Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warmer, s Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 46, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 21, at 6:30 a.m. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s urrier‘lynem covers city block and- the regular edition b4 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,690 TWO CENTS. SENATORS FAVOR BILL T0 PENSION today 5 Full report on page 7. | | | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Toening Star. D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, IFRANCE WILL TARRY IN'MOVE TO FORCE Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 28702, Entered as sacond-class matter =5, (U= post office Washington, D. C. SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE BY 208.T0-104 VOTE WASHINGTON 1922 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. 22 Hundreds Jam Tax Office to Avoid Penclty Hundreds of property owners stood !in line at the District bullding’ today ito pay their taxes in order to avoid No. Measure Designed to Promote Activity of American Carriers Approved by Goodly Margin. DEMOCRATS’ LAST ASSAULT l ON LEGISLATION IS FUTILE Effort of Opposition to Recommit Fails, 215 to 172—Administration Scores Over Bitter Critics. ! The ship subsidy bill strongly espoused by President Harding | passed the House this aiternoon by a vote of 208 to 104 with two members voting present. The final vote came after a day of fiery debate, but the admin- istration’s attempt to keep the stars and stripes flying on the high seas, was even more successful than expected in some quarters. The debate was followed by an cleventh hour attempt of the demo- crats to recommit the measure, but this was defeated by a vote ! of 215 to 172. i public would know how much thej law was costing. v Y‘ iompers Attacks Bill { Urging that the shipping bill be re-! jected, Samuel Gompers, president of {the American Federation of Labor, has addressed a letter to all members of the House of Representatives. Mr. Gompers expi s the opinion that the pending subsidy bill will place tremendous drain upon the Treasur Andrew Attacks Bill. Attacking the bill today, Repre- ntative Andrew, republican, Mass- achusetts, hailing from the Glouces- ter district, declared the measure still offered a dangerous precedent, “which, if adopted, will hound us for years to come.” Opposing the bill as republican | leaders were speeding it toward the | point of passage, the speech at-jof the United States without doi tracted unusual interest, since Mr. anything to rehabilitate the Ameri Andrew represents a district in one ur:“',,_l'_‘;w L Savs principal maritime ates. The n Mr. Gomper: vill {not give America a merchant marine, easiest course, he sald, was to support i though it may give us a bankers’ ma- the bill. jrine. Labor joins with all others who 2 x A !Want « well named. adequate mer- Butwno member wants to see & billl ;pin¢ ‘marine. But it denounces this put through which involves a large| A e B no SRty 0;\1DPHI|Ilurc ot public money,” he add- »::lllr“na ll;{"d d. a robbery and wholly | ed. “unless he is convinced that ex-!TPEtenso €, i 3 - = X2! In closing his letter Mr. Gompers penditure will bring at least an equal i ot SYTME S RSO SLEGons be- return and will not constitute a bad precedent for future legislation. Sees No Such Returns. “I believe that this bill which in- volves a possible expenditure of al billion dollars of the people’s money | during the next decade. is mot likely [shipping bill today the Edmonds; g e L i <tan. | amendment relating to sale of liquor to reduce sshipping charges swbstan- | STEATRER FECLTE 1000 “Seriking tially or bring an equivalent benefit toiout of the measure all reference to the country as a whole. - _._iliguor carrying or.selling. “And I believe that if adopted it will Prohibition Insue Enters. offer another precedent in the way of | The prohibition questicn jumped to federal aid and paternalism which AN Al ang Taten which | (e front as the House continued 7 s for the rest of our|. . k on the ship bill. Representative -iCramton, republican, Michigan, dis- cussing the amendment adopted yes- i terday, which would withhold gov ifore the members of Congress in he- {halt of the executive council of thef American Federation of Labor, and in | onformity with findings on the sub-| approved by the last American ration of Labor convention. The House climinated from the motion of Representative I monds, Pennsylvania, ranking repub- lican member of the merchant marin. the penalty of 1 per cent a month, which begins December 1, on all un- 1id bills. Collectar Towers announced that those who fail to Eet to the office to- day may mail a check tonight or to- morrow and it will be accepted as a November payvment. 