Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1923, Page 4

% THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D D. C. BILL REPORTED TO HOQUSE MLES STRUGELNG (Continued from First Page.) cific projects not included in the bud get. aggregating $154.700, and is pro viding for all of the budget items except the one for paving Massachu- | setts avenue northwest from S street) 1o Wisconsin avenue and one other for paving Rock Creek Church road | from 5th street to Upshur street. The appropriations committee goes | on record as favoring a graduated li- cense fee for commercial trucks. In| dlscussing this matter, Chairman ! Cramton says that the District Com-« missioners are now; studying this pro- | Posal, and says: Urges Sliding Truck Fee. “With respect to the growing size ot commercial vehicles, so injurious to the roadways, the Commissioners are now engaged in a study of the subject, with the view to promulgat- ing rules which will lessen their de- structiveness. The fact is, commer- cial trucks should be required to pay | a larger license fee. The welght of | such vehicles operating in the Dis- trict is restricted to fifteen gross tons, but the license fee is based on the horsepower (39 Stat., 1012). Hence, a commercial truck of the largest size may have a horsepower rating which would require the payment of a li cense fce no larger than required of the lightest passenger motor vehicle. This is a matter that the committee Dbelieves might well be looked into. ‘Che maximum fec now charged for the licensing and registration .of any | ¢ motor vehicle in the District of Co- | lumbia is $10.” The school appropriations recom- mended include provision for 176 ad- ditional principals and teachers as against 196 recommended by the budget bureau. Chairman Cramton | oxplained that “the committee has “pursued a very libePal policy with re- Apect to school items generally, the reductions proposed being in a prac- tically negligible amount as to any of the more essential or important items. The report explains that fer; the most part the new principals and teachers are required for employment in the schools now under construction which will become available just be- fore or during the next school term, and to relieve the shortage which ;ow exists in the number of teach- ers available for giving instruction in special subjects. The reduction of Twenty relates to a request for the establishment of a new class of mohool officials to be in charge of elementary schools with sixteen or more classrooms, and to be desig- nated “administrative principal . .The present practice is to detail teachers of class five as administra- tive principals and to pay them ad- ditional compensation, as provided Dy law, at the rate of $30 per annum per room. “The comm! pressing necessity for a different procedure. Bays. Study Bullding Situation. The committee has given particu- Jerly careful study to the subject of buildings and grounds required for the public schools and is recommend- ing to the House the entire program for the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings as carried in the estimates before Congress. The report continues: “The committee is impressed with | the need of expansion in this direc- tion, and believes that the items rec- ommended in the budget are all de- sirable and indicate a proper consid- eration of the needs of the future as well as the present. The items thus recommended are those which are stated Dby the superintendent of schools as being the most urgently eded . A P10 View of the special interest in this problem, the committee has not | only studied the estimates before] Congress, but has examined the rec- | ommendations of the board of educa-| tion, and finds that the program rec- ommended by the budget and ap- proved by this committee not only in- cludes the items which the board of education indorses as the most ur gent, but it includes the (rnl)(} items in the program of the board of edu- cation that have reference to an early fncrease in the seating capacity of; chools. e complete program proposed in the budget and recommended by the committee in this bill, including addi- tional school playgrounds, is as fol- lows: Complete Program l”rollolrd} ' «“Continuing the construction of an addition 1o “the Armstrong Manual | Training School, $200,000. “For beginning the remo and the conmstruction of an addition to the Western High School, to pro- vide a new assembly hall, a gym- mnasium for boys, a gymnasium for girls and additional classrooms, $100. 600, and the Commissioners are her by authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for said remodeling and extension at a cost mot to exceed 50,000. 3 por the purchase of a site on which to locate a sixteen-room building be- tween Georgia avenue and 16th street northwest, north of Park road, $60,- 0. 4 O%or the purchase of a new site on ‘which to locate a sixteen-room build- sng in the vicinity of and to relieve the Tenley School, $25,000. “For the purchase of a new site for the McKinley Manual Training School, { 000. I o the purchuse of land adjolning the Garnet-Patterson schools to pro- wvide for the remodeling and the con- | struction of an addition to the schools, $50,000. “For the erection of an eight-rbom extensible building on the site to be purchased in the vicinity of Georgia avenue and 16th street northwest, north of Park road, $130.000. For the erection of an_ eight-room extensible building, including a com bination assembly hall and gymna- sium, on the site to be purchased in| the vicinity of, and to relleve the Tenley School, $160,000; 2 For beginning the erection of a six- teen-room building. including a com- bination assembly hall and gymna- sium, to replace the old John F. Cook School, $100,000, and the Commission- ers are hereby authorized to enter into contract or contracts for such building at a cost not to exceed $250,- 000; For the purchase of additional land Sn the vicinity of the Slater-lLangsion (Cook) schools, $50,000; For the purchase of a new site on which to locate a junior high school between 20th street and Rock creek and K and O streets northwaat, or vi- einity, $50,000; For beginning construction of a third-story addition to the Thomson School, $60,000, and the Commission- ers are authorized to enter into con- tract for said addition at a total cost ;oL to exceed $135,000. For equipment,’grading and fm- proving eight additional school yards for the purposes of play of pupils, 34,000: Provided, That such play- &rounds shall be kept open for play purposes 1in accordance with the schedule maintained for playgrounds under the jurisdiction of the play- ground department, In all, $1,204,000. Police Estimates Followed. The bill reported to the House to- @ay accords strictly ‘with he budget recommendations in the matter .of salaries of the police department. An_additional captain 1s_provided for, five additional privates have been allowed, and provision made for two addltional driver-privates and for an additional janitor. These additions are all required because of the new station hause belng erected on Rhode