Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight, with freezing tempera- increasing cloudiness ture; tomorrow and warmer; rain tomorrow Temperature for twenty. ended ut 2 p.m. today at 12:20 p.m. yesterday; a.m, today. Full report on owest, 30, at 8 night. ~four hours Highest, 49, page 7. Ui : Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 1 ¢ enn ~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e/ Entered as sec No. GERMANY GRANTED TG-DAY RESPITE IN DEBT PAYMENT France, Italy and Belgium Agree to Delay on 500,000,- 000-Mark Instaliment. RUHR OCCUPATION CAUSE FOR MAKING CONCESSION 28,747. French Believed Anxious to Put Seizure Plans in Definite Shape. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, January 13.—At this morning’s conference between the French control commission and a subcommittee of the coal syndi- cate the Germans agreed to re- sume deliveries of coal under tentative arrangements to be con- trolled by a Franco-German com- mission PARIS, January 13.—The repara- tions commission this morning post- poned until January 31 the payment of 500,000,000 gold mark€” due from Germany next Monday. France, ltaly and Belgium voted for | the delay. Sir John Bradbury, thej British member, did not cast a ballot. There of this brief moratorium on its merits. The Freneh requested postponement of the payment order that they might finish preparation of their new mora- | was no discussion in torium Roland observer, which lasted were taken to not ernment of plan W. Boyden, was present ut the meeting, half an hour. Steps| £y the German gov- | ! t American the delay Two-VYear Moratorium. circles it inti- France hoping that would mit the definite shape, extent of the| which | se seems tohave planned. | eport that France arrange a meet- | to discuss a set- | mated the Ruhr situation to take mak evident the “pa; resistancy Wilhelmst There was might endes ing with tlement in view are now in the Ttaly, Belpim United States nations that tend such a conferenc In the event t discussion failed that a two-year certain condi Germany by the reparations that mor: rium e B policy »a to Germa of the of the reparations question, fact that the French Rubr. Great Britain, 2 sibly the ined as the asked to at- i plan for direct | was - suggested woratorium, with would be granted | parations commis- future according France is ready tol inciude not only the | of the economic com- n the Ruhr, but the | entire region in | did not jmme- moratorium pro- | might to ay th Germany the the event diately accept visions. Further Ger | ierman government would also | nternal loans of L’h]ll! narks, to balance the bud- committee of | sume control of Ger- ! This 1-nmmH-; in much the same | th by France a:‘\ and paper get and guaran man internal tee would function to permit a in finance manner as was set fo the recent premiers’ conference. The commission decided today to inform the German war burdens com- mission that @ reply would be made within a few days to letters of the | German commission dated November | 13 and Novem in which, on | behalf of the ¢ government, it demanded a n rium for 1923. FRENCH EXTEND GRIP. a Paris Officials Seek Working Plan With Mine Operators. By the Associated Press ESSEN, January 13.—While Ger- many generally was preparing for the observance of tomorrow as the “Sunday of Mourning” over the oc- cupation of the Ruhr, the actual establishment of the FKFrench and Belgian garrisons continucd to be extended and the occupying authori- ties at Essen and Duesseldorf were making further efforts toward direct negotiations with the big indus- trialists and mine operator: I “Conflscations and arresis” were threatencd if & number of the latter failed to heed the invitation sent them by the control commission for a con- ference here tod: The magnates were invited to attend a similar meet- ing yesterday, but they did not ap- pear, although several sent represent- atives. Today's invitation was sent 10 about a score of the most promi- nent operators in the occupied areas. The control commission has been di- vided into three sections, which will deal, respectively, with the coal syn- dicate, the Miners' Assoclation and the Iron Producers’ Assoclation. New Krench Proclamation. “Another proclamation by Gen. De- gouette uppeared on the streets of Bssen this morning. It gave notice that “all possible measures of pres- sure” would be applied in case the commission officials were in any way interfered with “or endangered in their work or in the event that the local authorities disturbed the eco- nomic life of the area through actual deeds or passive resistance. The _proclamation expressed the hope that the relations between the Belgian and French officlals and the population would' be equally as good as in the occupied territory on the Jeft bank-of the Rhine. Gen. Degoutte pointed out that the occupation was pot.a military oper- ation and that it had no political oharacter, being merely for the pur- pose of supporting and protecting the members of the commission. He ap- pealed to the people for their co- operation. The four main bodies of mine work= ers have issued an appeal to th members to refrain from deeds of violence and continue at work. The signatorfes - are the Association of German Mine Workers, the Christian Miners' Association, the miners’ sec- tion of the Polish Trade Union and the miners’ section of' the Hirsch | | | i | post office Washington, | retar: | mission | gram ond-class matter D. C. Tricolor Is Torn Down by Reople Of Ruhr Village By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 13.