Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1923, Page 3

'ANACOSTIA npetics plete Reclamation FLATS WORK Given Drive for Funds to Com- Regarded as Vital to Beautification of Capital. With both the Chamber of Com- merpce and the Board of Trade, as well as citizens' associations and other cdivie bodies, solidly behind it, the drive for the completion of the recla- mation of Anacostia flats is rapidly gaining momentum. Washingtonians are sald to have come to realize just What this project means (o them— the opening up of a beautiful park and playground—and strong efforts’ are being made to secure cnough money from Congress to carry out the original project Comparable in beauty reek Park and Potomac Park, Ana- costia Park, when completed, will not only climinate the malarial marshes which abound in this sec- ion of the city, but will be opened up as a park and land-locked water area, safe from storms and freshets where boating and canoeing can be carried on and where picnic grove: and grounds, children's playgrounds, wading pools. zolf grounds and beau ful drives will be placed The project. according to- the pres- ent stipulation of Congress. ce Benning bridge. Accord terms of anppropriations now avail- uble and avaflable in the past. no work can be done above the bridge. where 750 acres of marsh land re main in need of reclaiming, in order 1% carry out the park plan. Study Made by Committee. The special committee of the Cham- ber of Commerce on this subject has made a comprehensive study of the Aituation and in an interesting re- port sums up the conditions sur- rounding the reclamation of the flats. What health is_being SPECIAL NOTICES. FORNITURE RE d at your home to Rock o of the District a__wonderful the people turned _into bts contracted for by any E izned) J. Tougfellow st SPONSIBLE FOR ANY myself. MORRIN T WILL NOT RE RE ddbts unless contracted by V. AVERY, 1115 9th 1"WILL NOT BE T debts made by FRANK E. UPD! 0-KOL OIL HEATE matural gas territors; Col. 1648 A LOAD OF FUR- niture o Washington from Baitimore. Phila- delphia and New Yor SMITH'S TRANS- | X1 STORAG THE HOM G ASSOCIATION, OR. ganized 1883, pays 5% on your savings of $1.00 # month or more. Now is the time to start an count. Ak about it. surer’s office. 2006 noa. ave. n.w. W Galliher, president: Linkins and Wm. K. Reeve, vice James M. Woodward, secretar: A7, investment, with high-cluss real estate se. cutity and opportunits for further profit. This that will bear the strictest in- vastigation. _Address Box 151- RS DELED F Lewis, Lanahan . Metz, Randolf,’ Longus, Johnson, 5 Flaherty. Baxter and Green will be sold to cover cost of work and material unless cailed r at once. MARTI ave. nw. ) A WELL KNOWN city, going to Low A f.. at the end O “tyle month, will be glad_to uidertake any | ddress Box 274;K, Star offie ASSTRED 8% RETURN, WITH EXCE! opportunity for additional ~profit hacked by high-class real estute; open most thorough investigation. This is 3 safe Place for your Jaguary funds. For particalars FROM NEW YORK.. TO BOSTON . WEBKLY SERVICE FRO 1 WILL NOT % debts contracted other than Ly myself. 15¢h s NOTICE_1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE nhnual meeting of the stockholders of the Capital Traction Company. for the election of *Boara of directara for the ensiing venr and The transaction of such other business as m ha brought before the meeting, will be held at the office of the company, 36th _and M sts. n.w.. Washington, D. C. January 11, 1923, 'at 10:45 o'clock a.m. Th polls, will be open from 11 o'clock am. until 12 o'clock moo: H. D. CRAMPTON. Secrbtary. TECEMBER 31, 1922 —AS PROVIDED BY nnual meeting of the sl the bs-laws, th 10lders of the Continental Trust Company will he held at the offices of the company, 14th and H sts. n.w., Washington, D. C.. on Tuesday, 923, at 1 o'clock p.m., for th ANY 30, 1l be opened from r of the board, J. WINFREE, Secretary. NUAL_ME| Tolders of the Norfolk .and Washington, D. C. Kteamboat Company will be held at_the offices . of the compuny. foot of 7th st., Washington. February 8. 1923, at 13 D, for the election of nine Tor the coming year, and for such other business as may legally come be- foce the meeting. Transfer hooks will be cloged “from January 20, 1923, to February 8, 1928, inclusive. DELL 8. SMITH, Secretary. LEVI WOODBURY, 2 OLD_FI. MADE NEW. CALL MATN 1457 OR FRANKLIN 63 You'll Get Service JTOS | —all right when your car goes AUTOS | o out Tenair Siop ** W - .| @ skilled force and all fachi, Painted & fio"for “loing kool “work Repaircd. | [mete. reasosny. to Sour R. McReynolds & Son cialists in Painting. Slip Covers and Top: 142314 1, n of 507 Kresge bldg. n. announces that be- g'nning Mondar, Jan. 8. 1923, he will be lo- eamd at 712 11th st. n. where he will com- bine his business with the branch store of the M. A. Leese Optical Company. 7 JRS REFINISHED & POLISHED ¥ I‘OOR\\ BY ELECTRIC MACHINE. R. K. NASH, NORTH_7506. ROOF REPAIRS “Riggs Puts HEAT in Heating. Less Fuel to Pay For 7. gs’ Vapor and Hot. Vapor '"‘dufmr Systema are 1007 o - clent—give You. more - heat Hot-water | S8 fuel Prompely aad A Feasonably Installed. Heating |&aWe aso do, PLUMRING. The B:g‘gs Engineering Co. WARREN W. BIGGS. President, 1810 14th _Tel. ¥ 317, iven that the draw of the railroad - n:'::“{:nfu Neabsco Creek, located at Neab- fro, County of Prince William, State of Vir. Kinia, has been closed and opening. thereof 111 not be permitted until March 31, 1923, Thig closure is made under permission of the ‘War Department to make repairs to the bridge necessitated by a recent fire. ‘Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Eailroad_Company. W. D. Duke, Generai Mansger. ey STSSSUELSRMNGRE A New Roof With a Brush Let ¢ me apply one coat of Liquid Ashestos Roofng Cement to any kind of roof. I guara Teo same. Also sold in bulk, $1 gal. in 5-gal, backets. del. jo D. C. Estimate frec. MADI- SON CLARK. 