Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1922, Page 1

11.45 p.m. yesterday. at 2 p.m. yesterday; Full Teport on l:lsa 9,/ Fair tonight and tomorrow, warm- er tomorrow; fresh northwest winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 73, lowest, 60, at ing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28610, PRESIDENT HOPES TOAVOID SEIZING RAILS AND MINES Week End Parleys on May- flower Center Efforts on Moving Coal. CONGRESS COMMLTTEES SPEEDING FUEL BILLS Senators Vote to Report Favorably Cummins Measure to Create Distribution Agency. Ry the Assoclated Press. While the committees of the Senate and House were at worl today to per- tect coal distribution legislation recommended by the administration, President Harding and his advisers prepared to bring to bear all the pow- rs they now possess for improve- ment of fuel transportation facill- | ties. As a result of the President’s week end confersnces it was indicated that he still believed it would be possible to restore normal conditions without a resort to government operation of rail and coal properties affected by he strike situation, and that he felt nuch could be done in that direction even before Congress acts to create « fuel distribution agency and to clothe the Interstate Commerce Com- missiog with additional powers over | priority. | At the same time, however, both tire Senate and House interstate com- merce committees were redoubling their efforts to complete the distribu- tion and priority bills, and steps to authorize the executive to take over roads and mines remained in the AMng with congressional opinion di- ded as to the advisability of such course at the present moment. Parleys on Mayflower. With the President's return to Washington this morning from a week end cruise on the yacht May- flower, where Secretary Hoover, At- torney General Daugherty and Chair-, The WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 192 GEORGIA RAIL GUARD KILLS TWO BROTHERS By the Associated Press. _ CAMAK, Ca., August 25.—Dan and Baxley Latimore, brothers, were shot and instantly killed here just after midnight by W. T. Hall, guard in the Georgla railroad yards. Hall has sur- rendered at Warrenton. Sheriff Hogan, who arrived here from Warrenton shortly after the shooting occurred, said he found a pistol grasped in the hand of one of the dead men, and that the body was sprawled across the track of a trestle near the railway station. The bodies were found by Sterling Farr, an engine watchman. Farr sald the station agent flagged a freight train, due about that time from Macon. and held it up until the sheriff ar- rived and moved the bodies. The sheriff and coromer from War- renton are expected here this morning to hold an inquest. Hall, according to the sheriff, claims that one of the men threatened him and drew a pistol whereupon he (Hall) fired once at oth. . Dan Latimore, who is survived by & wife and two small children, lives at Camak, and is a telegraph lineman, while his brother, who was visiting him, Is from Hickory Grove, S. C. COALATSITATON !Flat Price Considered at Meeting of Public Util- ities Commission. The Public Utilities Commission has practically decided to fix a flat price for all soft coal sold In Washington this winter, it was learned today. It was reliably reported that the price will be somewhere between $10.50 and $11 per ton, according to present indications. Announcement of the actual figure probably will not be made, however, until Commissioners Oyster and Kel- ler return to the city. Commissionér Rudolph and Walter C. Allen, secretary to the Utilitjes Commission, conferred for more than an hour this morning with the com- mittee represénting the coal dealers of the city on the price question. Dealers’ Profit, $2. It is understood that discussion was confined to the question of a fair charge for soft coal, the feeling evi- dently being that it would be prema- ture to discuss hard coal prices when man Cummins of the Senate commit- tee were among his guests and con- ferees, it was indicated that for the( time being the attention of executive | officials would be centered with in-| Creased vigor upon what is said to be | regarded by Mr. Harding as the crux | of the whole industrial situation—the ! movement of coal. As outlined in an authoritative | arter, the Mayflower conferences Seached the conclusion” that-the b= tuminous coal situation was in a fair Wway to clear itself up entirely, that the anthracite strike showed indica- lions of settlement in the very near | future and that, if facilities could be provided to accelerate shipment of the | fuel supplies thus promised the gen- | eral situation would be such as to en- able a gradual re-establishment of | complete stability. Just what executive steps are in contemplation to facilitate coal ship- Mments was not revealed, but it was indlcated that both the Interstate| Commerce Commission and the emer- kency fuel distribytion machinery al- ready set up would be relied on to provide effective measures to protect the interests of the public. ~There | were intimations that in order to get | ihe maximum results a curtailment| of passenger, express and freight traffic in all commodities except fuel | and essential foodstuffs was among the possibilities. Cummins Is Reticent. Chairman Cummins, who has advo- cated steps to authorize presidential operation of roads and mines, would { not discuss the Mayflower conversa- ! tions on his return to the Capitol to- | day, but he Indicated that he might not offer for the present the authoriz- iug legislation he has prepared. 