Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1922, Page 9

LARGE COAL USERS | MEET WITH HODVER More Than 40 Here to Agree on Plan to Expedite Fuel Shipments. More “than two-score representa- tives of great coal-consuming indus- tries meeting today at the Depart-{ ment of Commerce to discuss general-} ly the coal situation for the coming winter were ‘expected this afternoon to agree on plans for expedition of coal movement and for voluntary limiting of coal stocks accumulated by industrial consumers. Although the conference, which had as its chairman Secreiary of Com- merce Hoover, sat in executive ses- sion, it was made known that the| Giscussion at the opening session this, morning was general and that al- though several tentative suggestions/ for bringing about wider distribution} of coal had been made, nothing con- crete had been acted upon. The ses- sion thls afternoon was expected to bring out some definite recommenda- | tions to industry and consumers, not WANTS AMERICANS TOVIEW GERMAN GLIDERS IN BERLIN Dy _the Assoc'ated Press. BERLIN, September 15.—In con- nection with a report received here from New York that Johann Maertens, the student aviator, has accepted an invitation to give exhibition glider flights in_the United States, the All Gemeine Zeitung says: “Gratifying as is American interest in our flying cperations, it would be more advisable if Americans came to look us over rather than we go to the United States.” - e SERVICE ENDS CABLE- TELEGRAPH WAR ing medium. This means that mes- sages trom the United States nled at any Postal Telegraph oftice will go direct to South American points with- out passing through the hands of any British company. Fourth. ‘wne addition of the Miami cable means improved communication to South America because it has been all too obvious in the last two years that the All-America Cable Company | The | could not handle all the business. altegt Line from Zrioriwa o Har- bados and Brazil will mean quick service o Brazil, and the \Western | UNCLE SAM AWAITING BUILDING COST SLUMP Bids for $15,000,000 Federal Of- fices Refused as Being Too High. - Fifteen million dollars appropriated by Congress for federal buildings throughout the country is being held back for a drop in cost of construction expected within the next eighteen months, Within that period, according to James A. Wetmore, acting supervising architect for the government, the coun- try from coast to coast may look for “a_ yery material drop in the cost of building.” The $15,000,600 was appropriated by Congress in 1913 for 135 post offices and federal bulldings in various parts of the United States, Owing, however, to the prevailing high cost of building, the goy- ernment has been holding the money in readiness for expenditure at a later time and at more reasonable prices. To build now with the money appro- priated by Congress, would necessitate putting up bulidings so much smaller than the specifications that when com- pleted they would be far behind the needs of the growing towns and cities for which they were authorized, Treasury officlals hold. Bids for these federal only to prevent undue accumulationUnion is also making arrangements | buildings have been asled from time to of coal in a few industties. but also} o overcome unnecessary boosting of coal prices. Probably, according to one of the conferees, no attempt will be made ! to set a maximum price at which coal | will be sold to users, as large coal{ operators are not represented at the | conference, although consumers may | be urged to purchase coal only aty prices considered fair. Coal priori distribution and expedition of move- ment of coul were among the specifl subj s taken up at the morni meeting. Invitations for the conference issued last day by Secre Hoover, on behalf of the Presider fuel committee, at the request of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, with the view of conside “uch measures of co-operation by in- dustry as will insure a speedy return, of the coal situation to norraal Practically all the larze coal con- suming industries of the nation are a3 i the sender to reach points on the west coast of! South America, though at present the All-America has more cable mileage on the west coast. World Communieation. Fifth. The decision of the American Radio Corporation in the same collecting capacity that it is to act for the All-American Cable Com- Lary is a significant step forward in the development of world communi- cation. For one reason or another, heretotore the Western Union has de- clined to permit the senders of mes- sages at interior points in the United ates to mark a message for urope radio.” The Western Union has accepted messages from shore to ship, Lut not between the United States and Great Britain, for example, if marked it “Via radio.” | se: e he conference. The In- | The Sencral supposition has been that ::r::alpm(::‘m:;u»rve Commission, which | the Western Union, which has cable directed the coal priority movement lines o pss the Atlantic, during the strike. is represented by Was nd pete with itself Commissi r Aitchison® the hureau!ly accepting messages for Europe 7 that would be transmitted across the ! of mines by H. Foster Bain, its di- | rector, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by Julius| Rarnes, its president, and Alexander gge HOME LOAN FIRMS PLEAD LEGAL SNAG| \ 1 (¢ontinued from First Page.) will fully meet the situation is now under consideration. “For more than a vear the control- ler's o has received reports under of the wath, showing the cendition | buriness conducted b each of the un- | incory orated as: doing busi- | n the District of Columbia. Dur- ng the same period their business has been personally inquired into by rep-} resentatives of the crntroller's office. | S0 far as 1 am advised there has never been a question as to their sol- vency or their ability to meel every contractual obligation Able to Make Cheap Loans. “These companles are able to make | loans to co-operative contract holders ! at a cost to the borrower below the prevailing interest rates charged b). the banks and building and loan asso- | ciations. They have enabled thousands of persons in moderate circumstances to acquire homes, to pay off mortgages and to start on the road toward the accumulation of property. @hey have been a rea! benefit to the poorer class of people. No person m the District | of Columbia, so far as 1 am advised. has ever lost a dollar through one of these companies. Their business can be stabilized and rendered more secure by governmental supervision, and this they all welcome. “In several of the states of the Union the validity of similar insti- tutions has been expressly recognized by positive law. Questions h:l\9| arisen as to the form of contracts g issued by some of the companies do-, ing business in the states. In the| states, where there is legislation] regulating this business, the state officers can require the companies to change their contracts so as