Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight, with temperautre néar freesing; tomorrow cloudy and un- settled, Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 39, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 34, at 10130 p.m. yesterday. 1 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Foenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ‘ Full 1eport on page 10. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 28738, [Entered as second-class matter . z post cffice Washington, D O. -WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. PARIS PARLEY COLLAPSES| AFTER POINCARE HANDS ULTIMATUM TO ENGLISH Italian Decision Jusserand Ordered lto Cite to Back French | German Aims in Truce to' U. S Speeds Crisis. - 'Yesterdly't Net Cin;htion, 91,253 —— TWO CENTS D. C. BILL REPORTED | CARRIES $22,624,895; SEEK VOTE SATURDAY Total $926,235 Short of Budget Estimates and $226,714 Less Than Current Year. No. By the Associated Press, make war it will be on the ;:nl“llfr PARIS, January 4.—Premier Poin-|nations that she will throw hersel | Her plan’ of non-aggression would Sure sent a cable message today to|1eqye her free to do so and would pro- Ambassador Jusserand, in Washing- | hibit us from golng to their help.” ton, asking him to see Secretary of | . ' e i asab | State H pecti | M. Jusserand. the French a smmme:fhes :ln cume;uorkw“f; :h; sador to Washington, had not made made to the Assoclated|a,y engagement with the Secretary | Press yesterday by Baron von Rosen- | of State up to a late hour today. Dis- b 4 | patches 1 Parls had said that Pre erg, the Germ: Inister, on | Patches from Par - e ae e 1 whien | cler Polncare had requested_the am- proposal, bassador to call upon Secretary Premier Poincare contends showed|Hughes in reference to a statement that the ‘principal object of the non-| by a high German offcial that the ; ‘as | SUERested peace pact betw - War pact proposed by Germany was| nIEESSISC RESCE PACL, PHritain con- to obtain the evacuation of the|tained a clause providing the allied Rhineland without the payment of|evacuation of the Rhineland. As this reparationg. is “diplomatic day” at the State De- partment, however, Ambassador Jus- Premier Polncare's message asked | Ambassador Jusserand, in taking up serand may call at leisure without first making an appointment ! the Rosenberg statement with Secre- | Seoretary. © <% tary Hughes, to make the following | Secretary observations: i In the statement by Blronl \;03 Rosenberg in Berlin to the Associates i First—That the object Germany had | o in view in making the proposition | | ROME ENVOYS FAIL IN PLEA SCHOOLS SHAVED $225.860; STREET FUNDS INCREASED 74 L i Z e, } 7 i s 2 2 s English, Astounded by Blunt Words, " Quit Session Provision Is Made for Mount Pleasant. [Z——%, i N Columbia Heights Branch of Free Public Library. ~% Q By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 4.—The allied reparations conference here broke up shortly before 7 o’clock this evening. . “It is an amicable rupture,” said a member of the British delegation as he was leaving the conference. “We are going hoine to- morrow morning. - France goes ahead without us.” Carrying a total of $22,624,895, which is a decrease of $926,235 irom the budget recommendations and a decrease of $226,714 from the current appropriations, the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1 next. was reported to the House today It is the intention of House Leader Mondell and Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee to take up this measure for consideration in the House tomorrow, with the ex- pectation that the final vote will be taken on Saturday. The bill as reported shows a decrease of $49,620 under the budget recommendations for salaries, but an increase of $10,990 as compared with the 1923 appropriations. It shows an increase e | over the budget estimates of $44,700 for street improvements, | which is an increase of $541,200 over the appropriations for the Smoot Commission Recom- | Press yesterday the German forelgn e e n PropoBItion | minister devoted some space to ex- ! nifesly, “as admitted by | piai G /'s proposal that the Baron von Rosenberg,’ to get the DIMGIE S O ny 440100 {French to evacuate the left bank of proposed non-war pact endure for “a Ithe Rhine before the Germans had Kpneralion."l pointing out ](hBflt fllhl’; indlcate “a sharply define fulfilled their roparations obligations. | oeetry ot bonrs Absurd to Pretend. | stretch of years,” but that it possessed significance on! as indicating at least Second—That it is absurd to pre- tend that before entering the !eflguei thirty vears. The foreign minister of nations Germany Is not subject to {all the clauses of v ! 