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touight, temperature near Temperature for twenty: ended at 2 p.m. toda at 16 a.m. today. ¥ull report on page 7. : Highest, 11 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at freezing. -four hours 63, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 o. 28749. Entered as sccond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. FRENCH MOVE UP T AS GERMANY PROHIBITS ALL DELIVERIES OF COAL Stinnes Steel Plants Seized in Extending Invasion—Workers Cry for War on France. EVENTS REACH GRAVE STAGE RESISTANCE EFFORTS SPREAD ch ¢ Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ering 04 Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1923—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ANKS: | i | FURTHER SEIZURES | |INRUHR EXPECTED AFTER NEW AWARD {French Ask Default Ruling, Opening Way to Take Live Stock and Steel. i Hope for Co-operation in Occupied Ter- s s s e ritor) Fades—French and Belgians Determined to Force Demands. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 15.—The n commission of control in Es; was complete, sa today. Military penaities more contemplated yesterday are now a dispatch to the Evening News rupture between the Franco-Bel- sen and the German industrialists from Essen severe and extensive than those being put into effect, it adds, and the advance into Germany has entered upon an even graver stage. CUNO RESIGNATION 8y the Assnciated Press BERLIN, January Bochum, the Loka ement prevailed. —Record nzeiger says The communist DEMANDED. ing the arrival of the French at| 1 work immediately ceased and ex- s, it adds, began distributing leaflets advocating war with France and demanding the resignation of Chancellor Cuno, ORDER TO STOP DELIVERIES. ated Press control commission today coal on the reparatio e ground that they were in receipt commissioner forbidding such that they The refusal was contained in the ly to a written order from Gen. 1Vigues, which, delivered individ- ly to the directors, orders each to deliveries in accordance with reparation. program. e mine dicectors’ committee in de- their reply at a conference i the control commission today «'led attention to the fact that the eement reached on Saturday for umption of deliveries for cash had been made WY the reservation thal it would not stand in case the federal commissioner ordered otherwise, which he now had done. Stop “Vork as Protest. There was a halt hour stoppage of worle in this big industrial center to- day as a protest against the occupa- *lon by the French. While it was in progress a crowd carried out an anti- French demonstration outside French headquarters with speeches and songs. Because of a change of front by the coal magnates and the repudia- “ion of the agreement to resume coal deliveres -tho French today rein- forced ~ the occupation movement. Troops and tanks were moved up from the old zone and the ring around lissen was tightened. Extend Zone as Penalty. The extension of the French zone of control to Bochum fs intended as s penalty. In the first place, the French government authorities be- lieve that the policy followed by the German government during the first week of the Rubr occupation can lardly be called co-operative. 1n the second place the French seek to force the German government to repay the Ruhr valley industrial magnites for all cost of reparation oal dellv above the overhead “harges. Furiaermore, the French b feve that ti» Germans have purpose- reduced the food supply in the Ruhr industrial centers as a means of nconveniencing the economic mission through the labor crisis that a food shortage might bring abou France has agreed to pay the, cost of mining ths coal, but will reimpurse herself through the coal tax which the German government formerly col- lected Quick Reversal. The action of Germany today in prohibiting the coal owners of the Ruhr from supplving coal to France and Belgium even if payment is made is a quick reversal of the ten- tative agreement reached Saturday at iesen In the direct dealings between !, Tanuary 15—The German mine directors notified the French must refuse to resume deliveries of s account, even in return for cash payments, on of an order from the German federal action, [{the French control commission and the German owners. | At the Saturday meeting the Ger- iman owners submitted a written | proposition to furnish coal to France jand Belglum when the control com- mission gave @ written declaration lagreeing to pay cash !n advance to | the individual mines at a price to be fixed from time to time by the Ger- gk coal comruigsioner. " This was accepted in principle by M. Coste