Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1922, Page 1

Member of the Asgociated Press The Associated Press fs exclusively entitied to the use for republication of ali pew: diaputehes 10 1t or not otherwise credited 1n this paper 204 also the local news published herels. WEATHER. Falr tonlght and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at noon today: Highest, 81, at 5 p.m. yesterday; m. teday Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 Entered as secord-class matter post office Washington, D. PRODUCING MINES FIRST IN CAR DISTRIBUTION, DECLARES HOOVER; WEEK MAY END RAIL STRIKE No. 28,580. Priorities Will Be in Hands of Committee. PLAN OF CONTROL TO BE ANNOUNCED States to Maintain Fair Prices and Distri- bution. All producing coal mines of the sountry will be given first call on rail- road coal cars as soon as the organi- zation of the administration’s emerg- ancy fuel control machine is com- pleted, it was announced today by Sec- retary Hoover, chairman of the fed- eral coal distribution committee. The priorities on cars to producing mines will be pwssed upon by the dis- tribution committee, Mr. Hoover said, o that all coal may be obtained under the fair prices agreed upon to prevent profiteering. The Commerce Secretary said 1t would then be up to the states to maintain prices within their boun- ries by the preveation of resales and profiteefing. Will Announce Proposals. Mr. Hoover plans to make public soon proposals being sent to all of the states for the organization of local fuel control bodies. The federal plan, he added, contemplates that each state shall take the entire responsibility for distribution and prices within _its boundaries. while the federal govern- ment will see to it that the states get coal from the operators at fair prices. The Commerce Secretary in this comnection stated that Henry B. Spencer. the administra member of the President’s committee, is to be known as the federal fuel distributor and not as an admini or, as. he explained, was erroneously announced vesterday by the department through a typographical slip. The govern- ment, Mr. Hoover stated, is not re- establishing the old war-time fuel ad- ministration system, but is chiefly concerned in the equitable distribu- tion of coal. State Plans The plans for em tion be sent to the tically all of which have the Hoover Not Uniform. rgency organiza- states, prac- responded to agpeal, Mr. to coal committee’s 1. will not be the adminis ric rative need of cach conditions in New ! 1d, along the great lakes. the intermountain territory and states having coal vary. States far ers, he de- clared, must accorded greater portation silities than r the producing fields. As an he asserted, siven advar like Indiana. order to insure adapied to a surplus of all from coal be instance, must over s Ohio in adequate distribution Mr. had along be sked “all bunkering companie the Atlantic coast to bunker only to the next port of cail and ter Auzust 1 to require all foreign hips to bunter for the round trip abroad. American coal, he declared. is cheaper than foreign coal and it is| the present tendency of ships to load up with coal in American rather than abroad or with imported fuel. The Hoover Canadi; President's committee, Mr. said. has recommended 1 consumers that they import coal »r their own safety.” Pro- vision, however. will be made to take care of the needs of Cuba, he added. Advisory Names Listed. Secretary Hoover, who announced Mr. Spencer's selection by President Harding for the vacancy on the cen- tral committee, made public yesterday names of operators from coal-pro- districts so far designated as | nbers of the advisory committee, which is a part of the fed 1 organi- zation for maintaining coal prices and = fuel distribution. Bockus of York, cha E. r Kentucky; George S. Francis urg. Pz, for Penn- . Mahan of Knoxville, for ee of Charleston, te of Glen White, »r West_Virginia. ittle of New York was named advisor to the committee on lake and northwest movement and Le Baron S. Willard of New York advisor on bunker and tidewater movement. he _governors of twenty-three states, Mr. Hoover announced, have ew L. Dougl ‘man underiaken to erect the necessary ad- | ministration to control profiteering and distribution of coal within their state borders. States which have reported steps to set up this machinery include Ohlo, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, Maine, Mas- sachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecti- cut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, lowa, Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee and LouisiAna. Exceptional Territory. Kansag, Mr. Hoover