Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and continued cold tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 40, at lowest, 31, at ended a. 2 p.m. today 3:30 p.m” yesterday p.m. vesterday. Full feport i with rising 10 on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page Entered as = No. 28701. post _office Washington, >cond-class matter D. FRANCE PLANNING 10 PAY HERSELF | BY SEIZING RUAR Ahsolute Control of Rhine Sector Also Believed Ap- proved by Cabinst. TROOPS READY TO ACT ON 24 HOURS’ NOTICE France Prepared to Go It Alune.l But Drastic Step, if Decided Upon, | ‘Would Await Default. i Rr the Associated Press. { PARIS, November —A plan for direct actlon by France as a solution of the reparations question was sub- mitted today to the full cabinet, meet- ing in the Elysee palace with Presi- dent Millerand presiding. The plan provides for seizure ~f the state coal mines and collection of the export taxes in the Ruhr district, to- gether with absolute control of that section of the Rhineland now occu- pied by the French military. 1 Members of the cabinet after lhe! meeting refused to discuss the ac- tion taken, but it is generally believad the plan was approved without oppo- sition, as it was drawn up yesterdas at a meeting in which the foremo military and civil authorities par! pated, Includng Fresident Millerand, Premier Poincare. Marshal Foch, and | the ministers of finance, war and liberated regions. { Marshal Foch and Maj. Gen. Buat,| the French chief of staff, are under- stood to have told President Millerand and Premier Poincare at yesterday's| meeting that a plan for expanding the military occupation of the right bank of the Rhine had been prepared | with the utmost care and that it could be executed within twenty-four hours’ notice. M. Tirard, the French hi cimmissioner for the Rhineland, discussing his part in any necessary action, said that civil administration of the territory occupied by France| on the left bank of the Rhine could be immediately taken over by com- petent French authorities. ‘Would Await Default. This program would be’ applicable | only after January 15, for Germany now has a moratorium until the end of December, and the first payment under the existing scheme of repara- tions, now In suspension, would be due in the middle of January. Ger- many’s failure to meet this payment would, in the opinion of the French, automatically give them the right to act. Premier Poincare's purpose in his appeal to the nation last Sunday ta submerge party feelings in “sacred union” in support of the government row is seen. 3 ‘This drastic program of action naturally hinges upon the outcome of the Brussels conference, but there is such doubt that that meeting would reach a satisfactory decision on the reparations question. or_that it will even be held, that the French think it wise to prepare now for an even- tuality which many think is reason- ably certain of being faced at the end of the year. Ready to Go It Alone. France now is ready “to go it alone,” acting on the theory that if she ever expects to get anything from Ger- many she must. as the French news- papers say, hit Germany hard in the Ruhr, her most vulnerable spot. This is specifically stated in apparently in- spired reports ot yesterday's Elysee meeting, given only to French news- papers. In these articles it is ex- plained that action in the Ruhr would he designed “to strike the hardest blow at the interests of the great heads of German mining and metal industries” as well as to obtain for France the full quota of reparation coal and_coke which she needs for the full development of the Lorraine iron industries. Complete control of the French sector of the Rhineland would accomplish the much-desired expulsion of German offi- cials, many of whom, the French be- lieve, are Prussians recently come into the ~region with the intention of strengthening resistance to the allied occupation. Poincare Sees Itallan. Premier Poincare saw Marquis Sal- wvago Raggi, Italian member of the rep-! arations commission yesterday, and it | was taken for granted that it was to supplement the outline M. Poincare al- | ready had given Premier Mussolini at Lausanne of the French intentions toward Germany. France, in any case, it is said, will continue making it the rule to keep the allies informed of her reparations policy. The cabinet had before it today the government's _calculations on exactly what the seizure of two-thirds of the Ruhr would vield. These official figures ! show among other resources that the German governmest's mines in the Ruhr, produce 9,000900 tons of coal, about half the amount annually due | France. This rdsource was discussed in London last Augudt by Premier Poin- care with the allied ministers, and its acquisition was tentatively approved, it | is understood, as a last resort measure. The French calculated last summer before the big drop in German exchange that the Ruhr metal industries sent out products valued at 578,000,000,000 paper marks, so that if a customs barrier were thrown around the Ruhr and even a small export tax imposed it would yield several hundred million gold marks