1..S. ENVOY MEETS TURKISH DELEGATE 10 DISCUSS PACT American Interests Are Basis of Conference Between Child and Ismet Pasha. GERMANPAYMENT | Cabinet Fails to Act on Pro- gram of Aggression—Six or Eight Weeks to Decide. STAND IS PREDICATED UPON THREE PROMISES Need to Satisfy People and to Re 1| assure Other Nations Stressed. Announcement Hits Franc. By the Ass P 3 PARIS, November 29.—The French] ministerial policy toward Germany as ! incorporated in the plan for cccuy tion of the Ruhr industrial distri ‘and control of the Rhineland appears to be based upon three primary ideas: | First, the government must satisfy the French people now that the Ger- man obligations sward France are By the Associated Press, LAUSANNE, November 29.—Richard Washburn Child, principal American representative at the near east confer- ence, called on 1smet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation at the latter's hotel today and had a long confer- ence with him concerning American without government action. Second, the French government, by its patience and its repeated delays, will show Great Britain, America and not to be allowed to drift indefinitely | interests in Turkey, especially those!pneutral countries that it has not act- of an educational nature. ed hastily or imperialistically. Ismet is anxious that the American| fThird, that if during the next six ! schools and colleges remain in Tur-ior eight weeks there should be mno | key and Is giving every assurance that | brosbect of an. B bllix; plans of | the Angora government will afford!gioni“or with the anoarorianica protection to such institutions as re-{or ncutral countri then Franc frain from all participation in domes- | ay be compelled to act. : tic polities. Failed to Take Vote. Many of the American educational| mne cabinct examined the plan at Thstitutions in the heart of Anatolia! iy meeting vesterday, discussed it <till are in operation, including those | nq generally approved of it, but did at Silvas, Caesarea and Adana. not take a vote on it, for the reason. Turkey will be glad to make a gen-i it jg explained, that there is no pur- eral treaty with the United States and | hoga or occasion to act upon the plan | | i | | i will be happy to begin negotiations!impy.giately. at any time, Ismet Pasha informed the | Inguiry in various quarters today | Associated Press last night. {indicates that the utterances of the | | French pre {to cabinet a based upon mbers s yesterduy with regard | on the plan were tion derived from government and hould be pub- | “Treaty of Amity. The representative of the Kemalist government said he stood ready to in-| augurate an exchange of views. Ismet| on form the h it was designed lished to reassure the French public ! showed lively interest in the reports;that reparations were not being neg- | of wh that a treaty of amity and commerce | lected. The adverse effect abroad LS .| upon opinion and upon foreign ex. would probably he an outcome of the | {POR. IPINOD T UBTR, IR B I8 Lausanne conference. | caused” the ance of the govern-! "The Lausanne conference. sensitive|ment's general denial of the exact- | to any political or economic happen- | M€d3 Of tha deta.ls of the plan. ing elsewhere in Europe, Is greatly | Plan Called Dangerous. i excited by news of the execution of | 1y American and British repara- the former Greek ministers in Athens.! tjons circles Poincare’s direct ac-| The information generally cast @i tion threat is believed dangerous to gloom over the various delegations. |hoth France and Germany. Total col- ‘The great importance of‘lhe q;l:l';. lapse of rmany, financtally and oy tonbedde .