said, has al- ready an establishment under its in- dustrial court law, and it is not con- sidered necessary to set up coal con- trol machinery in the intermountain and Pacific states, as they have sup- plies of both coal and fuel ofl. The Norfolk and Western, Chesa- cake and Ohio, and Louisville and ashville, three railroads which tra. verse important coal producing sec- tions, today reported institution of cmbargoes over their lines against all freight except foodstuffs, live stock and fuel. The roads acted, it was said, under the formal announce- ment by the Interstate Commerce Commission that an emergency ex- isted which impelled it to authorize roads whose normal operation had been affected by the strike to estab- lish priority in certain classes of transportation. ‘While it was made clear, dt the ‘White House, according to the Asso- ciated Press, that the administration supervision of coal distribution would be directed to the end that the fuel supply might be equitably divided among all users entitled to considera. tion, it was added that no objection would be made if state authorities went ahead—as has been the case In Indiana and Michigan—with separate efforts to provide coal for the people within thelr jurisdiction. Senator Borah, chairman of the Senate_ labor committee, conferred with President Harding yesterday with regard to the bill proposing a federal commission to inquire into thé «oal industry. It was”said the con- Y ference covered only the broader ! i -,aspects of the bill. lowest, 64, at uniform, but | . those | ¥ | until Hoover also announced that he | ports | to ! They are: s of Cincin- ( | C. 'STARVING MINERS GET7 FIRST AID FROM YOUTH WHO SCORNS ‘FORTUNE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 29.—The first appropriation out of the $300,000 glven to the nmew American fund for public service by Charles Gar- land, young Masachusetts idealist, who is giving away his inherited fortune, will go to “the relief of starving miners in the western Pennsylvania ceal flelds.” The appropriation, amounting to $2,000, was authorized by the board of directors yesterday at their first meeting. Garland was present. For a timo the principal of the funq_established by Garland “for the benefit of mankind.” will re- main intact, only the income being used for appropriation. In finding how best to spend the money four committees will survey the flelds of (1) periodicals and publications; (2) educational campaigns for new ideas; (3) experimental educational institutions, and (4) research, par- ticularly in industry and econom- cs. CRIPPLED ENGINES DELAY D. C. TRAINS Strikers Say Roundhouses Are Full, But Terminal Re- ports Conditions Normal. Deterioration of locomotives and other railroad equipment is slowly but effectively paralyzing rail trans- portation into and out of Washington. Crippled engines fill the house, and others are continually breaking down in the Washington terminal yards. An increasing number of trains are running far behind schedule, some of them as late as nine hours. These are the developments of the | railroad strike in Washington accord- ing to reports made by union scout: lat the daily meeting today of the | striking terminal emplioyes. i Normal, Say Offici: { Despite these claims of the strikers j which favor them decidedly, the ter- { minal authorities still maintain that ions are normal and ever. running fine.” cuipioyes have walked out, the ter- minal officials declared, while, on the other hand, they emphasized that they are obtaining their “share” of strike- official report of the union ubmitted at today's meeting follo Southern railway engine No. 1494 ming into the Union station for ran off the track at K tower :30 a.m. yesterday morning and was ‘not placed back on the track 1:40 p.m. Accident probably due to short flange. | “Balitmore & Ohio engine No. 5202 (the Big Bertna_of that road), draw- ing train No. 5, from Buffalo, and engine No. 3756 of ania i i i | “cond h round- No additional | ¢ ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1922—_TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Both Sides to Hear| Harding’s Plan | Tuesday. WAGE QUESTION UP TO LABOR BOARD Violence Increases in Strike Areas Over Country. | By the Associated Pross. ‘ CHICAGO, July 20.