—At Steele, two miles outside of Essen, the French flag hoisted by the occupy ing troops was torn down and de- stroyed, says a dispatch to Vor- waerts today. The burgomaster had to apolo- gize to the French commander and publish an appeal warning the population against excesses. NO ADVICE ONNEW PARIS PARLEY PLAN {U. S. Non-Participation in | Reparation Move. Forecast | in Pan-American Program. ATTITUDE IS FRIENDLY Invitation From Poincare Would Be Based on American Formula, Is Belief. The Department of State has received no official advices, thus far, substan- tiating dispatches from Paris indicating that Premier Poincare is considering calling another conference on the ques- tion of reparations and inviting the United States to participate, it stated today. On the other hand, a new indication that this government does not anti- cipate an early change in the European | sltuation was to be found in the an- nouncement today that Secretary Hughes is making definite arrange- | ments to attend the fifth Pan-American | conference in Chile next March. It is| scarcely likely that an international | a ion of the reparations question | could be completed befgre the date Sec- Hughes would” sail for South America. was Basis for U. S. If the reports from Paris are true, however, it is not believed the French premier would invite the United| States to any discussion except on the basis of the formula for solution! Invitation. of the reparations problem suggested | by the American government—the appointment of an international com- of financial experts to in- vestigate the limit of Germany's ability to pay. ! Should such an invitation come | from France it is highly probable that Secretary Hughes would cancel trip to South America and devote efforts to assisting the allied | powers in_settling.-the problem of reparations amicably. | any discussion as to the extent of rum- jleged to have found its w WASHINGTON, CHARGES FLY FAST | INPROBE OF JERSEY COAST RUM DELUGE Dry Officials Brand Reports of Liquor Landing “Wet Propaganda.” “LAUGHABLE,” CUSTOMS CHIEF SAYS OF DENIAL ! —_— Disclosures Made Show Thousands of Cases Were Safely Brought Ashore in Coup. By tiie Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.—William R. Sanders, chief of the inspection division of the United States customs service here, which Thursday night captured four rum runners off the Jersey coast, today characterized as| laughable” the denial of prohibi- tion enforcement agents that there| were rum-running activities of large proportions off Sandy Hook. Disclosures Promised. Sanders ~ suited his his words, laughing heartily as he| said: “Our capture of four heavily laden rum runners is all the support | T need to offer. The next day or two, will tell just how great the activities | have been.” : H. C. Stuart, acting collector of the port, and Mr. Sanders’ chief, vesterday received a report made o him by anders on the previous night's raids, nd then dispatched two coast guard cutters, the Manhattan and Calumet, to Highlands. Mr. Stuart did not attend the confer- erce hastily called by prohibition of- ficials after word of the rum runners activities off the Hook became public. Liquor on “Dry” Flagship. Mr. Stuart declined to be drawn into | | Mr. action ' to | | | running operations, declaring he was no more interested in the subject of liquor smuggling than he was in the | smuggling of scores of other articles | ;A'l(h which his force is constantly l'Op»i ng. Unusual activity of the customs de- | partment became noticeable during the | holiday season, when customs agents seized a number of cases of liquor aboard the Hansen, at the time flnxsh!p’ of the dry navy. This lquor was al- | into the | Hansen's hold after the schooner Lin- | nie Bell had been raided off the mouth | of Shrewsbury river, near Sandy Hook, and some of her cargo turned over. ‘As a result of this selzure a number of the Hansen's crew dis- | appeared after Captain Dizer had placed on them responsibility _for the hidden liquor. The next word from the Hansen was that she had been tied up for engine repairs. while a fleet of rum runners w reported off the coast with_a New Year stock of liquor. No Reply to Protest. | The American government will | make no reply to the German protest | agal further occupation of the | Ruhr valley by French troops. This government considers it has already Indicated its sincere disapproval of Paris’ apparent determination to col- lect the reparations bill by military | force, and that nothing more need nor ! can be said, for the present at least. Not only has the Washington gov ernment taken extraordinary pains to make sure that Krance