annually. D. C. BILLS UP TOMORROW. Anti-Gun Toting Measure to Be Considered. The Capper anti-gun toting bill for | the District of Columbia as amended by the District Commissioners on the recommendation of the polie depart- ment will be taken up by the Senate District committee at a meeting to- morrow and may be reported to the Senate faverably. Other measures which will be taken up at the com- | mittee meeting, it is expected, are bills regulating the practice of op- tometry and the practice of plumbing and gas-fitting, and a joint resolution providing $50,000 for caring for the =afety and comfort of visitors to ‘Washington on the occasion of the annual convention of the Mystic Shrine next year. ]District Attorney to Become Aviator to Speed Up Work| B the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.. November —To enable him “to speed up his work,” United States District At- torney Amos W. W. Woodcock has decided to learn to fly. Mr. Wood- cock. who is a lieutenant colonel in the Maryland National Guard, yesterday wrote to Brig. Gen. Mil- ton A. Rickford, commanding the state Naticnai Guard, asking to be assigned to flying training at Lo- gan Field. “I want to learn to fly for the reason that it is the quicke: od of transportation known, Mr. Woodcock. “It appeals to my imagination. My office requires many trips to distant points — Richmond, Cum- berland, Washington and down to my home. If I could fly it would sbeed up my work.” PERSHING SOUNDS NEW WAR WARNING U. S. Must Face Facts, He Says, in Plea for Military Training. ciated Press. APOLIS, Minn, November 28.—An appeal to the nation to “look cold. hard facts in the face and not forget our obligations in the blind hope that we may not again engage | in armed conilict,” marked an address delivered here today by Gen. Pershing under the auspices of the American Defense Society. “At present we do not see definite indications, but none of us can tell whether we shall have war in five, ten or twenty years,” Gen. Pershing said. “If we knew now to a certain- ty that armed conflict would come in twenty years there would be an im- | mediate demand for preparations. Yet that is the approximate interval that we have had in the past between ma- jor wars. 1 that the immediate future will bring about a cessation of war even though it was said that we entered the world war to bring about the end of war." Value of Tralning. Gen. Pershing devoted most of his address to discussing the value of military training as a school of good citizenship, making reference in this | connection to the findings of the re- cent educational conference in Wash- ington. The conclusions of that con- ference, he said, were that the tra!n- | ing glven in the reserve elements of the Army and at civilian training camps “constitute an effective ma- chinery through which much can be done not only to benefit the individ- ual from the standpoint of his phy- sique and self-discipline, but from the standpoint of his relations to the government that protects him and which he is under obligations to de- fend.” ‘The chief of staff stressed again draft statistics that show 50 per cent of the voung men called out during the war to have been physically sub- normal, largely due to defects cura- ble by proper training; and that one- fourth of the persons examined were “unable to read and write our com- mon language, and that more than 10 per cent cannot even successfully speak English.” Losing National Self-Respect. “That mean: Gen. Pershing con- tinued, “that some 10,000,000 of the American people do not know our tongue. * * ¢ We cannot avoid the conclusion that we are losing our balance and our own self-respect un- less we attack the problem vigor- ously. “I do not suggest military train- ing as a cure for all clvic ailments, but I firmly believe that it inculcates ideals of honor and duty in our young men that must constitute a most valuable national asset.” Gen. Pershing said that if the Army was to succeed “in spreading the benefits of the training offered, it will only be through the co-operation and support of the people.” During the present year, he said, expendi- tures on all phases of the mllitary establishment ran “a little more than $2 per capita,” which compared favorably with prewar expenditures, all things considered. It was to be hoped, the general said, that it would soon be practicable to furnish mili- tary training to greater numbers of men every year. adding: “The sound mentality. built upon the foundation of a clean, strong physique, is in itself a means of de- fense: but even with this advantage it is idle to build up a defense system and maintain it at ever so luxurious a cost unless we inculcate loyalty in the hearts of the people and unify their aims and purposes.” DRY LAWS UPHELD BY ADMINISTRATION: As Dbetween the alternatives stricter enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead aét or considerable modification of the liquor laws to meet the situation, which has caused such concern in government circles of late, the administration h: determined to choose stricter enforce- ment. This was made known at the White House today, at the same time that| it