(:fr:los‘;‘fivi“re % sestified| industrially, would immediately fol- ing all the activities of the conference. {low the carrying out of such a The delegates are living under ‘l!nrh«mfl, it is contended, and the net nervous strain similar to that experi- | yagylt would be that France would | enoedi el e og:g;;:{:fim little or nothing and would ruin ! - ads of th = S i her own credit in the bargain. hold frequent meetings to talk over i "on O'0, CToAlL (0 L0 RATEIIN, {daughter. a collega committee, the Section of the bill Ziving the Shipping Board jurisdi tion over rates in the coastwise trade | was eliminated. Mr. Edmonds said_the section was included to curb ruinous rate cutting. but that it had been de- cided to withhold it until hearings | could be held. | Republicans Offcr Changes. ' Although several more or less rad- | ical changes in the bill were adopted yesterday, all of these were offered | by republican members. Nearly two score more amendments offered by | democrats, hostile to the measure, were re, in quick succession. Impo mong the changes voted | veste v rendment ne itating the authorization by Congres: each year of payments from the mer- chant marine fund to operators of ips, this being generally viewed aniong members not only as doing away With a permanent appro. priation. but a s affording a check on_expenditur Other amendments added to those previously adopted would excl m receiving gov. ment aid s operating ships for . except where th 2 rizoes of other shipoers; withhold government aid for all vos. ages on which liquor was carried, and reduce from 1.000 to 500 gross tons | the minimum tonnage for sailing ves- | sels eligible for government aid. Wet Penalty Urged. ! It was at the suzzestion of Repre- | sentative Edmonds, Pennsylvania, ranking republican on the merchant marine committee, that the House de- cided not to make government aid| available to Industrial concerns such | as the Standard Oil Company, for the . operation of vessels carrying their own products. The bill, as amended. permits such companies, however, to receive assistance for transporting cargoes of other shippers. As expected, Representative Bank- head proposed that the bill specify that compensation was not to be paid ! 1o any operator whose ships carried | liquor. The Supreme Court, it wa; pointed out, might decide that Am» ican ships’ outside the three-mile ] iimit were not subject to the prohibi- tion law, and the Bankhead amend- ment was offered-to make doubly sure disbarment of the liquor from Ameri- can vessels. Amendment’s Scope Narrowed. Mr. Edmonds quickly offered a sub-} stitute for the Bankhead amendment, narrowing its scope to provide that ships should not receive government ald for voyages on which liquor was carried. After brief discussion the Edg;nnds substitute was adopted, 56 to 31. 3 There | was . & pgeneral assault on the provisions of the bill relating to the powers of the Shipping Board. but they re mained intact until one section, stipulating _that the general ace counting office was not to review ‘the hoard’s determination of the amount of compensation to be pald, was climinated, at the suggestion of Rep- resentative Graham, republican, Illi- nois. by a 52 to 46 vote. Another amendment approved made sailing vessels of 500 to 1,000 gross tons eligible for government aid. The change was suggested by Representa- tive White, republican, Maine, who held_that the 1,000 minimum, carried in the bill as drafted, was not low enough. The amendment by chairman Mad- den of the appropriations committee, providing an annual congressional check on the payments of compen- «ation, was offered after Mr. Davis had attempted to strike out the pro- vision creating a merchant marine fund, from which payments would be Qmade. Mr. Davis and others con- tended that appropriations should be made annually for the purpose so the ] | to_supplant the present law 1 bmonds substitute, declared the "monds proposal |said, which would possibly be refer- rnment aid from a ship for age an_which liquor was sold, clared it was not as strong or far reaching as the existing law, and that s adoption at this time might lead | I to complications. one “On the hand, it _can accom- | plish _nothi desirable, because | there is already sufficient law)’ Mr. Cramton, “and, on the othe hand, by reason of complications as | to the intent of Congress, it might} even be argued that it was intended Representative Bankhead, AL;-: bama, democratic member of the ant marine committée, whose nal prohibition amendment was set aside by the House for the Ed- Ed- was not a prohibi- tion amendment ard ought to be de- feate: DENIESU. 