antagonistic to the metal trade work- ers, and also authorized to partici- pate actively in state campaligns. l “For many months,” sald the reso- lution, “Congress has sneered at and scoffed the duly elected representa- tives of organized labor, who have been charged by the wage earners with the responsibility of securing necessary and justifiable legislation. not represented the mass of the peo- ple. The resolution added that most members of Congress were lawyers and professional men, and asserted that many began thelr public career as “favorite attorneys for huge cor- porate interests,” on account of which it was sald they could not be expect- ed to give “full or fair consideration! to labor's interests.” ‘What is true of Corgres: the resolution concluded, “is largely true of state legislatures. Consideration of the dispute that led to the withdrawal of the Carpenters’ Unlon from the building trades’ de- partment of the American Federation of Labor was not brought before the department’s annual meeting today, but Samuel Gompers, president of the | federation, indicated he would open! discussion of the gubject tomorrow. | Mr. Gompers said no agreement on reaffillation of the carpenters had been reached, but his discussion be- fore the meeting was expected to reopen the case, possibly resulting in its reference to a committee. For two days Mr. Gompers and | other leaders have been conferring | on a, settlement, the carpenters hav- fng quit the department when the board of jurisdictional awards de- cided that the metal workers were entitled to install metal doors and room trimmings. The approach of the opening session next Monday of the annual convention of the federation also was marked by | the arrival in increasing numbers of 1 bor leaders, and the completion of pre liminary details for the big labor gath- ering. “All members of the executive councll of the federation, however, are not expected to reach here until to- morrow. The council will meet Sunday marks to the Department of State (Continued on Page 10, Column 6.) to clear away all preliminaries for the convention. HALE MUST DEFEND BACHELORDOM; ISSUE MAY BECOME WIDESPREAD Special Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., June 9.—Senator Frederick Hale, golf-playing part- ner of President Harding is being opposed for the republican nomina- tion here on the ground that he is a bachelor and that a married man is better equipped for the solemn and sober duties of a national leg- Islator at Washington. This issue has been _injected into the, campalgn by State Sen- ator Howard Pavies of Yarmouth, who is opposing Mr. Hale at the primaries to be decided June 19. Mr. Davies is being nobly assisted by his wife and the campaign Is of pecullar interest in Maine be- cause not only Senator Hale, but also Péercival P. Baxter, governor of the state, Is unmarried, and it the Davies arguments bear frult, more than one of the lead- ing officeholders woul e to suffer the consequences. + It its nation-wide aspect, the . campalgn of the married man ' agalnst the bachelor in politics is a revolutionary move. The friends of the bachelor are pointing to the fact that Boles Penrose, late leader of the Senate, was a con- firmed bachelor. Representative Burton of Ohlo, former senator, is another shining success of the bachelor in upper chamber of Congress. The bachelor defenders point to the fact that Grover Cleveland was elected to the presidency as a bachelor, but later took to him- self a wife in the White House. The bachelor - versus - married- man issue aiso has the acute angle of being particularly significant at this-time because of the fact that the women of the country are enjoying full suffrage both in the elections and the primaries. Mr. Davies has made a strong play for the feminine vote in his example of, the the having issuance of a letter by his which she dwells upon the fact Davies is a family man and that by virtue of his understanding of family (Continued on Page 10, Column §.) | palgn, is not in workings of bronze WASHINGTON to Heroism of Con- country will cherish them all to its heart.” President's Speech. The President’s speech was as fol- ows: “My Fellow Americans: “We have come’ here to say the formal words of dedication and con- secration before a monument in granite and marble. But we stand, | to say those words, in the presence of another monument, which is the true memorial to the events we cele- brate. The real monument to the achievement of Washington's patriot army in the Trenton-Princton cam- or carvings of stone. It rears