1t! was the clear implication of all the j-aders, both in executive and legis- lative circles, however, that possible | action In_that direction still was a part of the government strike pro- grata If lesser measures do not prove effective. With little discussion and no record vote, the Senate committee voted a . favorable report today on the Cum- imins bill to create a coal-distribution agency and to extend the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commis~ Sion over priority of shipments, and it was indicated that the measure probably would be taken up in the nate itself later in the week. At the same time the House committee | began a five-hour hearing on a com- panion bill presented by Chairman Wanslow, with the intention of mlk-! ing a report before night and bring- ing the bill into the House tomorrow. There was noticeably increased op- timism at the White House today over the anthracite situation, officials close to the President indicating that | they expected some agreement within | forty-eight hours that would insure a resumption of hard coal production. Their hopes were centered in the co; i ferences in progress at Philadelphia, | where peace overtures originating| from Washington were reported have made a favorable impression. Cenl Loadings Boosted. A new high-water mark for coal 1oadings sinze the strike began was announced by the Association of Railway ' Executives, whose figures for last Friday, the latest available, showed that,on that day 21,866 cars were loaded. The highest previous total since the strike began in April was 19,043 cars on August 21. Om the basis of figures siready received, the association announced that load-; ings for the whole of last week prob- | ably exceeded 6,250,000 tons. i In promptly voting approval of the distribution and priority bill, mem- | bers. of the Senate interstate com: merce committee. took the position that the whole question wquld have to be threshed out on the fidor of the ! Senate, and that it was useless fc the committee to waste time debatiug it. It was said also that the coi mitee action had bound none of the members to support the measure on the floor. ‘While the Senate interstate com- merce committee was mapping a plan_tor handling the Cummins di tributlon and prlorl!!‘ bill, & five-hour hearing on & companion measure, in- troduced by Chairman Winslow, was begun by the House committee. It was the intention of leaders on the House side to report the Winslow measure out before night and to take it up for debafe on the House floor tomorrow. ¥ Secretary Hoover told the commit- ree that the bill's enactment is neces- to | the fact that they were disappointed ontiaued o Puge % Colmn 17| atte there is little or no hard coal arriving. It was estimated today that if the price for saft coal is placed between $10.50 and $11, it would give the coal dealers & margin of close to §2 per ton. Of course, all coal dealers do not get their coal at exactly the same fig- ure and the fixing of a flat retail price may mean that the margin of some dealers will vary slightly from others. / If a_sliding scale of prices was allowed according to the cost of coal to the individual dealer, it was point- ed out, the dealer witiout a mine contract who gets his supply from a dump, would have to charge his customers more than the dealer with a dump. Commissioner Rudolph said, follow- ing the conference, that there was no statement the commission could make {at this time on the price question further than the fact that prices were discussed and that a decision would not be announced until the other Commissioners return. Coal Priority Ruling. It was stated by the Commissioner that the dealers’ committee displayed a spitit of co-operation and indicated that they would adhere strictly to the fair price when fixed. Another development In the local coal situation today was the receipt by the Utilities Commission of word from the federal fuel distributor's office that it would not be practical to allow coal merchants to cancel un- filled priority orders when coal prices drop below the figure at which the orders were placed. This means that if, after a dealer has obtained a priority order for. coal on a certain mine at a stated price the price should go down, that dealer could not cancel the order made at the higher fighre. Local coal dealers did not conceal at this ruling by the federal fuel dis- tributor. T5 NEN ENTONBED N BURNING MINE Fire Closes Shaft to fies- cuers in California Gold Field. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Calif., August 28.—Sev- enty-five men entombed in the famous Argonaut gold mine, helow the 3,600~ foot level, by fire which broke out in the main shaft shortly after mid- night were still in_the mine at 7:30 o'clock this morning. The fire con- tinued burning and efforts were being e to reach the miners through the abandoned Muldoon shaft, which touches the vein where the m working: The cause of the fire was not known early today, and ‘officials of the mine Working as leaders of & rescue party could not be interviewed. According to word which reached newspaper ef ficlals here, the fire was in the sam place in the mine where a fire broke out about three years ago. The Muldoon shaft has been used s an air feed to the mine in recent | months, the opinion was ex- pressed by those who visited the scene early today that rescue would v3 effected through it within a few hours. nmnmmn. ' SAN FRANCISCO, August 3§.—A rescue headed by Pickard- and H. Ecox, left Berkeley for Jackson early today to release the men held W the mine below the 3,000 feet mi " SENIORITY DISPUTE CARRIED TO LABOR " BOARD BY ROADS Federal Rail Agency May Ask Amendment to Esch- Cummins Act. HEAR TRACKMEN'S PLEA FOR BOOST IN WAGES Chicago and Alton Road Tied Up by Walkout of Trainmen. Tee Warns Strikers. {and new organizations of rafiroad employes were thrust forward by ten eastern rallroads today before the Railroad Labor Board, when the | United Brotherhood of Maintenance !of Way Employes and Rallroad Shop | Laborers began a hearing on pleas; for an increase in minimum Wwages| from 23 to 48 cents an hour. The seniority question, which has been the chief stumbling block over which efforts to end the rallway shop- men’s strike have several times fail- | ed, came to the front when John G. { Walber, representing eastern rail- | roads, ‘questioned the right of the | United Brotherhood to represent em- ployes on the ten roads. In the same way new organizations ! | were rejected into the -proceedings | when Mr. Walber declared that as a result of the strikes of maintenance men at points on the ten lines, the maintenance union could not repre- sent the majority of trackmen and shop labors on those roads. Grable to Reply E. F. Grable, president of the main- tenance union, was given until to- morrow morning to reply to Mr. Walber's contenttions. Congrcss may be asked to amend the Esch-Cummins transportation act to in- clude a definition or basis for com- puting the minimum cost of living for railroad employes, it was report- | ed today in Railroad Labor Board circles as preparations were begun | for openinf of the hearing on pleas| for a wage increase for maintenance | of way men. E. F. Grable, president of the main- tenance brotherhood, refused to af- firm or deny the reported plan to in- clude a minimum cost of living base in proposals to amend the transporta- I tion act. Statistician to Testify. The union’s position In its effort to ! increase the minimum wage of 33 cents an_hour for trackmen to 48 cents an hour was to be developed in the testimony of W. Jett Lauck, labor statistician. Mr. Grable had prepared in addition a long statement for presentatiom~o the Labor Board. John G. Walber, representing east- ern rallroads, and John Higgins, rep- | resenting western railroads, repre- | sented the railroads. Roads Oppose Appeal. When the hearing opened the first opposition to the union submissions | { came when six eastern railroads re- | fused to recognize the union’s appeal on the ground that raflroad shopmen, | | including some of the maintenancs | | men, were on strike. | Four additional railroads later | joined the six, declaring that new organizations of trackmen had been | | formed on these lines as a reserve of ! strikes, and that consequently the | maintenance union did not represent | a majority of their trackmen. i Mr. Grable, in a stdtement, empha- living wage as the basis of ihe de- cision in_this case. ¢ “Second. That In applying this prin- | iple. a minimum rate of not less| | than 48 cents an hour be awarded to all our members who under the| last wage decision are receiving (28| | cents an hour or less. | “““Third. That for those who are now | | | -eceiving more than 28 cents an hour | their differential in cents above the | 28 cents be added to the new minimum | rate of 48 cents an hour.” Urge Overtime Penalty. | Mr. Grable further asked that time | and one half as a punitive wage be { paid for all work over eight hours. i “We have no desire for overtime, {Mr. Grable added. “If it were pos- sible, or rather If it were practicable, we would be glad to have the bvard | absolutely forbid all overtime and all work on Sundays and holidays. “There has been no recognition of a living wage in principle,” Mr. Grable asserted in his statement, “as applied in a general way to all classes of em- ployes, or, as especially directed, to the laborer or unskilled worker as a fundamental principle, and conse- quently s basic principle which | should determine wages throughout the industry. " | “Senator Cummins, chairman’ of the Senate interstafe commerce com- mittee and authbr of the transporta- tion act, has declared that it is the intent o the law to give the humblest worker the right to a living wage. and in order to avold any posaible misunderstanding or ~misinterpreta- tion, he has prepared dnd would sub- mit an ""'fi"’t“n'd" to the law clearly sett: fort! Durnmg of e law '{orlgg.