Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 2

- HOUSE GETS FIRST § OF SUPPLY BILLS $115,119,810 for Treasury | Department Next Year, f $3,725,018 Reduction. "BIG ITEM CONCERNS D. C. 'Substitution of Machinery in En- graving Bureau to Cut 220 From Pay Rolls. The first of the big appropriation bills for the fiscal vear heginning July 1 next was introduced in the House today by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee. This carries recommended appropria- tions totaling $115,119.810.37 for all the activities of the Treasury Depart- ment. This sum compared with the annual appropriations for 1923 and with the budget estimate for the fiscal year 1924 show the following differences: It fs $43.725.018.44 less than the total of the 1923 regular annual appropria- tions and it is $2.713,958.50 less than the budget estimates for the fiscal year 1924. This bill embraces the regular an- nual sppropriation for the following activities of the Treasury Depart- ment Office of the Secretary of the Treas- ury and other administrative offices; public debt service, office of commis- sloner of accounts and deposit and the division of appointment, bookkeeping and warrants, deposits, disbursing clerk, printing and statlonery. It also includes the bureau of the bud- get under the direct control of the President; the bureau of engraving and printing. the coast guard, control- ler of the currency, customs service, federal farm losn bureau, internal yevenue service, mints and assay of- fices, office of the supervising archi- tect, public health service, secret serv- ice. treasurer’s office and general sup- ply commlittee. Engraving Bureau Change. One important new item of legls- lation of particular cencern in the istrict covers the taking out of not less than 196 hand plate-printing presses in the bureau of engfaving and printing and the substitution therefor of not more than fifty-elght power plate-printing presses. This will mean that there will be 300 power presses in the bureau. and Louis A. Hill, the director of the graving and printini at this will mean a re- duction in force of 140 plate printers and 80 aseistants, or a total of 220. The bill as reported today spec ically authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce the number of persons employed in the operation of plate-printing presses by not less than 218. The House appropriations commit tee has incorporated in the Trea: wry Department appropriation bill $355,000 for the purchase and stallation of the fifty-eight presses and make that sum immediately available. It is estimated that the resses can be installed by July 1, ‘4923. On this basis of operation there Rave been deducted from other appro- priations in the bill as savings re- -sulting directly from this paragraph the sum of $746.565 from the appro- priations for salaries of plate print- €rs and their assistants and $50.000 from the appropriation for compensa- tion of other employe: reduction of $796,655, from which, Chairman Madden says, should be deducted the sum required for the purchases of the presses ($335.000)y making & net reduction during the fiscal year 1924 of $441,556. The an nual savings after the fiscal year 1924 will be in excess of $800,000, he told the Hou: N No Increases in Pay. The estimates of the budget bureau for the Treasury Department do not weontain provisions for any increases of compensation, and are particularly free from requests for the initiation |of any new projects of construction ‘work or enlargement of existing ac- ‘tivities, Chairman Madden pointed out ‘to the House. The bill as reported to the House, however, contains an item of $10,000 for alterations and repairs to the roof of the auditor’s building in the District of Columbia. This is among the number of minor public buildings projects, including $6,000 for & new roof on the part of the Balti- more custom house. Comparatively large increases in appropriations occur in the customs service and in the items of pay and allowance for the coast guard and the public health service. ‘The appropriations for the coast guard are allowed on the basis of the operation of seventy-five vessels and 228 shore stations, the same as for the current fiscal year. There is an increase of twenty-three commis- sioned officers, one warrant officer id a decreass of eleven cadets. A net increase of $1.571.411.50 is shown for the coast guard service. An ap- rent increase of $2.002.602 s shown n the item for pay and allowance and is accounted for with the excep- tion of the amount for the additional officers by the amount needed to carry into effect the act of June 10, 1922, to adjust the pay of the com missloned and enlisted personnel of military and quasi-military services of the government. For the public health service the 4tem for pay and allowances of com- missioned officers is increased by $201,794. Here, as in the coast guard. the pay appropriations in the 1923 act was ed on the 1908 rates. No additional commissioned officers are provided for in 1924. Decrease In other appropriations are recommend- ed aggregating approximately $1,300.