itself in the institutions of liberty and rep- resentative government, now big in the vision of all mankind. “In the presence of such a monu- ment we can do no better than con- secrate ourselves to the cause in which at this place the soul of genius and the spirit of sacrifice shone forth with steadfast radiance. On on other battleground, in presence of no other memorial of heroism, tould we find more assuring illumination for our hopes, our anticlpations, our confl- dence. . Here the genlus of Gen. Washington reached the height of its brilliancy in action. Wrote Testimony of Valor. “Here his followers wrote their highest testimony of valor. Here liberty-seeking devotion struggled through privation and_unbelievable exextion to gain tae heights. The crimsoned prints of numbed and bleeding feet marked the route a pathway to eternal glory. Thither they trudged through storm and torrent, but from here, in the hour of victory, went out winged messengers to let ali men know that liberty was safe in_the keeping of her sons. | “Point me the fleld of strife, to which have converged more roads that led | through discouragement, calamity and all justification for despair! And point me, next, that field from whence radi- ated so many highwnys of the buoyant " (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) MANY PLAY SPAGES OPEN THIS SUMMER More Than Ever Will Maintained Under D. C. Bill. | Be The children of Washington will have | more playground facilities this summer than they ever had if the District appro- priation bill becomes a law in its pres- ent form. The bill, which now awaits only an agreement on the question of taxation, carries a special item of $10,000 for the operation of school playgrounds by the Commissioners during the vacation pe- riod. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, estimated today ‘that the special fund will make possible the opening of twenty-five school yard play grounds all day throughout the sum- mer. These recreation spots, added to the twenty-five municipal playgrounds | already in use, will give the boys and | girls fifty play spaces in all corners of the city. - Care in Selecting Spaces. In selecting the twenty-five school yards that are to be operated as play- grounds during the summer,. Mrs. Rhodes said she would try to pick out those neighborhoods where there is the least amount of play space for the chil- dren. “I feel that we will get the most | benefit from this extra appropriation if we open school vards in those sec- tions where the children now must play in the streets, running the risk of being killed or injured by passing traffic, sald the supervisor. As soon as the appropriation bill becomes & law Mrs. Rhodes will an- nounce the locations of the twenty- five school yards that are to be play- grounds. The regular municipal playgrounds that now open at noon each day will be available for the children at 9 a.m..-after schools close for the sum- mer. & List of Playgrounds Designated. They are: Bloomingdale, 1st and | Bryant streets northwest; Cooke, 17th street ‘and Columbia road; Corcoran, | 28th and M streets; Gallinger, F| street, between 21st and 22d; Gar-| field, 2d and F streets southeast; Georgetqwn, 33d street and. Volta place; Happy Hollow, 18th street and Kalorama road;- Hoover, 2d and N streets southwest; Jowa Avente, Iowa avenue between Varnum and Web- ster streets; Mackin, V street between | 14th and 15th streets; Mitchell Park, 23q and S streets; Montrose Park,! Lovers' lane and R streer; New | Hampshire avenue, New Hampshire avenue between L and M streets; New York avenue, New York avenue and 1st street; Park View, Warder and | Otls streets; Plasa, 15t and 2d, streets and Massachusetts avenue; Rosedale, 17th and Kramer streets | northeast; Thomson, 12th and L streets; Twin Oaks, 14th and Taylor streets: Virginia avenue, Virginia avenue between Sth and 11th streets | utheast. P Colored—Cardoso, 1st and I streets d, 5th and W| southwes Howard, street. Logan, 3d and G streets Phillips, 27th and N d Willow Tree, 3d, 4%, B! Today’s News in Brief. Next rail-pay cut may hit 350,000. Pagy Ambassador Riccl, in talk with Sec- retary Hughes, is told“of American objections to his discussion of U. S. tariff legislation. Page 1 D. C. appropriation bill provides for operating twenty-five playgrounds. Page 1 Ku Klux band kidnaps and warns couple to end\friendship. Page 2 Refugees return to Belleek after British victory. {and coal dumps all | tion has been changed to the Acacia IFOCHT AUTHORZED | 10 GALL UP JONES MEASURE MONDAY House Committee