on behaif of the control commission, and 1 provided an apparent means by which | France and Belglum would get the | coal, the mine owners would be patd and ‘the mine workers would get their wages, by the advance cash payments of France and Belgium. Point Rejected. It is this tentative adjustment be- tween the control commission, the mine owners and the mine workers which is rejected now by the action of the coal commission at Berlin, pro- hibiting all supplies of coal, even if pald for, and which has been fol- lowed by an extension of the French advance beyond the Bochum region to the edge of Dortmund. STINNES WORES SEIZED. H 1 Bochum Occupled—Greatest of Coal Producing ‘strtcts. By the Associated Press, BOCHUM, January 15—This eity, the heart of the great Stinnes steel works, was occupled by the French today. The ocoupation of Gelsenkirchen has been completed. Big Coal-Producing Region. Bochum, to which the French oc- cupation has been extended, exceeds the Essen region, already occupled, in coal production. The Fssen dis- trict is producing 26,000,000 tons of coal annyally, while the zone of Bochum and its neighbor {s produc- ing 70,000,000 tons. French official figures show that out of 26,000,000 tons produced by the Essen\district 19,000,000 tons will be required for the deliveries Germany should make on her reparations ac- count, there remaining thus only 7,- 000,000 tons for the industries in the region whose necessities call for 20,- 000,000 tons. By ocoupying the Bochum region with its 70,000,000 tons production, the French and Bel- glans believe they can dispose of all the coal necessary to meet the repa- rations _deliveries, supply the Ruhr (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Appeal to French People Proposed Reparations Move BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WILE. An appeal to the French people over the heads of the Poincare gov- | arnment as a means of averting an international conflagration over repa- rations s the drastic prcject broach- o4 in Washington during the week end. 1t originates with a European states- man now In this country. He con- torred with Secretary Hughes on Sat- urday and presumably submitted the outlines of his views. The state man's identity may not be disclosed, except to indicate that he is in pe- culiarly Intimate touch with the matnsprings of French policy and the motives that led to the occupation of the Ruhr. He has no official mission or status. He has refrained from in- truding elther advice or opinion upon prominent Americans with whom he is in contact except as he s asked for it. They have not failed to ply him for information and suggestions, and, when pressed to do 80, he has spoken andidly and freely. He has said, icn al!n:r: that if the United States is genuinely anxious to be “helpful,” she is far from helpless. His concrete proposal of a solution is that if the Polncare government will not listen to “world reason” regarding the Ruhr 4nd reparations, America, 88 & power . deeply concerned for world peace, | take the lead in 2 movement address- ed directly to the French people. | Resembles Wilson Methods. This unusual procedure savors of the methods adopted by President Wilson to.induce the Germans to dis- avow the Hohenzollern militarist government on the eve of the armis- tice. The European statesman who counsels “dlrect action” with the French nation says time is of the es- sence of it. He sees danger In delay. He would have action taken prompt- ly, if it is to be taken at all. He fixes two weeks as the outside limit the world should walt before open- ing negotiations, as it were, with the people of France. The sugges- tion is predicated, of course, on the theory that the tentative negotiations into which M. Poincare seems to be entering with the Germans come to naught. If the suggestion is carried out, its originator thinks it would prove dan- gerous to nobody” but the Poincare government. But he appraises the personal . fortunes of Krench poli- ticlans as insignificant compared to the greater issue at stake, viz., the restoration of sanity in European af- fairs before it is too late. He ad- mits the whole enterprise is unor- thodox and audacious, but considers conditions so grave that statesman- {Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) N | PARIS, January 15—t seemed cer- ,tain today that Germany would be {declared in default for her 1923 de- i liveries of merchandise at a meeting of the reparations commission tomor- row. i The French delegation has asked | that the commission consider this: action the first thing tomorrow as a result of Germany's note to the com- mission, giving