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WEATHER. Rain this morning, cloudy this afternoon; tomorrow rain; no change in temperature. - Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 42.3; lowest, 28.4. Full report on page 9. No. 930.—No. 28,755.. Entered as sacond-class matter. post office ' Washington, D. C. GENERAL RUHR STRIKE LOOMS UP IN REPRISAL FOR FRENCH ARRESTS Inl'lamed Workers Refuse to Labo for Invaders ' LONDON . ANXIOUSLY WATCHING TACTICS | Passive Resistance of Ger- mans Approaching . o Point of Frenzy. e By the Assaginted Press. German industrial leaders in the Ruhr $o the number of cighteen have been Wrrested for obstructing the occupation Brders of the French. They were sent $o French military headquarters at Blayence, where they will probabdly be Plated on trial Monday. In consequence of this drastic action, Sle occupying authoritics are menaced with strikes of a far-spreading rature. Thesa arc mot likely to be confined to She minc workers, but all classes in the Ruhr valley may ceose work in sympathy. Their - feelings already inflamed by the cvents of the past week, the workers have become further incensed by the arrest of the mine directors. They de- clarc they will not continue work while ihd directors are held. London appears to be watching the Ruhr proceedings ~anxiously, but the spokesmen of the government are not over-sanguinc. The question of media- tion by Great Britain, as suggested by the Italian ambass in behalf of M country, has met with no response. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Januark 20.—A general strike In the state-owned mines throughout the area occupled by the French has been called for Monday, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin. GRIM GAME PLAYED. e By the Associated Press. ESSEN, January 20.—A grim game fs being played by the French and Germans along the valleys of the Ruhr and the Rhine. For every turn whereby the French and Belgian oc- cupation forces register” & tactical or military advantage the German residents carry out a pew form of passive resistan The day waa hectic with a succes- slon of arrests of high German in- ustrial and post ofeials, quickly followed with clock-like precision by protest strikes of experts, manual laborers and other employes, who stuck ‘doggedly by Germany’s instruc- tions to aid in nowise the invaders. Mine Strikes Begin. The workers’ council djscussed with Lord Mayor Luther the advisability of calling out same of the five thou- sand postal, telegraph and telephone workers in a general sympathetic strike, but the decision will not be announced until tomorrow. A large part of the fordes at the various mines whose directors were arrested responded almost immediately with protest strikes. The French author- itles sent additional troops to guard the mines. The people of Essen awoke this morning to find all the private banks in the city closed because a patrol had been placed over the Reichsbank, and the personnel of this institution refused to continue at thelr' duties. Besides a number of small concerns, there are twenty large private banks in Essen. Serious Trade Steppage Seen. Business men anticipate a serious ptoppage of trade in case the sus- pension of banking continues oyer the coming week. Essen's larger financtal institutions have unusually mecure backing, it is rellably stated, and conduct many specialized deal- ings in stocks and bonds in‘addition to the usual cash bank transactions. The Reichsbank, which is a branch of the Central Reichsbank in Berlin, has an extraordinarfly large -daily turnover on account of the concentra- tion of heavy industry in the Ruhr. -Jt Is said that it handles at least 32,200,000 marks dally for wages of the Rubr miners alone.” Furthermore, it has the {ssuance of the govern- ment's legal tender, and performs other functions the same as the ther bank at Berlin, “Less of Experts for V. 8. A leading official of the Essen Cham- ber of Commerce, conversing with the Associated Press correspondent to- day, pointed out that the Ruhr occu- pation meant a considerable loss in trade already for United States and South American exporters. He sald that virtually all the lard consumed in the Ruhr comes from the United States, and also most of the ather fats. Frozen beef is imported largely from South America and ' frozen park Thainly from the United States. Since the.beginning of the year, when the threats of occupation became par- ticularly marked, the prices of these sommodities, as well gs others, had fisen by leaps and bounds. Frozen meat had increased in price more than 100 per cent, and lards and fats even more than that. The large importers, though w.ll backed financially, have been exceed- ingly cautious in undertaking big contracts in these supplies during the past three weeks, especially since the mark’s latest meteoric fail.