Approves Action for Investigation of $5,000,000 Surplus. ELEVATION OF TRACKS UP FOR CONSIDERATION Bill Referred to Subcommittee. Controversy Arises Over Bus Line. The Jones' resolution providing for an investigation of the fiscal affairs of the District by a Jjoint congres- slonal committee is to be called up by Chairman Focht of the House Dis- trict committee in the House next Monday. The House District com- mittee today authorized this, urani- mously indorsing the proposed invest- igation, the concurrent resolution having been reported to_the House by the rules committee. Representa- tive Frank C. Milspaugh of Missourl voiced the opinion of the committee that this investigation was of urgent importance and would settle a long drawn out controversy. Sets Aside Decisfon. This decision to call up the Jones' resolution in no way sets aside the previous decision of tne comm.ttee! making the Fitzgerald bill for com- pulsory Industrial insurance the ocder for special business. If Chairman Focht finds the attitude of the House is such that the resolution for in- vestigation of the fiscal situation can be passed promptly it will be called up before the Fitzgerald bill. Expect- ed opposition to the workmen’s_com: pensation bill from Chairman Focht was dissipated today when Mr. Focht made it plain that he is strongly in favor of such legislation and a plo- neer advocate. The bill already passed by the Senate authorizing the construction of elevated railroad sidings adjacent to steam railroad tracks in the Dis- trict when brought up for considera- tion by Representative Wheeler of Tllinols was referred to a subcom- mittee of three, consisting of Repre- sentatives Wheeler, Illinois; Sproul, Illinois, and Gilbert of Kentucky, for investigation. Object of Controversy. This bill has been the object of considerable controve: and organiz- ed opposition from Sibley Hospital, schools, churches and citizens' asso- clations, which fear that it would open the way for railroad trestles along the east side of North Caplitol street between New York avenue and Union station. Another spirited controversy arose in the committee when Representa- tive Keller urged that the bus line, ! now operating from a terminus at Rhode Island avenue and T street northwest, be allowed to extend its serviee east on Rhode Island avenue for several biocks as asked in a petitfon-from residents filed with the District. Commissioners. Representa- th Hammer of North Carolina st uonl( objected to any considera- tion of this matter, except in execu- tive session. Representative Under- hill of Massachusetts sald that he supported e effort for executive consideration because he dldn’t want the question “adjudicated in the newspapers. Auto Bill Reported. Representative Ben Johnson of Ken- tucky, former chairman of the House District committee, appeared, urging that his bill which would prohibit the use of District-owned automoblles for pleasure and private purposes by | officials and employes should be re- ported out. He gave specific and re- peated instances where these cars are being used for other than Dis- | trict business. After an amendment had been accepted, offered by Repre- ure, the committee ordered a favor- able report on the Johnson bill by & vote of 8 to 6. Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio asked Mr. Johnson if he did not be- lieve that the House District com- mittee ought to have a car to make visits on official business, inspecting streets, schoolhouses, etc. Repre- sentative Johnson said that he had| long believed the House District com- | mittee should have a car, but hesi- tated to propose it while he chairman of the committes. Now, however, he would give emphatic sup- port to such a proposal. Insurance Bill to Be Reported. The committe ordered a favorable report on what is known as the Ma- | sonlo insurance bill, which was pre- viously vetoed by President Harding. ! Representative Williams of Illinols, | formerly a member of the House Dis- trict commitee, author of the bill, explained that it had been amended to conform with objections raised by Masonic officials on the strength of which the President had vetoed the measure. The name of the organiza- Mutual Life Association, he explained, and while its service is limited to Masons, - the word Masonic has been | eliminated, s® that it will not appear | to carry imdorsement of the Masonic | order. The committee alzo discussed pre- posed amendments to the pawn- brokers’ bill, which, as unfinished business in the House, obstructed other District legislation for several months and was recently recommitted to the committee on motion of Repre- sentative Zhilman. BEES NOW BOOTLEGGERS. Caught Taking Alcohol From Mash to Their Hives. ASTORIA, Ore., June 9.