3 s of the treaty of Ver- [sailles that bear Germans .;gne,,:m fifteen vears of allied occupation | ture and that she is free today to at- | &nd therefore desired to vouchsafe . |tack France. . | France security and assurances for a Third—That the proposition for non- | perlod which would run considerably laggression against France, Italy and | longer than the prescribed term of jGreat Britain would leave Germany | occupation.” " [entirely free to attack the smaller al-| With regard to article X of the covenant of the league’ of nations {lies of France, notably Poland and Baron von Rosenberg declared Pre- PARIS, January 4.—At today's|Czechoslovakia, and even neutrals aron v osenberg declared, Pre. . : ieter ce,|such as Denmark, to recover posses- | mier Poincare himself had ag | session of the premiers’ conference, | S 28 T, 0 o P Do | this articie did not make the proposed | which adjourned at 4:30 o'clock for |and Poles, and to begin again to nre- | pact superfiuous, in that the French premier had called attention to the | pare her hegemony over Europe. fact that Germany was- not bound L MAROONED. D. C. AUDIT COMMITTEE TO REPORT NEXT WEEK | Experts Inform Senator Phipps That Data Is Nearly | Complete. added: “The federal government was de- | sirous of relieving the Rhineland of BT0 JMSSIG INBRIDGE CRAGH Autos Plunged Into River at The expert accountants who have | been auditing the accounts of the District of Columbia for the joint congressional committe investigating an hour, Premier Poincare of France over read what amounted to a virtual imatum to the British to say yes or no to the French reparations proposition or else discontinue the conference, according to a British delegate. The British delegation members de- clared they were astounded by the tone adopted by M. Poincare in his remarks during the session, which was held .in secret, as are all the present series of meetings. The French premier spoke in a sharp, peremptory manner as he de- livered his statement, they sald, but Prime Minister Bonar Law, in response to the anxious queries of the corre- spondests, asking, “Is it all oft?" replied : *“No, we are coming back.” Shortly before the time for the second session of the day the Italian delegation deposited fresh propositions, in a final attempt to save the canference from a breakdown. Today's session of the reparations conference opened at 3:25 o'clock. It was delayed by the late arrival of the italians, who had been waiting for a re- piy to a telegram sent to Premier Mus- solind. The reply instructed the Italian delegation to reject the British repara- tions plan. The British delegates, who were aware of the substance of the inquiry sent to Premier Mussolini, averred that if the Italians opposed the Brit- sh plan the British delegation would leave Parls. At 4:30 o'clock the conference re- cessed until 5:30 p.m. New Lease of Life. Before the British delegation left its headquarters this noon for the luncheon given by President Mille- rand in the Palace of the Elysee it gave the impression that the repara- tions conference might continue an- other twenty-four or thirty-six hours. The members would not say that this indicated a change for the better. | Despite this refusal to express an | opinion, the intimation of a prolonga- tion of the conference gave rise to a feeling that the situation was some- what brighter. The contfnuation of the conference for another day or day and a half, it was pointed out, would in itself be a hopeful sign. An afrplane was placed at the dis- position of tne British delegation to the reparations conference today by the French air ministry. The ma- chine was assigned after Prime Min- ister Bonar Law had made a request to that effect in order to send a most | urgent courier to London. Law Determined to Stand. i Prime Minister Bonar Law is de- termined to make no radical change in the British reparations plan or fur- | ther modify the British policy in this respect, it was definitely stated at the headquarters of the British dele- gation today. It had been suggested that President Millerand might make a last minute effort to induce Great Britaln, at the luncheon he gave at the Palace of the Elysee, to accept the French plan. The British delegates met Mr. Bonar Law this morning in what was de- scribed as a final effort to see if it were possible to reconcile the French and British plans and prevent a breakdown of the conference this aft- ernoon. The meeting resulted in the conclusion that the two ldeas were 80 far apart as to make concessions suf- ficient to bring the divergent views together an impossibility Crittelze French Plan. The British, therefore, confined thelr efforts to drawing up a detailed criti- cism of the French plan, to be pre- sented by Mr. Bonar Law at this aft- ernoon’'s meeting. Mr. Bonar Law desires to avold any dramatic play in the sityation, it was indicated, and he may wait until to- morrow ' morning befors leaving Parls, rather than_return at once aft- er the meeting. After the expected breaking up of the conference a meeting of the British. cabinot will probably be held to approve the Brit- ish