1314 Pa. av Linc., 4219, eating Plants Repaired ' Goal 15 00 high to waste. Get the full amount of heat from your plant by having "B K. FERGUSON, Inc. Teating Dept.. 1114 9th st. Ph. M. 2450-2491. FLOOR SCRAPING Floors scraped or cleaned and finished. Eati- mate, Call Franklin 7568-W. C. B. PT‘ s at | the | was once a menace to the| on THURSDAY. | | | park,” says the mittee. | his park, wonderful both in ex- tent and character, should be made speedily available for the citizens of Washington. Their money is going into it as a capital investment, but it is not vet earning any returns be- cause they cannot use and enjoy it. Let there at least be sufficient money i appropriated to make some part of Anacostia Park avallable for the publie. “Anacostia Park will be one of the outstanding features of the city Washington. 1t will serve approx- imately one-half the area of the Dis- trict now devold of any parks. There are two large parks in this city at the present time, Rock Creek and Potomac Both are tiguous to tern part of city and not easily reuched by lines. Washington is experiencing a tremendous house-building boom and a large part of this is taking place {in the eastern part of the city | Tapped By Five Car Lines. | “Within easy access and crossed jand tapped by five car lines lies An- {acostia Park.” It is a worthy project and the public desires its use. Take. for instance, that part of the city along East Capitol street, ending o the park. Here we have one of the most densely settled parts of the city | and one in which a great number of { children are found. | “Completion of the park by ude { auate appropriations will save Wash- ington much money. Insistent de- mands are made for playgrounds and large sums are estimated for that purpose. | papith the completion of Anacostia Park in this territory we not only ] provide a wonderful park, ply an unequaled playground area of some 135 acres, free from all dan- gers that arise from street-bounded squares and attendant automobile | traflic. Moreover, it adjoins a popu- lous city area from which children can easily reach their playground. { “Since the inception of tne project | the work to date has consisted largely f dredging and reclamation. by vhich the river channel is ‘dredged out and the mosquito-breeding, 1 {1arial marshes filled i and made pre- jsentabie. By February of this vear jall work of this class will pleted and must cease, bec gress has said in the last two priatious that all money is t pended bLelow Benning bridge. “Above Benning bridge lies, almost half of the marsh area of the Anaco. tia valley, about 750 acres. Cougres for some plainéi reason lthat no work shall be done in I district report of this com- th Marsh Above Hridge. s indi ed. by next month some 50 acres below Benning bridge wili have been fully reclaimed and raised ten feet above the level. |<ibove the bridge there will still re- {main untouched 750 acres of ma land upon which foul-smelling sew age fllth is deposited at high tide and from which breeding swamp -mos- quitoes continue to infest the eity “The vestriction preventing work above Benning road should be re- moved by Congress. “Consider for a moment what has lready been done and how close the citizens of Washington are to a real- ization of actual benefits fron proposed . Up to the ar the end of Kast Capitol street there have been constructed five mil masonry sea walls, holding bac big_ fills from the broad. looking river stretches. Alread eral yacht clubs have located along the banks of the Anacostla rive mooring their craft in a harbor sa |from ice disturbances. Looking down |from Benning bridge, we see a broad iriver navigation channel with walls partly - comple arther west is the wide park peninsula, call ed Burnham barrier, some forty acres in extent. Closer to the city is a bi land-locked body of water, called |Lake Kingman, with two island pleasingly located. Then i nedi- {ately adjoining the city proper comes ithe big area of 135 acres, a play ground for all the people. ! Work On for Ten Years. { “This work has now been going on | for ten years and it should and must ! be completed for the benefit of public. Too many irons are often put in the fire. but in Anacosta Park there is one that needs beating into hape -immediate! It concerns no small sectional locality, but the whole city. ‘Anacostia Park is an economic as- | set to the United States government and to the city of Washington. Much I money has been saved and projects otherwise too expensive have bee made possible. “The citizens of Washington have in this park a tremendous asset upon which they should soon realize a re- turn on their investment A brief comparison of Anacostia Park with Roc Creek Park will ow some pertinent conditions. Both parks practically extend north south throught the city, one on_its eastern side and the other on its west- ern side. The lower extremity of each dips into well developed parts of the city, while the upper ends touch the District .boundary in sparsely settler country. Both are in beautiful valleys susceptible the highest development and use b: e public. But here the compar son end Rock Creek Park has been completed. while Anacostia park is being restricted as to extent and re- ceiving limited appropriations. Rock Creek Park is only a wooded valley with practically_no water features, while Anacostia Park will have large