realizes that e must carry the whole burden of | responsibility for further invasion of | German territory, but at the eleventh | hour President Harding ordered the American army of occupation to evacuate Europe immediately and completely. { This order followed a conference | between the President and Secretary of State Hughes, and its meaning can- not be misunderstood. It is accepted as definite indication of this country’s determination to completely wash its hands of any part in a military pro- that Washington officials ad- mittedly fear may have grave re-| sults. In well informed circles it is pointed out that the American gov- | ernment certainly could not indicate | its disapproval more definitely and that a reply to the German protest unnecessary. This government has not despaired of an ultimate peaceful settlement of the reparations problem, however. It is known that Washington fully ex- pects France's military expedition to prove a failure from an economic standpoint because, as one official spokesman pointed out, the invaders | will have nothing but a dead indus-| trial giant. The German workers will refuse to turn out profitable products under French direction and the treas- ury in Paris will be as empty as ever. Chiance for Hughes® Pl ‘When realization of this fact be- comes known to France, it is under- | stood, the American government hopes the time will arrive when the allied powers may be willing to try Secretary Hughes’ proposed solution —the appointment of an international financial commission to inquire into the limit of Germany’s ability to pay and thus provide the allied premiers with a basis upon which to rearrange the reparations bill. It s for this reason that Roland W. Boyden, America’s unofficial observer with the reparations commission, is being re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) LITHUANIA O BE ASKED TO END MEMEL REVOLT Allied Ambassadors Believe Gov- ernment Can Stop Uprising by Prompt Action. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 13.—The allied council of ambassadors decided this morning to make energetic repre- sentations at Kovno to induce the Lithuanian government to bring pressure to bear on the group of Lithuanians menacing Memel. The 'ambassadors are of the opinion that the Lithuanian government is able to stop the movement if it acts promptly and vigorously. The ambassadors decided to send a French colonel to Memel to take Dunker Trade Union. ‘The manifesto strongly protests the occupation, but advises the workers not _to give way to excessive patriot- (Continued o8 [umn charge of the allied force. After the arrival of the British and French vessels ordered to Memel this force will consist of British and French marines and the company of French soldiers already on the scene.: | being The Hansen subsequently was trans- ferred to Baltimore and the New York dry navy was left with only a few launches. Associated Press Gives Ti Rum runners, learning of the crippled condition of the dry navy, immediately became active, and on Thursday ° the Associated Press learned “that a large fleet had an- | chored off Sandy Hook and were | lightered by a great school of small craft. John D. Appleby. prohibition zone chief for New York and New Jerse was immediately communicated with, | He thanked the Associated Press for | “the best tip I have had in a long| time” and said he would arrange to| g0 to Highlands immediately. A short time later he interrupted a con- ference with E. C. Yellowley, acting | prohibition director for New York state, to advise the Associated Press he had decided not to go, but that he | was ordering to the scene all avail- | able chaser craft. The dry Navy's| boats, he said, were then further out at_sea. Dispatches received today by the Associated Press from its correspond- | ent at Highlands indicated that the ! rum fleet had dwindled ‘slightly, but that two steamers and ten schoon- ers still were visible off shore. Yes- terday three steamers and nineteen | sciiooners were reported, but bootleg- ger scouts reported at Highlands last night that several had sold out their stock and departed. Decide to Lay Low. A high northwest wind today was kicking up a heavy sea. This and a decision by runners last night to “lay low until the squall was over,” were attributed as reasons for the fleet of small craft not venturjng out from shore. Observers reported that a tank steamer and another smaller steamer of the trawler type were cruising off shore; that six two-masted schooners were ‘anchored southeast of Ambrose Lightship and that four two-masted schooners had hove to twelve miles east of Asbury Park. The decision to “lay low until the squall is over” was reached at a meeting of a-dozen bottle fishermen in a whisky-packed boathouse at Highlands, N. J., last night. The de- cision apparently expressed the senti- ment of all the bootleggers in the community, for the rfum fleet of trucks through Highlands streets ceased, and representative citizens declared the little town was “quleter than it had been for a month.” Counts “300 Small Boats.” Despite denials of prohibition au- thorities as to the scope of rum-run- running activities reported by the Associated Press, a staff correspond- ent who witnessed the period of open defiance of law_reiterated today that (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ——— RUSS VOTE KRUPP SITE. Land in Southern Area Granted Under Soviet Agreement. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 13.—The Russian soviet government, according to ad- vices received here, has ratified an agreement granting a large agricul- tural concession in southern Russia to the Krupps. —— RUSS IN COUNTER PLOT. Three Hundred Peasants Arrested in West Siberia and Ural Section. MOSCOW, January 13.—A dispatch to Izvestia reports the discovery by the political police of a counter revo- lutionary organization, with branches in western Siberia and a section of the Ural mountains. More than 300 peasants have been arrested. ¥y . | ferred directly T { Sf “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers eve city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as che papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,143 X, DRY AGENTS PROB UPSHAW RUM TIPS Typewritten Charges of “Lid-Tilting” by High Of- ficials Given to Col. Nutt. MORE EVIDENCE NEEDED Members of Congress Not Immune From Prosecution, Is View of Prohibition Chiefs. Searching investigation into the charges by Representative Upshaw of Georgia, reported to prohibition headquarters yesterday and under- stood to allege bootlegging in the Capitol, involving certain officials of the federal government, was begun today by special order of Col. L. G. Nutt, acting chief of general prohibi- tion agents. The charges, which were carefully drawn up in typewritten form were presented in person by Representative Upshaw yesterday to Assistant Prohi- bition Commissioner Jones, and re- to Col. Nutt. The manuscript was turned over by Col. Nutt to the office of Edgar N. Read, division chief for this district, with orders for careful investigation of all rges. The investigation follows sensa- tional statements by Representative Upshaw on the floor of the House, in which he declared government of- ficials had failed to observe the nu- tional prohibition law, and that with his own eyes he had seen “the devil- ish bottle lifted to their lips.” Not Real Evidence. Representative Upshaw’s data, how. ever, it was sald, at prohibition head- quarters, could not be considered in the light of real evidence. The word | of more than one person was neces- sary, it was expldined, and liquid evidence was urually also necessary in addition to convince the court. Représentative Upshaw's matter, however, will be accepted as “leads, which will be followed assiduously by prohibition agents, working in pairs, btain evidence 0 ust how the Investigation will be carried out officials would not reveal, but they made it plain that the representative’s allegations will be glven the closest attention and Vigorous investigation by the most competent men available at head- quarters here. Although it was not revealed whether members of Congress were specifically mentioned in Representa- (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) FREE STATE SENATOR KIBNAPED IN DUBLIN Dr. Gogarty Escapes, However, and Swims to Safety—Three More Rebels Executed. Associated Press. !’l;‘i?BLXN, January 13.—Dr. Oliver Gogarty, member of the Irish Free State senate, was kidnaped last night by two men, but escaped after being taken some distance outside the city by his captors. Senator Gogarty, who, besides being ear and throat speclalist, is a dramatist of some repute, ‘was held up in Dublin by two men, blindfolded and taken to Lucan, seven miles way. His captors took him into a House In that town, but he made his escape by throwing his fur coat over their heads, getting free before they could recover their poise. ¢ Dr. Gogarty dashed for the river nearby, swam across it and then walked to the police depot in Phoenix Park. He was about Dublin today, apparently unharmed by his expe- rience. Three men were executed in Dun- dalk this morning, it was officially announced by the Free State authori- ties. The men were sentenced to death for the possession of arms and ammunition. Armed men today burned the house of Willlam Cosgrave, president of the Irish Free State ministry, at Bally- boden, near Rathfarnham, County Dublin. Mr. Cosgrave has not re- sided inthe house for some-time, 'THESE LEGS () GIVE WAY TO LEGS LIKE 11, DOCTOR SAYS YORK, January 13.—Legs | are getting straighter, Dr. Asa B. | Davis of the Lying-in-Hospital, | where 100,000 babies are examined weekly, said today. Bowlegs are passe, Dr. Davis declared, and legs | fashioned ) ( now are legs like this 11 “Parents no longer teach children to walk too Davis stated as a reason for the change. “Bowleggedness is really caused by malnutrition: a simple deficiancy” in bone-making calcium. Vitamins, in good milk, fruit juices grains and vegetables are rapidly eliminating rickets in neighbor- hoods, where health information is easily available.” WONAN' HAR UT INTEXAS FLOGGING iChild Tells Police White- Robed Mob Dragged Moth- . er From Home. i NEW their Dr. soon,” ! 