3. SPECIALLY HELPED STANDARD OIL State Department Says It Gave Only Such Aid in Palestine as Americans Usually Get. Formal denial was made by the| State Department-today of published statements attributed to Henry Mor- genthau, former ambassador to Tur- key, that the department made spe- cial efforts to aid the Standard Oil| Company in obtaining certain oil rights in Palestine by furnishing a representative of the company with a letter to support his position in negotiations with the British Dutch Shell Company. The department's that apparently Mr. Morgenthau either had been incorrectly reported or had been misinformed. The only action taken by the department, it is| statement said | red to in the pubiished account was | its mandate notes asking for equal | opportunity for American enterprise in mandate territories, an attitude which this administration has taken as_well as the prior administration. “With respect to Palestine sepa- rately,” the statement says, “the only action taken there was to obtain from the British government the recogni- tion of the legal rights already ac- quired by the Standard Oil Company in Palestine through permits which had been issued to that company, and | the department did no more than it! does for any American citizen in sup- porting its legally acquired rights.” HOPES FOR EARLY CAR MERGER LEGISLATION Senator Jones of Washington, who has taken a keen interest in the street rallway situation in the District, said | today that he hoped early action| would be taken by the House on the bill which passed the Senate last ses- sion authorizing a merger of the street raflway companies, and the Potomac Electric Power Company with the Washington, Rallway and Electric Company, the agenda in efforts to smooth out the more thorny problems which might endanger the success of the conference. Correspondents find great difficulty in getting the facts, and this inevi- tably results in the wildest specula- tion. The official communiques issued by the secretarial bureau are meager. ‘They are confined to routine state- ments concerning the commissions and names of speakers. The salient facts are carefully omitted. The question of the frontier of Tur- key has been held up, because the leaders of the 'discussion are endeav- oring to sidetrack dangerous alter- cations in the official sittings by seek- ing to arrive at the general lines of an.agreement at private talks. Aegean Islands Question. Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish { delegation, expressed the opinion that | the conference would inevitably meet with difficulties, but that the work was gradually taking shape and that there was no cause for anxlety as to its successful outcome. “We are here to sign peace,” said | one delegate, “and peace must be signed.” Plans for demilitarizing the islands of the Aegean sea were discussed yester- day by the subcommission of the near east peace conference, to which this problem has been intrusted. A spirit of uncertainty and a note of pessimism are apparent In the confer- ence, vet the chief delegations have pointed out that the work of the con- iference was steadily continuing and the various delegates were gradually and heipfully getting a clearer under- standing of one another’s views. Soviet Is Puzsle. Furthermore, doubts as to the exact role Russia will play at the confer- ence have excited apprehensions. The Russians have announced their active support of the Turks in all Turkish claims, and by some are expected to plead the Turkish cause as If it were their own. To what extent they avill be able to participate in the conference still remains in doubt. England and France seem deter- mined not to permit more than a dis- cussion of the straits, but it is re- ported that actual decision on the Russian petition is held up until the Jtalian delegates hear from Premier Mussolini, ,who has been advocating great freedom of speech at Lausanne. American official intervention—in- sistence upon the open door in the near east—continues to affect the calm of the conference. It appears especially to have afforded great moral support to the Turks in their general demand for treatment on a | basis of euult‘, RUSS-TURK AGREEMENT. Lausanne Parley Work Affected by Recent Alliance. . BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ikl e e e LAUSANNE, - November 29.