notice that Germany cannot longer continue her deliveries in kind because of the French action in the Ruhr “against an unprotected country that cannot fight back.” Would Seize Live Stock. ‘The declaration of default, which is expected to be taken by a vote of three to one, will be used by the French, it is understood tion circles, as a basis for requisitions in the Ruhr. These will include all deliveries in kind which Germany is obligated to make including live stock, iron and steel, coal and wood. M. Coste, head of the industrial mis- slon in the Ruhr, has been quoted as | will be pald for their coal in some | way. There is epeculation, therefore, as to how this right of requisition clamed by the French will be recon- ciled with the promise to pay. The anticipated three to one vote in the reparations commission is on member, which is considered equiva- lent to & negative vote. BREAK-UP AT LAUSANNE Gloomy Statement of British Spokesmen Viewed as Being Forecast of Failure. | | By the Assoctated Press. | statement concerning the accomplish- ment of the near east peace confer- tory settlement of many of the ques- tions before the conferees was made today by spokesmen for the British delegation. After two' months of steady work, | they potnted out, agreement seems to | them to be doubtful on several mat- ! ters of moment. The statement gave | the impression that the British, at | Jeast, were preparing public opinion { for a possible breakdown of the con- ference. The Turkish delegation today pro- posed that the Ottoman debt, both | principal and interest, should be di- | Vided among Turkey as presently con- stituted and the so-called succession States or territories detached from | Turkey since the world war. 1 —_— | CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL ! DISCOVERED IN FLAMES ".l‘velfth Roman Church Fired in Canada Within Past Year. By the Assoctated Press. 'HAMILTON, Ontario, January 15.— Early discovery of a threatening blaze saved St. Mary’s Roman Catho- lio Cathedral from destruction by fire at midnight. { The flames started in the altar and were eating their way through to the main body of the church when the smoke and reflection attracted the of neighbors. Officials of e o department and the church authorities were unable to offer an explanation as to the cause of the : fire. 4 1 %o fire is the twelfth of the serles which has damaged Catholic institu- tions within the past year. The last Qestroyed the Good Shepherd Convent of St. George de Beauce, about thirty miles from Quebec, ten days ago. MARK SLUMPS AGAIN. LONDON, January 15.— German marks took a fresh slump today to the lowest figure on record in Lon- don—55,000 to the pound sterling. 4 British Planes Brought Down in Mosul Uprising | CONSTANTINOPLE, January 15.— An official communique issued by the Angora government says: “British airplanes are actively bomb- ing. villages in the neighborhood of Mosul, Massoures, Mourbeit and Nameves. Four of the planes were brought down.” Reports of disorders and revolution- ary movements in Mosul have been re- | ceived at intervals since the question of the disposal of the district, which contains rich ofl deposits, first came actively to the attention of the Lau- sanne conference. The majority of these reports, emanating, like the above, from purely Turkish sources, have been denied by the British foreign of- tice. in repara- | BELIEVED T0 BE NEAR ence and the prospects for satisfac-| especially Rewanduz, Rayna,! | By the Associated Press DENVER, Colo., January 15.—The daring bandit who stood upon the running board of an automobile, as last sped away amid a rain of bullets from mint guards, pald with his life. | Deserted by his pals, the body of ’the dead robber—believed to have ibeen the leader of the band—was ! found last night in a private garage near 17th and Gilpin streets in the fashionable Capitol I} residence district. | A gaping wound near the bandit's {heart told the story. In his pocket |was a large-caliber revolver, while la Migh-powered rifie and a pump | shotgun were found in the car. The man, whose clothing and hands bore 'ovidfnce that he was not accustomed to manual labor, rented the garage about & week before the mint rob- L4USANNE, January 15.—A gloomy | bery occurred. When the new tenant | {did not pay his rent yesterday the |owner and Frank W. McGee, & plum- ber with a shop nearby, who had be: | come suspiclous, investigated. The dead bandit was found stretch- | FIGHTING REPORTED - INMENEL STREETS {Lithuanians Almost in Control of City, Says German Paper. | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 15.