\lldlnuollhel. r Board.” The tie-up on the Chi Alton railroad and the appearance of maintenance of way workers before the United States Railroad Labor | Board seeking higher wages were high lights in the nation's raflroad situation today, the fifty-ninth since railway shopmen threw down their tools to strike against decisions by the Labor Board. = Their charters endangered by revo- cation by their national chief, W. G. Lee, members of -the Brotherhood of Raflroad Trainmen by unauthorized walkouts at Roodhouse, Ili, and 111 _had a strangle hold on Chesapeake and At- Striking clerks and firemen e trainmen in holding the road in their grip and meetings were called today to decide whether the throttling wculd continue. _ Firemen’s Oficial Arrives. e J. A, McBride, vice president of the firemen’s union, was at arriving last night from Cleveland | to take Tharge of the situation among members of his organization. ~°A few men remained at ork in lur] pts to dynamite "t::ln a ers. -.n:‘:lum .n;un staft otb{:l‘::nmn remained at g O open. e wait- Company guards and_a | world war, the Spanish-American war | | semi-arid, | of $350,000,000. | ject to drainage and suitable to come { and in the arid portions of the Pacific | coast states.’ - ynnchl and economic evils that attend the roundhouse at R 5 of ybings, ‘:’o—m% resi by rit-h. e:n‘h:!?e mob outside cried at the station were de- | 0t FARMS FOR VETS URGED IN SENATE McNary Declares U. S. Has “Grand Chance at Em- pire Building.” SAYS MEN DESIRE LAND Would Appropriate $350,000,000 for Reclamation Purpms—StltesE Thousands of Acres Available. Congress is given an opportunity to “do a grand thing in emplre“ building” in connection with the sol-' dlers’ bonus, Senator McNary, repub- lican, Oregon, declared today in the in urging his reclamation attention that.in every war the gov-| ernment had provided as aid land for | veterans, he argued that there was| no good reason for the abandon- ment of this national policy at this time. “This amendment is mot novel in any of its provisions,” he said. “It's; purpose and scope is to encourage the development of the agricultural resources of the '/ Unitea States, through federal and state co-opera- tion, giving preference in the matter of employment and the establishment of rural homes to those who have served in the military and naval forces of the United States in the and the Philippine insurrection. Would Appropriate $350,000,000: “It contemplates an ultimate ex- penditure for reclamation of arid, swamp and overflowed lands in the United States the sum The amendment does | not supersede or displace the present reclamation law. That law will con- tinue to operate exclusively in its! present field. | “Large acres of swamp lands, sub- Within the provisions of this amend- ent, are located in practically every ate in the Union, the total extent eing in excess of 96,000,000 acres. Under like conditions there are over 20,000,000 scres of land thirsty for water In the intermountain states Sees Evils Eliminated. _ Senator McNary quoted from re- ports of Secretary Fall and other fed- eral officials showing that thouu::s of veterans desired land aid, dded: ‘A splendid opportunity is here given to the Congress to do a grand thing in empire bullding. Lands that how pant for water can be made fer- tile and lands that are now burdened With water can be made free and pro- Juctive. The ex-service men who de- Sire to cast their destiny in the open Country can find rural fields for the mployment of their energies. The the crowding of cities can be partially - averted and & happy and healthful balance between rural and urban life can be maintained.” MOB SEEKING NEGRO i Mayor Pacifies Texas Crowd Which Had Set Three Fires—Packed Church . Afire. By the Assoclated Press. < 'WICHITA FALLS, Tex, August 2! —More than 500 ersons that surrounded the Electra, Tex., city hall jail threat- ning . John Love, o0ld negro porter, for a tack on & white girl early fires directed at megro-owned mpi‘““ LA rt 1ssued o that the gir] d . n aitacked o8 ennite evidence s bad been attacked, and that there was nothing definite st “Lowe. The said the nté i i an o e against_those Who 16 mam': mw‘er: restaurant, church and dence. 