—Bee boot- leggers that manufactured alcohol flavored honey are the latest violat- ors of the Volstead act in Clatsop county. . County . Agricultural Agent Mc- Mindes asserts that since so many stills have been operated in the| county quantities of fermented mash | have been dumped in isolated sports and bees feed on the mash. As a re- sult the contents of some of the hives are bighly flavored, according to the county agent. WINS MANILA ELECTION. By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, P. L, June 9.—The demo- crata party won a l'eaphlg victory in the city of Manila in Tuesd: general election, carrying' its ent| bloodless Page 19 President backs naval oil reserve leases. Page 21 Italy and France differ over Russia. Page 37 HoWward students in campus 5!.1. ) v age 38 “a ticket. This included one memb: the senate of the Philippine le, ture, two members of the lower house of that. body and the entire city council. This is the first victory here for ‘this since the legislatu was estal ed. i | banks shall have a par value of $100. ! accepts it wilk be only temporarily, i 7z — (7 Y POY, 1 DONT KNow WHo =\, YOU ARE, Don, But You SURE SAID A // MoUTH Vs o ’&" FuLL / NEW BANKING LAW FOR D. C. PLANNED Millspaugh Offers Bill After Conferring With Local Financiers. A new comprehensive banking law for the District of Columbia is pro- posed in & bill introduced today by Representative Millspaugh of Mis-!zlers as: ! weighs 15 pounds and its welght is 2 iper cent of the welght of an equal { bulk of lead, and Georgla pine wood is 9 3-3 per cent as heavy as lead, how many tons of 2,000 pounds each (128 cubic eorgia pine wood weigh?” Five questions similar to the above, % | which used to take a clever applicant i between an hour and a half hours to figure out—no wonde! |be replaced by forty brief, | questions in practical arithmetic in the new-style examinations. souri, a member of the House Dis- trict committee, who Is himself in the banking business. Representative Millspaugh several months ago put through a temporary bill to prohibit so-called mushroom | banks from operating in the District This general banking bill was intro duced today because the Bankers' A socization of the District is to hold convention next week and he W anxious that they should have thi measure before them for discussion. He says he will endeavor to_ have early hearings before the House committee. | States’ Laws as Models. | This bill is based on the banking, laws of several states, but adapted to conditions in the District. It was introduced after conferences with; Washington bankers and has the un- | qualified approval of the controller of the currency. One important feature is that it re- quires definite capital. No bank can begin business in the District with| 0 iin less than $200,000 capital, while prior, to the emergency legislation passed | several months ago they could enter the District with any capital what-} ever. The Millspaugh bill provides for visitorial powers of the controller as |1 well as examination by the directors and_stockholders. It provides for a bank doing both commercial and sav- | ing business, but directs a segrega- tion of accounts in case a bank en- ters both kinds of business. Individual Loans Restricted. 1t restricts the loans to any indi- vidual, corporation or partnership to 20 Snappy Arithmetic Problems Replace Civil Service Snares Radical Revision, Effective July 14, Will Do Away With “Puzzles” — New Examinations Undergo “Laboratory” Tests Before Adoption. Radical es a cord revision of clerksnip examinations of the Civil Service Commission, to go into effect ! July 14, will do away with such puz- “If a cubic foot of cork the general feet) of two will snappy Practical Clerieal Tests. Practical clerical tests, such as a clerk would meet up with in general business, will count for 40 per cent the new examinations, marking ; arithmetic, letter writing, 30, c correcting manuscript, 15. another forward step on the part of the Civil Service Commission in mak- ing tests more practical, thus doing !away with the old criticism that the tests are too scholastic. The old-type examinations for first grade clerical positions gave the fol- jlowing weights to subjects: Spelling, 30; penmanship, and copying and 15; The new examinations give the fol- ; penmanship, !lowing weight to subjects: 10; arithmetic, and clerical tests, 