1 | i | | By the Associated Press. . HOUSTON, Tex.. January 12.—Aided by seven-year-old Bonnie Lee Harrison, said to have seen a mob of fifteen or more disguised men drag her mother from home, cut off her long hair and whip her, authorities expected today to come out in the open with their investi- gation, The whipping was administered to Mrs. R. H. Harrison, thirty, a widow, the night of January 5, she admitted to officers, but had been kept secret until Friday, when rumors were circulated. R. A. Armand, twenty-eight, of Middle- town, Tex., also was taken out by the disguised men. The child was the first to see the mob, one of whom knocked on the door of the Harrison home, at Goose Creek, an ofl town, thirty-five miles southeast of Houston, about 9 p.m. She told her mother that the caller was dressed “all in white.” Later the victims of the mob told how two of its members wore the garb of women, although obviously they were men, while others dressed as circus clowns, comedians and other odd characters. Mrs. Harrison, when interviewed by newspaper men, refused to describe the alleged assailants other than to say they were disguised. Armand also failed to throw light on the identity of the fifteen or more men. Girl May Identify One. At least one of the mob members is expected to be identified by the little girl. S4s told Deputy Sherift Hamilton ,.»* would know one of them. Armand is confined to his bed, his back lacerated by many lashe Sheriff T. A. Binford, who was said to have had indorsement of the Ku Kilux Klan at the election last fall, denied that the klan had gnything to do with the affair. Similar cases previously had been reported, in which residents of Goose Creek were taken from their homes and whipped, but few of those who return covered with bruises are will- ing to talk. Armand said Mys. Harrison had been 1ll several days and he had gone to her home with fruit only a few min- utes before the masked mob-arrived. —_——— AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY | ‘BILL PASSES SENATE Interior Department Measure Re- port Accepted and Post Office Ap- propriation Taken Up. | Continuing today its speedy con- sideration of the big annual supply bills, the Senate passed the agricul- tural appropriation bill, carrying ap- proximately $73,000,000. 1t then took up the Post Office appropriations bill, carrying a total of $585,064,000. The Senate also agreed to the con- ference report on the Interior De- partment _appropriation bill, thus completing congressional action on that measure. The agricultural bill was passed minus any provision for the free dis- tributlon of garden d. S SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923—-TWENTY SIX PAGES. HELD AS WITNESS, GIRL TAKES POISON Tablets Lowered on String to Window Where 16-Year-0ld Mary Lewis Waits. IN ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL Police Search for Boy Who Pro- vided Pellets—Was Soon to Appear in Court. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 13.— Held in the detention room at police headquarters here as a material wit- ness in a cass belng heard in the courtroom above, Mary Lewis, sixteen years old, attempted to commit sulcide this afternoon by swallowing poison tablets. She was rushed to the hos- ~ital where ft is expected she will recover. A young boy whose identity has not been established was seen by persons passing police headquarters to lower « bottle containing the poison tablets from a window on the second floor to the detention room below. The girl thrust her hand out of the window, grabbed the bottle and swallowed several of the tablets before attract- ing the attention of the authorities. | The boy disappeared, and the Lewis girl has refused to reveal his name. The girl in al case against Alvin Waters, charged by the police with contribut- ing to the delinquency of two girls and also with an alleged violation of the prohibition law. The police are now making a deter- mined effort to locate the boy who was seen Jowering the poison bottle to the girl. “CRUSH WHITE GUARD”" TOPS SOVIET PROGRAM Agreement With U. S. on Practical Basis Also Featured in Lat- est Publicity. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 19.—The Viadi- vostok government has given public- ity to its program, according to an official dispatch reaching the foreign office, which follows: 1. To crush the white guards com- pletely. 2. To recognize no permanent uti- Uization of forelgn capital. “ ‘0 drive the Japanese ople out of Saghalien. ¥ i 4. To make the allied powers rec- ognize the soviet administration. 5. To comclude an agreement with America on a-practical basis. 6. To make both ends meet, 7. To suspend useless or unpro- ductive industry. . Russians to eat their own coun- try-made bread. 9. To improve means of trans; - tation and locomotion. . 10. To afford the unemployed bread and work. It is further reported the admin- istration plans to hold a public gue- tion of the fishing grounds on the maritime coast. FILE 45 MINE CLAIMS. Gold and Silver Discoveries in + Adirondacks Reported.. ALBANY, N. Y., January 13.