—As the strike |or 300,000 railv shopmen entered | |its fifth week today the outlook for | peace was regarded as bright, and in | rail circles here the bellef was ex-| pressed that the walkout would not| last into the sixth week | Meetings were set for Tuesday hoth | by the rail chiefs and workers on! strike, at which time President Hard- | ing’'s plan for a settlement was ex- pected to be acted upon. The confer- | ence of rail heads. the call for which was issued Tuesday by T. De Witt Cuyler, chairman of the Assoclation of Rallway Executives, will be held in New York. Representatives of the ers will_meet in Chicago in an- swer to word sent out last night by | vell, head of the shop wor ' S ization, to the ninety ge: eral chalrmen comprising the national | lagreement executive board. At the same time notice was given to twenty- | five general chairmen of the Sta- tionary Firemen and Ollers’ Union, which ordered a strike of 8,000 men week following the shopmen’s walk- | | ut. by Timothy Healy, head of the union, that a meeting would be held | here Tuesday to discuss the settle- | ment of the strike of that organiza- tion. Plans Not Given Out. The President's plans were not made public. However, it became known from authoritative sources that they embraced settlement of al' the strikers' grievances except the | wage question, which would be sub- mitted to the Railroad Labor Board for a rehearing. as outlined the Under the plah President’s stand for recognition of | the rights of men now at work would be carried out. Union shopmen who did not strike would be placed at the head of the railroads’ seniority lst, which means that they would be as- sured of permanent work, since in slack times the workers at the foot of the lists are the first to be laid off. Union shopmen who went on strike would be placed next on the lists and after them would come the men hired by the roads since the strike began. No mention was made of the pension {rights, and it was not learned { whether this question had been in- | jcluded in the President's plan. If| { pension rights should not be restored i workers who have been in the serv- | ice of their respective employers for | a number of years would forfeit the | benefits allowed. which give workers | the privilege of retiring after a cer- | tain number of years with a continu- }ance of a percentage of their pay. 1" Western railroads have been fin- ! sistent that men now at work should be placed at the head of seniority i i | oae ) | Issues for By DAVID LAWRENCE. All the principal points in dispute in the rail strike are left to the United States Railroad Labor Board to adjudi- cate. This Is the essence of the compro- mise settlement drafted by President Harding and informally approved by the spokesmen of the contending parties. : The President has won his point—the Labor Board's supremacy must be rec- ognized by both rallroads and work- men. The faét that both sides have seen fit in the past to disapprove the decisions of the board Is regarded as the best proof of its impartiality. Wants Board to Act. Mr: Harding feels that a long step toward permanent peace in the rail- road industry will have been accom- plished by the co-operation of the rail- roads and shopmen in the controversy which 1s just being brought to an end. Their example is bound to be a prece- dent for future disputes and that's why Mr. Harding has labored to make the solution come through the Labor Board instead of through national or regional agreements between roads and their| men. The transportation act provides for the creation of regional adjustment boards over whose decisions the United States Labor Board has the right of re- vision. But the main points that are to be solved in the windup of the present strike will come under the Labor Board itself and, while neither the railroads nor the employes’ representatives have been inclined to Kllno much reliance on the efficacy of the Labor Board here- tofore, they will from now on have a different attitude toward it. Life of Board Saved. The President, for instance, is giving his attention to those decisions of the Labor Board which have been disre- garded by the railroad executives. It ‘will take time to get the same measure of obedience.. both’sides, but ithe President siyed the life of the Labor it & moment when it seemed 48 the catspaw of both sides. % 3 ‘The settlernent of this strike, there- fore, on a basis which requires respect for the Labor Board Is counted upon by Mr. Harding to make the solution of other rail problems much easier and to eliminate future causes of friction ‘which’ otherwise might lead to a stop- page of transportation. ¢ Rehearing by the United State: Labor Board of the wage dccizion is, of course, paramount, and the union representatives who have Been talk. ing with - Hardipg in the PRESIDENT GAINS POINT IN SAVING RAIL BOARD ;ASupremacy Is Established in Compromise Plan, Under Which Board Gets Principal (Continued on Page 2, Column 1 Decision. last few days have made it clear that the decislon deprived many workmen of a living