40. Spelling, 30, The new examinations were given {“laboratory tests” among the clerks i 10 per cent of the capital and sur- plus, the same as any natlonal bank. It provides that banks established under the act may become mfmbflx*s t of the federal reserve system. in provides that shares of stocks while now a number of banks have stock at $10 a share, which tends to place the stock in unstable hands. The Milspaugh bill provides that banks already in the District and do- ing business may continue to operate under their present charters for a period of three years, after which they must accept the provisions of this act. It permits branch banks only on the approval of the controller of the currency. It prohibits a bank established under the act from uet-’ ting up an office In any other state ! and likewise prohibits any bank or- ganized under any other state char- ter from transacting business in the District. ACTION ON SHOALS URGED IN REPORTS| {House Committee Majority Sees Ford Offer Only One Worth Considering. Three separate forth recommendations for action by Congress with respect to private de- reports setting | velopment of the government's $106,- ] 000,000 power and nitrate projects at KATOIS OFFERED it i the House today by members of the POST AS PREMIER military pommittee. making a final decision is admitted in each of the reports to be the duty of the full membership of the House at an early date, but recommendations The task of o that end, submitted after four Japanese Admiral Likely to “Accept and Retire After Reorganizing Cabinet. | By the Asaociated Press. months of continuous consideration by the committee, differ in important respects as they are presented in the documents. Acting Chairman McKenzie of Illi- nols, who drafted the majority re- port, declares at the outset of that TOKIO, June 9.—Admiral Baron.gocument that the Ford proposal was Kato today was offered the premler- ship of Japan. He asked time to con- sider whether he would undertake to form a cabinet -to succeed that oll ce| Premier Takahashi, which resigned Tuesday. Admiral Kato headed the Japanese delegation to the Washing- ton arms conference. ‘The council of elder statesmen de- cided to recommend Admiral Kato. SAITO MAY SUCCEED KATO. BY CHARLES E, HOGUE. By Wireless to The Star and it i News. " Copyrignt. 1053, +5° D417 TOKIO, June 9.—Admiral Kato has protested that the premiership is de- sired by him, but it was thrust upon ! him. His friends predict that if he but it is known that the prince re- gent regards it as the savior of a delicate political situation. Gov. Salto of Korea‘is regarded as the most likely possibility as Kato's successor if he is appointed. Admi XKato is on record as firmly opposing his appointment, but it is expected that he wiil succumb to the plea that the empire needs him, and will re- main In office long enough to put the government in order and will tl retire in favor of Gov. Saito. Admiral Kato has allowed it to be- come known that he held the rank of admiral, with the future possibility of becoming marshal, a position h! h-rl than that of being.head of a to fons, Wright, ptance by , democrat, ported by Representative James, re- publican, Michigan, and the remain- ing democratic members. full complian provisions olvatho Ford proposal, in- ding the Gorgas ;‘«wulnt (‘)II! the belief that if Congress eliminates the Gorgas unit it would defeat the Ford offer. Ford Offer Opposed. In the third report submitted by Representative Parker, New Jersey, and signed by Represent- | ative Frothingham, republican, Mas- sachuetts, the opinion is adverse to the acceptance of Mr. Ford's offer unless it is modified in other sections than that dealing with Gorgas. In the event Mr. Ford declined to agree majority re- by the House with all property, provided, plant, i3 They ask the only one found “worthy of seri- ous consideration,” and asks its ac- the House, however, that the Gorgas steam plant 1s not included among the projects to ve aisposed of at Muscle Shoals. Concurrence in the . port, except for the references made with respect to the Gory voiced in one of the minority opin- presented by Representative orgia, and sup- l .! and republican, the modifications proposed, the ners would have the ar lease the e completion of the (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) Secretary of dams and nitrate plants “on such terms as will secure " _and W in the departmental service before they were decided upon, the way they | were worked out forming a most in- teresting and hitherto unknown chap- ter In the