was revealed President Harding feels regret over the unfortunate in- cident at Philadelphia during the Army and Navy game, which Secre- tary of the Navy Denby so roundly scored in a public statement. The administration intends to throw the full weight of its influence, not for modification or liberdlization of the existing law, it was made plain at the White House, but for a more complete enforcement of law throughout the country. Such enforcement, it was indicated, is not only the desire of the admin- istration, but {ts “everlasting com- mitment.” ‘The incident at Philadelphia, de- scribed by Secretary Denby as an “orgy,” was declared by an admin- istration spokesman only an incident in the nation-wide prohibition prob- lem and might have happened in any one of & number of cities. } al There is no reason to think | of| WASHINGTON; D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1922—_FORTY PAGES. Star. P —— = “From Press to Home Within the Hour” _The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition 13 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. | | | « Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,870. TWO CENTS. [ | GREECE EXECUTES SIX LEADERS FOR ARMY DISASTER Great Britain to Break Off Relations as Result of Pro- test Failure. THREE EX-PREMIERS AMONG THOSE TO DIE Admiral and General Degraded and Given Life Terms by Court- = | Martial. i i | B the Associated Press, | | LONDON. November 28.—The Greek { former ministers condemned to death by the military court in Athens have {been executed, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens this atternoon. It was stated In official circles this afternoon that the immediate with- drawal of the British minister at ! Athens will result from the execution. ! A Central News dispatch from Athens early today sald that the court-martial which has been hearing treason charges against several for- mer cabinet ministers imposed the death sentence on M. Gounaris, M. Protopapadakis and M. Stratos, for- imer premiers: M. Theotkis, former {minister of war: M. Baltazzis, who {has held portfolios in several cabinets, | jand Gen. Hadjanestis, who command- | led the Greek forces in the recent i debacle in Asia Minor. The dispatch added that Gen. Stra- itigos and Admiral Goudas were sen- I tenced to life imprisonment. | Heavy Penalties for Twe. | Fines ranging from 200.000 to 1,000.- 1000 drachmas were imposed on the | prisoners. In additior., Gens. Strati-| |gos and Hadjanestis and Admiral to military oudas were sentenced | degradation. i There was the strongest possibility that Great Britain would break off | diplomatic relations when It became apparent that the death sentences i{would be imposed on former Greek | | cabinet officers. The precedént of such action by the British, it was suggested, would prob- }ably be the break in diplomatic rela- tions with Serbia in 1903, as a result {of the murder of the Serbian majes- | ties by revolutionaries. ONLY TWO ESCAPE DEATH. Life Sentence and Degradation fnr{ Admiral and General. Dy the Associated Prens. ATHENS, November 28.—All but two of the former cabinet officers and army of- ficials accused of high treason in connec- tion with the Greek debacle in Asta Mihor have been sentenced to death by the military court martial that heard the ! {charges. A sentence of life imprison- ment and degradation was imposed upon Admiral Goudas and Gen. Stratigos. TRIAL LASTS TWO WEEKS. Treason Charged in Report by Special Probe Committee. The trial of several former Greek | ministers and military officials who | were charged with high treason as| | the result of the army's recent de- | feat by the Turks began on Novem- ber 13. The court-martial was in- stituted by a decree of the revolu- tionary committee after an investiga tion” by a speclal committes of in- quiry had resulted in a report charg- ing treason. Former King Constantine was de- ! clared exempt from the charges on | the ground that he was not responsi- | ble for any acts that led to the tri- {umph of the Turkish armies. It was decided that his.ministers must bear the full responsibility. The accused men were permitted to i testify in their own defense. Early in the trial the British government made representations against possi- i ble imposition of the death sentence. London_dispatches said the British jaction has been generally resented {in Athens, and that the rscent fall of the Zaimis ministry could be traced directly to the British stand. 17 MORE ONE-MAN CARS TOBEPUTONBYW.R.E. Ten new one-man cars, costing $75.- 000, have been ordered by the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pany for use on the 9th street-Ana- costia line, it was learned today. According to officials of the Public Utilities Commission, the company also is remodeling seven more of its existing cars for one-man operation. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric system already has fifty-five sin- gle-man cars, so that the adidtional ones In the making will give a total of seventy-two. ‘William F. Ham, president of the company, stated today that the latest figures he compiled showed a saving of approximately $110,000 a year in operating expenses through the opera- tion of one-man cars. Mr. Ham explained that the re- routing recently put into effect ol Georgla avenue and Sth street is cost. ing the company more money and this i will be partly made up by the placing of one-man equipment on that di- vision. ‘What the company did was to break the long runs from the suburbs of Georgia avenue to Anacostia and the wharves. Now part of the line oper- ates from 7th B streets to the suburbs and the balance from 9th and Florida avenue to Anacostla and thé wharves. This arrangement resulted in an ; increase from sixteen to twenty-four i trips per hour on 9th street between | Florida avenue and the Center Mar- ket. - ——— WARNS OF HEAVY STCRM. NEW YORK, November 28.—Warn- ing of a northwest storm of consid- erable intensity from New York to Cape Hatteras was issued today by [ | | Mrs. \ \‘\\‘\\\\\‘"\ NOQLLECTQR \" OFTAXE N Y / ‘BRIDE' MAY WRECK TIERNAN HARMONY {Everything Moving Along Nicely, Says Professor, But Discord Threatens. AFFAIRS GROW TANGLED Brimmer-Tiernan Declares She’s His Wife and Is Going to Live With Him. By the Ansociated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., November 28.— With the threads of the domestic af- fairs of Prof. and Mrs. John P. Tier- nan becoming more tangled by many new developments since the start of the Tiernan-Poulin paternity case. the ngxt move of the principals to- WwArd & restoration of harmony in the household was being watched with Interest today. spite the fact that Prof. Tiernan announced last night that the recon- ciliation with his first wife was mov- ing along satisfactorily. A dispatch from Marshalitown, Jowa, quoted Mrs. Blanche Brimmer Tiernan, the pro- fessor's “bride of a day” as saying that she was the latter's wife and was going to live with him. She sald she expected Tiernan to arrive at the Iowa city Wednesday. Suits Still Stand. Whether the professor will carry out his announced Intention of dis- missing the divorce petition against the first Mrs. Tiernan and have the appeal of the paternity case against Harry Poulin dismissed, or whether i he will take action to have his mar- riage to the second Mrs. Tiernan pro- nounced legal, are steps that remain to be determined by future develop- ments. “There is absolutely nothing to the report that I am ‘:ln‘ ;o Io:a,; K ‘when Informed of Xi‘:&:fli&"?’?efi“:mm that he had told Mrs. Blanche Brimmer Tiernan he would leave here tomorrow morn- ing to rejoin her. Says Mrs. Brimmer Called. “Mrs. Brimmer,” he said, “called me on long-distance phone today. I did not call her. She told me that there were no legal impediments to the validity of her marriage with me last Saturday at Crown Point, as far as her previous matrimonial status was concerned. I made no promises whatever to her.” “Mrs. Augusta Tiernan is very tired from the strain of the past few days, but our reconciliation is most happy. and we will go through with the plans we made Sunday.” ‘WEDDING PUSHED AHEAD. By the Associated Press. HANSELL, Iowa, November 28.— Mrs. Charles Hawn, mother of Mrs. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) |New Record Set New Record Set 1 [ § [FFCES ight (N BULDINES A | in Storm F. ; B the Associated Press. BELLEVILLE, Ill, November 28. —A record American flight for a pony blimp was made vesterday when the small balloon dirigible of Scott Field, the government's lghter-than-air station near here, traversed miles from the field to Bynum, Ala., in ten hours, Army officers announced today. The blimp is the only one of ity kind in the Army, and its normal flight distance is 150 miles, it was explained. Three men were aboard. First Lieut. O. A. Anderson. the pilot, took the blimp aloft at 11 am. for an ordinary flight, not ex- pecting to leave sight of the field. He encountered a heavy wind- storm, however, and decided to try for a record, realizing he could not return to the hangar in the gale. He shut off ,the motor and let the 100-foot clgar-shaped bag ride with the wind. It flew in virtually a straight line until it wasbrought down in Alabama last night. The flight could have been longer, it was said, but fear of falling into the Gulf of Mexico caused the fliers to land at Bynum. DETECTIVE BUREAU SHAKE-UP HINTED Oyster Intimates Action as Result of Disappearance of $68 and Watch. ‘}House Committee Urged to| | Further General Policy in { Omnibus Bill {PROMOTES RECORDS HALL | {Relief of Postal Service One of Chief Purposes, Says Chair- man Langley. i i | Inclusion of a general policy to house all federal functions in govern- | i ment-owned buildings and provision | ifor the immediate erection of a fire- ! iproof hall of records or archives | building in an omnibus public build- {ings bill which it s the “imperativ: fduty” of the House committee on pub- { {lic buildings and grounds to urge! upon the House, is recommended in a ! {letter sent by Chairman Langley to| each member of that committee. | i 1t is Chairman Langley's intention | | to press this leglslation in the House | immediately after the holidays, he; i says, and just as soon as the ulhrl‘i j members of the committee have ap- | proved his plan he