wage. It is an open secret that some members of the cabinet here feel that the Labor Board did go too far in the wage cut and that a correction in some instances would be advisable on the simple ground of justice rather than on the theory of bowing to labor to get a settle- ment. Wage Revision Likely. It is likely therefore that the wage decislon will be revised after rehear- ing, though one should not get the impression that a definite agreement to that effect has been made in ad- vance. Examination of the facts alone leads to the conclusion that a revision s inevitable. As for seniority rights, the problem is left to the Labor Board to work out and the workmen realize that they will have a better chance to ob- tain a restoration of seniority rights by leaving it to the board than by conceding the right of the execu- tives to settle it as they please after the men go back to work. Again the United States Labor Board becomes the instrumentality of justice, and the President has now convinced those who have discussed it with him that he intends to stand back of the board and assist it as far as possible in arriving at fair decisions on the issue raised in this strike. L C. C. Faced Same Fight. same experience as the Interstate Commerce Commission when first cre- ated. The latter was fought in the : courts on the ground of unconstitu- tionality, its orders were opposed, and it took some time before the prestige of the commission became such that its ‘decisions were accepted without contention. Mr. Harding believes it will take time, but the Labor Board will occu; & Jjudicial position of similar strengtl with a moral force binding oh railroads and their employes. The Labor Board is still in its infancy. Its personnel Is new. Members are groping their way with new problems. Some hasty de- cisions have been made ang some m!! :Tkenn ‘a'u:‘mn:ud. But’ the institu- on ‘should ‘not be judged sim- ply because it has not been at‘all times wisely.operated. The aim of President Harding has been to keep the board going and help in jts im- provement rather than to abandon it for other measures. The President's success in securing. a tentative mc- ceptance of his.plan for a scttlement of the strike through the r Board is due to his persistent belief that the Labor Board is the salvation of the transportation blem in ;. The Labor Board s suffering the |, D. C. COAL DISTRIBUTORS NEEDED, HOOVER THINKS iSecrelary Expected to Write Outline of Plan for Supplying Fuel During Emergency. Becretary of Commerce Hoover. chair- man of the President’s coal distribu- tion committes, s expected to send a letter today to the District Com- missioders outlining the plgn of the commitee for securing & coal supply for the District of Columbla. Mr. Hoover, s expected also to urge upon the Commissioners appointment of a local coal distribution committee to insure the government and public utilities of the District an adequate supply of fuel. > Washington is in the grip of a serlous anthracite coal situation, which promises to linger for at least two months, according to a survey made today among local coal men. There is virtually no hard coal in the city outside of Pea coal, which, many dealers declare is just ' running out.” One dealer expresses the convic- tion that Washington will receive no newly mined anthracite coal Thanksgiving. Conservative Buying Urged. While coal dealers, both retail and wholesale, admit that the situation is acute, they claim that prevailing conditions will only be irritated by the public becoming panicky and try- ing to play safe by placing orders for more coal than they actually need and making connections with a dozen or more dealers. The soft coal situation, according to Secretary Lewis of the Coal Deal ers’ Board of Trade, s “pretty fair, and Mr. Lewis says that unless the Soft coal supply is entirely cut off all dependent upon it will be ade- quately taken care of. F. R. Wadleigh, director of the coal division of the Department of Com- merce, said today that coal priority for the District of Columbia had been | discussed at a meeting of the general coal distribution committee last Thursday. He added that there was no question the District of Columbia would be amply taken care of in the matter of coal, at least such coal as is necessary to maintain the federal establishments, the departments of the District government and the local public utilities. The statement was made at the Department of Commerce today that no attempt will be made to appoint a fuel administrator in the broad sense of the term, but that the coal distribution committee for the Dis- trict Yo be suggested to the Commis- sioners will be expected