—Dispatches {to the Lokal Anzelger report heavy street fighting in Memel, the Baltic {area recently invaded by Lithuanian !trregulars. The Lithuanians, the | messages assert, are In almost com- | plete possession. | GERMANS ARE TARGET. | Revolt Leader Says Berlin Govern- ment Is Intolerable. COPENHAGEN, January 15.—Tt 1s reported from Memel that the insur- gent commander there has handed the allied high commissioner & note de- claring the insurgent action is di- rected exclusively against the Ger- man government, “which is proving itself intolerabl The commander asks that the French troops refrain from hostile |acts, as he is willing to guarantee the safety of the inhabitants and offi- clals. Will write during his stay tion of with this country. day—and at intervals therea .1t pays The Star l \Chief of Denver Mint Robbers In Tfiesday’s Star- Will appear the first of the series of articles which M. Coue . “American Impressions” —and ‘n which he will comment upon. his intimate touch The Second Articl‘e in the series will appear on Thurs- \ Found Dead and Frozen in Auto With Bullet Wound in Chest Body Is Lo- cated in Locked Garage, Where It Lay | | Nearly Month After $200,000 T heft. ‘ telling the Ruhr mine owners they | 1ed out in the front seat of the car.! {He was frozen and an overcoat had| | been thrown over him. { Police believe the bandit's home {was in Chicago. The initials “T. I | {the men who robbed a federal re-iH." were found on a handkerchief in | Preliminary Report Made, | the basis of abstention from voting | S€rve bank truck of $200,000 in front| his pocket. by Sir John Sradbury, the British of the Denver mint on December 18 were bought in exclusive Chicago re-{ His necktie and shoes | tall stores. | That the dead man did not profit! much In the huge loot obtained by his confederates was indicated when | police found only one silver dollar, | three twenty-five-cent pleces, two 'dimes and a five-cent plece in hisj pockets, - ) | “Eight shells to fit the pistol in the | bandit's pockst were found in_his coat. ' Five men’s caps, from which {he signatures of the wakers had been torn, were found fE-the bandit | ! car or nearby. The automobile had been stolen ! trom Brighton, Colo., in October, last. | The dead man was described s ba- | ing thirty-five years old, short and | heavy set. ! The robbery of the federal reserve | | guards took place at 1:3 o'clock on the | morning of December 18, last. The | daring of the robbers and the utter| abandon which they displayed during the hold-up and their apparent disre- | | gard for human life characterized | | the robbery and the murder as the | most sensational ever staged in Colo- | rado. Driving up alongside a federal re- | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) LIKELY TO PROTEST - FILIPPI EXPULSION XOrder of Mexico Against | Apostolic Delegate May Bring Diplomatic Action. 1 | | By the Assoclatéd Press. MEXICO CITY, January 15.—Mon- signor Ernesto Filippl, the apostolio | delegate in Mexico, was ready today | to leave the country either tomorrow night or Wednesday in compliance | with President Obregon'’s order ex- | pelling him for participating in an outdoor religlous ceremony held last | Thursday at Cerro el Cubilits In al- 1eged violation of the federal con- stitution. It was considered possible, but not probable, that diplomatic protests by Catholic nations represented here might bring modification of the order, which, it was thought, would be ex- | tended to tnclude other foreign mem- | bers of the clergy who took part in the service. The newspapers learned | last evening that certain diplomats contemplated calling on Forelgn Scc- | retary Pani today with a view' to reg- istering a formal protest. At a late nour last night Count Nani de Mocen- igo, the Italian minister, was without (Continued 6n Page 4, ColumnZ2.) in Amefica—under the cap- fter. to 'read regularly COAL PROBERS IT LACK OF STABILITY U. S. Commission Blames} High Price and Shortage on Seasonable Work. PLAN FURTHER STUDY Which Fear of Another Strike April 1 Is Believed Groundless. Lack of stability In the bituminous coal mining industry is the funda- mental cause of high prices and the fuel shortage which has menaced the American public repeatedly in recent years, the United States Coal Com- misston held today, in a preliminary report of its fact-inding Investiga- tions sént to Congréss. Labor troubles, transportation di cultles and overdevelopment of the industry in mines and man-power to a point where it is much larger than | necessary to supply public demapd | for its product, if operations were |a branch library in Mount Pleasant, | continuous, were all assigned as prineipal