3 to - burn the negro AR began to flm‘ mem- “Dowa this was the first tion: with the blacks,” timation the congregal (MOVE TO HONOR | Leader of Epipheny Church May e jChurch of the Epiphany, at Washing- New England. present president. . ginning of the session at Portland, against the re-eléction of a president, Dr. Menn has made it clear that he Dr. Freeman. the convention was held in New York city, {Manning, who was then rector of i Trinity Church, New York. twenty-five-year- | posatbility of Mexico being made bone) n alleged at-|dry is again seriously discussed heré. “thinned out {It bécame know that several deputies | fter three incendiary |will proposge a “dry” bill soon as today 8 P"b as modeled after tl the | tb-' 4 the ‘league if she May Get High Post In Episcopal Church *'JAMES E. FREEMAN, CAPITAL RECTOR Rev. Freeman Proposed as ' * President of Episcopal Delegates. | SUPPORTED BY DR. MANNI Be Chosen at Portland, Ore., Session. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, Mass, August 28 —A strong movemerit to nominate Rev. James E. Freeman, rector of ti ton, D. C., for the office of president of the House of Deputies of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church at the open- ing at Portland, Ore., September 6, is well under way in this section of l The movement is under the leader- ship of Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity Church of this city, His. office terminates with the be- and, while there is no canon law has had the office for the past nine years and does not desire another term and supports the nomination of Dr. Mann was elected in 1913, when defeating Bishop William T. Dr. Mann has beeh elected to episcopate three times and h d on, each occasion. He the de- \ FINALLY LEAVES ]A". Chosen Bishop of Washington in 1308, Bishop of Newark in 1917 and ‘in western New York the same year. “DRY? BILL FOR MEXICO 'READY FOR CONGRESS By the Associated Press. MEXICO - CITY, August 28.—The its sessions. Gen. ury de ‘mdvocates of such legisiation. that a dry law, Volstesd law in) ted States,” will be introduced, 18 ‘not. belleved the meas- WOULD ADMIT GERMANY. e Tt This ‘is 2 _TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. !science building in Potomac Park NEW SCIENCE HOME! FOR POTOMAG PARK Plans Advanced for Million- Dollar Structure Near Lincoln. Memorial. READY TO BEGIN WORK | 1 House Passes Senate Bill to Close Upper Water Street in | Starting Project. i Early erection of a million-dollar west, near the Lincoln Memorial, was assured today when the House passed the Senate bill which authorizes the District Commissioners to close upper er street, between 21st and 22d streets northwest. Money is already availableifor this national home of scientific research. The National Academy of Science, in- corporated by Congress in 1863, al- ready has the money in hand, accord- ing to information laid before the Senate and House District committees by Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who is president of the National Academy of Sclence. This project has the ap- proval of the District Commissioners and the Fine Arts Commission. The purpose of the legislation is to close Water street between 21st and 22d streets northwest, so that the en- tire square around the propozed mew building can be beautified in con- formity with the park development in that section of the capital. PASS ALLEY BILL WITHOUT DISSENT Evictions Delayed Until June 1, 1923, Under New lG ermans Face l l Legislation. To prevent eviction on November 10 of 14,000 alley dwellers in the National Capital the House today passed unanimougly the bill passed by the Senate last week which postponed evictions under the alley bill until June 1, 1923. Chairman Focht of the House Dis- trict committee explained to the House that the District Commission- ers had protested to Congress that it would not be possible under existing conditions to find other homes for those who are dwelling’ in the alleys, and that the conditiona in the alleys injurious to life, public health, morals and safety have been much improved since the previous legislation calling for abandoment of the alley dwellings was passed. Chairman Focht pointed out that a The Associated Press fs exclusively entitiea the use for republication of all news credited to 1t or Dot otherwise credited fa paper and also the local news published A rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. i { * “Iron Rations” Of War Times ( By GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Btar and Chicago Daily News. Cop; . 1922, BERLIN, Augu: 28.