—The delegations are awaiting with in- terest the reply of the Inviting pow- ers to the Russlan request to be ad- mitted to the conference without any reservations. Foreign Commissioner Tchitcherin has not reached Berlin and an unfavorable reply will keep him from the conference. The consensus of opinion is that the British and French reply will be & refusal and a repetition of Premier Poincare's note of October 14. Premier Mussolini of Italy already has ex- pressed a desire to see the Russians represented at all the discussions. _M. Rakovsky. the Russian delegate. i ously low level would also result, ac- | rding to the British and American experts. who point out that mere ar- | nouncement of Poincare’s plan t {morning caused the franc to brea; !from 63 francs to 63 francs 87 cen { times to the pound {71t is impossible t M. Poin- | care’s proposed reparations program effective at this time, in the opinion lof the British and i is not a chan sta ing a large loan at pr i Pierpont Morgan, just be‘ol parture for home last week, 18 said | ito have regretfully conirmed this| view. Munssolini Believed Opposed. | The position of Signor Mussclini. the inew Italian premier, on the repara- | tions question is as yet unknown of- ficially, but there have been indica- | tions that he is opposed, to direct ac- | tion. : Two principal reasons are giver. by Luclan Chassaigne, foreign editor of | Le Journal. for the xovernments | drafting a plan for direct action. It | was imperative, he says, for France {to answer “the provocative attitude” of Chancellor Cuno of Germany, v hich confined the French belief that Ger- many does not intend to nay if she can avold it. M. Chassaigne adds, how- ever: “There is a more painful reason. We may as well say—for we have nothing to fear from the truth—that last week's meeting between the Belgian ministers and Premier Poin- care did not result in the accord that Was hoped for.” (This refers to the consultation over the calling of the proposed Brussels conference for | consideration of reparations and al- |lled war dehts. which France has Ibeen pressing to have held.) Press Differs on Issue. Le Journal today again outlines! the Ruhr-Rhineland plan, as previ- | ously published, disregarding the | foreign office denial. This attitude toward the official communique also was adopted by & number of other newspapers. The cablegram, repre- senting financial circles, deals edi- torially with the plan as a settled policy. The French government is not even ready to act against Germany in the { event of delays in future reparations ayments, the Petit Parisien says to- Bay France, adds the paper, has o intention of taking the slightest Initiative before consulting the al- iles. No. decision regarding methods of coercion was reached at yester- day's cabinet meeting, the newspaper 8. de’lsllt:ri‘scla‘r gathered similar in- tion from “the highest person- LTt the Quay D'Orsay.” together With a denial that the cabinet had! approved of a plan drawn up for the occupation of the Ruhr. Premiers’ Meeting Important. Following the announcement of the ! cabinet’s plan for occupation of thej Ruhr district in the event France!| does not obtain satisfaction before January 16; the meeting of premiers, which will probably be held in Paris early next week, has assumed con- siderably more impdrtance. The presence of Prime Minister Bonar Law at the conference now seems assured, but the participation of Premier Mussolini of Italy is not yet confirmed. 3 M. Poincare has-a definite plan to place before the premiers, and es- pecially before Mr. Bonar Law. This plan, which was approved at the cab- inet meeting today, provides for a | i | : followed a week’s survey of the mor: {Harding was said to have told Com- ! the conference that the matter of the Couzens, Mayor of Detroit, Appointed Michigan Senator Municipal Railway| Advocate to Take { Newberry Seat. | Started Career as Boolkeeper for Henry Ford. ovember f Detroit to- Gov. Alex J. senator unexpired was appointed by Groesbeck as United S tes from Michigan to fill the term of former Senator Truman H. Newber who resigned recently. Mayor Couzens has accepted the ap- pointment. the governor announce 1l The notification of his apnointinent has been forwarded to Mr. Couzens at the Hotel Belmont, in New York city. The appoint W Yerk to spend Thanksg ith his | MAYOR JAMES COUZENS. it will be miven He is at liberty to or assistanc and gladl; take or refuse it Says Michigan Needs Him. Argume; the appoint- The governc who inence throu venture in Detroit, would his_seat in the Senate ‘as soon as his Detroit affairs couid be ar-| ranged. zens, Lunicipal against e hat he should not be taken from {the Detroit mayoralty because he Announcement of the appointment otnad EnmE s e e e 0 |velop the municipal street railway ":;‘\';rh'(‘}“'u:eh:’;’d"" candidates. Iprogram which he inaugurated, were Mr. Couzens becomes genator Withimer ith this statement by Gov. not a single string attached,” the | Groespeck: governor said. “He made no prom- Tl ises, 1 exacted none. strect raily “Mr. Couzens will have my earnest | Detroit under co-operation and