Nsland avenue northeast, near 17th street. § : It will be recalled that by special Wct approved September 1, 1922, hite House police force 'was es- zablished, which had the effect of re- leasing for general detail thirty-tliree members of the Metropolitan police force, and these, plus the additional itions proposed in this bill, will Bo"avaiianto for assignment. to. the new station. “There may be room for question as ) the adequacy of .this number,’* X rman Cramton anticipates, but he “Tof tha nr!iem'flu forcy: may be Kamimen ittee is not aware of any ! inaugurating the report | deling of ) it ;nm T Of tr:" r.un stations 3 o ve | the territory jn which the new station |acquired, to cost $§3,150, will effect | tractor-drawn 18 | have already been made or are to be | With it an authorization to take im- | for the work upon the institution of {man Cramton, in his report, stresses that' | institution is just becoming available house is situated. $10,000 Given for Arms. Provision for fully equipping the police force with modern fire arms is made by adding $10,000 to the appro- priation, for miscellaneous and con- tingent¥ expenses. There has been an endeavor to do this gradually without special provision, but the committee felt that a need exists which ehould be met promptly. - While the bill reported to the House today proposes $98,076.66 more for the fire department than appropriated for the current fiscal year, the fire de- partment total is still $14,500 less than the budget recommendations. New Motorized Apparatus. About half of the increase is for new motor-driven, firefighting appa- ratus. The equipment proposed to be the complete motorization of the fire department, and, in addition, will permit of "the replacement of two engines, which have | been in service since 1903, and pro- Vvide one reserve fire engine. The remainder of the increase is on account of personnel, a larger main- tenance and repair appropriation, 000 additional for hose, and a spe- cific _allowance of. $7,300 for com- letely equipping the force with gas masks and oxygen helmets. The fire department has been striving to pro- vide these devices out of its regular &ppropriations with little success. They constitute a most essential part of dern fire-fighting equipment and that there should be no further delay in acquiring them the commit- té¢ ‘is proposing to go_beyond the budget to the extent of $5,000. Provision is made for twenty-six additional firemen, needed to supply shortages in the compiements of ex- isting compunies and for assignment to fire-prevention work. Provides Water Supply. For increasing the water supply the bill proposes a further appropriation of $1,500,000 and authorization to ob- ligate a like sum in excess of this ap- propriation. For tne current fiscal year an addi- tional appropriation of $1,500,000 was made toward increasing the water sup- ply, and authority given to create obli- gations to the extent of $1,450,000 in excess of the appropriation. The es-| timated cost of the entire project is $8,738,000, of which $1,700,000 actually has been appropriated to date. On November 30, 1922, there had been obligated $2,306,100. The new conduit is under contract with the ex- ception of the intake gate chamber at Great Falls, the tunnel at Great Falls and a short section of conduit near the same point and parts of the cross-con- nections and the superstructures thereof. Chairman Cramton points out that the proposal made in this bill will re- sult in there being made available suf- ficlent cash to satisfy contracts, which made for the completion of the conduit, including certain overhead expenses, es- timated to amount in all. to 32,868,100, and allow a cash margin of $331,900 to meet obligations on account of other phases of the work, and in permitting another third of the work, remaining to be undertaken, being placed under con- tract, such as the new filtration plant, pumping _plant, filtered-water storage reservoirs, ete. The proposed appropriation carries mediate possession of lands needed condemnatfon proceedings and upon certain prescribed steps having been taken looking to the compensation of the parties entitled thereto. Without such an authorization it is quite ob- | vious that the completion of the proj- ect might be indefinitely delayed. Provides Branch Library. Provision is made in the bill for purchase of a site for a branch of the free public library in the Mount Pleasant-Columbia Helghts section of the city at a cost not to exceed $25,000. Authority is at the same time given to the District Commissioners to ac- cept from the Carnegie Corporation of New York not less than $100,000 for the purpose of erecting a suitable branch library bullding on this site. The location tentatively selected was on Lamont street, just west of 16th street. Chairman Cramton in his re- port emphasizes that “this section of the city is entirely without library facilities and is far removed from the main library and its branches in Takoma Park and Southeast Wash- ington.” Charities and Corrections. Appropriations which are $199,950 less than the budget recommenda- tions, are proposed under the heading “charities and corrections.” Chair- one-third of this reduction is attributable to failure to provide an | additional home for delinquent girls.; under ys: ‘The committee is impressed Wllhl the need for, improving conditions at{ the National Training School for Girls. but is without jurisdiction to | | provide tor extending the institution { beyond its present confines.” Another reduction grows out ofy the provision for a nurses’ home at| the Tuberculosis Hospital. The budget recommeénded $70,000 for this purpose, while the committee is proposing just half that sum. The committee also | is proposing $62,000 less for Gallinger | Municipal Hospital than recommend- ! ed in the budget, chiefly because the and some doubt is entertained as to whether or not the full sum request- ed would be required. “Under the board of children's guardians another reduction will be found practically, all of which is due to the reduction proposed in the appropriation for the board and care of children in boarding homes. The | District at present owns an excellent institution.” Representative Cramton | says, “known as the Industrial Home School, situated on Wisconsin avenue, near 'Massachusetts avenue, com- pletely equipped and in readiness to take care of from 100 to 125 children. Thus far during the present fscal year this institution has not been availed of the practice having been to place all children in boarding homes. “The committee i8 proposing that the board of children’'s guardians may not use any of their money for the board and care of children, unless this Industrial Home Schobl is availed of to its full capacity, and for that reason is proposing to reduce the ap- propriation referred to bv $30,000, and to provide appropriations, corres- ponding with' those made for the current fiscal year, for the Industrial Home School, which can care for children more cheaply, considering the expense of maintenance and up- keep when not used for the purpose for