- | 000. The real increase in the amount recommended for 1924, $1,115,354, over the amount for 1923 under the new law, is $28354.84. This amount is needed to cover automatic increases authorized by law for officers now in the service. Public Bullding Decreases. Decreases in the appropriations for public bujldings are due to the re- duction of construction work during The next fiscal vear to a minimum un- der new appropriations, Chalrman Madden told the House. A few emer- gsncy items of repairs and minor ohanges are recommended, aggregat- ing $564,750. Appropriations for the general sup- ‘ply committee are carried in the same @mounts as for the current year. These »include $120.000 to handle and dispose of surplus office material, supplies and .equipment which has been turned in by ‘various government agencies. appropriation for the internal yevenue service is decreased from ,380 for the current year to ,290 for the next fiscal y fThe sum allowed is $3.568,090 less than the current appropriations and $1,608,- <400 less than the amount requested in the budget. ] " The appropriation for the enforc jment of the national prohibition act is ‘decreased from $9,250,000 to $3,000,000. ‘While this is an apparent reduction of $350,000, the actual reduction in nforcement funds is $108.000. The sum of $100.000 is deducted because ‘of the transfer of the printing allot- jment to the general departmental ting fund, $42,000 is eliminated due .£0o the removal of the prohibition ;offices from rented quarters in the ‘Hooe building on F street to govern- ‘ment-owned buildings., and the re- maining $108,000 is an actual decrease ‘sn current funds. “While this reduc- ‘tion will of necessity cause a small ecrease in the personnel of the or- isation,” Chairman Madden said, hibition authorities do not be- reduction will handicap their Wors to any appreciable extent. » Irish Free State Governor Genera l | i u: vwood GOV. GEN. TIMOTHY E. HEALY. ACKWILEY'SPLEA FOR CHILD HEALTH Tuberculosis Fighters Say Christmas Seal Sale to Benefit Schools. The Washington Tuberculosis Asso- jclation strongly indorses the appeal of its vice presi- dent, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, made at the Board of Trade meeting last evening which had under consideration the needs of the public schools. Dr. Wiley spoke of these needs from a health point of view and especially emphasized preventive measures, through a larger medi inspection corpe of school physicians and more school nurses, and dental clinics. 11 these things are declared to be in line with the efforts which the Tuberculosis Association” has been making since its organization, nearl twenty vears ago, when at the outset of its work it recognized that the prevention of serious breakdown in adult life must begin with a broad platform of education and prevention in_childhood All that time Washington had no school nurses and the services of fts achool physiciuns were devoted chiefly to the discovery of contagious diseases. While a good beginning ha been made. in the organization of a school health service, under the health department, much more needs to be done. Refuses Better Salary. It is & fact known to health workers making a{of Washington. that the chief medical inspector of the ubli Deen offered doubls his present calney e his present salar, -would elsewhere,: loyalty to hll?hief. Dr. Wiltiam C. :’fovlv‘l‘er, n‘r;d ]hlshimeresx in the health e school child, has im & hl;! ; kept him at low long Washington will ble to retain the services of Dr.beJ.a\{'. Murphy, who is responsible for the supervision of the health of Wash- ington’s 65.000 school children, cannot be foretold, but Dr. Murphy's salary Iand the salary of the school medical inspectors should be increased in pro. {portion to their value to the school | health system of the District of Co- lumbia. That is a matter that the tuberculo- sis association. as a private organiza- ition. can speak upon both with knowl- edge and without prejudice or seem- ng to advance its own personal in- iterest beyond its devotion to the cause | for which it exi. namely. the build- i ing of sound bodies in the rising gen- eration, so that tuberculosis, which is only a symptom of wrong economic gr!llnltl v conditions, may be wiped ut. Reason for Sale. It is for this purpose that the asso- ciation is asking the parents and ci izens of Washington to support its seal gale, by means of which its work is largely maintained. The associa- tion is asking that at least an aver- age of seven seals per capita shall be bought during the month of De- cember. The largest purchase to date is that of one of the department stores, which has taken 20,000 seals. One of the large dairfes has sub- scribed for 10,000. Other business houes are falling into line by buying seals for their Christmas mail in gen- erovs gl:xn;uiu:s. e Tuberculosis Association hopes that the time will come when evep:y Christmas package and every Christ- mas letter will carry the Christmas seal proof on the part of the send- er that he is doing his share to keep up the fight against the great white plague through sound preventive measures. The officers of the Tuberculosis As- sociation are Dr. George M. Kober, president; Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, vice president, Frank P. Reeside, treas- urer. The address of the association is 923 H street northwest. where seals may be purchased in any quan- tity or obtained by mail. {ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED. l Trainmen i Victims of Derailment on C. & O. Railroad. MONTGOMERY, W: Va., Decmebr 6.