delegation’s attitude here. This meeting may take place tomorrow. It also is belleved that a definite announcement by France that she would take independent measures, would be followed by the issuance of o formal statement by the British cabinet pointing out that Great Brit- ain was opposed to such independent measures toward Germany and at the same time reafirming hér strong friendship for France and her inten- tion to continue co-operation with France in all other spheres of activity. Answer to Poincare. The British experts sat up half the night preparing the memorandum for distribution among the delegations, but, according to Excelsior, the note was only an answer to Premier Poin- care’s objections to the British plan, ontinued on Page 4, Column 6.) “We know very right now." says the premier cable message, | ‘that the day Germany will want to SENATE T0 TAKE UP ROBINSON PLAN FOR REPARATION ENVOY President, Lodge and Har- vey, Withholding Opinion, Do Not Ban Plan. Assurances of immediate considera- tion for the resolution of Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, pro- posing American representation on | the reparations commission were giv-| en by administration Senate leaders today after Chairman Lodge of the foreign relations committee had con- ferred with President Harding and Ambassador Harvey at the White House. Senator Lodge did not express any definite opinion regarding the advisa- bility of adopting the resolution, but | neither he nor any other administra- tion leader evinced any hostility to- | ward it. Immediately after his visit to| the White House he called a special meeting of the foreign relations com- mittee for tomorrow to consider the! proposal. The committee chairman acted just before the beginning of what ap- peared likely to develop into another | general debate of the administration’s | foreign policy on-the Senate floor, and while Ambassador Harvey, called home from London for consultation on the reparations crisis, was con- tinuing his conferences with high of- ficials. Although much significance was at- tached to the quick call for a com- mittee meeting, it was said at the Capitol that President Harding had not given an opinion on the Robinson proposal. Senator Lodge said his | meeting today with the President and Mr. Harvey was preliminary to other conferences to be held later. i Senator Lodge also declared he was entirely agreeable with the sugges- tion of Senator Robinson that the resolution be referred to the com- mittee, and It was indicated that the first work of the committee would be to secure information from Secretary Hughes regarding the status of the administration’s negotlations on the reparations and other questions in- volved in the European situation. “PRESIDENT’S HANDS TIED.” Arkansas Senator Chides Republi- cans for Lack of Confidence. Senator Roblnson sald: “The .resolution of ratification re- specting the treaty between the (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) MISS HARIES IS KILLED IN HUNTING ACCIDENT Daughter of Banker Falls From Horse, Strikes Head on Tree. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 4.—Miss Hope Harjes, daughter of H. H. Harjes of Morgan, Harjes & Co., the Parls branch of J. Pl Morgan & Co., has been killed in a hunting accident the Harjes country place. Miss Harjes yesterday was riding a polo pony which became frightened by the hunting horns and the dogs employed in the chase. She was thrown from the pony, and in falling her head struck the stump of a tree. She died a few houre later. Miss Harjes was twent. four years old, | retary nce she was not a ague of nations. under article member of the U. 5. KEEPS CLOSE TAB ON PROGRESS OF DEBTS PARLEY Ambassador Harvey Con- tinues Conferences, With - President. The American government was keeping c¢lose watch on the weaken- ing pulse of Europe today as reports from Paris indicated the imminent collapse of the allled premiers’ latest attempt to settle the problems of rep- aratlons. Col. George Harvey, the American adbassador to Great Britain, was summoned to the State Department at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon for a conference with Secretary Hughes on the European problem. Upon leaving the White House the ambassador was esked if his discussion with the Sec- of State would ‘concern the failure of the conference of premiers in Paris to settle the reparations question. He replied that he did not know exactly what the Secretary wished ta discuss with him, but that he anticipated being in the conference for_“several hours.” Col. Harvey was with dent Harding all morning. Presi- Later itoday it was announced that he prob- ably would hold another conference with Secretary Hughes at the De- paitment of State. President Harding kept his list en- tirely clear of callers today and the only time he took his attention from the affairs of state was to attend high mass at St Patrick's Church in