which intended, than they can be cared for in hoarding homes.” Reclaim Anacostia Flats, An initial appropriation of $50,000 for the development as a recreation park of that portion of the reclaimed flats on the south shore of the Anacostia river lying between the Anacostia and Pennsylvania avenue bridges, is pro- posed under the heading “public bulld- ings and grounds.” Under a separate head in the.bill pro- vision is made for continuing _the reclamation f the marshlands along | the southern shores of the Anacostia river below. Benning bridge for park uses. After the present fiscal year 30,000 will he“requh'ed to complete redging operations bridge, and that portion of the project will then be complete with the excep- tion of sea-wall construction, which will require future appropriations to the probable extent of $500,000. The area between the Anacostia and Penn- sylvania avenue bridges Is now in such shape that park development work may be proceeded with. The appropriation of $50,000 proposed is estimated to be a third of the total sum required prop- erly to beautify and provide suitable recreational and comfort facilities. Centralization under a separa heading of automoblle and motor cycle appropriations is propoged as & riew economy efficlency procedure, al though the real object is to pave the way for acting more intelligently and declsively a ylnu- from now, Chairman Cramton admits. ol “The ny:g of automobilés and mater cycles in the conduct of the work of the local ‘municipal government {s reaching such proportions as to de- @ some - attention, made throughou lumbla approj below Benning | SO! the purchase, maintenance, repair and operation of Distriot-owned machines and for allowances to oficers and em- ployes of the District government re- quiring motor vehicles in the per- formance of their officlal duties for supplying their own automoblles and motor cycles. That the Congress may have a better view of the situa- tion and that the committee may be able with more facllity to watch and keep & proper check on the practice, it would seem advisable that provi- slon for the madntenance, operation and repair of District-owned passen- ger-carrying machines and for allow- ances on account of privately owned vehicles should be brought together in a single paragraph.” Practice In Continued. “The committes has not got in- formation that would enable it to provide more definitely than it is Droposing in “the bill” Chairman Cramton “says, “and 1t has been necessary to continue & number of the separate provisions carried in the appropriation act for the current fiscal vear in order to make possible cessary tri the nee y transfer or pooling of A proviso {s carried in the bill that the District Commissioners shall re- port to Congress at the beginning of the next regular session the total sum expended under each appropria- tlon for maintenance and care and operation of motor passengen-carry- ing Vehicles during the fscal vears 1922 and 1923. The committee hopes, Representative ~ Cramton explains, that in the bl for the flscal year 1925, with the aid of this informa- ton and of the experience of the Commissioners during the fiscal year, that the bill may b Improved with respect to the method of providing motor transportation. The first decrease shown in the bill as reported today is $20,000, which sum was carried in the current appro- priations ‘for the expenses of the Joint select committee on fiscal rela- tlons, which is ex. d Tomx be pected tp report in The chay tollows: Changes in Salary Items. In the executive offices, an increase of $1,650, which is a decrease of §3,255 under the budget recommendation; in the assessor's office, an increage of $2.900; In the license bureau, an in- crease of $1,400: identification tags for vehicles, $2,300 increase: in the c_ollveclor‘a office, an fncrease of $1,200, Which is $1,200'less than the budgel i contingent expenses, e budgot estimates: vehicles, 2 creasy of $2.650, which Is a decrenne of £3.350 under the budget recommen. dations: Public Utllities Commission decrease of $3,000 under the current appropriations as well as under the budget recommendations; surveyor's office, an increase of $1,500, which is $3.000 under the budget recommenda. tions; for the Rent Commission. a decrease of $30,000 under current ap. propriations and a decrease of $22,300 ;x:rde‘l;mt:s“pt}zdgel recommendations; es co an Increase of Saio00 - Dtuna, alary increases for the free library, ‘including the Takoma Bars and southeast branches, total $1,840 Which is $1,660 less than the budge! recommendation. There is also 4 de- crease of $500-from the current ap- propriations, i as from the udget recommendations for Sunday opening. "> " the item Changes in Street Funds. The changes in appropriations fof street and road improvement and re- na}r are as follows: An increase of $35,000 for assessment and permit work, sidewalks, curbs and alleys; an Increase of $541,200 for street im- provements, which is an increase of $44,700 over the budget estimaces; for purchase or condemnation of park areas, a decrease of $10,000; for streets and avenues and alleys repair- ed, an Increase of $9,000; for repairs of suburban roads, an increase of $50.- 000: for construction and repair of bridges, an increase of $2,500; for the operation of the highway bridge, an increase of $1,300; for operation of the Anacostia River bridge, a decrease of $2,500 under current appropriations as well as under budget recommenda- tions; for Georgetown bridge, an in- crease of $2.000, which is 33,000 less than the budget recommendations. Playgrounds Increased. For the public playground an in- crease of $4,500 is shown In salaries, which Is a decrease of $312 from the budget recommendations; for main- tenance an Increase of $5.312 s shown, which is $4.683 less than the budget recommendations. There is a decrease of $15,000 in the item for purchase of sites. This makes a decrease of 35,188 for playgrounds the _current appropriation, which is $5.000 under the budget recommendation. For sewers, an increhse of $65.000 is shown for cleaning and repairing and operation of the pumping serv- nges in salary items are as fce, which is $40,000 under the budget recommendat} For suburban sew- ers, an increase of $175,000. is allowed, which is $30,000 under the budget recommendations; for assessment and permit work, an increase of $50,000 is shown. There is a new item of $20,000 carried corresponding to the recommendation of the budget bureau for the Rock Creek main interceptor, only $20,000 is allowed for the upper Potomac. Interceptor as the budget bureau recommended, which 1s a de- crease of $10,000 under the current appropriations. Increase for Refuse Disposal. For collection and disposal of refuse an increase of $90,000 is made, whioh is $95.000 under the’budget recommenda- ons. The principal increase for the elec- trical department is $20,000 for light- ing, which 1s $22,000 less than the bud- et recommendations; in all there is an increase of $27,300 for the eleatrical department, which is $43,600 less than the budget recommendations, For the public