support he undertak: 2t Wash:ngton for the any best interests of this commonwealtn, | objection t I at any time he should ask my ad-| (Continue Nation-wide Drive Begun to Enforce Prohibition Laws By the Asnociated Press, i Attention of federal authorities throughout the country has been officially called to the necessity of he | {Wrecking to Cease Until co-operating closely with prohibi- | tion-enf t ies wi H Yo o urming e ontensive vio. | Other Powers Dispose of Their Quotas. ownership _of its is a good thing for Mr. Couzens’ other able man. 1 consider the Mr. Page BRITAINHALTS SHIP « ot « Fuil Benefit of Civil Service Law Provision in Employment, Pres- ident Guarantees. Ex-soldiers will be given the full benefit of the preferred status in civil service under the law, President mander Alvin Owsley of the American Legion at a conference today at the ‘White House. Commander Owsley said following lations of the statutes. Federal attorneys have been in- structed §o push all pending liquor | cases, and to suggest, when prop- | er, the imposition of the heaviest |BY the Associated Press. penalties on convietion. Their at- DON, November 29.—Great Brit- tention was called specifically to varshi reports that some cereal beverige =g mote, puclios manufacturers were marketing a A G i product of illegal alcoholic con- |treaty until the other nations have tent. taken action and scrapped their R ! quota, according to the assurance | given a questioner in the house of - commons today by Eyres Monsell, { financial secretary to the admiralty. | Asked who had ratified the treaty, | Commander Monsell replied: | “The treaty of Washington has been ratified by the United States, Japan and this country, but not yet by ! France or Italy. 1 “Eight British capital ships rendered useless for war purposes,” he added, “already have been sold to and re- moved to ship-breaking firms for breaking up. Six more have been rendered incapable of .war risk or service, and two more will have been similarly dealt with by the end of next month. “So far as is known the United States and Japan have not disposed of ships except possible obsolete ships that have been disposed of in ordinary course.” # —_— 25 BAILS TOTAL $312,500. Two Alleged Bootleg Chiefs and 23 Co-Defendants Arraigned. employment of veterans under the civil service was one of the principal subjects discussed, and tbe legion official had laid special stress on the necessity of granting such aid as is already provided in the statute books.| NEW YORK, November 29.—Em- The President was said to have{manuel H. Kessler and Morris Sweet- promjsed enforcement of the regula- [ wood, described by federal officials tion. as the “principal bootlegging chiefs Col. Owsley was accompained by |in this section of the country,” were |est. Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the|required to furnish bonds of $50,000 veterans' bureau, and Joseph Sparks, |each when they were arraigned yes- chairmah of the national rehabilita- |terday on indictments charging vio- tion committee. The President was|lation of prohibition and internal said to have promised the full power | revenue laws. SCRAPPING PLANS| | i of the administration for executing the rehabilitation program for vet- erans. The adjusted compensasion or reduction of the German indemnity to | bonus bill was not mentioned at the 2 reasonable figure, probably 80.000.- | conference, it was ‘(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Columa §.), emphasized by Commander Owsley,, Twenty-three other persons named in the indictments were arraigned at the same time. All pleaded not guilty and were held for later hearings. The bail in the twenty-five cases aggre- gated $312,500, i | i ] ! the ja subsequent order of the Navy D ~~ ipartment directing that the employes | | | | Radio Will Carry President’s Talk Throughout U.S.