memory of the late president of Po- land. Col. Harvey accompanied him, thus blocking the efforts of news- paper men to interview the amba: dor at the White House during his few leisure moments. Senator Lodge, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, and Senator Frelinghuysen, a member of the Senate finance committee, the only callers admitted to the execu= tive's offices this morning. The Pres | dent, however, remained in the m: sion and received the senators there. Both senators were in tha White House some time. The nature of the business they dis- cussed was not disclosed, but it is as- sumed that they took up the Robin- son resolution providing for American representation on th reparatiol commission. Col. Harvey, who is o of those mentioned to be call as witnesses in hearings on the resolu- tion, was present during the conver- sation. _ % Expectations that this government would intervene, immediately upon fail- ure of the premiers’ conference in Parls, with some kind of an offer of assistance or mediation do not appear warranted by the facts of the situation, as viewed by officlals of the administration. The differences between France and Great Britain, it is believed, are not such as (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) U.S. Ambassador Post Not Causing Rush in Canada Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ontario, January 4.— There 18 no line forming for the position of Canadian minister plenipotentiary at Washingtoa, be- cause, it is learned, the pecuniary clomnan-ltlon is far from attrac- tive. The amount voted last year for such post was $60,000, from which rent and upkeep of an es- tablishment and salary of minister and hi tire staff would taken, and when a fair apportion- - ment of this sum would be com- pleted, fn all probability there would be a request for a deficiency appropriation. Then, too, the opinion here is th the diplomatic center in Washington “lives high,” and, therefore, to keep in line, it would be necessary for Candada to ap- propriate more money than is pro- . posed. The original request last year was §80,000, but it was trim- med down to §60,000, . Kelso, Wash., as Span Falls During Jam. ONE OF RESCUED DEAD! Lumbering Town Scene of Second Collapse, Former Due to Flood. By the Associated Pres KELSO, Wash., January 4.—Names of eight missing persons were known, while estimates of the number lost ran as high as thirty when rescue parties resumed today their search of the wreckage-strewn flood waters of the Cowlitz river, into which the old suspension bridge here, bearing scores of men and women, collapsed last night. From fifty to one hundrea” pedes- trians, one truck and at least ten pas- senger automobiles were on the bridge when it fell. The structure gave way in the midst of a traffic jam caused by a stalled motor car. Most of the persons on the bridge were thrown Into the swirling river and many were picked up by boats or wam ashore. After darkness efforts to recover bodies were futile, al- though the river steamer Pomona, lured by the hope that there might be life in the debris, breasted the swift current during the night to play a searchlight over the scene. But early this morning no bodles had been found. Of those rescued. one man was fatally hurt and died this morning, and another is believed fatally in- jured. Six others were taken from the water serlously hurt. County Official Missing. The missing include Ben Barr, coun- ty commissioner-elect; Mr. and Mra. A. G. Huntington, ploneer residents of Kelso, and several employes of log- ging camps. Early today there was a rush of frantic relatives seeking some word of lost loved oncs and a constantly growing list of missing persons. The exact death toll may known for several days swollen waters of the Cowlit: Columbia, into which it flows . the bodies of the victims many mil, The bridge connected East and West Kelso. A cable support buckled and e bridge threw trucks, automobiles and wagons and their passengers into the torrent, swollen by recent floods. Many leapéd to safety as the span sank. Survivors told almost identical stories of the snap and crash of the falling structure, the sudden plunge into the raging river and the battle for life in the muddy current. To swim ashore, encumbered with heavy clothing, was a test to be inet only by the etrongest and most adept. Many survivors were pulled from the river three blocks below the wreckage. Exploration of the wreckage was ot (Continued on Page %, Column 5.) bout To Write for The Star SERIES of articles specially addressed to the American people, to be published during his stay in this country. Beginning Tomorrow the articles will appear daily, except Sunday, and can be read in Washing- ton only in The Evening Star A B® miles below the city, may swirl |, | the "surplus revenues of the District have informed Senator Phipps, chair- man of the committee, that they submit a report to | week. Senator Phipps has urged the nC-‘ countants to hurry their report 1.0‘ him. as the time is growing short in which the joint committee, under the | District appropriation act for the current ear, must report to Con- | Bress. Under 'that act the report must | be submitted by the first Monday in ! February. Senator Phipps said that he did not {kinow what the report of the auditors {contained, since he had not yet seen | a copy, but that he understood it was Iparctically completed. After he has |recelved the report he will call the joint committe together immediately to consider it RAIN INCREASES LIGHTING MENACE Lack of Proper lllumination Particularly Noticeable During Bad Weather. will | him early next { P Darkness on many of the streets of the city due to inefficient street | lights was aggravated last night con- siderably by the clouded sky and rain. Many of the dark streets in the north- east section were brightened only by automobile drivers, who used gheir headlights to avoid accident. Raising the height of the lamps above that of the ordinary gas lamp, it is believed, would result in ma- terially brightening the streets. It was noted particularly last.night in approaching street intersections the corner lamps’ threw their glare into the eyes of the driver, making It difficult to distinguish dark objects coming from the intersecting streets. In raising the lights the direct fllumi- nation would' be considerably above the eves of automobile drivers and pedesirians and the rays would be given a wider range. Drivers Go Slowly. It was observed last night that au- st m! SENATOR SMOOT. court, augural records. abandoned for a number of years. buildings, agencies. mends Congress Provide Comprehensiye System. LANS ARE OUTLINED Appropriations of $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 Per Year Are Suggested. lmniediate authorizati ion of from 000,000 to $30,000,000 for erection qu in Washington of buildings to house government agencles now in rented arters was recommended in & report to Con-’ gress today by the publie build- ings commission, ot tor publican, which Sena- Smoot, re- Utah, is chairman, Economy through rental savings was the basis of the rec- © m m endations, which included als o a proposal for erection in the sion where many presidential in- 1s have been held, eel for filing ragks rho inaugural $3,000,000 Coat Y, appropriations the New It this sho commission mended, .should .be avallable at the rate of two or three million dollars annually. the commission said, all government activities would be housed in govern- ment-owned quarters in a few years. historic Pen- bullding ot government ball has been early. for public recom- uld be done, The report sald that the govern- ission. Another reconmmend sald ment paid $1,135,000 for rental of buildings in Washington in 1919, and only $524,000 at present as a result of the supervisory work of the com- ation of the commission calied for destruction &f certain_historic buildings, including Poll’s Theater, to provide space for three or four new structures. commission, in detailing the expense of renting buildings for government the Department The of tomobiles at street intersections could not be readily distinguished very far | from the corners, but it also was no- ticed that drivers proceeded slowly and with extreme caution at street intersections. For lighting the city streets and highways, Including extensions into now unlighted territories, the House appropriations committee in its re- port of the District appropriation bill (Continued on Page 2, Colamn 4.) — SEEK MISSING PLANE IN CHESAPEAKE BAY today allowed $20,000 more than the |BY the Associated Press, appropriations for the current fiscal year. However, the committee cut the recommendations of the bureau of the budget by $22,000. The appro- priation for the current fiscal year |- for street lighting was $430,000, while the bureau of the budget recommend- ©d $472,000. For replacing the old and fnefficient lighting facilities on the public high- ways by modern and more efficient lighting, the House committee al- lowed the same amount as was appro- priated for the current fiscal year, $20,000. This was a cut of $15,000 in the estimate of the bureau of the budget, which recommended $35,000. These cuts will further lengthen the time when Washin the public highwa street -lighting. In the past many ! M street accidents have been blamed on the fact that auto drivers could not |q see distinctly and were not permitted to use bright lights. First Street Bad. W tr was ton Roads, wa: bay, made it adv! ing. squadron of fo; of the Mo: Naval Academy, on can provide [out yesterda: s with efficient | Army pmvlnz Wi ficials of tI The Navy seaplane ANNAPOLIS, Md., ur subm. aters of Chesapeaki ibutaries for a meapy station d., bound for Hampton roads, Failure of the craft to reac: estination or to revort as t; 5000, which Teported missing while