to| fully protect the public. So far as I know there has never been any qu tien raised as to the contract issued; by the assoclations located in the Listrict of Columbia.” COMES TO WAR COLLEGE. Lieut. Col. Stephen Bonsal,” Mili- tary Intelligence Officers’ Reserve has been ordered to this city Corps, to pursue a course of instructfon at the Army War College, Washington | barracks. w—‘\a For Saturday Another of the famous Special Sales of Philipsborn eaux de —embracing more than 350 new mart Fall Hat " Black—togethe; I to the | open secret Atlantic by radic and thus be obliged | to give a portion of the sender's fee radio company. Radio rates, furthermore, are cheaver in many i stances than cable. so it was felt that | to furnish the American yoration with a means of collecting meseages throughout the United Radio Cor- | States by giving them the advantage | of the thousands of Western offices might be an unwise move. . Clarence H. Mackay. president of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com- pany, which aiso has cables of its own, took a different view, howeve of the transatlantic business. He felt that if radio could be used for many messages it would relieve the con- gestion and make cable communic; tion quicker and thus tempt busine: Union men to use the cables more fre- quently and to better advantage. known fact that static in- with radio every now and then, and while remarkable speed is mgde, there are some serious delays. My messages, however, are sent to Europe which the sender is not anx- ious to have delivered at once, a delay of a few hours is not terial Benefity Are Shared. Radio will get much of this traffi whereas for communication at cer- tain day hours when radio is not, as 4 rule, as good as cable the latter will reap the benefit. The Postal Telegraph Company's idea Is that a readiness to give the American Radio Corporation a collecting telegraph agency will stimulate business of all kinds with Europe, both cable and radio, and will unquestionably work to the advantage of the cable lines of the Western Union, as well as the Posta, for all cables have been con- gested in recent months, and it is an that the old pre-war situation of almost Instantaneous communication for all messages has never been restored. Another complicat the that the originally went to Germany by way of the Azores. American companies have been thwarted in their efforts to get cable licenses abroad and cable facilities are therefore not being built to meet the demand. The addition of the radio for commercial use across the Atlantic comes at an opportune moment, and the prediction is made in well informed quarters that rates to Europe must inevitably come down as a result of the new adjustment. It is expected also that the arrange- ments for wireless messages arriving at the Pacific coast to be sent through the Postal land lines and vice versa will follow as a matter of course the agreements just made for transatlantic business. ion is (Copyright, 1022.) T fact | allies took two cables which | business | 1 | | time, and, It was explained. indications point to a fall in prices within the next eighteen months. The decrease, Mr. Wetmore thinks, will probably be more or less parallel for the whole country, instead of begin- Postal | Mg with a steep decline in one par- 1 ticular s | Telegraph- Company to act for the|pc tion. It will probably be a long time before the pre-war level of huilding prices is reached,” Mr. Wet- more predicted. The expected decline also might be slowed up somewhat by the shortage of transportation on ac- count of the rail strike, he said. But officials were agreed, he indicated, that such g drop might definitehr be expected. —_— During the last eleven years one of the largest Amerfcan corporations en- d in the manufacture of has distributed a total of $3,6: in bonuses among 000 i RUSS WELCOME : TERMS WITH U. S (Continued from First Page.) the interests of both concerned. The any tendencies in the direction reciprocity which will enable each country to study the economioc condi- tion of the other. “Owing to the fact that the soviet government desires closer relations with the United States, it cannot con- sider exactly just a one-sided pro- posal for sending an investigating commission to Russia.” Principles of‘Equality. Such action, the note continu might be regarded by public opinion as not in conformity with principles ot equality, and might cause a senti- ment unfavorable to the durability of the future relations between the two countries. “The soviet government.” the note adds, “does not doubt that if the United States, the government of which is sufficlently informed regard- ing Russian conditions thrpugh the American _relief administration and other sources, should find it neceasary to change its policy toward Russla it will certainly fin guaranteeing equality and afong these lines the soviets are prepared to do whatever might be considered just and right.” some eans of Comment Withheld Pending Re- ceipt of Communication. By the Associated Press. The State Department was without advices today from Ambassador Houghton, at Berlin, that any com- munication from the Russian soviet authorities bearing on the suggested had reached him. Pending receipt of the full text of ithe soviet note no authorized com- ment here is to be ekpected. The stress laid in the soviet note on the readiness of the Moscow officlals to enter into preliminary negotiations with an American delegation “for the re-establ{shment of official relations” between Russia and the Uniteq State: w iewed as a purely political mo “Dune!” B Bl et in silk hosiery for fall In Chiffon Silk at $3.00 In Thread Silk at $1.95 FOR YOUNG FOLKS AND APPAREL 11th ST. N.W. FOR EVERYWOMAN Fourth Floor Pbilipsborn... s Many original creations; many others are copies of imported Hats. There is only one of a kind—and each is expressive of the highest designing thought and skill with all the new colorings—Browns, Reds, Navy, Green, Henna, etc. Come promptly for choice. See display in window. Purple, Gray, 'Sand, ; sovlet government heartily WclcumaJ [ American economic inquiry in Russia j The purpose of the American govern- ment in considering tho possibility of sending an economic mission to Rus- a was wholly outside of any political question whatever, the object being m to provide the Washington government with first-hand informa- tion as to the economic plight of oviet Russia in order that it might act with full understanding in any future discussion by the BEuropean poreea of the*Russian economic prob- em. Another point that prompted the ‘Washington government to take in- formal -steps toward an American economic inquiry in Russia was the desire of various American business interests-to participate in the recon- struction work in Russia and the in- ability of the State Department to approve any such projecg, lackifig a complete understanding ‘of the situ- atlon in that country. 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