— One trainman was killed and another injured seriously today near Gauley bridge, West Virginia, when Chesa- peake and Ohio passenger train No. 4, eastbound from Cincinnati to Wash- ington, struck a rock. No passengers were hurt, railroad reports sald. Firman Robert Lushbaugh of Hin- ton, W. . is the dead man Engineer Harvey Temple of Hunt- ington scalaed. b l and went over an embankmen |the ‘locomotive and a section” o¢ the baggage car landing in New river. The Pullman cars were not derailed. Trains will be held up until the wreckage is cleared from the track by @ crew sent out from Handley. Train No. 4 carried Pulimans from the LouisviHe division for New York. SEEKS TO CUT ALIMONY. Capt. Greco, Medical Corps, U.S.A., Asks Court for Reduction. Claiming that the alimony of $100 a month ordered by the court to be paid to his wife, Pauline M. T. Greco, el Ifs his Army pay, Capt. Anthon: J':‘S:eco. Medical Corps, United Sul; Army, has applied to the District Su- preme Court for a reduction of ali- mony. He receives $220 a month, he states, and his expenses, includin the alimony to his wife. who su him for maintenance, totals §235, leaving him a deficit of $15 a month. In addition he tells the court he s obliged to purchase additional Army equipment which will cost $540, and he is at & loss to know how he can make ends meet. He i3 represented by Attorney T. M. Baker. URGED T0 ENROLL | IN SAFETY COUNCIL Plea Made to Every Member of Washington Chamber of Commerce. ACTION BY DIRECTORS Public’s Aid in Reducing Accidents Sought—Health Reports and Oth- er Interests Before Board. Every member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce is importuned ito join the Washington Safety Council in 8 resolution adopted at the meeting of the board of directors of the cham- ber in its auditrium in the Homer building yesterda: The resolutior was offered by Chalr- man W. F. Ham of the chamber’s committee on public safety. It read in part: “The Washington Chamber of Commerce recommends that its members assist in the safety move- ment by enrollin, themselves &s members of the Washington BSafety Council, and in other ways show their ac interest in reducing accidente and in keeping streets safe with due regards for the rights of both pedes: trians and drivers’ Medienl Association Report. The board received a report from the local medical association, which was referred to the committee on pub- lic health. The report cited needed improvement in the pavilions in Gar- field and Providence hospitals set aside for contagious disease cases. It declared that Dr. Fowler, as local health officer, has made a remarka- ble showing during the past year with the limited means at his di: 1. quainted with amount expended for maintaining the health of the District of Columbfa I8 only about 30 per cent of what it should be. One dollar per caplta little enough to maintain the service Congressional appropriation 1s given these two hospitals for certain cases and an increase in appropriation is sought in the report. Action will be taken on the report by the public health committee, which, in turn. will refer the iatter to the chamber's regular meeting. Meeting Date Changed. Decision was reached at y rday's meeting to change the regular meet- ing date for the chamber from the second Tuesday of each month to the third Tuesday. This will shift the current month's meeting from Decem- ber 12 to December 19. The third Tuesday of each month hereafter will be the regular meeting day for the chamber. Ten out of thirty directors of the chamber retire at the end of the present organization vear. Nomina- tions must be filed two weeks pre- vious to the annual meeting for their successors. Thus far, Secretary Ar- thur E. Sevmour reported, four nom- inations had been received by the secretary’'s office. They are: Martin Wiegand, Warren C. Kendall, Ross P. Andrews and Harry King. Thirty New Members Enrolled. Thirty new members were voted into the organization. The firm of Dulin & Martin increased its mem- bership from four to five representa- tives. The new members are: Charles R. Alley. Adam F. Arnold, James A. Bailey Zach Brewer, Harry W. Brimer. Harry §. Caden. Rudolph Davis, Milton Falirchild. S. W. Frazier, | . T. Goodman. Fritz D. Hoffman, J. Walter Jacob. Casimer Liebell, M. D. Marshall McKibben, Lester D. Moore, Radio Corporation’ of America. Nicholson, B. S. .Reynolds, Laura H. er Shane, Mrs. M. J. Sherratt Kevs, O. W. Shumate, Robert J. Sime, Charles P. Stearns, Ben J. mmerhays, Frank M. Surface, Wil- liam C. Thrift. Arthur R. Tucker, E. C. Snyder and J. Wrisley Brown. SPECIAL TRANSFERS OR SCHOOL PUPILS Students and Teachers of New Eastern High to Benefit by Plan. 1 Scherer, Elm The Public Utilities Commission to- day authorized the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company and the Capital’ Traction Company to enter |into s special transfer arrangement for the benefit of pupils and teachers going to and from the new Eastern High School. at 17th and East Capitol streets. consisting of two coupons, sold at the high school and at the East Capi- tol street car barn. How Plan Will Work Out. Here Is how the new scheme will work out: A person boarding a Wash- ington Railway and Electric car in Anacostia will give the conductor half of the ticket and he will also punch the remaining half. The cou- pon which the passenger retains will be good on the Capitol Traction car i going north on 8th street southeas A person boarding the Capital Trac- tion car with this paper coupon will be { entitledto purchase tor 1 cent a trans- fer to the Washington Rallway and Electric car at East Capitol