causes for the condition. The exact bearing which these have upon the existing condition, the com- mission said, it intended to determine in its further inquiry. See Peace Agreement. Regarding the posstbility of another | general strike after April 1, the re- port said the commission “has reason {to believe that an agreement will be reached that will avert any wide- spread cessation in union fields on April 1. Six members of | John Hays Hammond, chairman; Dr. George Otis Smith, former director of the geological survey; Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution; former Vice Presldent Marshall, Charles P. Neill and Dr. Edward T. Devine, signed the report as rendered, while Federal Judge Alschuler, whose judicial tenure has prevented his qualifying as commissioner, attached | a memorandum approving the views | of his colleagues. “There have been so many factors operating in the coal industry to pre- vent the free play of economic forces,’ the report sald in concluding, “that a vi comprehensive investigation is uired before a valid conclusion can be reached. The inquiry involves the whole question as to what is best for the people, free competition, gov ernment or private ownership, regu- lation or control in the coal industry sion must be left to its final report. Seasonal Work Unsatisfactory. “There can be no satisfactory agree- ment as to wage rates and no lasting peace between operators and men un- less steadler employment can be pro- | vided. There can be no satisfactors solution of our transportation prob- lem so long as the, rallroads are sub- jected to sudden peak loads of conl traffic at the season when the de- mands of agriculture and industry are at their height, “The commission belleves that it may be that both private property in an exhaustible Tesource and labor in a public service Industry must submit to certdin modifications of their pri- vate rights, receiving In return cer- tain guarantees and privileges not ac- corded to purely private business or persons In private employ.” With anthracite problems the pre- liminary report dealt only briefly. Search would continue, it was sald, (Continued on Page 21, Column 2.) in| the commission, | 4 ¢ The problem is of so great| moment that the view of the commis- | as the papers Limitation on Fixing Bail Out Of Court Asked Alleging that many criminally in- clined persons are at Iberty on worthless bonds, much to the danger of peaceable citlzens of the District, including himself, John P. Mullen, a taxpayer and member of the District | bar, today flled suit for an injunc- tion in the Supreme Court of the Dis- | trict of Columbia against Morgan H. | Beach, clerk of that tribunal, and | |Frank A. Sebring, chief clerk of the Police Court. Mr. Mullen seeks to | | prevent the clerks «nd the assistants | | and deputies from taking and accept- | {ing bonds of alleged criminals when | the cases have not been before the | court and the penalty of the bond | not passed on by the judge. ! Mr. Mullen claims that in many in- stances the clerks “under pretended authority of “the court’ accept balli bonds on which the judges have not| acted. Thete bonds he claims are void and do not bind either the ac- cused or thelr sureties, with the con- sequence that such alleged criminale are free without protection to the government or to the person and| | property of the public. He also atacks the validity of balll bonds in which the amount is fixed by the prosecutor and his assistants and complaine that persons not law- vers are permitted to handlo the re- flease of accused persons on bond! {when an attorney should be reqfilred ! in the case. The lawyers ara thus| deprived of legitimate fees, Mr. Mul- | n asserts, ! URGE RESTORATION OF SCHOOL ITEMS {Plea to Senate Committee for $500,000 Eliminated i From Bill in House. | ! school items and playground items |stricken out of the District appro- lin the House were made today before [the. Senate appropriations subcom- | mittee by Dr. Abram Simon, presi- ident of the board of educatl: Asststant Superintendent Kramer and Assistant Superintendent Wilkinson and others connected in an offictal capacity with the schools. Members of the subcommittee later expressed | the opinion that these items, amount- {ing to about $500,000, would be re- | stored by the committee and would be in the bill when it s reported to the Senate. The members of the subcommittee | have expressed themselves as anaious to do the utmost public school system of the District. Plea for Public Library. Theodore W. Noyes, president of the board of trustees of the Public Library, and Dr. George F. Bower- man, librarian, also appeared