amounts of each. Especially as to water development, the latter will be far superior and more accessible. About 35 Per Cent Completed. “To date the project is only about 35 per cent completed. All thie basic work along the city proper is com- pleted and only awaits norma' ap- propriations for the parking develop- ment to give the public full use »¢ the benefit as each section is finished. “We urge Congress to remove all restrictions hindering its advance- ent, and als that the Commis- oners of the District should include in their yearly estimates at least $300,000 for the completion of this } most important project.” ‘The Board of Trade as a whole and committees of that organization have been havd at work endeavoring to re- i move restrictions on this work. Both { the rivers and harbors committee and i the parks and reservations committee have prepared reports. The Bulletin, official organ of the boa:-d, says: ‘Work on’ the immense project has yprogressed as rapidly as the limited yearly appropriations would permit. Congress has appropriated $150,000 to continue the reclamation work for the | fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, This appropriation will enable the United States engineer office to complete dredging_operatio as far up the ver as Benning bridge. ow. this is the lmportant point. ‘When Benning bridge is reached the joperation must cease. Congress has passed legislation prohibiting the continuation of this wonderful project, which means so much to the health, prosperity and attractiveness of the National Capital. We cannot understand why such prohibitive leg- isolation should be enacted. “Above the bridge the area of the *Anacostia river, clear to the District line, consists of wide and extensive flats, which in the summer are cov- ered with a dense growth of grass and wild oat: Sewage Is Diverted, Most of the sewage formerly flow- ing into this stream has been turned into other channeis by the new works of the city, but the other objection- able matter, which has been accumu- latirig for many years, will continue if natural processes alone are depend- d_ upon. S “The zesull of Mals condition. is & | | 1 ( | | | of | but sup- | sea | the ! and | to { THE SU k Gets Ottoman * Sanction Anew By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 6.—Ismet Pasha, Turkish representative at has given his assurance American Y. M. C. A. that it can continue its service in Turkey. This information was contained in a cable message received today at the New York offices of the in- ternational committee of the Y. M. € The association's work in Tur- key. where its continuance has been in question since the burning of the American Y. M. C. A. build- ing in Smyrna, includes separate branches for Turks and Greeks and for Russian refugees in Con- stantinople, a club there for men of the United States naval de- tachment in Turkish watersand a general branch at Adana, in Silicla. TURKS PUT ISSUE ' OF WAR OR PEACE IN ALLIES’ HANDS (Continued from First Page.) i | | | | vagueness of this last statement was interpreted by some as a possible loophole for further negotiations. Marquis DI Garroni of Italy, reply ing to Ismet Pasha, voiced the allfed disappointment. The allies had asked for only temporary guarantees until i the world had time to have falth in the Turkish judicial sy Lord Curzon and M ing for Great Brita ported Marquis di ¢ d by their manner and words their deep chagrin at the Turkis titude. Ismet Pasha had suggested separate treat said Lord Curzon. but he scemed to f get that the powers would have no in- ducement to conclude such treaties if their subjects were obliged to live under the judiclal regime of the Tur! He predicted that innumeralle foreigners would leave Turkey and that those who | remained would be constantly appealing {to their governments, tk creating friction. Barrere Disappointed. M. Barrere said he had counter proposals from Turkey, but was deeply disappointed the in- transigeance of Ismet Pasha. If guar- antees were not provided it would be a serious blow to foreign inte; and, therefore, to the interest Turkey. In*rebuttal. Ismet i Turkish courts answer ble requirement of the courts satisfied tl should satisfy strange He clo with a dramatic appeal for world c fidence in the new Ottoman declaring: “If the worid does have { confidence it will be a long step to- ward peace.” The ~American part in toda of the oth been arra speak- sup- videnced s { | that the every pos- foreigners; if Turks they delegates s discussions. Meetings full commissions have ged for early next week STICK TO ANGORA PLAN. took no Ferid Bey. Back Says Turks Cannot Make Concessions. ARIS. January 6.—"We can ma jpeace only on the terms of the Angor national peace. 1f the accept the cousequences will not be upon us.” said Ferid Bey, representa- tive of the Angora government, whose return to Paris from Lausanne for three days has given weight to the report that the fate of the near east conference may possibly be decided here. One of the object it is understood, whether France with England toward the T is said to have in Paris, allies do not of Ferid's visit, was to determine continues to n the latter's attitude at Lausanne, .He ceived the impr sion since his arrival that the recent | divergence of views between France and Great Britain over th eparations question has not changed the united front of the two powers at Lausanne. To Discuss Finances. Ferid’'s visit is understood to have two other objects: First, in connection with the Mosul oil dispute, two Tu ish experts having gone to to ascertain if it is not possible reach an agreement by which the o i territ v