street, go- ing east to the high school. The same procedure would be fol- lowed by a person endeavoring to go to the high school from Brookland. In that case the transfer point would be North Capitol street and Florida ave- nue and 8th and East Capitol streets. Pupils or teachers going to the high { school from suburbs of Rhode Island {avenus northeast would have this transfer privilege at Eckington place and Florida avenue and at 8th and East Capitol streets. éo(ng to the high school from Ben- nings and Kenilworth the transfer point would be 8th and H streets north- east and 8th and East Capitol streets. Tickets Six for 40 Cemts. These paper tickets will be sold in strips at six for 40 cents, the same rate which plies to metal tokens used by passengers generally. The reason for this. special arrangement is that to get to the high school two transfers must be made and at the present time a metal token entitles the passenger to buy & one-cent trans- fer to the other company, but no sec- ond transfer Is issued on the one-cent transfer. The arrangement approved today for the Eastern High School enables passengers going to that point to transfer twice for one fare and 1 cent. An official of the Washington Rall- way and Electric Company stated to- day that these- paper tickets will be s0id to any person at the East Capitol street barn. They will not be sold, however, by conductors on the street cars. Several months ago the Public Utili- ties comniission considered the ad- visability of directing the Washing- ton Rallway and Electric Company to extend its East Capitol street tracks from the present terminus at 14th treet to the high achool, but the ex- sfon has not been ordersd. 7 The plan is to have a special ticket, ; THE - EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY,” DECEMBER 6; 1922. CLEMENCEAU PAYS TRIBUTE AT TOMB IN ARLINGTON TO| SUICIDE RUMOR EMPTY. | UNITED 5 WILL URGE ACTION ON RECLASSIFYING Enactment of Sterling-Lehl- bach Bill by, Present Con- gress Pushed by League. A vigorous cawmpaign to secure early actlon on tho Sterling-Lehlbach reclassification bill at the present ses- sion of Congress v ill be started with the convening of the forty-second annual convention of the National Civil Service Ref:rm League at the Hotel Washingto tomorrow after- noon. The bill is at present before the Senate approp:iations committee. Members of the wague are sald to fear that the bill will not receive consideration by cho Senate at the present session un‘css vigorous meas- ures aro taken, . Fallure to secure final action at t'e prescnt session would necessitate repassage of the bill through the $'nuse in the sixty- elghth Congress. - Mr. Lehlbach to-Address Meeting. Chairman Frederick R. Lehlbach of the House civil ‘service committee will be the princiial speaker before 2 mass meeting T be held by the league tomorrow right in the hall of natiors, Hotel W.shington. Other speakers will b~ Wlllam Dudley Foulke, a critio of 2he present method of appointing proliyition enforcement agents. and Richa’d H. Dana, Boston, president of the li\gue. During the conisntion, which will extend over two d%ys, the league will consider the effect “\pon administrative efficiency of appoistments under the arfous veteran pi“ference laws. dis- eriminations agai’:t women in the federal service. fistmastership ap- pointments one-in-three under the rule. the creation .of machinery for removal of the i‘efficient, efficiency rating systems and._the use of psycho- logical tests in adpointments to the federal service. > Other speakers bsore the convention wiil be Luther Stcward, president of the Federation of Federal Employes: George R. Wales. 'nited States civil service commissioter; Charles Mes- sick, president of i National Associa- ;tlun of Civil Service Commissions, and :Dr. L. L. Thurstos, head of the de- ipartment of applied psychology. Car- negie Institute of 7 echnology. Personnel of Lecal Committce. Mrs. Charles Wairen s chairman of the Washington corimittee on arrange- ments for the convrntion, whose mem- bership includes Mrs. Henry W. Keyes, Miss Mabel T. Boariman, Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph and other women prominent in Washington social life. During the sessinrns of the conven- tion a program will be worked out for extending the use of the merit system of appointment in the states. Up till this time only ten states e adequate civil service statu In the remain- ing thirty-eight sta‘es campaigns will be carried on by the league during the year 1923 for the @nactment of civil service statutes ani the adoption of | civil service amendients to state con- stitutions. ——— An Unimportant Detail. From the New Haven Register. ““The teacher says I will soon speak French as well as I speak English.” *But you mispronounce many words." ‘“Oh, that's nothing. 1 mispronounce a lot of English words, too.” November Circulation 90,045 District of Columbia, es.: FLEMING ' NEWBOLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does solemnly swear that the sctusl number of copies of the paper named sold and distributed during the manth of November, A.D. 1922, was as follows: Coples. womammmwnd Less adjustments .. Total daily net circulation. Daily average net paid circu- Daily average number copies for service, etc. -} voters of the Unlt.'d S Less adjustment. Total Sunday net circulation. Average net paid Sunday cir- culation . FLEMING 'nw;'-g.m. e &y x';fi'r;’%‘b'fié: STATES UNKNOWN 5 HERO. 4 Irish Ministry Heavily Guarded, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daly News. DUBLIN, December 6.