before the subcommittee today to ask that the committce restore an item of $25.000 for the purchase of a site for and also that some reductions in the appropriations_for the Public Library | made by the House be not agreed to. The items proposed by the bureau of the budget, they said, were more adequate than those allowed by the | House, particularly as regards the op- ! eration of the new Southeast branch. Speaks for Mount Pleasant Branch. Willlam McK. Clayton, represent- {ing the library committee of the Board of Trade, also appeared before | the committee and recommended that | the item of $25,000 for the site of a | branch library at Mount Pleasant be { put In the bul. is the third day of hearings {on the District bil and the subcom- { mittes hopes to conclude them be- fore night, and tomorrow to begin work on the actual draft of the bill, which is to be submitted to the full committee and then to the Senate. | This | {WILL RENAME GREENLEAF FINE ARTS COMMISSIONER President Agrees Not to Change Personnel of Board at Present Time. | James I. Greenleaf of New York | will be appointed fine arts commis- | it was learned at the White House today, following a conference between the President and Charfes Moore, chatrman of the commission. | In suggesting the reappointment of { Mr. Greenleat, Chairman Moore point- |ed out that, because of the extensive { program before the commission with- in the next few years, which includes, i besldes the construction of the Ar- lington memorial bridge, the ap- | pro¥al of plans for several new gov- ernmental buildings in the Mall, it | would be inadvisable to change the personnel of the commission. Mr. Moore pointed out that Mr. Greenleaf, because of his long serv ice in Washington, is thoroughly famillar with the work that will come before the commission and that his service during the next four years will be invaluable. Although it was not stated definite- ly at the White House, it is under- stood - that Mr. Greenleaf's nomina- tion will be announced within the next few days. BOY, SHOT, SUFFERS IN SILENCE ’ UNTIL UNCLE LEARNS OF WOUND ‘Washington today holds a story paralleling in principle the tale of the Spartan youth who allowed a 1ox to eat out hig vitals before he would tell of it, and who dled be- fore knowledge of his deed was uncovered. Today, in Freedman's Hospital here, ltes a little colored boy. He is Willlam Joyce, thirteen, of 1239 Linden street northeast, the prin- cipal in the modern story. Willlam is suffering from hemorrhages of the lungs, and his condition gives scant hope of recovery. Yesterdsy he was ,playing in A front of 70 P street northeast when a shot rang out. Who fired it is not known. The boys stopped their play for a moment. Then .they proceeded with it. Willlam went home as usual last night and went to bed. He sald nothing about the shot. In the early hours this morning his uncle, Thomas Brown, found his suffering from the effects of a_wound through the back of the right shoulder. The boy was taken to the hospital. His motive for silence is mysteri- ous. He still refuses to why he failed to inform his parents of the wound. And in Freedmen's Hos- pital today the boy lles at the point of death, a principal in a tragic modern exemplification of the ancient legend. | Arguments for the restoration of | | priation bill during its consideration | possible for the| sioner for another term of four years, | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system ei:‘! block and the regular edition delivered to Washington homes as fast are printed. HOUSE COMMITTEE 0.K'S 14TH STREET EXTENSION SCHEME Continuing Thoroughfare Recommended in Report to Entire Body. MEASURE APPROVED ALREADY IN SENATE Immediate Need of Transit Facil- ities Is Stressed by Repre- sentative Zihlman. The report ordered hy the House District committee, urging the House to promptly pass the bill, which has already passed the Senate. which pro- vides for the extension and widening of 14th street through the Walter Reed Hospital grounds, thus affording rapid transit facilities for more than i elght squars miles of Maryland terri- tory, was made in the House today by Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, who has been working for several years to get this legis- lation ehacted. The report emphasizes that the proposed development would aid ma- terfally in opening up suburban terri- | tory to relieve the housing shortage. | carries the approval of the Sacretary of War, the Highway Commission of the District, the District Commle- sioners, and has been urged by the organized citizens in hoth the Dis- trict and Maryland territory affected. He points