would come under Turkish SOV nty. but be worked by British or other oil interests, which the on] conditiol the Turks declare, they can accept: and, second, to di cuss with French offi Is and bank- ers the financial clauses of the pr posed treaty, Ferid's presentation of which aroused the ire of the allied experts in Lausanne. . This financial plan would reduce Turkey's war and other debts to less than a half billion dollars, and fu: ther totally wipe out the institution jknown as “the public debt,” which has been a chain by which Turkey was bound to Kurope for the last half centur - He proposes to distribute the debt of the Ottoman empire among Turkey. ia, Mesopotamia and Palestine, this debt to include the obligations dating from 1918, whereas the allies wish to make the date from 1914, with the entire debt remaining under the administration of the present Tur ish government only. S WAR SURPLUS DISPOSAL. Senator Townsend Offers Substi- tute Resolution for Distribution. Senator Townsend, author of the Senate joint resolution to distribute remaining surplus war material to [ the states on a basis of 15 per cent of its value, has introduced a substi- tute resolution. Tt provides that the { Secretaries of War and Navy shall transfer to the Secretary of Agricul- ture surplus war material, and that it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Agriculture to attend to its dis- tribution to the states. The resolution provide: however, { that” non® snall "bé - distributed i needed for government purposes or |for distribution to state highway { departments. The states will get all Which cannot be used by the govern- ment or in the building of roads by the states. The new resolution conforms gen lerally to the ideas of Secretary Wal- lace of the Department of Agricul- ture, contained in a communication { to Senator Townsend. i i | prevalence of malaria in the portions jof the city which border the river. The reclamation of the Potomac flats indicates the wonderful improvement which may be expected if this work is permitted to be carried on to com- pletion. “We feel that it would be a serious mistake not to continue this work all the way to the District line. Maj. M. C. Tyler of the Engineer Corps, in charge of the project, is strongly in favor of its completion as well as every citizens’ association in the Dis- triet.” The District appropriation bill car- irles an item of $50,000 for the devel- opment as a recreation park of that portion of the reclaimed flats on the south shore of. ihe Anacostia .river lying between the ~Anacostia and Pennsylvania avenue bridges. This. assuming the acquiescence of the Sen- ate, assures the beginning of the final stage of this work in that area, which, the House committee report states. is now in such shape that the park development may i undertaken. 1t is estimated that the appropriation of $80,000 is ome-third of the total sum required properly to beautify the areas and provide suitable recreation- al and public facilities. In a separate item in the bill pro- vision is made for continuing the rec- lamation of the marsh lands along the southern shore of the Anacostia be- low Benning bridge for park use and it is stated in the committee's report that after the present fiscal year $30,000 will be required to com- Dlete dredging operations below Ben- ning bridge and that portion of the project will then be. complete with the exception of sea-wall constructions 19 the probable extent of §300,000 ’ expected | state. | stand | London NDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. RGANIZATIONS PUSHING |Y.M.C.A.Wor CABINET INDORSES POINCARE PROJECT FOR RUHR SEIZURE (Continued from First Page.) which as nelghbors of Germany, are living In constant fear that, once iermany is brought into conflict with France, though the Germans may not resist France, they will seize the op- portunity to attack Poland or stir up internal revolt 4n the large German population of Czechoslovakia. These angles of the situation. are being thoroughly studied. Meanwhile the French press con- tinues to emphasize the friendly man- ner in which the late premiers’ con- ference broke up, although no news- paper has yet ventured the flat state- ment that France will continue to co-operate with Great Britain in every other field of European diplo- macy outside of that of German rep- arations, BELGIAN TROOPS TO AID. Ministers Approve Attitude Delegates at Paris. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, January 6.—The council of ministers today unanimously ap- proved the Belgian delegation’s atti- tude at the Paris conference after statements had been made by Premler Theunis and Foreign Minister Jaspar. | The council was in session for four |hours and discussed also measures | for the execution of the French plan {agreed upon at Paris. Two Belgian divisious will assist seven French divislons in the occupa tion of Essen and the Ruhr district, says Le Soir this evening. It adds it has reliable information to that effect. The arrangement must be referred to the parliament and the king, the newspaper states, but in any event Belgian participation in the military occupation has been agreed to in principle. ‘rench Adopt Secrecy. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 6.