- 18 LEADERS ARRESTED. By the Associated Press. DUSSELDORF, January -20.—~W #ighteen -of their leading eow pn_the way to llll at Continued on IENRAGED CERMANS READY.T0 JUMP AT FRENCH THROATS From Memel to Black Sea Europe Is On Verge of Conflict. BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune, Copyright, 1923. LONDON, January 20.—When Am- bassador Harvey declared that “Amer- fca was damn well out of the Kuro- pean.mess” he voiced the sentiment of most American observers on this side. ' Outside France, Europe is watching developments in the Ruhr and in the east and central part of the continent with acute anxlety. The hatred which s being generated now equals in intensity and volume anything developed during the war If Germany had the means she would Jump at France's throat with the ferocity of an animal enraged by con- tinyed prodding. Europe Full of Guapowder. Not only in Germany, but from Memel to the Black sea, trouble is brewing, and there still is enough gunpowder lying_around in Europe to cause a loud explosion. War may be averted, but unless something ap- proaching a miracle is performed by the league of natlons or some dis- interested peace;desiring group it will only be postponed for a short time, oy | Recently I talked with several (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (ARGHIVES MEASURE -2 PASSEDBY SENATE Building Would Cost $2,500,- 000 Under Proposal by Senator Poindexter. The Poindexter amendments provid- ing funds for the construction of a $2,600,000 pational archives bullding, to be located on government-owned land in the square bounded by 20th and 21st streets and B and G streets northwest, was adopted by the Senate by an overwhelming vote during the consideration ©of the independent offices appropriztion bill late yester- day. The amendment led to much de- bate, and Senator McNary of Oregon made a point of order against it on the ground that'it was new legisla- tion on an appropriation bill. His point of order was overruled by Sena- tor Willis of Ohlo, occupying the chair, and the Sepate then adopted the amendment. Ends Work of Decade. Senator Poindexter has labored for more than @ .decade to bring about the construction of a national ar- chives bullding here to house the records of . the government. If the House accepts the amendment adopted by the Senate his efforts finally will have been crowned with success. In 1913 Senator Poindexter offered a bill, which was incorporated in a public buildings act, authorizing the con- struction of a national archives bulld- ing. The fact that this law had been enacted made it possible for the chair to hold the amendment offered yes- terday In order. # Senator Poindexter told the Senate that the project had been approved many times by the appropriation: committees of the Senate in the past, and that the Senate itself had acted favorably on proposals to expend the necessary money. jHe urged that the construction of the building would be a real egonomy in the-long, run, pro- viding space for records that now crowd the office buildings. Norris Urges: Economy. Senator Norris of Nebraska argued that economy should rule today, and that as the government has walted 8o long to construct an archives building, It should delay the project until its finances are in better shape. The “Poindexter amendment makes $500,000 immediately available, and provides that a total of $2,500,000 may be expended for the building. The committee amendment to the independent officés —bill providing $1,000,000 to erect fifteen stories of steel fiMpg stacks in the Pension building/to house government records, adopted Friday, - was under fire. Benatore urged ‘that if the archives building was to be erected, then ‘appropfiation for filing stacks in the Pension building should be abandoned. Senator McKellar took this position. Benator Frelinghuysen gave it as his opinion that the Pension building was not a fireproof building. To this, The Poindexter amendment flnllly was adopted, however, without the comtmittee amendment relating to stacks in the Penslon building being stricken out. . ~ The ' Berate, ' before adjourning, ‘agreed " to, vote on the independent o‘-t*mli M 4 o'elock muomw at- he Sunday WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1923 —EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES (P m JANUARY 21, .1923. RARE “PAPYRUS” | TOPAY'S STAR WEEKGSAVS HOUSE 1S PAPER NAPKINS Noted English Archeologist Dispels Excitement Over Find in J(ing’s Tomb. OPEN VAULT NEXT WEEK Theories of Children Buried With Tutankhamen Discounted by Searchers. BY ARTHUR WEIGALL, By Cable to The Star. LUXOR, Egypt, January 19.