—On this, the first day of the Irish Free State, the Irish ministers are living virtually in a state of siege. They have all been threatened and have wisely decided to eliminate all possible risk. Some of them, with their wives, live in the government building which is fortified | against attack. It has been bombed | repeatedly and fired at ineffectually and new coups are- being planned against it continually. Hence its protection and defenses are now even | more thorough than when the British officials last year withdrew withinj the walls of Dublin Castle. Soldlers with rifies guard the doors, | windows overlooking the entrances are sandbagged, the area séparating | the structure from the street is filled with barbed wire and at the top of the stairs there has been built a strong barricade of iron railings flanked by a steel screen loopholed for rifles. It would be impossible to rush the place. and 8o long as the ministers remain inside they are safe. So they | eat and sleep there. The parliament | chamber is connected with the gov- ernment building. A chapel has been fitted up inside so the ministers can attend mass without danger. Sought to Hamper. o The design of the irregulars afl along has been to prevent the com- | pletion of the treaty on December 6. They did not need to shoot; kidnap. ing would suffice. and all the precau- tions therefore were essent's. Some of the members of parliament, though simllarly threatened, still parafe the streets, but others, prominent support- | ers of the ministry, share the protection of the government’ building. Yet all, from President Cosgrave jdown. expect the present troubles to jbe brief. The armed opposition has been gradually fought down. The knowledge enforced by the execu-| 1llons has influenced many of the VOLSTEAD HONORED . BY BIBLE CLASSES llt:lergy and Congress Mem- bers Pay Tribute and Score Law Violation. | | i i i Men's organized Bible classes of the District last night staged a “Vol- stead testimonial meeting,” at which i members of the clergy and of Con- gress paid tribute to Representative Andrew J. Volstead and flayed non- observance of the dry law dnd efforts to lift the ban from light wines and {beers. The meeting was held in the Memorial Lutheran Church, 14th and N streets. Speaking for the pastors of the city, Dr. H. F. Randolph, pastor of Foundry M. E. Church, recounted the final re- sults of the recent elections and in-| dicated the large gains made by dry sentiment throughout the entire country. The desire of the pas- tors of Washington, he said, is for *More Volsteads in and out of Con- gress.” “Volstead Outstanding Leader.” spoke of Mr. Volstead as the “out- standing leader in the second great American experiment.” The first great experiment, according to Mr. €rampton, was the establishment of 2 government of the people for their own interests. “If the state of New Jersey could two years the men who so voted it would be crying for the stricte: N forcement of stringent dry laws,” he |'said. 2| Citing the fact that the majority of law-breakers in connection with the eighteenth amendment were : uralised aliens, he declared: ‘““The soon: er we send the alien who has come to our shores to seek material pros- perity and is doing so by openly flouting our laws back to the country from which he comes the better it will be for all of us.” 2 Called Man of Courage. Senator Frank B. Willis called at- tention to the fact that Mr. Volstead had the .one quality which was nec- essary if American institutions and American principles were to live, namely, “Courage.” Responding to other speakers of the Representative Louis C. Crampton| But Optimism Rules Officials fighters. Tuesday for the first time in many months the Dublin newspa- pers appeared without a single ftem of irregular activity. President Cos grave probably Is oversanguine in fixing a speedy end of the struggle. nd sporadic outbreaks are likely for a long time to come, but effective combined resistance is broken and only the last desperate exploits of small bands are feared. Healy Is Welcomed. ‘This week sees the definite estab- lishment of the Free State parlia. ment. Each member of the old parli- ament, with one or two exceptions, will take the oath of allegiance to King George and continue in the new. ‘The senate of sixty members is being constituted and will consist largely of men experienced in affairs. It will have none but suspensory powers, yet even an advisory body will per- form valuable service. Timothy Healy governor gen eral has been welcomed. 