—It is re- garded as probable' that Germany will have to return to war-time “iron rations” next winter, owing to 'the high prices of foodstuffs, clothing and fuel. Chiefly to appease the working people, the government {s adopting drastic measures to prevent the cost of living from going up any g:::e‘r :):cxu!e of the continual n the value of German er monéy abroad. =g Already the government has characterized as unpatriotic the brewing of 15 per cent beer of the kind used before the war, the im- portation of foreign MNquor, soap and perfumes and excessive drink- ing and eating in public reastaur- ants “The masses must be protected first of all,” is the slogan adopted by the government officials, who fear that serious bread riots may occur next winter if the well to do people keep on living extravagant- 1y, because they do-not know how long their money will be of any value whatever. ALLIES T0 DELAY MORATORIUM VOTE Whole Question of Repara- tions May Be Postponed Until November. “Saturday's Net Cifculation, s.mh;": Net Circulation, 74063 s . TWO CENTS. INEW WORLD UNION T0 FURTHER PEACE NOW IS PROPOSED {Would Embrace League of Nations, Pan-American Union and Others. | INADEQUACY OF PRESENT i BODIES IS SET FORTH | Now Declared Entirely European in Scope, With No Induce- ments for U. S. By the Associated Press. GRENOBLE, France, August 28.— A new plan for a world association |of states to link together the league {of nations, the Pan-American Union jand those governments which are {members of nelther was submitted | today to the Institute of International Law at its meeting here by Prof. Alejandro Alvarez of Chile. The plan was presented in the form of a report drafted by Prof. Alvarer for the twenty-seventh commission of the institute, which approved it at an executive session held in Paris from {July 31 to August 3. { The new association would be super- imposed upon the present league and ‘| Pan-American Union and would seek POINCARE REMAINS FIRM But Talk of Independent French Action Has Died Down. B the Ansociated Press. PARIS, August 28.—Members of the allied reparations commission will spend the next three days in an effort to reach some form of compromise which will avoid a direct vote on the question of a moratorium for Ger- many, it was forecast today. The idea is to leave in suspense a general reparations settlement, if possible, until the projected allied conference is held in November. Four or five plans to this end have been laid before the members of the commission and the hope was still expressed today that some temporary solution might be found by Wednes- day, when Dr. Fischer and Herr Berg- mann, the German delegates, are to be given opportunity for a final pre- sentation of the German case. Serlous consideration is being given to the Belgian proposal, made several weeks ago, in which Belgium would accept long-term notes for the re- maining German cash payr.ents this year, all of which go to Belgium un- der a former priority agreement. M. De La Croix, Belglan member of the commission, had a long talk toda; with M. Dubois, president; which was | taken to mean that Belgium was not in complete accord with France on how the present crisis should be met. French reparations circles are show ing an earnest disposition to reach a compromise, and there was less talk today of independent action, although | to encourage regional and continental groups rather than attempt to replace them entirely. It is designed to meet | the American objections to the league of nations with the primary purpose of co-ordinating the states of the world—not establishing a superstate. League Held Inadequate. Sixteen fundamental questions were submitted to the institute’s members, comprising may nationalities* Forty replies, many of them in elaborate de- | tail, were received and studied. | The inadequacy of the present league as a world grouping was frankly recognized, and it was desned | wiser to let it remain as a sofe of European organization. The inafl- | clency of the league was declare to | be based largely upon the attituds of | the United States, together with the | absence of Germany and Russia. Other objections urged against the {league were that it limits the sov- | ereignty of its member siates, makes {admission and withdrawal too difficult {and takes a too exclusively European | view of things. { Fails to Unity. | While the league has many merits, {its operation, the report finds, has { tended rather to separate than to jdraw Europe and America closer to- | gétner. Europe, it is held, needs an iln(ernlllonll organizstion more than | America does, for Europe is less stable | politically, and there are more rival- ries and ambitions. f The commission, studying all phas of the situation, formulated a series of basic principles with which the | proposed organization must comply. {and then, in the light of these, recast. | Prof. Alvarez's initial plan, evolving | the text which was submitted today. This convention, which consists of i elghteen articles. creates “a world association of states to establish liasion between the league of nations the Pan-American Union and the states belonging to none of these lgroup:." | Guard Against War. officially Premier Poincare’s position | remains unchanged. Sir John Bradbury, British member of the commission, still insists that Germany should be giver a mora- torium on her cash payments for the remainder of this year, and the Italians are firmly with