—Officials of the French foreign office say they can- not comment on the Brussels report respecting the reinforcement of “seven I'rench divisions” of the occu- pation of German territory by two Belgian divisions. Nothing whatever of the arrangements between the Belgian, Italian and French delegates after the departure of the British trom the Parls conferenc plained, may The opinion, fectives referred disptach seem derstood that no more tha visions will Le employed, to the present plan AGREE ON APPORTIONMENT. of | is that ef- to in the Belglan ther lurge; it is un- three di- according Reparations Commission Interprets Financial Treaty. ated Press, PARIS, January tions commission. with the delegate, Sir John Bradbury, voting today agreed unanimously upon the interpretation of article three of the financial grecment, sign he allifed finance ministers i March 11 last, fixing the apporiion- ment among the allies of the German «eparations {the year 1922, Under the | Gay, France e deliverie BY the Assox ~The repa British greement reached receives per cent . and the vemaining divided among the other to. H of Barthou's insistence that Germans be heard by the reparations commission Monday, Instead of Wed- ay, as advocated by Sir John Bradbury, the British member, is in- terpreted’ in official civcles as mean. ing that the French government pro- poses to take some action at an early date, and that as soon as the repara- tions commission has handed down its deciston regarding coal dellveries the French will move into After that the Irench government might be willing to discuss mattecs with the Germans, should the latter expre: such desire. CUNO CLOSES DOOR. | Will Seek No Negotiationt With France to Save Ruhr. | BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN. { B Cable to The Star and New York Tribue | Coprright, 16: | BERLIN, January 6—Germany will {undertake no separate negotiations (| fwith France to halt French prepar: | tions for occupation of the Ruhr. Th was made clear officially today in T onse to reports tha Chancellor iCuno was planning a direct address to the French in an effort to forestall occupation. Germany, it was emphatically de- clared at the foreign office, will re- igard occupation of the Ruhr as a | violation of the treaty of Versaiiles and will conduct no negotiations with France or anybody else separately on { the subsect, but will treat only with { the allies collectively. | No Appenl to U. S. Yet. It is lidewise denied that Cuno has !addxes. d an appeal for American in- tervention to President Harding. The German government believes it is wiser to pursue a policy of watchful | waiting, pending the conclusion of the interallied-American conversa- tions now understood to be in progress. In some diplomatic circles here, both {allied_and neutral, the belief is held {that France will not indulge in over- {hasty action. Particular importance is {attached here to the Robinson resolu- {tion in the United States Senate provid- ing for the re-entry of an American rep- resentative on the reparations commis- sion. Such a development, it is de- clared, would radically alter the atmos- phere 'of the commission sessions, and modify the Belgian and Italian points {of view, until they were more nearly squared with the Anglo-American | attitude. Hungary in Foreground. ‘While the reparations question and {the fate of Germany remain the mat- {ters in the foreground of public atten- { tion, great interest has been aroused to- | day through the publication of dispatches {from Budapest concerning prospective jaction by the big and little ententes | with respect to the question of Hunga- rian reparations and armaments. In the presence of other members lof the cabinet Count Stephe Bethlen, premier of Hungary, for the first time received leaders of the opposition, among them Count Apponyi and Count Andrassy. The meeting was strictly confidential, but is under- istood that the reported allled de- mand for Hungarian reparations and the little entente's proposed ener- getlc action against extension of the Hungarian army were discussed. The Hungarian government, it is declared, will. oppose all démands arising from these questions, even though this may involve the applica- tion of sanctions such as are planned against Germany. Mrs. Theodore Tiller, president of the District of Columbia branch of the League of American Pen Women, and wife of a Washington newspaper correspondent, has offered a.medal to be awarded in competition to a member of the class in journalism at George Washington University. The terms of the competition will be an- nounced at the opening of the sec- ond semester of the college year. Mrs. Tiller stated that the object was to inculcate among the members of that branch of the university work the spirit of public service linked with individual ambition and endeavor. i Corsage juets. Original and exquisite conceptions isement. at Gude's, 1213 Fo——Advert| ’ in kind delivered during | the BRITAIN FIRMLY BACKING PREMIER |Stand Taken at Paris Meets ! Nation’s Approval, Though All Take Sober View. SEE WORSE CONDITIONS Judges of European Affairs Fear Consequences of Poincare’s Proposed Ruhr Invasion. LONDON, January 6—The British take an extremely sober view of the events of the past week which have cul- minated in the decision of the premiers to agree to disagree over the settlement of German reparations. Bonar Law has the backing of the country in this matter to a degree never reached by Lloyd George at any stage of the latter’s long premiership, and to- day hardly a word of regret s heard in regard to the stand taken by the prime {minister at Paris, although the public realizes to the full the gravity of the 1 situation. See Worse Con | Nolody here Poineare will suc | profect of Ruhr exploi On_ the contrary, most keen judges of opear affairs ‘are convinced t months hence, the continent will be n in- finitely worse position than is at present. There is a feeling here that Poln- care has a right to go into Germany for the money and