01 a stermy petrel in past controversies all those feuds have passed into an- clent history and his abilities are universally recognized as pecullarly fitting him for the difficult post of being the connecting link between representative of the kin ‘The Irish believe that he will always put the interests of Ireland first, while the British ministers, mostly his juniors in Westminster politica, are confident that he will smooth out causes of friction. . May Give Up Lodge. The viceregal lodge, the residence of the viceroys, now belongs to the Irish government, but possibly the new governor general will choose a more modest dwelling. His_ 10,000 pounds a r would not suffice for his- upkeep, and 3 which must provide for his housing, may find it cheaper to get him anoth- er house. Until today he shared the risk of kidnaping by the irregulars, but ignored it. Henceforth. when kidnaping will accomplish no pur- pose, his risk, in the absence of any personal animosity, will be small. (Copyright, 1922.) BONDSMEN PROBE IS GIVEN SETBACK Attorney Fails to Appear With Affidavit Charging Con- spiracy—Six Testify. Failure of Attorney John C. Foster | s, to appear at the general session last night of the police courts to hear charges made by Attorney Royal Hughes that professional bondsmen, police, dry enforcement officers and certain lawyers are in conspiracy made it Impossible for Attorney Hughes to present “major evidence™ of the charge: Mr. Foster had made an affidavit of alleged illegal activities by certain bondsmen, a copy of which was in the hands of Attorney Hughes, but as the original affidavit and the maker | com thereof were not in court the evi- dence could not be presented. Six Witnesses Heard. 8ix witnesses who had been ar- rested on various charges and had had dealings with bondsmen were on the stand. It was shown that one of the bondsmen, and his assistants, were at police station houses to go on the bonds of prisoners taken in raids before the defendants were brought in. It was further shown that one of these professional bonds:- men travels with an assistant an “his lawyer,” according to one wit- ! go back to an entirely wet state for | Ness. One witness told of his arrest and release on surety provided by a professional bondsman whom he had not asked to go on the bond and that when he was released he was told by, the bondsman that the m: ter hi been arranged by the pris- oner's “boss.” was not true, as “my boss was out of the city at that time and knew nothing of my arrest and to me de- nied that he had seen or communi- cated with the bondsmai After a two-hour session, the court, presided over by Judges Robert Har- dison and John P. McMahon, adjourn- ed, leaving the matter with Attorney Hughes and his committee of the Col- ored Bar Association to T evi- dence to be presented to a session of the court to be called later. The courtroom was crowded to ca- pacity by attorneys, police officers and spectators, as well as professional This, the witness said, |' Tidal Basin Dragged for Body of Woman in Chauffeur’s Story. After dragging the tidel basin yes- terday afternoon for the body of a possible suicide, following the report of Thomas Piner, a chauffeur, that he had taken a woman to the foot of 17th street, where she dismissed him and disappeared in shrubbery, police today discontinued investigation in the case in the belief that there was no reason igation at the 16th street home from which the chauffeur stated he had taken his fare. Everybody was pre ent at supper time last night and no possibilities of 2 mystery were uncov- ered, it was stated. g BOOST WATERWAY WOULD KEEP EXTRA BLDE. INSPECTOR Budget Bureau Adds $20,000 to Item for Pay of Tempo- rary Aides. JoBS TEN AFFECTED Chief Healy Still likely to Be Swamped With Work in Keeping Up With Construction Here. spectors and engineers in the build- ing inspection office, the buresu of Organization of consumers the budget has renewed in the esti in Interest of Lower Prices Urged by Woman. Utilization of the unorganized power of the consumer to force greater use of the waterways of the United States as an agency to bring lower prices for commodities, was urged at the opening session of the eighteenth convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Con- | gress, at the New Willard Hotel today, | b by Mrs. Sarah Willard 8trout of Port- land, Me., president of the Woman's National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Declaring that if women could bring about an amendment to the Constitu- tion of the United States by organiza- tion, consumers of the United States inteligently directed could, by mass ac- tion. bring about lower prices for com- modities, Mrs. Strout urged the na- tional congress to utilize this great agency as a means of forcing more ex- tensive use of the waterways of the nation. Mrs. Strout said the consumer is the dominant factor in the business world, and that transportation is the medium between the producer and the consumer. Women are the larges purchasers o'ddm;rkeled commodities, Mrs. Strout added. M. Clemenceau to Be Guest. Former Premier Clemenceau of France has been invited as the guest of honor at tonight’s session of the congress. On account of the cancella- tion of the business meeting schedulcd for tonight to make way for an ad- dress by M. Clemenceau, it is expect- ed business mectings will extend over Friday. The convention was originally scheduled to close with a banquet to- morrow night. al aspects of the extension of port facililies of the port of New ork, were discussed today before the conventicn by Julius Henry Cohen, counsel for the Port of New York Authority. the municipal corporate in- stumentality joining New rk and New Jersey as administrative factors in extension and operation of the port Mr. Cohen sald the necessary legal problems involving the two states and the Congress of the United States have now aill been solved and that {Grent Britain and Ireland and the |the port has built upon a foundation upon which it expects to expand greatly. Mr. Cohen read from the superintendent of 3 of New York, showing that freight transportation on the canals of the state is increasing. A. M. Lockett, acting president of the