—Specu- lation concerning the several squares of folded material found in the first chamber of the tomb of Tutankh- amen was dissipated todey by the| visit of Dr. Alan Gardiner, greatest English authority on ancient Egyptian language and script. This material which looked llke papyrus, was be- llexed to be documents of histori¢ in- terest, but upon examination turned out to be simply folded table napkins, Dr. Gardiner, however, found many shiort inscriptions on several objects inthe tomb which were illuminating. On some of the oddly carved boxes were interesting lists of contents chich have added some new words to ur knowledge of the language. For- tunately Dr. Gardiner had not come all the way from England expressly for the purpose of seeing these sup- posed documents of papyrus. He and Prof. James Henry Breasted, director of the Qriental Institute of the Uni- versity of Chicago, are out here working in the Cairo Museum tran- scribing and translating books of the dead, written on the many coffins of what is called the middle kingdom, 1500 B. C., now exhibited there. This will keep him busy for " several months. N Funeral Appointments Fine. Gardiner says that in spite of a good deal of wild talk the funeral paraphernalla of Tutankhamen is really the most wonderful collection of treasures ever found In Egypt. He was particularly struck, he says, by & wooden casket on the sides and 1id of which are most exquisite little paintings, like finest miniatures, representing hunting scenes in the desert and pursuit of ostriches, ga- zelles, wild asses, hares, and so on. The woodwork, however, Dr. Gardi- ner added, was in a bad state of pres- ervation, and the omly way of saving it was by pouring liquid paraffin and wax over the whole thing to solidify it. I have successfully tried 'this samé method in the past with paint- ed objects which were rotten, and when the wax had been melted off again the colors looked rather fresh- er than before, but it is nervous work ladling hot wax over pr!ecle ‘works of art. The opening of the sealed burial chamber will start as soon as Lord Carnarvon arrives, the end of next week, from Englaid. While exam- ining the outer chamber today I found three very small stools, ap- parently made for children. Mr. Car- ter, T understand, thinks it possible, therefore, that Tutankhamer’s chil- dren may be buried with him 'in the inner chamber, but against this con- jecture is the known fact that his legal queen was childle: at his death. She, however, had some lit- tle sisters, and the: stools may ‘have belonged to them, v 4 Find Children’s Stodls, In the tomb of Prince Yuna, which' we found some years ago, was a child’s small chair, and {nscriptions on it showed that it had been pre- sented to the prince by his grand- ter, an,punt of Tutankhamen's queen. Similuply, these little stools may #lmply be presents, and the bodies of the children, whoever they were, ‘will Bot necessarily be found in the tomb. T understand that the body ,.or bodies found may.be left ww in the vault until Eliot professor of -anatomy of “the h’um ¥, Colamn &) PART ONE—34 Pag General News—Local, annnll FO!‘.I'IL Musical Mention—Page 21, Financial News—Pages 26 and 27. Cl;ulfied Advertisements—Pages 28 to Radio News and Gossip—Page 18. Schools and Colleges—Page 22. Veterans of the Great War—Page 25. PART TWO0—16 Page! Editorials and Editorial Featur: Washington and Other Soclety. Community Center Events—Page 14. D. A. R. Activities—Page 14. Art and Artiste—Page 14. Aviation Activities—Page 14. Girls and Their Affairs—Page 15. Reviews of New Books—Page 15, Spanish War Veterans—Page 15. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amuumenb—?hou.n lnl the Photo- play. Motorists and Motoring. Fraternities—Page 9. , PART EOUR—1 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Magazine Section—Features and Fiction, ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. World Events in Pictures. ' COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg’lar Fellers; Betty; + Mr. and Mrs. OPERATOS REIECT MINERS' PROPOSAL Secretary Suggests Country That Submitted Would Not Be Worth Serving. ‘RETIREMENT PAY DENIED —_— War Department Head Declares Any Other Country Would Have Given Honors. The action of the House in amend- ing the Army appropriation billyin such a way as to deny retirement pay jto Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, re- tired, who left active service to be- come president of the Radio Corpora- tion of America, washaracterized by Secretary Weeks, in a formal state- ment last night, as “an insult to Gen. Harbord and to the government it- self.” Regardless of Gen. Harbord's posi- tion in civil life, the Secretary said, “the best interests of hie government will be his chief concern.” He added that he “should think Gen. Harbord would feel that a country that would tamely submit to.such. treatment of one of its officers was hardly worth servin, Serviees in France. The Secretary pointed out that Gen. .| Harbord had risen from the ranks Six-Hour-Day, 5-Day-Week Demand of 1920 Again Ad- vanced by Union Men. NEW YORK, January 20.—Opera- tors of bituminous mipes in the tri- state competitive field today turned down in its entirety a list of de- mands submitted by the United Mine ‘Workers of America as the basls for 2 1923 working agreement. Among the rejected demands was one for- the six-hour-day, five-day week advanced by the union in 1920, but it was sald the union did not at- tach ‘any great importance to that demand at this time. The fact that the operators were prepared to ask concessions equally unacceptable to the miners was all that saved the conference = from abrupt collapse, for it was believed their very divergence offered a path to compromise. A subcommittee of employers and miners_was named to consider both sides’ demands, and from them draw, it possible, a platform which would make possible . further. negotiation, when conferences ‘are resumed next Monday. This - subcommittes went into session at onoe. Thowe on Committee, Its membership yluded: Michael Gallagher, Oltio opefator, and presi- dent of the joint conference; Wil- llam - Green, segretary-terasurer of the United Mine Workers of America. and - conference secretary; Walter Robinson,” operator and assistant secretary. of the conference; John L. Lewis, .president -of the United Mine ‘Workers, of America; Phijlip Murray, vice president, and two .miner and two operator representatives from each’ statel in-the rew- central com. petitive fleld, Ohlo,. Illinols and: In= diana.’ ‘The ux~hour day, fln—d.ly-week is- sue Was -one 'of many demands, vir- tually 'a’ repetifion of those of 1920, including: time and a half for over- time, .double ‘time for Sundays and olidays,” a two-year instead of a one-yéar contract, and- so. on. In rejecting the list, the operators stressed their refusal to consider signing for two: years. The labor situation was progressing, they de- clared, to a point’ where they might be justtified in seeking wage reduc~ tions.in 1924, To this'the labor del- egation' replied, in ‘substance: “We'll sign for one year if the .y-n.wn will guarantes us the six. -day-wesk, with nob and had served in France, succes- sively, as chief of staff of the A. E. F., commanding officer of the famous 2d Division and head'of the service of supply. In the last named position, he said, the officer rendered such extraordinary service as to attract world-wide attention and win the praise of military and civilian au- thorities alike. “For nearly-forty years,” said Mr. Weeks' statement, “Gen. Harbord has been faithfully and efliciently serv- ing the government, and, regardless of what position he may occupy in civil lifg, the best interests of his governtent will be his chief concern. Any iInference to the contrary reflects on the person making it. As a matter of fact, the government's business with the radio corporation is inconse- quential. At the present time we have no contract with it, and, generally speaking, purchases of radio equip- ment, which are of small moment in total amount, are made from the manufacturers, Importance of Radio. “The development of the radio is of vast public importance, and there is, therefore, a public reason why he should accept and fill that position, INSULTED HARBORD Important Changa In District Bi Total in bill as reported, $23,244- 485, Addittonal committee amend- ments to be oficred’ from floor, $2,200,000, ..Increase for school $760,000. For three new park tracks, $625,~ 000. For Recorder of Deeds bulldiag, $500,000. Asnistant superipfendent of Public schools to have charge of business affairs, $3,750. For branch library site in Mount Pleasant, $25,000. For two new playgrounds, $35,000. Home for fecble minded, mot to be-located at Blue Plajas, D. C., $300,000 author! Street and roa reduced by $181,000. SENATORS REPORT DISTRICT BILL WIT §165,878 INCREASE : City Money Measure Ready for Action Now Carries $22,244,485. $2,200,000 ADDITIONAL TO BE URGED ON FLOOR buildings, mprovements Extra Provision for Schools Pro- vided in Amendments Phipps 5 Getl‘lmve to Offer. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1924 was reported to the Senate late yesterday by Senator Fhipps, in’ charge of the measure, carrying a total of $22,244,485. This is $165,878 more than carried in the House bill. At the same time that the Senate appropriations committee authorized the report of the District bill it au- thorized Sendtor Phipps to offer from the floor of the Senate further amend- ments recommended by the commit- tce, aggregating _ approximately $2,200,000. . It was originally planned to place these committee amendnients in the bill when reported, but fearing a point of order might be made against one or more of them on the ground that they were new legislation or not estimated for in accordance with law, and that under the rules of the Sen- ate the bill could then be ordered recommitted, the eommittee decided to follow the plan adopted and oifer these amendments as committes amendments when the bill is taken up for consideration. It is expected that the hill will come up for con- sideration either laté tomorrow cr ‘Tuesday. Net Increase $163,575. Had the committee these amendments in the reported Dbill, the measure as reported to the Senate would have carried a total of approximately $24,444,485. The total increases in the bill as re- ported by the committee, were $361,878. But the committee recommended de- creases totaling $196,000, which makes the net increase in the bill $165,875. The committee, in recommending amendments providing a total increase erously with the District. School items stricken from the House bill on points of order were restored and new items added. The committee has recommended emendments providing a total increase for the schools of about $760,000. It has recommended $675,000 for parks, the Klingle valley, Piney Branch tracts and a portion of the Patterson tract. It also recommended an anendment of $500,000 for building 2 new offics for the recorder of deeds of the District. The committee has recommended, too, {an amendment providing $25,000 for a site for a branch of the Public Library in Mount Pleasant, and another provid- ing $25,000 to purchase two new play- ground sites. Heeds District Plea. , If the committee had its way, the pleas of officials and resldents of the District against the erection of the pro- posed: home for feeble minded in- the retalning his place on the retired list of ‘the Army, so that he would be available for service in an emergency. If a"British officer, French officer, or an officer of ‘any other nation had performed for his government the service rendered by Gen. Harbord.| instead of having this stigma attach- od to him—that is, the inference fhat he is dishonest, not to mention tak- ing away his retired pay—he would have been given honers of very im- portant character, and certainly, in the.case of 'Great Britain, a large honorarium as well. - “I.do not beligve the pedple of this country ‘wish its .8reat defenders treated in Such a shameful way, .and I shéuld think Gen.:Harbord would eel that g country that would tamely submit to stch ‘treatment.of one of.its officers was hardly Worth serving..-He will,certainly féel a_sense. of injustice which-time. can never efface. GIRL, SHOT :BY: PLAYMATE Bullet - From Rifle Pierces lnln 1 of Victim, ' SANDERSVILLE, Ga., January 20.