| When Harding comes to the C t Tuesday to ad- dress Congress, in joint sessi the opening of the fourth se: of the Sixty-scventh Cong: which is the first time in history that a fourth session has been held, the President's speech will be broadcast to the country by radio telephone. Elliott Woods, architect of Capitol. has made all neces arrangements to broadcast President’s speech. All of installed and the Western mechanism has be will be operated ectric Company. The Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone Company has supplied a special wire from the Capitol to the naval air station. Anacostia. Commander Hooper has granted permission for use of the naval air station for broadcasting the President's ad- dress. Mr. Woods said the President’s speech will be sent out on 4 meters. This advance information will allow operators of receiving sets all over the country to tune in and hear the President’s voice. -— NAVY YARD WAGES b, 100 LOW, IS CLAIM ment of Mr. Couzens on the ground | GOVErnment Unable to Com- pete With Qutside Firms for Labor, Say Workers. Admission that the Navy wage board erred last year in making se- at the navy yards was contained in be advanced one step in grade was charged at the hearing today of nav vard emploves' representatives by ifore the naval genmeral wage board | fac | of review. The board is hearing the evidence of the men's representatives to de- termine whether the reports of the separate navy vard wage recommendations for ages for navy yard workers for 1923 shall be ap- proved. The hearings, which have been going on for four days, are ex- pected to be concluded today. Subsequent to the report of the gen- eral wage board last yea#, which made such drastic cuts, John F. Dring, rep- resenting the molders at the New- port, R. 1, naval station, the matter was taken up with the Navy Depart- ment. The officials of the department admitted that the cuts had been too severe, he said, but informed the men that the wage baard could not be con- vened again. He directed that the men be advanced one step in rating, which had the effect of increasing they wages above those allowed by the general board Methods Are Attacked. Mr. Dring attacked the methods used by the wage boards in gather- ing their data, and Commander Dun- can at Newport had informed him, Dring said, that the local board there had found it necessary to throw out 50 per cent of the answers to the ques- tionnaries because they were consider- | ed unreliable. He said it was admitted by members of the board, who inform- ed him personally that they took into consideration only such answers as seemed to them to be right. 1f the board found so many unre- liable answers, Mr. Dring asked if it was not reasonable to assume that all the data were unreliable and that the methods of gathering it were faulty. He pointed out that ranking officers of the Navy had written that the Work of navy yard employes was sec- ond to none in the worid, and then asked, if this be true, partment_would not pay the highest wages. Mr. Dring called attention of the board to the number of men quitting, and asked that they ex- amine the resignation slips. - They will show, he sald, that they left the navy yard to take positions at from $10 to $20 more a week than the fovamment was paying. More than ( 0 of the best mechanics of the: Newport station had quit during the past year, he said, and this condition is “endangering the public inter- The Benus System. Charles L. Price, representing the molders at the Washington, D. C. navy yard, condemned the method: used by the local wage board in col board’s | why the de- | DISTRICT MOTHERS Committee, However, Will Delay Action Pending Re- port by Commissioners. |ANTI-GUN TOTING DRAFT TO BE MADE READY gOpposi(ion to Capper Measure Fore. | cast by Senator ! Stanley. Th Seate District commitiee at @ ineeting today strougly indicated that a mothers’ pension bill would be re- ported favorably. It was determined, however, to await a full report from ithe District Commissioners on the !measure before taking action. At the suggestion of Senator Calder of New York, Senator Ball, chairma {of the committee, announced he wo {cali upon the Commissioners to make jan early report, after consultation | with the board of charities, the board |of children’s guardian and the chil- {dren's bureau and various organiza- tions in the District looking to the welfare of children. | The Capyer antigunioting bill was {considered at some length, and final Iy w xubeommittes, referred {consisting of Sena ‘apper of Kan- {sas, Jones of Washington, and Bayard of Delaware. to whip into shape for !the consideration of the full commit- itee. That there will be no opposition to the bill frankly stated by | Senator Stanley of Kentucky, who de- {clined appointment on the ssheom- mittee because he was not in sympa- ithy with the bill Police for Shrine Week. The committee ordered a favorabl report on a joint resolution introduced “by Senator Bull to authorize an ap- propriation for additional police pro- | tection during the convention of the | Mystic Shrine, which will be held here next June. The committee re- duced