schools, the principal increase is $232,720 for teachers, which 13 380,000 less than the,budget recom- mendation. ~ There {s- an increase of $20,000 for longevity pay, which is $48,860 under the budget recommenda- tion: an increase of $16,000 above the budget recommendation is made in the allowance for principals; increase of $8,600 ts carried for the teachers’ retirement fund, which is $7,000 under the budget recommendation: for jani- tors and care of buildings and grounds, an increace of $32,700 is carried, which 18 & decrease of $25,780 from the bud- get recommendations; for manual tralning apparatus and equipment, an increase of $15,000 is allowed, which is still $16,000 under the budget recom- mendations, Under the health department the current appropriation of $18,000 and the budget rocommendation of $15,000 for aid to the Child Welfare Soclety has been eliminated from the LIl For child hygiene service an appropriation of $15,000 was made, which Is a new item as recommended by the budget bureau. Workhouse Gets Increase. Under the.heading of charities and correctlons an increase of $25.000 for the workhodse is granted. A decrease of $10,000 1s shown for the Natlonal Training School for boys. There is an increase of $40.580 for tuberculosis hospital, which is $36,000 under the budget recommendation; for Gallinger Municipal Hespital, a decrease of $238.410 under the current appropria- tions is shown, which is a decrease of $62,000 under the budget recommenda- tioms. Under the heading “Child Welfars Institutions,” a decrease of $130,000 for the board of children's guard! is shown, which is $34,000 under t budget recommedation. For the I dustrial Home School for Colored Children an increase of $1,000 is al- lowed, which is still $2,000 under the budget recommendation; for the In- dustrial Home School there is a de- crease of §726, which is an increase 6f $21,040 above the budget recom- mendation. The current appropriation of $2,500 for the National Association for Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children is-eliminated, as is also $1,500 for the Washington Home for Foundlings and $1,000 for St. Ann's Infant Asylum. For the Home for Aged and Infirm an inerease of $2,500 is recommended, which is $240 less than the budget recommendation A new item of $4,250 is carried for fire alarm boxes. Blind Library Fund Eliminated. The, current appropriation of $2,500 for the National Library for the Biind is eliminated, in accordance with budget recommendations, as s also $1.500 for Columbia Polytechnic In- stitute for the Blind. An increase of $2,000 for the Dis trict militla is included in the bill which is still $2,500 under the budget recommendations An increase of $4,650, which is $600 under the budget recommendation, is recommended for the park police. An_increase of § buildings and ground. Washington in and around is carried in the bill, which is $117.370 less than the budget recommendations. There is a de- crease of $25,000 in the allowance for the Rock Creek and Potomac park- way commission, which s $75,000 under the budget recommendation. The current fitem of $250.000 for Georgetown bridge has been elimi- nated. DR. BALLOU MAKES NO COMMENT ON BUDGET CUT Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent | of schools, declined today to comment on the reduction in the school budget by the House subcommittee on appro- priations. Before making any public statement, the superintendent said. he desired to make a careful study of the varfous items which were reduced, pointing out that some of the cuts prob- ably would affect the schools more seriously than others. BLACKHEADS AND CORNS ALL 1t District schoolgirls are taught| how to manipulate a comedo in re- moving blackheads from the neck and face why not teach them the art | of chiropody? An impromptu debate on this ques- tion between Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky and Superin- tendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou enlivened the hearings on the school budget before the District subcom- mittee on appropriations of the House, 2s shown by the testimony made pub- lic today. The discussion was precipitated over a proposed appropriation for | supplies for the so-called beauty cul- ture course at the O Street Vocatlonal School for colored girls, which also has resulted in a controversy between the board of education and the Com- | missioners. Interested in Corns. “When vou set about to prepare one of your pupils to extract black- heads from the faces of people, do you ac the same time have a class in which you train them in the trim- {ln‘ of corns?’ was the question thrown at Dr. Ballou by Representa- tive Johnson, and the argument en- sued as follows, according to the of- ficial tel;ulrlnony‘ - “Dr. Ballou—No. » “Mr. Johnson—What ‘is the differ- ence? “Dr. Ballou—Because this course is intended to cover the cave.of the hair and scalp and the face. “Mr, Johnson—Is the &calp ‘any more important than the foot? “Dr. Ballou—Not any more impor- tant, but because those two particular activities are not commonly asso- clated in the business for which these irls are to be prepared. “Mr. Johnson—Do .you mean to say that this community does not need corn dqctors? ‘Dr. %nlnu—l cannot say, Mr. John- n. . “Mr. Jobnson—You have no infor- mation as to that? “Dr.. Ballou—No. “Mr.. Johnson—So, if some fellow has his sign out that he is engaged in that kind of business, or if some- body is pratticing here, you have no information? = sih “Dr. Ballou—None at all. Are There Gorns in D. O\F ‘Mr. Johnson—Does that mean that yqu -have no information that corns eist in the District of Columbia? “Dr. Ballou—I presurie they do. . “Mr. Johnson—It is only a matter of presumption. If you are to teach in the schools how to take blackheads out of the faces or mecks of people, n{: you to :‘x’h scal tm not treat other parts O B Ballou—We bave not developed any such program.. - W Tohnson—Do you contemplate t ¥ b’ “Dr. Ballou—Nb. any other part of the body to be looked after except the scalp and the blackheads that may get into the faces and necks of people? “Dr. Ballou—Oh, yes; I did not im- [ Py, that “Mr. Johnson—TI so understood you; what did you imply? “Dr. Ballou—I did not mean to im- ply anything. Dr. Ballou Implied Nothing. “Mr. Johnson—When you used words you meant to say nothing; is that correct? “Dr. Ballou—I do not usually use words that do not mean to say some- thing. “Mr. Johnson—You did use words and you sald you did not mean to say anything. = Then what do you mean to say now? “Dr. Ballou—I will question you ask. “Mr. -Johnson—Will that? “Dr. Ballou—What one was that? “Mr. Johnson—The one where you said you did not mean to imply any- thing when you answered; will vou give an answer which means to imply something? “Dr. Ballou—T did not mean to im- ply anything by any answer. I as- sume, Mr. Chairman, that Mr. John- son was drawing some conclusion from some implication from what I have sald. I will be glad to answer Mr. Johnson's question, whatever it w. answer any you answer ‘Mr. Johnson—We have gotten so far away that it is hardly