to work hand in hand with the federad fuel distribution committee, of which Secretary Hoover is chairman. It was indicated that the entire matter of appointment and supervision over the local fuel distribution committee would be left to the District Commis- sioners. ‘Wants Fuel Distributor. In discussing local fuel needs Com- missioner Oyster indicated today that he would be in favor of the appoint- ment of a fuel distributor for Wash- ington if developments warrant it. It is the Commissiqner’s idea that it coal is going to be scarce this fall and winter as a result of the strike it would be wise to have some one to see that the fuel which reaches this city is distributed generally. Daniel K. Garges, secretary to the Commissioners, communicated with the Department of Commerce today to find out what suggestions that bureau might have to offer to guide the course of the city government. He was told information would be forth- coming in a day or two as to what the department would have to sug- gost. 'W. W. Bowie, agent for the Penn- sylvania and a number of prominent railroads, reports the receipt of about twenty-five cars a day of soft coal with occasionally a few cars of hard coal. The normal arrivals at thi time of the year is about seventy- five cars of both kinds of coal. Mr. Bowle assures that the govern- ment fuel yard at South Capitol and 1 street is filled with its surpius quota and that the Potomac Electric Power Company and Gas Light Company are dnl\y receiving all they need. E _Supply Outlook Gleomy. Silas A. Condict, president of the Condict Coal Company, who leaves to- night on one of his periodic trips to he coul-mining districts, is one of the dealers who believes Washington 5vill receive no newly mined hard coal before Thanksgiving. before | THE BREAKING CLOUDS. has no coal mined now at yards or at mines,” Mr. Condict reports, “and cannot mine until the water has been removed out of the shaft. About one- half of the miners have moved out of their districts, and it must be remem- bered that a soft coal miner cannot mine in a shaft or anthracite mine, because of the danger, and he must have a license to mine. “There seems to be difficulty to get sultable cars when coal can be had, as was the case with us last week when we moved the last lot of coal and have not received the coal we should have received two weeks ago. It will, in my opinion, be at least two or three months_before fresh mined coal can be receifed owing to the above diffi- culties to get mines ready and miners ready to work. here appears to be no other hard coal to be found, except some in Ken- tucky, and so far Kentucky is sold up months ahead. There is no coal left on the seaboard at Perth Amboy, which was stored last March, or at South Plainfield, stored in March by the combination. Mr. Condict suggests that people use pea and buckwheat coal by re- placing the grates in ranges and fur- naces 8o as to make this bracticable, claiming the change could_be made at very little expense. Many Seeking Coal. 1f the present situation existed dur- ing the winter months the city would be subjected to untold suffering, it is stated, but as Washington usually has 2 mild autumn season all dealers are confident they will be able to tide all of their customers over just as they did during the war and without any serious inconvenience on their part. Steady streams of ~people found their way to the offices of retail coal dealers today and, according to the dealers, many of them developed an ugly mood when they were told their orders would have to be limited to one or two tons, with no definite { promise of a delivery day. This attitude, the dealers maintain, is wrong. Before the war, they point out, it was the custom to drop down- town at their whim and order an en- tire winter’s supply of coal and have it_delivered immediately. That was when the dealers’ coal yards were! filled to capacity and shipment trouble was unknown. Nowadays the dealer's coal supply comes in’ driblets and consequently he must transfer it to his customers in driblets, exercising due care that all will be treated with equality. If the public will contorm to the; new order in purchasing coal, the dealers maintain, and put confidence in their coal merchant, they will re- ceive their winter's supply of coal just as they used to, ton by ton, and never find their bins empty. To be sre, this method does not make for peace of mind on the coal customers’ part, but it is essentlal unless they desire, as one wholesaler expressed it, “to jump in and make a bad situation worse.” MARK HITS NEW LOW. NEW YORK, July 29.