board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans, said the que: tion of temporary closing of the mouth of the Mississippl river., clo: ing ocean traffic to the Mississippi river basin, was possible, and that Army engineers had considered dredg- Rivalry of Other Nations. Mr. Lockett warned that unless the cheap water transportation of the United States is used to a greater extent than now used. other nations of the world will lead us in foreign trades and that possible ultimate closing of some busi tories and extension of ui in this country may result. that the port of New Orleans is be. ing developed along the broadest sible lines. with the idea that it will at some future time be the leading ‘world port. Explaining both sides of the so-call- ed “fourth section” of the Interstate Commerce Commission, S. J. Wettrick of Seattle, Wash., and Frank Lyon of Washington. D. C.. engaged in a de- bate on the question “Should water competition be considered a justifica- tion for relief from the long and short haul clause.” Mr. took the affirmative and Mr. Lyon the negative. The latter also spoke for the Intermediate Rate Association. At the session this afternoon Presi- dent Markham of the lllinois Central rallroad discussed . H. McCallum, rep- nlentl'?; the port of San Francisce Roy ¥lller of Corpus Christi, Te; vice president of the Intercoastal Canal Association; Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers, U. S. A. W. G. Bruce of Milwaukece, Wilfred H. Schoft of Philadelphia and M. ¢ Barnes of Chicago. Among important questions to be taken by the congress will be the recommendation of Maj. Gen. W. M. Black, former chief of Army engineers, h its name to “‘National Transpol tion,”™ and work for a unified transportation system. Gen. Black will address the s tomorrow afternoon. Secre- taries Denby and Weeks will speak at the annual banquet tomorrow night Mayor J. Hampton Moore of Phila- delphia will act as toastmaster at the banquet. Others on the speaking pro- gram include Representative Winifred M. Huck of Iliinois, Ambassade serand of France, Senator James Reed of Missouri and Represenative G. Lowery. A B PRESIDENT FIGHTS PLAN TO DOLE oOuT U. S. SHIP AID YEARLY (Continued fror} First Page.) v w original proposition, there would ten years. MeNary Supports Change. Senator McNary of Oregon, it is sald, was the first to raise objections to the elimination of the Madden amendment. This precipitated the row in the committee. It is under- stood that Senator Willis of Ohio and Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin backed up Senator McNary in this matter. The committee adjourned at noon to | v, meet again at 2:30 p.m. 7 Senator Jones of Washington said that_the committee was considering the bill section by section and that evening, Representative Volstead de- |bondsmen. Assistant Superintendent|jt had not passed the first section. clared that prohibition was not the|Charles Evans of the police depart-|He would not predict when the com- result of the work of any on> nan,|ment and Lieut. Van Winkle of the|mittee would be ready to report on but représented today tie sentiment woman's bureau, were present. Many the measure. It is considered likely, of the overwhelming majority of the|women were among :the spectators.|however, that the committee will not tats work is not finished,” he declared. “It will take many years before it is com- pletely established, but every day that goes by adds to the strength of the movement. Beer and light wines to be consumed in the homes would be infinitely, worse than the old-style R open saloon. ‘Telegramh wers read from Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel fo- the Anti-Saloon League, and from the chairman of the Louisiana law en- forcement conference. —_—— In & workshop in London are fifty- three men, every one of whom has ost. & leg or recelyed. some similar injury in the war. two from the police department. FIGHTS WAY TO FREEDOM. COLUMBUS, N. C., December 6— ichard Garrett, charged with killing his wife and small daughter, esca) from the Polk county jail last night after an encounter with the jailer, it was learned today. The jailer was said to be in a serious condition from his injuries. Garrett had recently been discharged form an_insane asylum, officers said. A sheriff’s posse started out early today seeking Garrett in the mearby mountains “The | Several stenographers were present,|be ready to report the bill at least until after the meeting tomorro: Efforts e today at the first meeting to hurry the bill through have been blocked, according to op- ponents of the measure. - It is ex- tremely doubtful that the Madden endment will be stricken from the ure, it was sai As It Seems. From Cincinoat! Enquirer. “You can lead a horse to ater. but you can't make him drink,” quoted Blinks. “Yes,” replied Jinks, “and you can It hibition over on a man, but you Zan't stop him from drinking: ) | | s manufac- | employment ! or African, whose valor saved eivili He added | Wettrick | D: + ' mate for the next fiscal year th. special appropriation of $20,000 gran: ed by Congress as a deficiency, 1« lowing the coliapse of the Knicker- bocker Theater. Therefore, if Congress does not cut out the estimate for the building di- vision, Chief Inspector Healy will re- tain during the next fiscal year the ten extra inspectors and engineers he took on as temporary men a few months ago. The current appropriation act car- d only $37.630 for salaries in the uilding office. The hudget now be- fore Congress recommends $55. This later figure includes the 32 special uppropriation and $600 ditional. Commissioners Gratified. This increase allowed by the budget director is one of the features ot the estimates which has been a source of gratfication to the Commissioners, for the reason that there probably is no branch of the District service where the volume of work and responsibility has increased in recent years as it has in the building office. Some idea of this increase in ac- tivity may be gained from the sta ment that during the last fiscal year building permits were issued for « struction work to the value of $36.