worth while to go back to it, but I really would be glad to know if in your schools you contemplate getting past the treatment of dandruff and black- heads and finger nails. Do you con. template taking up any other part of the human anatomy? “Dr, Ballou—No, sir. “Mr. Johnson. In this kind of teaching, how did they happen to have settled upon the question of dandruff, blackheads and finger nails instead of carns and toenails? Speaks for Public. “Dr." Ballou—We have not agreed to ‘center upon those first three. There is a very definite systematic course which involves the care of one’s person. It does extend to other] parts of the Body in so far as it h: to do with the care of the skin. “Mr. Johnson—Tell us how far your school teaching goes toward caring for the skin. “Dr. Ballou—In general, every pu- 11 has instruction regarding personal lene. The _instruction contem- ated here is of more intensive char- er. “Mr. Johnson—What kind of creams or instruments do you wish to pur- chase for some other part of the body besides the face and scalp? “Dr. Ballou—I know of no others .xlczpt those specified in, the list you read. - - 4 “Mr. Johnson—Sb, if you get the scalp and the blackheads. and e finger nalls” trimmed up and !lllgi then your desires in tg-'t_—,lfi-fl 3 mm&&ll‘y hilflled “Dr. lou—Not my desl: of the public.” {in terms of politics. MIXED UP IN SCHOOL BILL ROW! ! Members Do Not Expect Set- tlement Unless French Alter Their Views. FIRRGHTTORUL Political Supremacy of Eu- rope One Stake in Paris Deliberations. SUSPICIONS ARE RAMPANT French and British Look for Traps Behind Each Other's Proposals. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Py Cable to The Star aad Chicago Dally News. Oopyright, 1923. PARIS, January 4.—There is little doubt that although both France and Great Britaln are talking economlcs and both are {mpelled by atrong eco- nomfo considerations, they are also both thinking of one another largely Behind the rep- aratlons controversy looms the ambi- tlon of both these powers for political supremacy in Europe, Neither ad- mits this fact as regards itself, but oach percelves it as regards the other. “The whole British ~reparations | plan,” says Le Tempw, “is little more than a scheme to establish British hegemony indefinitely. After four years of a complete moratorium the question of wresting payments from Germany wouid arise. It would be a redoubtable crisls. ‘It would depend upon Great Britaln whether this de- generated into a conflict and whether Germany, duly restored, should be victorious. . British Suspected. “When the British government brings forward a project which in four years confronts ruined France and restored Germany how should we belleve otherwise than that British diplomacy, the British general staff and the British admiralty have not falled to envisage the probable ef- tects of such a situation? rope which is at stake. The ties form- ed during the war have vanished. The allied nations living on the continent can no longer count on anything save their own force and their own poli- cies to safeguard their prosperity, se- curity and independence.” Just ws the British claim that their plan is wholly economic and the French find it largely political, so the French claim that their own plan is wholly economic and the British find it largely political. It may be true that the British, as they pretend, may fear that French occupation of the Ruhr basin would fail to exact considerable payments from Germany, but they seem also to fear that it ‘would establish French preponderance in Europe. Explains British Fears. ' These British fears are fully ex- plained by one of those authoritative anonymous writers who contributes to that organ of the British common- wealth of nations known as the Round Table. He declares that Great Britain, if only in its own interests, would never consent to the Ruhr district passing under French control. “France already o lic | 5a¥8_this writer, “possesses a powerful O an auplic fair fleet and a highly developed ehorml- cal industry for the production of poi- soned gas.” She also has heavy guns and, most important of all, a large force of submarines. If she were to occupy {the Ruhr district she would, in addi- { tion, control the coal. iron and steel supplies of Europe. This would mean the end of the English policy of a bal- ence of power. France would then be & far greater danger to Europe than Germany ever was before the war, for she has outlets on the Mediterranean jthat Germany never had, and for her smaller population, which s quite capable of feeding itself, 2 blockade has not the same terror: It seers certain that both the French and British are really acting from pre- dominantly economic ‘or flnanclal mo- tives, but the political suspicions which each _entertains regarding the other complicate everything. GERMAN CABINET SEES ONLY GLOOM By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 4. —Chancellor Cuno and a majority of the members of his cabinet devoted several hours to.an informal perusal of the British and French reparations plans as transmitted from Paris. Occasionally they transferred -their attention to the ticker. bulletins on the progress of the conference in the French capital. Hope for a rift in the clouds hang- ing over the premiers’ conversations vanished as the government leaders here were advised during the day of Premier Poincare's . hostility to the British program. “With the British and French repa- rations_plans diametrically opposed and violently contradicting each other in their premises and conclusions, there does not appear to be any pros- pect of a tangible solution being a rived at fn the present conference,” sald one member of the cabinet. Mr. Bonar Law and M. Poincare, the ministers believed, were talking at cross purposes, this situation was amply reflected in their respective programs. Press Expects Break. The difference between the British and French reparations plans, as the editors of Berlin’s newspapers view it in their comment, is that the for- mer is based upon economlic prin- ciples, while the latter is wholly in- spired by political and imperialistic aspirations. The commentators pro- fess to see no prospects for a fruit- ful outcome of the Paris gathering, in view of the pronounced cleavage be- tween the views' of Prime Minister Bonar Law and Premier Poincare. “Both the men and the measures they propose are as different as fire and water, and the Paris conference in all probability will founder on a effort to square the circle,” says the Lokal Anzeiger. 