—Forty- five mining claims, mainly covering deposits of gold and silver, were filed at the office of the secreary of state during 1922. . The' claims are sald to have been filed as a result of dis- coveries in the Adirondack region. One claim provided for the contem- plated placer mining of. gold, silver, platinum, ‘cobalt, copper, nickel and zine. i, WOULD BUY BRITISH COAL. BERLIN, January 13—The Bourse Gazette prints an Essen dispatch s ing that several German industria)- ists, including Hugo Stinnes and August Thyssen, have been ap- proached by a group representing British coal firms regarding the pos- sibility of ‘obtaining credit for the purchase of English coal in order (o mitigate consequences o French selzure of the.Ruhr. | | was scheduled to_testify |into the matter. | | i | that navy Turks to Renew Fighting in Case Of Parley Crash By the Assocluted Press. VALETTA, Malta, January 13.—It is rellably reported from Smyrna, says Reuters today, that the Turks are fe- verishly preparing to resume hostili- ties in the event of a breakdown of the Lausanne peace conference. NAVY YARD WAGES FAIR, SAYS BOARD Report Insists Upon Reduc- | tions for Mechanics and Raises for Clerks. WORKERS PLAN PROTEST Union Men Claim Proposed Scale Is Smaller Than Private Firms Pay. Wage reductions for mechanics and the Washington navy yard and gun factory are Insisted upon by the local wage board in a supplementary re- port ordered by the Navy Department. The board, in its report, stands by its original recommendations, which were vigorously fought at the hear- ing before the general wage board of review at the Navy Department, which sent the report back with in-| structions to the local board to give more detalled consideration of the matter. The original recommenda- tions were a decrease of 1 cent an hour for the mechanics and an in- crease of 5 cents an hour for the clerks. A vigorous protest agai the tion of the local board will be filed with the Navy Department on Monday by N. P. Alifas, president of District ac- I No. 44, International Association of | Machinists, which covers machinists of all navy yards and naval stations. A special committee is engaged to- day In drawing up the protest, and it will be filed Monday with Secretary Denby and the general wage board of review, of which Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss is president. Employes Disheartened. When the regommendations of the local wage board became known at the local navy yard today employes, who had been expecting an increase. especially in view of the fact that the local board had been directed by the general board to go into the matter in more detall, were disheartened. the hearings recently before the gzn- eral board the employes asked for. and pointed out that they were entitled to, an increase of at least 25 ver cent, in the light of affidavits produced to show that wages on the outside private establishments were ch higher and were on the upward trend. The indisputable evidence produced by the representatives of the ployes at the hearings before the gen- | eral board was the cause for return of the reports to the local boards with directions to go more thoroughl: ‘The general board directed that the local board go into this evidence. Subsequent to the return of the re- port to the local board, Commander Ferguson, a member of the Loard at the Washington vard, visited plants within a radius of 130 miles of the city, and the men firmly belicved that 1i warrant the local wage board in rec- ommending an increase. Mr. N. P. Alifas.pointed out to\lay] that the men presented to the gen- eral wage board Indisputable evi- dence that mechanics in private establishments were receiving much higher wages. and there was no evi- dence to justify a decrease, but, on the other hand, if the board took into consideration the figures in wages befmg pald at private yards they would, under the la to recommend an increase. Figures Are Cited. The law, he pointed out. requires vard workers ve paid a wage equal to that paid on the out- ide for similar work. Mr. Alifas said that the men have evidence, which cannot be discounted, to show that mechanics on the outside were being paid 90 cents an hour, as against 73 cents an hour now pahl at the Washington yard, and which latter figure is recommended for a cut of one cent an hour. ‘The whole matter will be vigorously contested before the general board, he said. While it is not believed that there will be any more open hearings, as the men have presented their evidence, it is the belief that the various organ tions will file briefs to show that the local wage boards failed in their duty even after their original reports were sent back to them. It was further pointed out that the general board considered the evidence so convincing that it thought the local wage boards failed utterly to take into consideration in making their original recommendations the data at hand, or they failed utterly to coltect all the data necessary to make a fair report. /] 1t was pointed out that the men will await the action of the general board in the whole matter, pinning