e _ route from Philadelphia to Hamp- iocated today at York Spit iighthouse, Chesapeake damaged. Boatswal, ‘W. J. Daly, the pilot, said engine trouble and inclement wenather ble to make a I January 4—A arine chasers squito fleet, attached to the is today scouring the bay and the @ seaplane which put afternoon from the at Aberdeen, Va. h her 0 her he Naval Academy this morning to institute a search. First street northwest, from the |the pilot of the plane i§, or wheth, Who er or south entrance to Soldlers'’ Home |NOt' it carried any pessengers, was grounds to Massachusetts avenue, a thoroughfare which carrles a contin- uous flow of traffic, is lighted with the [ W' mantle type of gas lamps, which fail | t¥ of the seaplane to perform the fuii function,of pro- viding a well lighted highway. In a|G. not stated. he bureau of naval a ship carried H. Garlang, eronautics, in hington, has no fear for the safe- reported missing. Boatswain Daly and Aviation Machinist's W, .J. ate both of Hampton road number of places the lamps are so far | Who were en route from Philadelphia apart or located trees that these larly dark,and traffic coming in from the side streets has to proceed with great caution. Massachusetts avenue from New Jersey avenue northwest to 4th strest northeast is lighted by the new type! m, of electric lamps. ~ Thess are located {Canfinusd on Page 1, Column §.) , | 0 close to larg tions are particu- o [ to their base. buresu ri to search However, nd have alighted way place. Engine trouble devel- oped near the Army proving ground and they ‘wers forced to land ther: The bureau, g: 's again encountered engine trou- believes tI at some out- The seaplane is a model Nl As atter of precatition, T the plane. howe uested the Naval priations for playgrounds. For s of $70,000 from the budget esti $290,000 over the appropriations mendation. school buildings and grounds. Automatic Appropriations. | | Included in the total recommended! { by the committee are the permanent | annual and indefinite appropriations | automatically made each year with out action by Congress. For the next | fiscal year. they amount to $1,612,843, or $111,757 less than for the current fiscal year. The old contention over division of expenses for upkeep of the National Capital as between the federal and District governments does not appear in the report to the House today, hav- Ing been permanently settled on a | sixty-forty hasis lest yesr. The re- port made by Representative Cramton | of Michigan, .acting chairman of the subcommittee on the District budget, however, explains that while the total sum proposed to be appropriated in this bill is $22.624,895, only $38.562, 137.20 of that sum will constitute a charge upon the federal Treasury. | The entire sum proposed ($1.041,020) {on account of the water service, ex- clusive of the appropriation for in- | creasing the water supply, is charge- able to the water revenues. The bilt provides that the whole of the appropriations on account of the | | minimum wage board, public employ- | | ment service, playgrounds, a part of the appropriations on account of the parks and for “community center” purposes, amounting in all to $203,532, shall be met out of the.revenues of the District of Columbia. g Therefore there remains as a_di- visible expense, in sccordance with | law, $21,380,343; of which 40 per cent, | or §8,552,187.20, is chargeable to the federal Treasury, and the remaining 60 per cent, or $12,828,205.80, Is chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia. In this con- nection, the report says, it should be remarked that there is an Indeter- minate partial offset against the gov- ernment's outlay, derived from _in- Ccome In the way of recelpts from fees, sales, rents, special assessments, etc., which are credited to the District of Columbia and the government In the proportion prescribed by law. The government's income from such local Sources in 1922 amounted to $41%- 6689, Used Independent Judgment. Chairman Cramton explained to the House that “while the total sum proposed in this bill is $526,235 less! than proposéd in the budget, the! committes has found it desirable it not essential in a number of in- stances to go beyond the budget pro- | posals. It has exercised its inde-, pendent judgment with respect to all the items embraced by the bill. The committee has provided in gen- erous measure wherever a real need seemed to exist. This applies to lighting, to the sewage system, to street cleaning and refuse disposal, and to the existing water system. The committee believes that it has provided all that reasonably should be expected for each of these func- tions, and at least sufficient to keep pace with the city's development or to continue a reasonable program of improvement, as the case may be. The pressing need for larger ap propriations to improve the condi- tions of the streets both in the city and In outlying territory is