intends to address | a letter to every member of the llouse | ‘nd\*lulng them to get at once betore {the committee any public bufldings i proposals they wish to have consid- i ered. | _Relief for the postal service is one 10f the chief aims in fathering thi legislation, Chairman Langley says. His letter follows: ° “It has now been approximately ten | years since we have had an omnibus | public buildings bill enacted into law, the last act having been approved {March 4, 1913. The committee has isince that time reported one omnibus ibill, which passed the House. but Changes in the detective bureau,failed of consideration in the Senate ot | because of the world war. At the en-| as a result of the dlup:earance ¢ suing session the committee again re- $68 and a gold watch. the property | jorted a similar bili with some slight of a prisoner. were hinted at today amendments, but this died on the by Commissioner Oyster, who super- House calendar, and for the same rea- json that the previous bill was not vises the police department. s taken up in the Senate. While con- The Commissioner intimated that|ditions throughout the country have there would be some developments | changed somewhat since these two - | bills were reported by the committec, within a few days in the investiga- |,y ° fios” contaln much information tion which has been under way since | that will aid in the preparation of the discovery was made ten days ago | another bill so that extensive hear- that the watch and money were gone. | ings Will not be necessary. It is understood that the investi- Deploerable in Section: gators have narrowed the INQuUiry, .ij a recent interview which I had down to onebm-ln, :u:. wh‘:lkfllmn“ with the Postmaster General at his they have obtalne not known. |request, that official told me frankly Seeks Definite Conclusion. that the postal service was in a de- ‘Whether there will be other trans- | plorable condition in various sections fers from the detective office if the|of the country; tha T o, 10 D Gt 1 G0 y; that in some instances (Continued on Page 2, Column §,) SLAN INGUN BATLE in that he intends to follow the By the Associated Press. investigation to some definito conclu- COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 28— sion. ‘The property in question was taken from John E. Gomm, when he was arrested in September on a charge of making a handbook on the races. Tho loss came to light when Gomm, after his release from Occoquan, called for his watch and money. Not only was the property gone, but the entry of it on the police blotter had been eradicated. Two men are dead—a Columbus po. Are You a Lessons in Dedicated to Appearing With the local weather bureau. The storm, moving rapidly northeastward, wili cause strong north and northwest winds with gales off the coast this afternoon and tonight. . The price of The Do You Drive a Car? Study the Special Midweek Rotogravure Section Tomorrow’s Star Order your copy from newsdealer today. | |liceman and an unidentified automo. bile bandit—as the result of the at. tempt of two Columbus policemea to arrest four men here this morning who are said to have been driving an automobile stolen in Cleveland last night. Patrolman Grannison Koehler died in a hospitpl shortly before 9 o'clock and a few minutes later reports re- coived at police headquarters said that a large touring car, answering the description of the cne stolen in Cleveland, - and in which the bandits ‘were seen in Columbus, had been lo- cated near West Jefferson, with the body of a man who had been sthot to death lying on the rear seat. Corporal Roscoe C. Friddle is in a local hospital suffering from a wound in the Jeft j&". The two lumbus policemen were on the lookout for the bandit car, headquarters here having been noti- fied of the theft last night. Halting the . car, the officers searched the four men and. took two revolvers. Koehler went to a nearby callbox to summon & patrol wagon while Frid dle guarded the prisoners. After Koehler had summoned the pa- trol, one of the bandits, who was still in the car, opened fire with a revol- ver, which apparently had been hid- den in the car. Koehler, hit by four Pedestrian? Photographs ! l Safety Week Star is two cents. bullets, fell to the stree Friddle, ‘wounded in the jaw, emptied his re- volver and the two which had been en from the thugs, &t the fleeing {Naval Academy at thefr ball End Lame Ducks’ Four-Month Term The present practice under which senators and representa- tives continue to sit in Congress for four months after they have been defeated for re-election would be abandoned under an amendment to the Constitution reported out today by the Senate agricultural committee. By unanimous vote the commit- tee decided to bring Into the Sen- ate a resolution providing for such an amendment, which would re- quire that a new Congress take of- fice immediately after it had been selected instead of in the March following. Little discussion preceded the committee’s action, taken after it had been decided to postpone ac- tion indefinitely on the resolution of Senator Caraway, democrat, Ar- kansas, to prohibit congressional “lame ducks" from voting