their faith in the fairness of that body to give them an increase in the light of the evidence presented, as they point out that they cannot get anything from the local boards. Reports from all of the navy yards and stations have not been re- ceived at the Navy Department, but it was learned that the few which have come back “stand pat” as did the Wash- ington wage board. —_— WILL BROADCAST EULOGY. Services in Memory of Representa- tive Mann to Be Sent by Radio. Obituary eulogies on the life and character of the late Representative James R. Mann, former republican leader, will be broadcast from the Capitol tomorrow when memorial services are held at noon. plifying system recently installed in the House will be hooked up with the naval air station at Anacostia, NOF, from ~which the speeches will be broadeast on ' the 412 meter wave length. The principal speech will be made by Representative William A. Roden- berg, a veteran member of the House, who'was associated with Representa. tive ,Mann in public life for more | than's, quarter of & century, At} in | em- ures would be obtainedavhich would | The am- | | i an Increase in pay for the clerks at|lation jafter I present discussions a TWO CENTS. MORE LIBERAL WAR DEBTLAW OPPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT Chief Executive Decides Not to Seek Amendment at Present Time. DEALINGS WITH BRITISH WILL DETERMINE POLICY G. 0. P. House Leaders Advise De- lay Until Further Data Is Obtained. Presidert Harding and republican House leaders, after a thorough can- vasd of the situation, decided today that this is not the time to seek an amendment to the debt funding law liberalizing the terms of settlements by nations owing money to the United States.. 1t was said that amendatory le probubly would asked for the negotiations between the British and debt commis- sions, now progress, have beer completed. The executive and callers agreed t it would be advisable to seek nges while » in progress. Those attending the White House conference lined discuss any possible terms of ent with the British gover The com- missions were in rec today. but planned to meet again on Monday be American in his in- the at to settle rent. Definite Plan Sought. The present plan of the American commission is to come to an agree- ment, at least in principle, and have the President submit that to gress for_its approval. This settle ment would serve as an index as to what arrangements could be expected with the other debtor nations then would be possible with the plans to liber ing law. The House leaders conferring today 1 the President included Represent- ative Mondell of Wyoming. the floor leader: Chairman Campbell of the rules committee, Representative Burton of Ohio, a member of the debt commis- sion; Representatives Green of lowa and Longworth of Ohio, members of the ways and means. committee, which would ‘handle amendatory legislation and Representative Greene of Ver- mont. STROKE IS FATAL 10 REPRESENTATIVE Nestor Montoya of New Mex- ico Dies While Shaving. Long in Politics. is Con- , and it go ahead the fund- to tepresentativ stor Mon New Mexico, died suddenly at his home. 1449 Fairmont street. today He was shaving when he suffered stroke of apo- plexy. R e p resentative Montoya was a re- publican and a resident of Alber- querque. M where he was born in the orig- inal old city, April 14, 1862, He graduate of Michael's College. anta Fe, N. M., in 1881 He leaves a wife and five children, R e presentative Montoya served as member of the legislature, both in the house and senate for several sessions. He was speaker of the house in 1803, He was one of a committee of 100, who, in 1910, drafted and had adopted the constitution of New Mexico as a state. At the time of his death, he was president of the New Mexico State Press Association, having been re-elected as such for fifteen years, Representative Mon was well known in Texas ughout the south as a newspaper editor. He owned and edited a paper in the Spanish language at Alberquerque The name of his paper in English is “The American Flag.” From the opening of the war with Germany, Mr. Montoya was a member of the council of defense and chairman of the draft board of his county. He had two sons and a son-in-law with the A. E. F. overseas. He " was ‘elected by the largest plurality given any candidate in his district for seventy years. DRAG RIVER IN VAIN FOR BODY OF WHITE Police Fail to Find Trace of Man ‘Who Threatened “to End It AlL” REP, MONTOYA, state Police today continued dragging the Potomac in an effort to bring up the body of Andrew J. White, who dis- appeared Thursday night, after leav- ing a note announcing his intention of ‘ending the whole thing.” The search is going on in the vicin- ity of the Georgetown bridge. On the railing of the bridge has been found a smudge pf dirt, which coufd have been left there, it is believed, only by the shoe of ‘a person who had hopped off. The searchers are encountering diffi- culties on account of the cable and wire debris thrown under the bridge during construction work, and tha srappling looks are belng continuaily entangles