material to which he believes France is entitled, but sentiment will switch quickly the mo- ment it becomes apparent that the | French policy is re-acting against {England and other nations profoundly iinterested. but now holding aloof. { Most Britons associate themselves {With the premiers stutement to Poin- |care to the effect that Le hoped the French government's plan would prove successful, but in their hearts they feel that it will lead only to chaos. and consequently they ure ex- tremely sobered. Financlers See Danger. One of the labor jthis British-French parting is se {of commercialism ve. militarism; but {if his argument held, it would be to { Britain’s advantage to adopt a differ fent attitude from the one Bonar Law at Paris. Fundamental iperfectly true that Great Britain's i policy is based upon a desire for a re- {vival of trade. with a corresponding {reduction in taxes and unemployment; {but the British policy does not ignore { the important political issues that are {involved The steady depreciation {French, Belglan and German ex- changes is indicative of the views of { financlers ax to the value of French penetration of the Rulr. If the Brit- sh polley were wrong and the French right, it would be natural to expect depreciution of the pound and i that in his professed in it | | | papers says that i the | | | commana | Premier | da i i { rise of the franc. but the opposite is | the thing that has taken If the Frepch army 3 the Britis] c# which wer place. moves into forsee many not encounte ed when the allies advanced into the ! occupled areus. Answer May Be in Future. The charge that Poincare’s real ob- ject is to destroy industrial German is made by politicians refuse to support this view, although they udmit that it the Fren policy ruin of industrial German the inevitable consequence. unswer to the advance may coming years hence—a fact which i emphasized by of Franc ! warmest friends here, who. indeed. |are the ones taking view of the future. i ) hese people foresee within a com- | reque rely short time the formation yvelt for the of new bloes which three years ago {which wa pa would have been regarded as prepos- terous. The breaking of the entente s much easier than its making, or jeven its repair can be. Those in the jbest position to judge, say that the entente between France and Great Britain _still exi; but public pinion is theicourt of last resort Looking to West. Britons are still looking to the west for the magician who can put Europe in order. One day there seems rea- son to expect the miracle, the next the patient seems doomed. The most | satisfactory development of months has been the improvement in { Anglo-American relations that has come through better understanding. A satisfactory settlement of the { questions involved in the payment of Britain’s debt to the United States | will go far toward a solution of many { European problems. " {71t s the hope of the British au- | thorities that world reorganization { would start with an allied settlement, {but now the hope is_that the founda tion will be laid at Washington. The moral as well as the material strength of America are again being { felt in Europe. PRASESUS P 10 D DEBT ROW Labor Director Believes France Would Agree to Findings of Experts. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 6.—Albert Thomas, director of the international labor office of the league of nations, told the Foreign Policy Association at a lunch today that he believed France would welcome any definite plan for sottlement of the European tangle which might be placed before her by “a conference of experts such as the government of the United States ten tatively suggested.” “Through all the hesitations and shifting of positions,” he sald, “there has never been a tendency to approach a solution—the solution of an inter- national loan. That solution is based on a reduction of the German liabili- tiés. A complete solution, in fact, must cover the reduction of debts, i | i i { scores of writers, but the | 10th street and Pennsy it pushed far enough | 2ddress has been sct must_be | The real | be forth- | i the gloomiest [ ir. E | i { i 1 | i 1 i recent | v | i i i i | H 1 JANUARY 7, '1923—PART 1. ADMIRAL RODMAN ENDS LONG CAREER IN NAVY American Officer Has Had More Than Thirty-Cne Years’ REA AUMIMAL HLGH RUUMAN. Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, who was awarded & distinguished service medal for exceptional efficienc in of a_ battleship division & the world war, was placed on tired list of the Navy vester- by operation of law on aceount His latest vice was the command of the fifth naval trict and the naval base at Hampton Roads. which duties he assumed July 2, 1921. ile was relieved of that detail a days ago by Rear Admiral Philip Andrews. commandant of the Nor- folk navy vard, and now Westmoreland apartment Rodman duri the of in 1s & native y and began his naval ser: at the Annapolis Academy September, 1875. Since then h. had more than thirtv-one vears' sea service in all parts of the world, a record not equaled by any other offi- cer of the Navy. He also served ashore in foreign countries one year and nine months. and had twelve years and one month's service axhore in the United States. He reached the grade of rear admiral M 3. 