out that the extension will In no way interfere with ar- rangements for the care of service the Walter Reed Hospital, 1 afford them casier access to the city and place the proposed Army medical center, designed to be one of the greatest medical centers in the world, on one of the main thor oughfares. Text of Mr. Zihlman's Report. The Zihlrhan report Is as follows: “The committee on the District of Columbla, to whom was referred the blll (H. R. 8084) to vacate certaln streets and alleys within the area known s the Walter Reed General Hokpital, District of Columbia, and to authorize the extension and widen ing of 14th street from Montague rireet to its southern terminus south of Dahlia street, Nicholson street from 13th street to 16th street, Col- orado avenue from Montague strect to 13th street, Concord avenue from 16th street to its western terminus jwest of Sth street west, 13th street | from Nicholson street to Piney Branch road and Pimey Branch road {from 13th street to BElair road, and ! for other purposes, having considered | the same, .report favorably thereon with the recommendation that, the bill do pass without amendmep* “This bill provides for the closing {of all streets and alleys within the | Walter Reed Hospital reservation, | except lith street,-these including 13th street, 15th street, Dahlia street, Dogwood street and Eider street. It provides for the widening and open- ing of 14th street through the | rounds of the reservation in_a | cordance with the plan prepared b the office of the chief of engineers of the United States Army. Plan of the Extension. “By this plan it is provided th 14th street shall extend through that part of the reservation on which the medical department of the United States Army plans to bufld a medica! officers’ school, student officers’ quar- ters, a library and a museum, which |group of buildings has been destg: {nated by the surgeon general of the lArmy s the ‘Army medical center.™ “It {s not proposed to extend l4th | street through :hat portion of the regervation used for hospital wards jor purposes, the wards—under the | permanent plan of the surgeon gen- | eral—being placed much closer to Georgla avenus than to the proposed {extension of 14th street. “While the bill uses the word, Walter Reed Hospital ground: should be borne in mind that the tract originally purchased for the Walter Rerd General Hospital did not extend beyond 14th Etreet on the west. Later the land between 1dth and 16th streets was acquired. Now { the medical authorities desire to stop 14th street Map of 1919 Outlined. “The map of the proposed Army med- ical center, prepared as early as 1919, shows only faculty officers’ quarters, officers’ library and an officers’ museum on the west of 14th street, between 14th street and 16th street, and the officers’ school buflding and student officers’ quarters on the east of 1ith street and extending for more than a city squars between 14th street and the buildings of the Walter Reed General Hospital proper. The wards at the Walter Reed General Hospital are thus cloger to the existing surface street car line on Georgia avenue than they will be to the proposed depressed car line on 14th street. | “This permanent plan of the medical department of the Army places the quar- ters of the enlisted men, non-commis- sioned officers, transportation ,_and the fire department of tho Walter Reed General Hospital immediately upon the existing street car line on Georgia ave- nue. “It 18 provided in the bill that the plans for the extension of this street =hall be subject to the aprpoval of the Secretary of War. Street on Depressed Level “These plans include the extenslon of 14th street at a depressed level, so that & series of overhead bridges will pro- vide continuous roads and walks within the medical center reservation. “This matter has recelved most care- ful consideration by the War Depart- ment, and the highway commission of the District of Columbla, composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, and the chief of enginoers of the United States Army, waich com- mission held extensive hearings before the plan was approved, after which the appended communications were written to both the District of Columbia affairs committee of the House and Senate. “The hearing before the high: commission had the broadest po ble scope. The following citizens’ assoctations of the District of Colu bia were represented, by resolutions and by spokesmen, and favored the passage of this biil: The Federation of Citizens' Associations of the Dis- trict of Columbia, 16th Street Helghts Citizens' _Assoclation, Bsightwood (Continued on Page 2, Column 473« y