the British. The position of Belgium is still more or less uncertain, but well informed observers think Belgium would vote | for a moratorium if such action were accompaned by additional German guarantees. SNOW AND IGE BiLL PASSED BY HOUSE Law COmpels Removal With- in Eight Hours of Day- light After Storm. Legislation compelling snow and ice to be removed from the sidewalks in front of United States and District property and private property within eight hours of daylight following a storm was passed by the House to- day after awaiting action on the cal- endar since last February, when 2 se- vere blizzard emphasized the need for such a measure. ‘The bill, as pasged, provides that if the owner of the property does not survey mede .in April, 1920, showed | rémove the snow and icq or make that the total number of alley dwel- dings in the District was 3,828, of which. 141 were vacant; the total number of inhabitants in those alley | Houses was 9,485, of which approxi- mately 485 were white and 9,000 col- ored.” Owing to conditions brought about by the war, building construc- tion was greatly retarded. PRESIDENT HARDING BACK FROM WEEK END CRUISE Mayflower Docks at Navy ‘r.ra' Barly This Morning After- President and Mra. Marding and the party of officials who accompanied them on the week .end cruise down the Potomac returned to the capital early ' today, the presidential yacht Mayfiower, dock: the yard shortly" b:!or- lno’cl:cx. 1“:." 5 dent and Mrs. Harding went d] to the“White House from'the boat.” The President's party included Miss l‘li‘:‘“ o .his n-é?{; - Wl of i H loereuryl'u ' Daugherty, ‘l‘nut::!fi c.n’lm‘:lu“:‘t Towa and kdlols of Minnesota, Sec- r: and Mrs. an; Gen. and Bawyer. A _chatrman of th N the sidewalk reasonably safe for traffic the District Commissione: shall do and the cost shall be sessed against the property owne: In Force fu North. The bill is framed along the lines adopted, by substantially -all of the northerh states and which are, in vogue in most of the northern cities. ‘hairman Focht of the House District committee pointed out that according to the estimates of, the street cleaning department of the District, there are within the fire iimits 550 miles of paved sidewalks to clear which. from & three-inch fall of snow will require thé services of 12,000 men for a period of four hours. it is preposter- ous to sup) that a force of of this number could be pressed into service on any mcIning when the oc- casion arose, he that/ this legisla- tion requiring the individual property owner to clear their walk sis imperative. He pointed out that the history of sker, | the | “The association,” it says, “will con- {sider questions of world or continen- | tal interest. 1t will have as its duties | notably, to watch over the general interests of humanity, take measures to eliminate the causes of war, initi- ate adequate measures for the paclf)” settlements of conflicts betweea states, strengthen bonds of all sorts between countries, promote universal co-operation and accomplish gradual | coaification of international law. The association will act only by means of recommendations.” All members of the league and the Pan-American Union would automat- |ically become members of the asso- | clation unless they specifically re- | fused, and the others would be ad- | missible by two-thirds’ vote of the assembly. Working Organization. The assembly, which would be the controlling body, would be composed of not to exceed three delegates from each country, but each delegation would hive only one vote. The executive council, which would {be subordinate to the assembly, would comprise six non-American members of the league of nations, six | members of the Pan-American Union |and six elected by the assembly of ! the new association. All states would Ibe entitled to representation on all commissions. Article 16 reads: agreed not to resort to hostilities un- til they have exhausted the methods | recognized by international law for | the pacific settlement of disputes. It la state violstes this provision the council will direct the attention of the various continental or regional organizations so they may comsider { the measures they think necessary.” Provision for Withdrawal. The final article provides for wiiki- drawal at the member's option upon a year's notice. The commission dur- ing its study of the pact questien adopted a number of resolutions con- cerning the principlct and details of the present league of nations and adopted a revised article 10 to read “The members of the ieague bind themselves to respect the present ter- ritorial integrity and political inde- pendence of all member: league. In case of violation of this fundamental obligation as well as in the case of I'freulnn against = member of the league by a non member state the council after con- | sideration will recommend to the members the measures it thinks proper.” ! HOUSE TO STAY ON JOB. “States members of the association of the * | |