1917 and served over_four years on s duty. most of the time in cormund of the Pacific fleet 'DENBY WILL OPEN THRIFT WEEK DRIVE |Address Will Be Made at Franklin Monument January 17. Thrift week will be oL Wednesday afternoon Benjamin Franklin's an address by Denby at pened forma Tax 1 birthday—wi of the Navy uary ecreta the Franklin monument, vania avenue northwest. The time of the Secretary's t 4:30 o'clock that government employes ill have an.opportunity to hear the aker and tuke part meet- ing. The o n order in the comanittee which Denby—Maj. Guy W . Hickman and O ted Assistant use of the granted. The administrative District of Columbia ciation at a meeting dorsed he work of the thrift cam- paign, and the efforts of the local committee were conmimende Termed Necessary Move. Thrift week was declared to be firmly established as one of the big fundamentally necessary movements of each by Willlam Knowles Cooper. president of the Washington Rotary’ Club. in u stutement last night” It is a_movement purely of altruism, he said, “and cannot bring gain to any particular busine: €anization “or creed.” Mr. Cooper said that to every man who has the £00d of his community and country at heart “the opportunity of carrving this message is a privilege. Those Behind Drive. Those behind the movement include Hanson, general chairman: Evans, jr. treasurer; E. secrefary, and Ma Isaac Guns, F. Thomas B. Hickman, Mrs. Catherine P. Morss, L. McKeever, Rev. W L. Darb, V. Ostermaver, James B, Charles H. Bauman, John B. more, Benjamin F. Durr, E. C. Gra- ham. Frank Ghiselli. Charles B Graves, Rudolph Jose, Arthur J. May, Fernand Petit, W. S, i H. Sinclair, S. H. Talkes, James M Woodward, O. T. Wright, W. A. Dex- ter, Herbert Shannon, John A. Petty, C. C. James, Dr. E. G. Kimball, Edwin D. Shaw, Mrs. W. P. Bird, Albert Schultels, L. W. De Gast, Rudolph Meyers. J. J. Boobar, L. C. Drake, W. B. Westlake, Charles J. Columbus, E. F. Colladay, Herbert F. Randolph, H. E. Stringer and B. A. Bowles. —e e ADDRESS BIOLOGISTS. calied ther: lemin reta Marine coun Banker: yesterday upon Thomas Roose- Band, of Joshua Fleming, Withers. Harry Archer. Dens- E. J. Reinhard, S. J.. and Vernon | Bailey Speak at Cosmos Club. o paves. ,on the Life, istory and_Habits of the Solitary a:asgt hl{ l*i. ]fl}. Reinhard, e oodstock _ College, and ' “Beave Habits and Beaver Farming.” by yer. non Bailey,” were read at the 647th meeting of the Biological Society, held at_the Cosmos Club last night. Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, who presided at the meeting, appointed E. A. Gold- man, C. F. Chambliss, W. R. Maxon, S. A. Rohwer, H. C. Oberholser and Mr. Ewing as a committee on com- munications and G. S. Miller, 8. A. Rohwer and Paul Bartsch as a com- mittee on nomenclature. IN FRANKLIN’S MEMORY. Printing . House Craftsmen Will Obgerve Anniversary. Notes the fixing of a definite reduced sum | The Washington Club of Printing for’ reparations and an international | House Craftsmen will celebrate the loan securing the guarantee of pay- ment to France and the stabilization of the mark. “The workers in Burope have rec- ognized on all sides the necessity of conciliation. All employes in Europe, including French employes and Ger- man_employes, have recognized the necessity of reconciliation. . s it not possible that these forces should be aided by the force of Amer- ican opinion? A conference of ex- perts such as the government of the United States tentatively suggested might well study the details of the solution I have indicated. am convinced that if such a plan were 1aid before French public opin- ion French public opinion would wel- come it. France is only in favor of the Ruhr adventure because no other solution {s at the moment in the fleld. 1 believe that a solution of the kind 1 have indicated can be achieved, if it 4s put forward in definite terms and if there can be awakened in its favor the power of co-ordinated pub- lic opinion of all countries.” - . £ ¢ 217th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin and the 200th an. niversary of his entry into the pub- lishing business January 16 at a meeting in the Ebbitt Hotel. Ad- dresses will be delivered by promi- nent members of the Senate, “who are still printers, though senators, according to the announcement. The crattsmen will have .as their guests on_that date the employing printers bt the city, who also wiil be dressed by “one of the leading artist printers of the country. “As a fitting tribute to the patron saint of printers,” continues the an- nouncement, ‘a committee from the Washington Club of Printing House Craftsmen will lay a wreath at the foot of Franklin's monument on Penn- sylvania avenue at noon Wednesday, January 17, “Florida_Special,” via Atlantic Coast 3 Line De l-:le M?’b: ee s rains. gives schefules wad: sccom odations a5 1418 B . .w.—Adver. tisement. : few | A. W. Difenderfer, Robert | Quinter, Phillip | 3. ot . Stefansson Quits Exploring To Put Arctic on Real Map Famed Explorer Predicts Airmen Will Make Great North Part of Commercial World. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 6.—Vilhjal- mur Stefansson, arctic explorer, today announced the abandonment of his career as an explorer, to devote his efforts to proving to a sceptical world that within a decade or two the North Polar ocean will be crossed by a net- work of commercial aviation routes and that the Arctic regions hitherto known as mysterious, uninhabitable lands, will be the source of developed resources unlimited in magnitude. “I am through with exploring,” he declared to The Assoclated Press. “I will devote myself serfously to the abolition of the polar regions. The aura of mystery surroun & the | north is a pall of ignorance. The polar regions are a state of mind Mr. Stefansson sald his decision to |Bive up the polar explorations, which have made him internationally fa- v prompted by h viction that the age of expioration of the {north was now to yield te the age of icommercial development. He feit, he {said. that