history of the civil service. Snmple Given to Clerks. Samples of the tests, with questions entirely different from any that will be used hereafter, were given to a hundred selected clerks in the depart- ments. These clerks were chosen not only because they had passed the old scholastic examinations with high grades, but also “hecause they had high eficiency ratings in their work. The new tests call for z higher rate of speed in answering questions than the old tests did, the forty “&nappy arithmetic questions, for instance. being confined to a much shortel time than the old cumbersome five questions all about “how many yards of carpet,” etc. When the 100 clerks completed the new tests, their averages were com- pared with thelr efficlency ratings, and then their old marks in the old examinations compared with their efficlency ratings, in order to deter- mine which set of examinations real- 1y gave the best “line” on the future work of the clerk, as proven by the actual efficiency ratings. Colncide With Ability. 1t was discovered that the new practical tests coincided much bet- ter with the actual ability of the clerks, as revealed in thelr daily work than the old tests did. On the other hand. if the old tests had shown up the better, it would have been -de- cided that the new examinatiens were too severe, or in other ways not the best. The new arithmetical questions are supposed to be done “in the head,” ace being given merely for the answers, although a small amount of “Aguring” may be done in the margin. The forty questions start off easy enough, but get more severe as they go along. It is believed that the questions will reveal ability to think quickly. ‘The practical clerical tests are an entirely new departure, applicants being confronted with a varlety of questions, such problems, as they might easlly meet delay In any busi- ness office, in or out of the govern- ment. . ” “Rights” and “Wro; For instance, the person taking the examination will be given a series of sentences llke this: “Birmingham is in Georgia. is in Idaho.” Of course, Birmingham is in Ala- bama and that is what the applicant ected to Indicate, by marking vrong” after this sentence. He would mark ‘right” after the s=en- tence telling the location of Bolse, for that is correct. With a whole list of such “rights” and “wrongs” it is no easy matter to speedily indicate the correct and the wrong sentences. Groups of names will have to be arranged in alphabetical order, as one finds them in a city directory. for instance. Population of cities will have to be indicated, in another in- genious “right” and “wrong” Indica- tion. Code work will be a feature, such as is found in any business es- tablishment. ‘The new type cxaminations will be used first July 14, in the fifth. sixth and seventh clvil service districts, In examinations for field workers, and will not be used in this city until some clerical examination is sched- uled for the District. The states in which the new tests will be used first are South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- sippl, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Ken- tucky, Wisconsin, Michigan and the northern part of Illinois. Boise NEW RAIL PAY CUT, REPORTED AT HAND, 10 AFFECT 330,000 Clerks, Freighthandlers and Signalmen Included in Reduction. TELEGRAPHERS REMAIN UNAFFECTED AT PRESENT Many Problems Pertaining to Case of Key Men Will Require Much Study. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Juns 9.—Railway teleg- raphers probably will not be included in the third wage reduction order of the Rallroad Labor Beard, according to rumors today of the contemplated new slash from railroad pay rolls. | The telegraphers number approxi- mately $1,000. So many local condi- tions on various lines have to be con- sidered that deliberation of an order affecting the telegraphers would nec- essarily consume weeks, it was said. New wage cuts to follow the $110,- 000,000 already lopped off the pay lchecks of 500,000 maintenance-of-way lemployes and 400,000 shopmen will affect 350,000 raliroad clerks, signal men, stationary firemen, ollers and marine department employes, accord- ing to reports. Chief among the groups are 220,000 clerks, 22,000 men in the signal de- partment and 80,000 freight handlers and truckers. Cut to Be Less. Although board members made no direct statement regarding the next cut, rumors were persistent in pre- dicting a smaller reduction for the clerical forces than those affecting the shopmen. The reason for this was said to lie in the fact that the clerks did