on other than routine legislation or hold- ing committee chairmanships. DENBY WILL PUSH “HOP" ORGY PROBE Secretary to Name Naval Court to Investigate Ball Where Booze Flowed. WEEKS MAY TESTIFY, T00 War Secretary Had to Ask Hotel Officials to Intercede With Foot Ball Revelers. ‘The next step to be taken in the matter of the alleged “high jinks jubilation” of midshipmen from the in a Philadelphia hotel. foilowing the Army-Navy game Saturday, will be the appointment by Secretary Denby of a special court of inquiry to fix responsibility for the affair. He said today that he expected to have an an- nouncement on the subject within a few days. The naval Secretary added that he made no move to discuss the Incident at today's cabinet meeting. asserting that he regarded the inquiry as pure- 1y a departmental matter. Roth Secretaries Weeks and Denby were at the ball part of the time, and undoubtedly will appear as witnesses ! before the board of investigation. Sec- | retarv Weeks has not told wh saw during the night. but he h: miited that the roise and racket caused by the revelers was so gri in the corridors near where he and his friends were vainly trying to sleep that he had been compelled to appeal to the proprietor for better order. The West Point cadets did not attend the ball, having left Philadel- phia in a body directly after the game ended. As there had been no ecomplaint of any misconduct on their part, Secretary Weeks said there was no occasion for an investigation by the War Department. Will Take Drastic Action. “If there was any drinking game on Franklin Fleld it come under my observation,” said Secretary Weeks, “and. anyhow, that is a matter for the municipal authori- ties and the prohibition enforcement officials.” As was stated in yesterday's Star. Secretary Denby declared that mary of the midshipmen had disgraced themselves and the Naval Academy by their misconduct at the ball ut “such an occurrance,” he added, i never be repeated. for such steps as are necessary will be taken to make it impossible in the future.” Rear Admiral H. D. Wilson, super- intendent of the Naval Academy. left Philadelphia immediately after the game on account of the sudden ill- ness of his wife at Annapolis, and has been relieved of all responsibility for what happened afterward. It is reported that Commander E. D. Washburn was in active command of the regiment of midshipmen during its visit to Philadelphia. It is said, however, that he was not at the ball in "the evening and was not aware of what occurred until the following day. Dry Agent Implicated. _ Secretary Denby is quoted as say- ing that he draws the line between the midshipmen’s misbehavior in the evening and the alleged promiscuous drinking by spectators at the game. The naval investigation will be con- fined, he said, to alleged infractions of military discipline. Acting Commissioner Jones of the prohibition - bureau was on Franklin Field during the game and sald he had observed no violations of the Volstead law. He assumed, however, that State Prohibition Director Davis of Pennsylvania had instituted an in- vestigation to ascertain the facts. ‘WILSON WAITS ON DENBY. b e Head of Naval Academy Anxious - to Probe Drinking Charge. Special Dispatch to The Star." ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nosember 28— Though no official h,l‘(orml!lon has been received at the Naval Academy relative to the statement of Secretary of the Navy.Denby that midshipmen were intoxicated after the foot ball game in Philadelphia on Saturday, a communication on the subject .s ex- pected during the day. At the academy it is believed that it will take the form of a directicn to Supt. Wilson to investigale the matter and report. This, the head of |Senators Would . i | i i 1 t {employ. | b NAVY YARDS FAGE EXODUS IF WAGES ARENOT RAISED Highly Skilled Workers Ex- pected to Leave for Bet- ter Pay Outside. WITNESSES CITE CASES OF CALLS FOR LABOR One Tells of 39 of 40 Quitting When Lured Away by In- creased Scales. General exodus of highly skilled employes of the navy vards and naval stations of the country to be replaced by a very inferfor grade of me- chanics, which will result in inferior work, leading to the destruction of property and killing and maiming of persons, was predicted at the hearing before the general naval wage board of review today by representatives of the workers. The hearings are being held to determine whether the department shall approve the awards made by the local boards of wages to be paid the men during the calendar year 1923, Trained Men Leaving. In fact, there were witnesses who testified that right now men trained in gun work were leaving the yards for higher pay on the outside, and their places right now were belng taken by an inferior grade of me- chanics whom outside firms will not Frantic calls, the wage board was told, are being sent out daily from navy yards in all parts of the country for competent me- chanics and they are not getting any applications. Evidence was adduced today that plenty of data could have been col- lected by the local wage boards which would have warranted recom- mendations for a substantial Increase