the amount ‘1o be authorizeu from $£54.000 to $25.000. | _When the committee met today Senator Calder of New York appeared [to urge action “upon the mothers { pension bill which he has introduce.l { There appeared, also in connectio with this bill, Emma O. Lundberg of | the children’s bureau of the Depari- i ment of Labor: dna K. Bushes | of the Juvenile Protective As: {tion; Mrs. Ella H. West of the fof Childre rdians, and Georg | Wilson, secretary of the Board of | Char of the District i Senator CaMer explained that his | bill had been drawn after consultz- tion with the children’s bureau. Mr. Wilson told the committee thot the District Commissioners and the | board charities were much - terested in the proposed legislation and that the Commissione proved much a in regard m the children's bureau. i favored some kind of legisla- lled attention to the f: | legislation for mothers’ | sions for the care of depende idren had been enacted in a mumber lof the states, but that no two &t !kad treated the matter exactly alik.. {He said also that there is pending laiso brefore the District committe |the Pomerene bill. which is more i general in its terms than the Calder bill. Awnit Commissioners’ Report. At this point Senator Jones sug- gested the committee should wait direc- fvere cuts in the wages of employes e s i whatever tion. it should be a good thing under before taking any action until it has received the Commissioners’ report, and in this Chairman Ball concurred, |saying that he would urge the Com- missioners to submit the report at ian early date. Senator Calder said [ this should be done, in view of the that the Commissioners now ve had two months to consider the bi | Senator Calder desired ! committee hear the representative of the children’s bureau “Don’t you think that all of us ara in favor of the principle of this bill?” to have the {asked Senator Jomef I think it would be safe to assume that we all favor this legislation, and for that reason it is not necessary to Fave { hearings merely to urge the passage of such a bill” The other members of the commit- tee agreed with Senator Jones and the bill .was dropped for the tima being. Senator Stanley of Kentucky took occasion to ask Mr. Wilson if the stories appearing in newspapers (o the effect that children have been taken from their parents and placed in homes, where they have been made scullions, without court action. Wers true. -Mr. Wilson replied that noe children have been taken from their parents without judicial action. Sen- iator Stanley made he suggestion that it might be well to amend the law so_ that children could not be taken from their natural guardians {without jury action as well as courd | action. Opinion of Pistol Toting. in presenting the anti-guntoting bill to the committee with amendments pro- posed by the District Commissioners !and superintendent of police. Senator Ball called attention to the fact that {the measure had been approved at a | meeting_ of the chiefs of police of many {cities of the country. The committe | discussed the amendments proposed by |the Commissioners, and it apparently was the judgment of the committee to_carry pistols should the superintendent of police alone, and not by the police court judges. It was suggested that the proposed licenses of dealers for the sale of fire- t $100 in the bill. was too high, but Senator Jones of Washingtos igaid that he would be glad 1o hav 2s few dealers as possible in firearm: and no change was made. As the com; mittee got further into the discussion of the bill it was apparent that & num- ber of changes probably would be nec- essary, and S0 the measure was re- { ferred to a_subcommittee. Senator Stanley, in announcing his opposition to the measure, declared that it would put a valuable weapon lin the hands of hold-up men and yeggmen, who would mot care any- ithing about the law, but who would | know that the ordinary citizen would be unable to carry any weapon to pro- tect himself. The criminals would feel perfectly safe, he suggested, in com- mitting thelr crimes. He said that he thought the best way to deal with the matter owuld be to punish for il- legal use of weapons. % Senator Ball pointed out that citi- i i ! | i i H i that permits be issued by lecting data. He told of the diffi-izens could obtain licenses to carry culties which faced the men's com- mittees in gathering data, and cited the case of one employer who threat- arms without any charge. 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