'nfi Tabeblatt asserts that Premler Poincare is apparently still the vie- tim of the illusion that a Germany which is saddled with new burdens and subjected to fresh oppressions and military control will nevertheless Dbe capable of stabilizing her currency and commanding foreign credit. Mr. Bonar Law's pian, says the ‘Boersen Zeitung, !s worthy of being discussed, even if it puts an excessive appraisal on Germany’'s financial and economic capacity. Its merit consists of an Intelligent appreciation of the fundamentals- required for European reconstructioi, 5 >l —_— Gonstance Curry of St. 1, 2. L ‘. Jury.which ieard 50 witnesses and returned 67 Indictments—all in8ix hour . L5 POINCARE, IN ____(Continued from First Page.) ldv-ncln{ at the same time fresh British ebjections to the French pro- Dposals. There {s i1l an inclination among ences to hope, if not belleve, tuat some eleventh-hour solution might be found to avold & rupture. The for- elgn editor of Le Matin recalled to- day that there was once just such a deadlock between Lloyd George and Briand over the Silesian question and that the same Marquls Della Torretta, Wwho 18 sitting as Italy's representative in the present conference, found a way out of the dilemma by inducing the parties to refer thelr problem to the league of natlons. Market Holds Firm. It was polnted out that the bourse dld not seom to beliove that @ break- down was imminent, and that the market was firm throughout yester- day's sesslon. There was plenty of activity In forelgn exchange, with very slight modification of = rates, Sterling rose moderately. Little justification for an optimistic view was generally held, and it was thought that the reparatfons question might be put by France Into the hands of Marshal Foch, who, after January 16, would proceed to exe- oute judgment on the defaulting debtor. A suggestion that the terms of the French plan be submitted to Germany In the form of an ultimatum previous to any action in the Ruhr found Iittle support. The French press continues to hold Its moderate and liberal view of the proceedings. French Plan Attacked. “The French plan would make the recovery of German credit impossible and it destroys all chance of getting a large sum in reparations,” said Pre- mier Bonar Law, in his speech before the conference yesterday afternoon. “The French plan of control is so complete that the reparations com- misslon would possess the taxing power of the country and would therefore become the government of the country. This is dangerous, If you want a country to be self-governed and are interested in its financial re- covery. Referring to the clause in the Brit- ish plan which states that Great Britain would retaln the French and Italian gold deposits in England, Mr. Bonar Law explained that these de- posits no longer existed, as they had been shipped to the United States during the war to pay for munitions which were used by all the allies. The British prime minister took up the eriticism of the British scheme and said that Great Britain would let Belglan priority stand, although Bel- gium had actually received already more than the British plan would take away from her. He realized that M. Poincare had taken out of his plan certain things offensive to the British, but declared that the real difference Wwas one of fact; if he believed M. Poincare's plan would produce the money he would gladly accept the plan. Not Treaty Violation. The British plan, in his view, was not a violation of the treaty, but if it were it was certainly no more so than the French plan. He felt sure that the British scheme came under annex 2, part 8, of the treaty of Ver- sailles. “1 think it is right that we should face the realities of the situation,” he continued. “If there is a real vital difference of opinion between the al- lles there is no use in casting up an unworkable plan, although I am not saying 1 would refuse to consider & compromise. The broad differences between France and Great Britain are on the total amount of reparations to be asked and the method of obtaining the money. It is possible that France SENATE TO TAKE UP ROBINSON PLAN FOR REFARATION ENVOY ued from First Page.) United States and Germany and the President’s proclamation announcing the exchange of said ratifications pro- hibit the President from appointing’ any one to serve on the reparation commission. The incorporation of this provision was a most extraordinary proceeding. It showed a lack of con- fidence on the part of the Senate in the President of the United States, who, under the Constitution, is vested with control over foreign relations. “The resolution incorporating this provision, humiliating to any execu- tive, was adopted chiefly by the vote of members of his own political party. Indeed, it was largely a party mea: ure. Such proceedings by the Con- gress are so exceptional and contrary- to the spirit of the Constitution as to invite explanation and challenge jus- tification. #(Conti Personnel of Delegation. “The United States, as a result of this limitation on the executive zu- thority, has driven the President to a course regarded by many as belit- tling the dignity of the executive and the government. We have what ‘s known as unofficial representation on the reparations commission. Mr. Boyden, a great lawyer, residing in Boston and enjoyi{ng a national reputation, serves as the unofficial delegate, while Mr. Logan of Philadelphia acts as the underdelegate, as his position is | styled. Henry B. Hodge of Philadel- phia is the general secretariat of the United States unofficlal delegation on the reparations commission, and Lloyd Robbins of San Francisco, Galif., is the finanolal adviser of the delegation and serves on what 1s known as the committee of guaran- ties, which was created under the London agreement, and whih ap- parently exercises sovereign authority over Germany. “My Information is that so far as actual labor is concerned, the investi- gation of conditions and the decision of controverted questions, this unoffi- clal dejegation of our government has been and is quite influential. “The committee of guaranties made a financial survey of Germiny and submitted a report to the reparations commission about October, 1922, which is belleved to be an accurate and com- plete description of the economic and {financial conditions in Germany. “Must Participate in Work.” “From the beginning it has been manifest to some senators that if the United States is to perform effective service in solving her own problems as the same are related to the eco nomic and political conditions of E: rope, we must participate in the stu, ies and work of the reparations com- mission. That this can be done more successfully by official and unquali- fled representation on the commission would appear to be axiomatic.