not receive increases pro- portionately as great as other groups of employes when the wage scale was going up. | Outside the boardrooms raflroad gossip centered largely around the possibility of strikes as a result of the wage cuts. With the teleraph- ers remaining at thelr keys, it was predicted in some quarters that the likelihood of a strike would be les- sened. Even in the event of a strike of shopmen and maintenance-of-way employes, some railroad experts con- tended that the roads could remain in operatlag for a considerable time if the telegtaphers and trainmen did not join a walkeut. Railroad oficials continued to doubt the probability of R strike. Even if Teferendum wich started Tue: should favor a-strike some rail officials doubted whether union lead- ers would urge an aNual walkout next month. The general ¢mployment situation, they said, may Nave some effect on’ the strike plans. Deny Rail Hea Delegates of Chicago and Nort western local board No. 1, Tepresen ing all crafts, issued a declaration that raflroad executives are wrong In Isaying that employes have adjusted themselves to wage cuts. Their statement said: “Any action taken by the railway department resisting the announced cut will_be backed up by the em- ployes. Without a doubt this is the sentiment that prevails among the crafts in general on all roads. As to the statement of railway offictals that homes and surroundings of railroad employes were better than any other class of working men, if this be true, we have got to hand It to such em- ployes and their families to do this under conditions accorded them by the roads in the last two years. In the last year on this road, the Chicago and Northwestern, the average time was thirty-two hours per week. Fig- ure this out for yourself. Mechanics' wages at this time at 72 and 77 cents per hour. Can anybody live on these wages and raise a family?" GIRLS’ HOME MATRON MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN Ax and Razor Near Body, Stripped of Clothes and Bearing Evi- dence of Struggle. JACKSON, Mich., June 9.—The body of Miss Alice Mallott, forty, assistant matron of the Crittenden Home for Girls here, was found with the head crushed and threat slashed near the home this morning. An axe and razor had been used by her assailant jand indications are that a long struggle took place. No clue to the slayer bas been uncovered, but blood- hounds are being used in’ pursuit The body was found a short dis- | tance from the home. The cl been torn from the bod. | woman having been gagged with a handkerchief. Miss Mallott's parents p are said to reside in Oregon. DIGNIFIED SETTER OBTAINS DIPLOMA ALSO WHEN MISTRESS GRADUATES Special Dispatch to The Star. PORTLAND, Me., June S.—A modernized version of “Mary’s Little Lamb,” with a sedate, elderly setter substituted in the place of the lamb, was enacted here when the Wayne- fleet School, a fashjonable prepara- tory institution, conferred diplomas upon ten young women anl also graduated one dignified canine. The dog, Troubles, is the property of Willlam W. Thomas, nephew of Mr. William Widgery Thomas, for many years minister to Sweden, and is the devoted guardian of his daughter, Miss Mary Thomas, one of the graduates. Ever since she en- tered Waynefleet, Trouble has gone back and forth to school with his young mistress. So well behaved has he been that he frequently has been allowed a seat alongside her in the classroom. Long ago he was adopted as the class mascot. When the preparations for the graduation were begun the class was heartbroken because Troubles could a0t share in the festivities. Finally the principals of the sphool consented to him taking part. Thursday Troubles solemnly was put through his paces, rehearsed with the grad- uates, marched with them, sat at the feet of his mistress and generally acquitted himself in a creditable manner. When the graduation itself took place, Troubles, the picture of dig- nity, entered with the graduating class. He occupled the place as- signed to hint on the platform, bowed his head reverently upon his paws during the invocation and later for the benediction, scrambled to his feet and stood with head erect while the singing was in progress, registered profound attention while his young mistress read her essay, and other- ‘wise played his canine part with dis- tinct polse. Troubles was lauded as one of the most popular graduates in the open- ing address of the principal and was much in evidence after the program, ‘when the members of the class re- ceived on the school lawn. (Oopyright, 1922.) - ‘