he should give up exploring while he was still voung enough to {develop his n as “‘propa- gandist” or e r of the north { Exploring was a young man's game |he added Like Lewis and Clarke. “My expeditions to the Arctic,” he declared, “were like those of Lewis and Clarke in the early days of United States history. I saw as they did that {1 was crossing country with unlimited resources, country which could easily be. exploited and country where men and women could live as comfortably | the nation of progress, and as energetically as they live in | this fact.” —_—mmm POSSIBILITY OF U. S. AID FADES AS FRANCE MAINTAINS DEFIANCE | Page.) many parts of the north regions of the world.” Development of the arctic country as a path of commercial air routes certainly would be made within the next generation, Mr. Stefancso erted. The temperature, 1,000 above the north pole in July, he was about the same as that 1.0 feet above France in April. The lig! conditions were id An aret | Toute from London to Tokio. he poi: ed out. would be only two-thirds t length of one chartéd from west east. The popular arctic regions, was much like the t towards the unexy regions ond the horizon—the terrors i cases being largely imagina ear alone stands in th the development of 4 land ar the size of the United States,” he clared. “If vou want the truth sume the opposite a or things you have heard north, temperate toward 1 ude be both attitu Mr 1 twice Colder in O “Oil, coal and there. Climatic auerable. People are inz flourishing in places where ther colder winters than t north pole. For examy temperature at the pole is about sixty degrees below zero, while sevent 1ow has been registered in i Dakota, where the winters arc as sev as the arctic Verkhoyansky in Siberia the has dropped to ninety-three below zero “The course of empire, tion must inevital} the north, and Americans, At degrees towar citizens of must real h Secretary Hughes vi cted i his New Haven come, and as yet, at been ‘no intimation that own suggestion for is to Lear f doubt chamie Dat their hand hey think Whether the opinion rtually pr speech | ast. there Mr. Hugh reparat There Proc ns ' i oficiais be (Continued from Fir sus of by J mmediate suggestion ment of il ness re tions cannot be forecast siguificance, however, American business Rome Februa cision fe missfon study shou to make defe b Mare possil s some the chamber will meet here January 12 at the call President Julius Barnes and will attend a dinner giv, by M in honor of Albert Thoma or of the international labor office at Geneva. and formerly French minister of munitions. That the reparations crisis will be the fore- most topic of discussion is not doubt- ed What immnediate plans may sult, officials of the chamber do not m; care to predict. but in Me Th Sallan there will be available an immediate channel of communication with EDUCAT'ON DEPARTMENT QUESTION TO BE TAKEN UP French and other European busi Board of Trade to Consider Propo- groups. New 5 the thirt is of the noflic composed German be he e in Ge re- reacshe mas immediate work | i | { the chawmber i foreign affairs committee is A. C'. Bed- ford of New York. an official of th Standard Ofl Company, and chairman of the American delegation the second general meeting of the Inter- I national Chamber of Commerce, which | { wiill be held in Rome, March 18 to 24 {The preliminary program for that meeting carries 2 statement a {by Mr. Bedford. which is at least fllustrative of American business thought. It reads Now Time to Act. Among menbers of sition of Creating Cabinet Post. of 4 federal d education will | special committes ¢ Board of Trade President E. The m w to Creat nent of b hingt ited 1 Colladay for that pu mbers of the S W Step Henry be considered the Wa appoi = just commities rn. Ernest Krame and Wi Tian: sh n K. i P. B liam B. King The commiitee ferendum No. 40, fron Ur ates Chamber of Con ks three questions you favor “Believing that the time bas come when business men should as- sert the right, hased upon their knowledge und experience and their interest, to come forward and state | in no uncertain terms that the vital | proble seriously disturp- ing the peace and prosperity of jworld shall be settled upon | cconomic principles—principles which will promote the peace and welfare of mankind rather than the popul ty of individuals or political parties —leading men throughout the world will meet at Rome for the purpose of discussing “frankly and some of the most pressing now the creation o education now so Do s ot tion of fede approy ven 1 repor th the states equal those Bovernment to ade o Willard Hotel Dow ™ Ti business the ! Was na jative "o attend by the Naticnai stitutional jday a issues” | The repa ons situation is specifi- {cally allotted space on the preliminary { program which the American dele- | gation will urge at Rome. Four group sessions as well as two gen- eral sessions at which final decisions can be taken are given over to sub- Jects connected directly with the repurations crisis. Interallied debt {is among the subtopics. as well as| i “financ meusures necessary for | the restoration of international] trade.” i Gov Wednes Cluh | | WANTS U. S. IN ROAD BODY. American men ¥ by Senat lic Michigan, ¢ ate post office and i "ATTENTION Stag Hotel, 608 9th Phone Main 8108 $7 rooms, $5 weekly rooms. $&: §14. with repub of the ro Other Committee Members. | Other members of the chamber for- | eign afiairs committee are John H. ! Boston, chairman; John W. former 'ambassador to Great | siiower_and lasn s Joseph H. Defries, Chicago: foom. 50 per cont more, Walker D. 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