—Extreme demoralization was shown by German exchange today, the mark falling to 16% cents a hundred, the lowest quotation ever recorded here. This represents an overnight de- cline of almost 2 per cent a hundred. The normal, or pre-war, price of the mark was 23.8 cents each. Disap- pointment over a delay in the set- tlement .of the reparations question, together with the troubled state of the German domestic situation, are believed to be responsible for the further depreciation. < — - H H EDDIE CANTOR’S . Big Song Hit, “She Loves Me—I Love Her” With Words and Music, Of Tomorrow’s Star | 1 f i~ Order your eol;y from " newsdealer toda¥. | BTTERMSSOUR FGHTNEAR L05E Senator Reed and Breckin- ridge Long Will End Cam- paign Tonight. DEBATE NATIONAL ISSUES Wilson Letters, League of Na- tions and U. S. War Record Feature Contest. By the Aseoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Juiy United States Senator James A. Reed and Breckinridge Long, third assistant secretary of state during the Wilson administration, tonight will close their campaign for the democratic sena- torfal nomination to be decided at the primary election next Tuedday. Vet- eran politicians agree their contest has been one of the bitterest waged in Missourl. The democratic campaign has drawn S0 much attention during the last three months that little significance has been attached to the contest among the six republican candidates, Attorney General Jesse W. Barrett, R. R. Brewster of Kansas City, State Senator David M. Proctor, John C. McKinley, Col. John H. Hunter, U. 8. A., and Willlam Sacks, who has been making his campaign on a beer and light wine platform. The third demo- cratic candidate, R. L. Young of St. Joseph, is expected by politicians to get few votes outside his own dis- trict. —~ The bitterness with which the con- test between Senator Reed and Mr. Long has been waged is indicated b the forming of “Rid of Reed” clubs, in which women have taken great in- terest. Banners and placards bearing this_inscription have been posted In many towns of the state, while others appealing to “Win with Reed, De- fender of the People's Rights,” have also been widely distributed. Senator Reed's supporters are ex- pecting many votes from the ranks of the ex-soldiers because of his fight for the national soldiers’ bonus. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce, and his record as nxtional food administrator during the war; the league of nations and other is- sues opposed in the Senate by Sen- ator Reed have formed the basis of his campaign. Woodrow Wilson felt the sting of the typical Reed wit and oratory when he appealed to the voters of the state to defeat Senator Reed. Politiclans predict Mr. Long will run ahead in the rural districts. Louis and Kansas City are regal as_strongholds of the senator. William Randolph Hearst has heenl (Continued on Page 3, Column ) Help! U. S. Worms Are Stolen! ‘Count ’Em Again,’ Say Sleuths The great worm theft has been cleared up and a scandal which threatened to involve countless germs and bugs and government officials has been averted. The local police de- partment, through the work of its detectives, Lynn and Cox, ig covered with laurels and things are normal again down at the hygienic labora- tory of the United States public health service at 25th and E streets. Two weeks ago officials in charge of the laboratory discovered the ap- ‘palling loss of valuable specimens of worms—worms which were sealed up In jars of alcohol, placed in other jars of alcohol and; hermetically sealed. The value of these worms cannot be overestimated. . Every year learned doctors and wormologists travel hun- dreds of miles to look at them. They stand in front of the glass jars and admire the worms by the hour. Then they take copious notes on the worms and some of them write books about them. They are, in other words, SOME worms, with a great deal of emphasis on the BOME. So police department was asked to investigate, Theory Fafls. e The theory that the worms had re- vived and escaped was discarded at the outset, for though the worms might have wormed their way out of the jars, they couldn’t have carried u-annnltbqu.goruu}-i were St. | rded |lads told a deputy sheriff that thel! Al rights of riblication of special dispatches bereln are also reserved. 1 1 Yesterday's Net Circulation, 84,520 TWO CENTS. CAN’T BUY TEETH ON FEDERAL PAY, # SAYS MARSHALL NEW YORK, July 29.