- The existence of the unofficial representa- tives is convincing evldence that the Presldent concurs with former Presi- dent Wilson in the opinion that it is ernment be represented in the work of the reparations commission. “The proceedings of the commigsion are, of oourse, voluminous and th. ecords_are somewhat complicated. They have been made available through the press to the people of England, and no reason. has been stated why the Senate, and for that matter the American public generally, should Fe hflanled full knowledge respecting the same. Bt s Mot intended by introducing this bill to embarrass the admin- istration. On the contrary, the pur- pose is to relieve the executive from miliation imposed upon him by wn party assoclates, whose con- in that particular can neither be justified by wholesome precedent nor sound public policy. Unoficial Agency Confusing. ‘While the consideration of that subject is not intimately related to the bill introduced, the creation of an unofficial or semiofficial commis- slor. of injuiry to investigate the sub- Ject of reparations and other related ‘economio questions would merely re- sult in i ased confusion and pro- l’gadfl R Such a commission ‘'would begin where our unofficial dele- seasoned observers of simllar confer-! advisable and necessary that our gov- | ULTIMATUM, DEMANDS BRITISH REPLY might get 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 sterling by taking everything she can get her hands on in Germany, but the only way of getting a larger sum is by estabilshing German credit. “The French plan makes recovery im- possible. I hdve consulted British pub- ylle opinfon carefully and also all ava able financial opinfon and all agree that you cannot revive Germany unless you fix a reasonable indemnity and cut the figures midway between the French minimum and maximum as named in the budget report of the chamber. Would Hurt Chances. _ "It you take a little now you will Gestroy all chance of getting much later. The Ruhr is the jugular voin of Ger- many, and if you eatablish control there, the knowledge that you are in power there will hurt Germen industry and prevent the restoration of credit. You Proposo to take between seventy and elghty millton sterling during the first year of the moratorfum in deliveries of merchandise, etc. If you exact these deliveries the German government must continue to print aper marks with which to reimburse its natlonals, and a revival will be further made Im- possible. The selzures would be re- tained until Germany was able to raise big loans, and this in iteelf would balk the re-establishment of the German financlal positios The British government is fearful of the effect which the breaking of the entente would have on the Turks and also of the effect such an event would produce on the attitude of the French delegation at Lausanne, and the British are urging the French to continue to work in harmony at Lau- sannc, despite the disagreement at Paris. The possibllity fs envisaged of French ~support being withdrawn from the British in the near east and at Lausanne on the many fmportant issues still pending there. Mr. Bonar Law's effort will be simply to dis agree with France and remain de- tached from such proceedings as the French government might take to- ward Germany. without any breaking of co-operative relations on other questjons. Belgium More Cheerful. Premier Theunis and Forelgn Min- ister_Jaspar and their associates in the Belgian delegation took a more cheerful view of vesterday's events, because Mr. Bonar Law abandoned that part of the British plan setting aslde Belgium's priority. The Belgian premier spoke in the conference with deep emotion, which is quite unusual in this business man. “Under no circumstances will Bel- glum renounce the right which she won by her heroic stand during the war and by the allies' unanimous con- sent after the armistice,” sald M. Theunis. All eyes were turned upon Mr. Bo- nar Law. Amid a dramatic silence the British premier arose and said in a matter-of-fact way, which contrast- ed sharply with the Belglan pre- mier's impassioned tones: “Very well, we yield. But we were under ‘the impression that Belgium was prepared to make concesslons. “Belglum has reached the limits of her concessions; perhaps Germany might be called upon to make some effort,” M. Theunis replied, and for a moment the stmosphere of the con- ference was rather heavily charged. But Marquis Della Torretta relieved the tension by suggesting that tea be served. American officlals In Paris are fol- lowing the conference closely and are keeping In_constant touch with the forelgn office and other officlal sources. Some British observers re- gard the British plan as being partly American In character, and it is even hinted that the American government had In a general way an unofficial knowledge of its contents before it was presented. But American officials h’ere (i they knew nothing of it pre- ous! ————— ' gation on the reparation commission commenced many months ago, and it would nefther be compelled to accept the work of that unofficial delegation or duplicate the same. “This bill, If enacted, will untie the hands of 'President Harding. The President ought never to have been hampered by any such limitation as that contalned in the resolution rati- fying our treaty with Germany. The readjustment of reparations was de- clared as early as December 10, 1920, by that great American economist and publicist, B. M. Baruch, to be a necessary prerequisite to the restora- tion of political and economic peace in_Europe. “It is Interesting to note that Mr. Baruch, more than two years ago, not only declared that the crux of the world industrial and _commercial problems lies in the fixing of the reparations which Germany must pay, but he was also of the opinion as clearly set forth in his treaties on the economic clauses of the Versailles treaty, that the aggregate amount which’' Germany could pay was ap- proximately $12.500,000.000 and should not_exceed $15,000.000,000. "After two vears of bickering and fruitless wrangling world opinion is confirm- ing his judgment in every important detail. “The premiers of France and Eng- land. it is said, recognize the impos- sibility of coliecting the enormous sum first fixed and agree that it must be scaled down to substantially the Baruch estimate. “Our commerce and industry are suffering by reason of ‘the political distraction and financial panic which threaten almost every government in Europe. That Germany is approach- ing a collapse is apparent. The great republic, which has arisen above the ruins of the former German empire— a repuplic whose people seek an op- portunity to live and labor in peace— must not remain forever an outcast among the nations. The opportunity of assisting to lead the new German nation to a plane of permanent safety while at the same time advancing the. happiness and prosperity of our own people is worthy of our united and wholehearted efforts. “Both hesitation and secrecy should be abandoned. Let the Senate and the public be informed as to what has been done and what this government proposes to do to save us from the harm which must inevitably come if present political and economic dis- turbances in Europe continue. The responsibility of conducting foreign affairs must not be left to bankers, merchants and bond brokers in their private capacities. It must primarily devolve upon the chief executive. The issues to be met are governmental. Therefore the .power that should grapple with them is not private re- sponsibility, but public authority. KIDNAPED NEGRO FOUND RIDDLED WITH BULLETS Mob Victim Was Accused of As- sociating With White Women. By the Associated Press. SHREVEPORT, La., January 4— Leslie Leggett. negro, was, lynched ieither last night or early today by a | party of men who kidnaped him. His body was found in the southern part of the city, riddled with bullets. Leggett was selzed at a garage and placed in_an automobile