- 197,059, which was $17,000.000 mor« thnn‘ the preceding tweive months. Th's record inciuded dozens of larg~ mod. ‘n apartments and office build- ing.. In which the work of checking Pplans and observing progress of erec. tion was necessarily great. Office Still Overworked. The fall of the Knickerbocker Thea- ter last January served to bring force- fully to public attention the inade- quacy of the appropriation for matn- tenance of the building office, but even with the additional personnel emploved after that disaster, the building office was not able to keep up_with its weekly volume of work. ‘hile the Commissioners are glad recommendation has been made for retention of the temporary inspectors, they also feel that salaries should be raised in the building office. They made known this belief to Congress in their annual report, call- Ing attention to the fact that last year the fees taken in by the build- ing office for permits far exceded t pay roll of the office. A majority of the outside inspectors receive only £1,360 per annum, which is considerably less than many of the mechanics get for doing the work th: inspectors are supposed to pass upon. TIGER BOWS HEAD TO UNKNOWN HERO (Continued from First Page.) zens of the District. Capt. A. C. Ne man, veteran of the world war, made the presentation. An engrossed parchment bore the following inscrip- tion: *“To Georges Ciemenceau: Pa- triot, statesman. indomitable cham- plon of right. protector of Fra conservator of world crder, generous ppreciator of American, Europea: zation. the venerable pleader in be- half of the land of Lafeyette and o! liberty. Among the members of the com- mittee were Dr. Emmett J. Scott. John R. Hawkins, Prof. Kelly Miller, Gar- net C. Wilknison. Dr. W. A. Warfleld. James A. Cobb, Dr. E. D. W. Jones. A. H. Grimke, Shelby J. Davidson, Dr. C. W. Childs. Dr. A, M. Curtis, Dr. I 0. Duman. William L. Houston, Dr Summer Wormley., Judge Robert . James Weldon Johnson, Vilson, Dr. W. H. Jernagin, r. J. Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Address Tomnight. This afternoon at 5:30 he is 1 make a call which is looked forward to in America as fraught with the most interest of any of his confer- ences, when the great war premier of France visits former President Wilson, with whom he worked in the big four framing the treaty of Versailles. Tonight “the Tiger” will address the Southern Soclety at a meeting in Memorial Continental Hall at & o'clock, for which a limited number of tickets have been issued by Daniel C. Roper. in charge. The only thing on his program for tomorrow which has been an- nounced is luncheon at noon_with President House, but it might take advantage of the day to extend sightseeing tour. The only Friday date is also at the Me- morial Continental Hall of the D. A. 2. at 3 p.m., when he will deliver what is forecasted to be his principal ad- dress in this city. Faces Newspaper Mes. At the Henry White residence last evening M. Clemenceau faced nearly 100 newspaper men, representing the ‘Washington corps of correspondents. many of whom had confronted the Tiger frequently at Paris during the peace conference. Discussing with them his self. posed mission to the United States that of “stirring up public opinion certain matters"—he declared that it was almost accomplished. “If my opiniony are ssked as what you should do.” he added, would ask for a kindly :ntervention. But, of course, behind. words there muse be some sort of a A fen assurance of government aid for|lines on a plece of paper would be enough. “If the people of America think the league of nations will do, that's your business. I'd rather have one good arantee from England or the TUnited States than a league of na- tions. League Statement Guarded. Asked If America’s entry into ruc league would be a sufficlent guaran- tee, he declared he would not answer r no, for fear of belng misunder- stood. “There was before onc league of natione,” he said “which brought the greatest war, that killed Greece. My own private opinion is that the guar- antee of England would be delight- tully received by France and that the American guarantee would be de- \ightfully recelved. We could do with- out guarantees from the lesser na- tions in the league.” Asked if he did not feel that Amer- jca again would come to the aid of France If she were attacked without provocation, the Tiger said: “Ah, that 1 cannot sav. That I dare not say. America i® a democracy. She would have to decide at the time. We in France have to »ct as if wy were alone in the world. —_— Tt i= perhaps not generally known that the three-cornered muts called Brazil nuts grow in packed clusters inclosed in ehells which are spherical in form, and have som the ap- pearance of rusty cannon balls.