—False teeth —or the possible need of them—will keep Thomas R. Marshall, former Vice President, out of politics for the rest of his life. Mr. Marshall doesn’t nded them now, but he said as he came home from Europe or the Aquitania that if he ‘eve: did need them hc wanted to be cer- ilain that he had enough money to | pay for them. b h “I started in politics twelve years ago,” he said. “Now I'm where I started from, and I'm not a rich man. There may come a time in the future when I'm older even than I am today when I'll meed false teeth. And if that time ever comes I want to be | sure to have enough money on hand | | to pay for them. So I'm out of poli- 1 tics forever.” The former Vice President with his wife left Boston more than a month ago and has toured Europe. _He went to Scotland, England, France, Bel- gium and Germany. Mr. Marshall said he was neither a banker nor an economist, 50 he did not want to discuss Europe to any great extent. “I'm just an ex-Vice President,” he i said, smiling, “and that does not mean much. But while I was in Europe I used my eyes and my ears. Seriously, I came to one conclusion. The big- gest hope for Europe lles in some arrangement which will permit Eng- lish and American bankers to take charge of European affairs until the rate of exchange in all countries is | firm.” Old Senate friendships were renewed today by former Vice President Mar- shall, who returned yesterday from a European trip. He was invited by Vice President Coolidge to a seat on the rostrum, but preferred to mingle among the senators on the floor. After a brief stay here Mr. Marshall will go to Indianapolis and later to visit his wife's relatives in Arizona. $1250000.C. TAX $1,500,000 ASKED [N PROPOSED PLAN FORCITY DRAINAGE Resumption of Work on Rock Creek Main Urged by Sanitary Experts. SCHOOL BOARD SLASHES BUDGET TO $8,400,000 Reduction From Sum Asked Last Year Causes Surprise at Dis- trict Building. Estimates for the maintenance and development of the sewer system of the District during the next fiscal year amount to approximately $1,600. 000, it was reliably learned today This figure, it is understood, in- cludes a substantial amount for rc suming work on the Rock creek main interceptor sewer, which, when com- pleted to the District line, will free that stream of the pollution now flow - ing into it from Maryland towns. The current appropriation act a!- lows only about $500,000 for main- tenance of the sewer department for the next twelve months, an amount regarded as wholly inadequate by of - ficials who know the sanitary drain age needs of the capital. Drainage Is I lequate. The lump sum appropriation for laying sewers to new dwellings is not large enough to keep pace with build- ing operations in all sections of the city. Here is another problem which has arisen in recent years in the sewer department: When surface water in the outlying suburbs was drained from several directions to a low point, known as a natural pocket, it usually found its way through an | MAYBE CANCELED Property Owners on Suburb- an Roads Would Gain by Proposal. The Commissioners will ask Con- gress this fall for authority to wipe off the tax books approximately $125,000 In asseasments against per- sons owning property along sparsely | settled suburban roads which have been improved under the Borland law. The Borland law provides that abutting property owners shall pay half the cost of stréet paving. The District Court of Appeals recently held, however, that a highway going through a rural section, such as Nay- lor road, should mot be subject to the Borland assessment. Following that ruling Assessor Richards and Corporation Counsel Stephens went through the records at the District building and listed all of the streets which, in,_ their opinion. could be classed as rural. Then they discovered that a total of more than $100,000 already has been assessed against property own- ers along those highways. The streets to which the Commis- sioners have decided the Borland law should not have applied and the amounts to be refunded are: Port- land street, $11.941.90; Atlanticistreet and Livingston road, $4,971; Naylor road, $5458; Pennsylvania avenue southeast, $2,001; Alabama avenue and Bowen road, $8,408; 6lst street, $3,465; Benning road, $1,769; Bladens- burg read, $25,976; Rhode Island ave- nue, $2,604; Queens Chapel road, $2,278; Longfellow street. Concord avenue and Kennedy street, $9,171; 16th street, $16,955; 33d street, $2,890, and Massachusetts avenue, $14,900. TWO BOYS KILL FATHER. Lads Shoot Parent While Asleep to Avenge Alleged Abuse. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., July 29.