by his five White abductors and spirited awa: Farller in the evening four men had called at the garage sarching for him. Police Chief Basar sald complain had been reaching his office that Le gett was assoclating with white wom en. Police have been “shadowing’ him, he said, but failed to obtain enough evidence to warrant his arrest. The police said Leggett was a negro and had frequently been arrested and booked as such, but white grocer, f orwhom he worked, and in whose house he roomed, said he was { He was known in the i liam Dayes, a negro, charged with at- tacking & young woman at Georgetown, 8. C., was brought to the state prison here late yesterday, it was learned to- day, following threats of lynching. The negro was arrested Tuesday night following an attack on the woman in a sparsely settled section of George- town, it was lpw- C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1923. FRENCH GOLD USED TOBACK UPPOUND Deposit Made in Bank of Eng- land Was to Stabilize Exchange. By the Associated Pres PARIS, January 4—The French goid deposit in Great Britain, amounting to 1,800,000,000 francs, retention of which by the British comprises one of the points In Mr. Bonar Law's reparations plan, was sent to_the Bank of England to help maintain the exchange value of the pound sterling during the war, when Great Britain was acting as a sort of clearing house for allied payments in the United States. The current afirmation that this gold was handed over as a guarantee for loans made by the British treasury is incorrect, It was explained at the Bank of France this morning. The gold is carried {n the bank's statement as “gold abroad.” There was no connection between credit opened by the British to the al- lies and the gold deposit, it was ar- serted, other than a desire to avoid depreclation of the pound sterling through its use in paying for allied purchases. Officials said that Great Britain's action in taking the gold to pay balances in the United States was not only regular but was exactly what the allies loaned it to Great Britain for. It was understood that gold to an equal amount should be returned to France by the Bank of England when the transaction involv- ed in making payments for allied war purchases were finally liquidated. The Bank of France, according to the explanation given to the Associat ed Press today, regards this gold as its property and therefore carries it in its weekly statements as “gold abroad.” entering it into the total bank balance. — U. S. KEEPS CLOSE TAB ON PROGRESS OF DEBTS PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) would lend themselves to arbitration by an outside power. A few days ago there was hope that the Hughes proposal for an intern tlonal commission of experts to dete mine how much in the way of indemn ties Germany can pay might be made use of to prevent a complete breakdown at Paris, but it is recognized that the Hughes plan has been robbed of much of its value by subsequent develop- ments. Since the French and British repa- rations programs were submitted there no longer is any great dif- ference of opinion between them as to. how much it is possible for Ger- many to pay. Both now are agreed upon approximately 50.000,000,000 gold marks as the primary charge against Germany. Real Stumbling Block. This s the equivalent of abo $12,000,000,000, close to the amount which unprejudiced financlers and economists have figured Germany can pay and probably not far from the amount which would be fixed by an international commission of experts. France and Great Britain being in approximate agreement, therefore. fixation of the sums to be demanded ceases to be the major factor in the reparations problem. The real stumbling-block at Paris seems to be in the matter of guaran- ties and the tying up of reparations with the question of interallied debts, something which this government has always consistently opposed. The Hughes plan did not contemplate that the proposed international commis- sion would attempt to adjust debts to reparations nor would it be expected to settle the form of guarantles to be exacted in return for a moratorium For these reasons there is not no apy strong expectation that the United States will be asked to name members of such a commission. Conferences Yesterday. Col. Harvey was in continual confer cences yesterday with President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes. The American ambassador spent the entire morning and most of the after- noon closeted with President Harding at the White House and at 4 o'clock he called at the State Department to pay his respects to Secretary Hughes His visit there was regarded as one of courtesy rather than for the pur- pose of discussing international prob- lems, although he said before enter- ing _the Secretary’s office that he wa in’ Washington to make his “repor to his chiefs. Calls on Hughes. “There is nothing I can say now. Col. Harvey told newspaper men as he left the White House en route to the Department of State. “Secretary Hughes will do all of my talking for me now. Later, perhaps, there will be something to say, but not now. My call on Secretary Hughes this afternoon will be formal—to paying respects and to make my report. Iam just here to report, you know.” It is believed, however, that the Secretary of State and the ambassa- dor touched upon the international situation only briefly, it at all, and that they will conslder matters of state more fully in a conference with President Harding at the White House later in the week. Col. Harvey has been with the President almost constantly _since last night, when he arrived in Wash- ington with Maj. O. N. Selbert, mili- tary attache at the American embassy in London, and Chandler Cobb, as- sistant commercial attache. He went immediately to the White House, where he is to be a guest during his stay in Washington, while his attaches registered at a local hotel. The President devoted only an hour and a half to callers today. leaving his calendar virtually clear for his talks with the ambassador. They had breakfast and lunch to- gether and it was close to 4 o'clock before Col. Harvey left to take a short, spin- through the city before calling at the Department of State. BERGDOLL MUST SERVE OUT HIS PRISON TERM Federal Judge Mismisses Petition for Habeas Corpus Writ to Get Release. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kan., January 4.- Erwin Rudolph Bergdoll, draft evader, must remain in the military prison at Leavenworth, Kan., where he is serving a four-year sentence, Judge John C. Pollock of the Kansas federal court ruled today. Judge Pollock sustained a motion of the government to dismiss a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought in Bergdoll's behalf. e KILLED BY GAS. 1In a gas-filled room at his home, 817 B streét southeast, the body of Thorn- ton Cropley, fifty-five years old, a plate printer at the bureau of en- graving and printing for many years, was found teday. Gas was cscaping from a fixture at the time, and resuécitation was im- ssible. Coroner J, Ramsey Nevitt ssued @ certificate of accidental death, =