in the wages of the men. and the charge also was made that in some towns it is a violation of the rules of the employers’ associations to put in writing the wages they paid the men. Lack of Plumbers. James H. Higgins. representing the lead burners, plumbers, steamfitters nd flange turners, said that plumbers cannot be found in sufficient num- bers for the navy vards. He condemn- ed the methods of the local wage boards in gathering data, and said that he and witnesses who would fol- low him could prove that there wus {ample evidence of high wages now be- t ing paid on the outside, and these are constantly ln:mllnf. He said that thé men of his craft had cor- roborative information of agreements among the shop owners not to pay above a certain amount per hour, but that they pay more by making it up in overtime. He said that men in these outeide shops were paid two and on half hours for each hour overtime, and that their overtime amounted to more than their straight time. They were forced to do this. he continued, to keep their shops going. Higher Pald Men Called In. He also charged that many tim when the yard forces become crowd- ed with work. it is necessary to call in contract firms from the outside. Firms working shoulder to shoulder with the navy yard men on the same work get a scale of wages consid- erably higher. He cited numerous - instances of firms paying $1.06% an hour, including firms in this city, and predicted that by January 1 the wages would be $1.12%; an hour. “The mechanics are not going to stay in the yvards,” he said. “kven now the yard officials are taking help- ers and making them do the work of trained men. But it is going to come back on the yard superintendents and the government. for it will eventually result in wrecking prop- erty and the crippling, maiming and even the killing of men.” Nonme Left of Forty. James K. Chamberlain, representing the pipe fitters and helpers of Brook- 1yn yard, submitted data to show the high wages being paid by firms in ana around New York city. He said that the men would have to get out of the vards if an increase is not given. They are leaving now, he said. He had forty men under him in the Brooklyn yard, he said, but now he has not one. and they cannot get them. He said the men were waiting anxiously for the decision of the general wage oard. “If you do not give us the rate we k for," he concluded. “We are gc. Ing to leave you.” Lawrence Geogehan of Brooklyn said that the largest New York yards had refused wage data to the men. He, however, said that the head of one firm informed him he would give him a letter showing he was paying 0 cents an hour, but that actually he was paying 92 cents, and two and one-fourth hours over! Thi ployer said it was ag: of the employers’ zsso. n to give a letter showing the actua! rates and the bonuses. Makes Plea for Raise. Thomas E. Sullivan of this clty made a plea for higher wages for the optical shop workers at the Washing- ton navy yard, pointing out to the board the high character of work they do in the manufacture of lens for peri- | scopes. gunsightp, .range finders, sex- tants and other naval equipment. The the academy is anxious to do, and he isshop in the Washington navy yard determined to punish "those who brought disgrace upon their institu- tion and service. now is trning out the best optical equipment in the world, he said, even better than the old-established optical It is bellieved that there will be no | works. which had optical engineers who dificulty in finding that there was considerable intoxication among the midshipmen, but fixing gullt on wspe- cial individuals may be more difficult. ‘This, it is believed will bring about a punishment of the whole body of mid- shipmen by having their privileges curtailed in the future. It is pretty well understood here that the drinking element among the midshipmen had made all arrange- ments to secure intoxicants in Phila- delphia. Previous to"the game efforts were made to secure large numbérs of flasks from drug wtores in *An polis, and it is understood that ar. rnagements had Leen made in ad- vance to have them filled when they reached Philadelphia. It is Lelieved that thorpugh investi- gation will find that drinkin not been confined to the re an but te:t there has beew considerable of it during all the trips which the midshipmen have taken 10 service games in recent years. | i had spent years of study in Germany. He suggested a rate of 50 cents an hour for optical gauge mnakers, $0 cents an hour for polishers and grind- ers and 70 cents for optical glass workers. R C. E. Cross of the Washington yard pointed out that these employes should at-least receive the same scale as the men who make the metal par of the instruments, as the Preparae tion of the lens was vastly more im- portant than the manufacture of the nietal parts. ) Underbid Outside Firms. G. H. Calbreath, Norfolk yard, point. ed out that the navy yards had underbid outside firms, which pay higher wages humjon such work, and that if the yard { workers co: id save the governmenut money they shouid at least got the benefit of acme of the savinm (Continued vn Pags & Coluws &) 2