— Frank and Will Brown, fourteen and sixteen years old, are in jail here charged with having killed their | father, Elias Brown, as he was sleep- ing in his cabin near Bradshaw. The d them, and when he fell parent ab obtained a shotgun and asleep the; ‘killed him. undeveloped ravine. In the last few years, however. building projects have been cutting off these natural outlets for such drainage, and the city must now seek funds to install trunk sewers at these pockets. Among the locations where the fore- going situation h: isen are: Fes senden street and Wisconsin avenus South Dakota avenue and Myrtle street and 16th street znd Blagden avenue. The board of education has asked. in _round numbers, for $8,400,000 for operation of ‘the school system and continuation of the building program next year. Lower School Estimate. This total is approximately two mil- lions less than the school authoritics asked for last year and was some- what of a surprise at the District building, where the consensus of opinion was that the school estimates would approach the ten-million mark. It is understood the mew school budget provides funds for the pur- chase of sites for new Business and McKinley High schools, urgently needed to relieve the congestion ex- isting in the high schools of the cit According to reports, approximate 1y half of the school budget is for salaries and between $2,600,000 and $3,000,000 for buildings. HUGHES TO GO TO BRAZIL ON SHIP BOARD LINER Informs Roosevelt of Decision Against Making Trip Upon Navy Vessel. Secretary of State Hughes, who wi!l head the official mission from the United States to the Brazilian Centen- nial exposition, has decided to go v Rio de Janeiro on a Shipping Board vessel, instead of on a naval vessel. The State Department Secretary, it was learned today, has informed Act- ing Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt of his change of plans and that ar- rangements have been made for the salling on the Shipping Board liner Pan-America. This_vessel is sched- uled to sail from New York August 19, but it was thought that the s ing might be delayed three or four days to accommodate the members of the mission. ! All members of the official mission with one exception have been desis- nated by the President. Admiral Hilary P. Jones, commander of the Atlantic fieet, will represent the Navy. and Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard, the Army, and Representative Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House foreign affairs com- mittee, has been selected as one of the two civilian members. The detectives tried watching the building. They camped in the bushes every night outside for a while and watched the entrance. Nobody, not even & worm, entered or left the building. They tried another theory. Some bugologist, they thought, might not be able to withstand the temptation of stealing such fine worm So the detectives impersonated doctors and spent days in rapt admiration of other worms, in hopes the thief would re- turn. Their vigil was unrewarded. Not a worm turned, or returned. Rum Hound Suspected. They thought somebody might be after. the alcohol in hopes of attaining the comfort and saturation enjoyed by the worms. So they watched for al- coholic individuals with red noses and flery breath. Again the clue failed. - Then, like a flash of lightning, came an inspiration. “How many worms o y have? asked the detlfllv:l“ht Pt The number was given. “How many are missing?" ‘The number was supplied. Order—One Adding Machime. “Then,” said the detectives, “count ‘em again. . £ It was done. This time every blessed worm in the place was counted and re- counted and checked and rechecked. And in the end, every worm was found pres- Tt's not | hands of the The Pan-American, it was consid- ered likely, will be provided with a naval escort into the harbor at Rio. No reason for the change in the secre- tary’s plans was given, but selection of the Pan-American because of the name of the vessel was thought par- ticularly appropriate for a transpor- tation of a mission which is expects to strengthen friendly relations b tween the United States and the re- publics of South America. BIELASKI WILL REMAIN FOR KIDNAPING TRIAL Former Federal Sleuth Wants Case Cleared by Mexicans. MEXICO CITY, July 29.—A. Bruce Bielaski announced today that he had definitely abandoned bis proposed de- parture for the United States. It is understood to'be his desire to remain in Mexico until all incidents in con- nection with his kidnaping are cleared up. He had planned to depart last night. r court of Mexico City has granted Mrs. Barcenas a writ for the release of her husband, who is identified with the Bielaski kidnap- ing Incident, from the Cuernavaca court. Barcenas will return to Mex- ico City.” Bielaski and his wife still are the guests of George T. Summer- 1in, the American charge d’affaires. Mlie. Milo, who was a member of the party from which Bielaski wax ki and who has been undery t in Cuernavace, has been r-- a “is Teturning to the cap,=