frankly admitted in_the report of Chairman ton, who say. T Phare 13 no need to dwell at length upon the condition of the local streets, in the city proper or in the outlylng areas. The growth of the city an the increasing admount and weight of vehicular traffic contributory to a condition compelling large appro- priations. For the current fiscal year 2 total of $968,600 was provided for repaving, grading and repair- treets and roads, urban and subur- ban. Of this amount $685,000 was for repair work. This bill proposes a to- tal of $1,619,700, of which $825,000 is for repair work and §794,700 is for pav- ing and repaving. Streets to Be Improved. The thoroughtfares for which specific appropriations are made follow: Northeast—For paving Rhode Island avenue, 16th street to District line, Afty-six feet wide, $100,000. | { { current fiscal year. It shows a decrease of $5,000 from the budget estimates, which is a decrease of $5,188 from the current appro- ewers the bill carries a decrease mates, which is an increase of ior the current fiscal year. For the public schools the total appropriation of $6,641,572 recommended in the bill reported today is $859,228 less than the current appropriation, and $225,860 less than the budget recom- Of this amount, $1,086,000 is found in the item"for Chevy Chase Circle, sixty feet wide, $45,000. Northwest—For paving Connecticut avenue, Porter street to Tilden street, sixty feet wide, $17,000. Northwest—For paving Connecticut avenue, Van Ness street northward, sixty feet wide, $54,000. Northwest—For paving Georgia ave: nue, Military road ? Dahlia street, sixty feet wide, $85,000. Northeast—For paving Bladensburg road from end of asphalt northward, sixty feet wide, $210,000. Southeast—For paving Nichols a: I nue, south entrance of 8t. Elizabeth’ Hospital grounds to Portland street, forty feet and fitty-six feet wide, $54.- Northwest—For Aqueduct bridge to feet wide, $40,000. Southeast—For paving Good Hop¢ road, Minnesota avenue to Alabama ayenue. twenty-four feet wide, $1s.- Northwest—For paving Alton place, 38th street to 39th street, $8,400. orthwest—For paving Woodley road, 27th street to 28th street, 34,800, Northwest—For paving Perry piace, end of pavement to 16th street, $6,000, Northwest—For paving Spring road, 14th street to 16th street, $10,800. Northwest—For paving 13th stree, Spring road to Shepherd street, §13.] Northwest—For paving 13th street, Spring road to Shepherd street, $18.0 Northwest—For paving _Shepherd street west of 14th street, $5,000. Northwest—For paving 13th street, Hamilton street to Jefferson street, $12,600. Northwest—For paying Ingraham street, Georgla avenue to 13th street, $4.800, Northwest—For paving _Jefferson street, Georgla avenue*to 13th street, $4,800, Northwest—For paving Ingraham street, 8th street to 9th street, $6,600 Northwest—For paving Crittenden street, Georgia avenue to 8th street $9,600 Northwest—For paving 9th Buchanan street to Crittenden $4,800 Northwest — For paving Bu street, Georgia avenue to Sth $9.600, Northwest—For paving Sth Buchanan street to Crittenden $4.800. Northwest—For paving 7th Varnum street to Webster $4.800. Northwest—For paving _Varnum street, Grant Circle to 4th street $3,600. Northwest—For paving 4th street, Varnum street to Upshur street, $4,300. Northeast—For paving Ascot street 2d to 3d street, $3,500 Northeast--For paving 3rd street, Adams street to Bryant street, $4,800. Northeast—For paving Taylor strest, 10th street to 12th street, $8,000. Northeast — For place, 10th street $8,000. Northeast—For paving Shepherd street. 10th street to 12th street 7,000. paving Canal road, Foxall road, thirty stree!, street hanan street. street. street, street, street, paving to 12th Sigsbee street, Comments on Paving. With respect to the appropriations for street improvements, Representa tive Cramton’s report sa: / “The theory of the Commissioners in submitting the specific items of street improvements was that with a limited amount of money more good could be done for more people by sur- facing with permanent materials through routes that are ni frequent daily use by a great mgny people Members ‘of the committee made a per- sonal inspection of the streets and roads embraced by the estimates and many other thoroughfares as well and were impressed with the desirabdility and importance of making substantia} inroads upon a situation rapidly going from bad to worse. “The streets embraced by the bud- get proposal,” he continues, “undoubt- edly are sorely in need of improve- ment, but the committe does not feel that they should be provided for to the utter exclusion of certain other streets and sections of streets which e found to be in equally as bad, if not worse, condition. The committee, therefore, 15 recommending appropria Northwest—For paving west side of | Conpecticut avenus, Ingomar sireet to tions in this hill for twenty-two spe- (Continued on Pagé 4, Colyma 1.)