— Ruth Aldred, twelfe, who. was acci: dentally shot early this afternoon by her pliymate, Agnes Wasden, at ‘Davisbore, Ga., die®’ at 9 o'clock to- night, 8t a local sanitarium. The child, daughiter of J. W. Aldred, presi- derit of the Planters’ State Bank, was/| shot’ m the brain with a small Blue Plains, D. C. tract, will be heeded: It has recommended an amendment. re- pealing the existing law which places the home in the Blue Plains tract, ‘au- thorizes the Commissioners to secure a sultable site in the District, Maryland or Virgina, at a cost of not more than $40,000, authorizes a total expenditure of $300,000 for this home, and provides that $125,000 of this amount ‘shall be immediately available. The committee ajso has recommended an amendment providing $62,000 for two new bulldings for the National Training School for Girls, to be located in the District, Maryland or . Virginia. These byijdings are to accommodate not: more- than 150 persons, and 160 acres are to be: provided for a site. ‘When. it came, to deal with the ap. propriations for.school buildings and sites the cm-mluee recommended ; in an amendment which 'will be ‘offered from the floor by Senator Phipps,an additional sam of $760,000, which, if adopted, would make the total appro- vruuon- for these purposes $1,160,- , as the House bill carried.$700,000. No( only did the committee in this proposed amendment renoro the items which ‘were knocked out on points of order in the House, totaling $500,000, but It added $260.000 for new projects. This important addi- tion to the school building program, including both the items knocked out in the. House and 7the’ new ‘ones propésed by the committee, followa: For the purchase of & to lw ———— e —_—— == “From Press to Home 'm o Within the Hour” 'S carrier system covers every block and the {e‘ular edx:nu is d ivered to thmgton homes zs fast as the papers are printed. included all|, FIVE CENTS. a2 TWEEDALE ANALYZES " ISURPLUS REPORT OF OFFICIAL ACCOUNTANTS Ex-Auditor Comments on Sug- gested U. S. Credits and Notes Omitted D. When the report of Haskins ga-'ed by the congressional joint the matter of the District surplus, C. Credits. and Sells, official accountants en- select committee to examine into was filed a copy was transmitted to the citizens’ joint committee on District-federal fiscal relations, \\llh an m\ltauon to comment upon it. The citizens’ committee n the hands of Alonzo Tweedale, chairman of the sub- commmcc on accounting and auditing, whose report was incor poralcd as part of the citizens’ committee’s s brief, filed Thursday ic by the-joint committee yesterday. Mr. Tweedale was for elewen years auditor of the District, from which office he rcsxgned to become treasurer and later general controller of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Re- garded as one of the most accomplished accounting officer in the country, Mr. Tweedale was at one time president of the National Association of Controllers and Accounting Officials of the United States. In his report to the citizens’ joint committee, which follows in full, Mr. Tweedale analyzes the and comments in detail upon the report of the official accountants federal credits suggested b them for consideration, and at the same time himself notes certain Dis- trict credits omitted from consideration by the accountants: WASHINGTON, D. C., January 16, 1923. Mr. Theodore W. Noyes, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Citi- zens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Re- lations. Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Noyes: I have examined the report of| Messrs. Haskins and Sells which was transmitted by the Honorable La rence C. Phipps, chairman, Joint Se- lect Congressional Committee, Exam- ination of the Fiscal relations be- tween the Unjted States and the Gov- ernment of the District of Columbis covers the period of eleven fiscal years ended June 30, 1912 to 1922, in- clusive. This report has beer ana- Iyzed in the brief time allotted to your Committee, and the following comments are made tiereon. On page three of this report the ac- countants state that the credit bal- ance of $7,674,416.90 in the General Fund as of June 30, 1922, Is in agree- ment with the certificate of the Controller Genéral of tiie United States No. 12322, dated November 25, 1922, This amount ls also in agree- ment with the amount shown on the general ledgers of the District of Co- lumbia with the exception of the sum of $5,260.67, whi¢h latter amount 1 am advised has been practically adjust- ed since the date of the Certificate of the Controller General of the Tnited States, ‘and arose from the law from the fifty-fifty basis to the sixty-forty basis. This establishes FRENZIED VETERAN LEAPS 4 STORIES James Ray, Expected to Die, Thought Klan Was After Him. Suffering hallucinations that ‘Ku Klux Klansmen were searching for him, James Edward Ray, a twenty- eight-year-old overseas vet€ran, placed a crucifix in his mouth and leaped through a window In his apartment on the fourth floor of the Raymond apartments at 814 22nd street northwest about 9 o'clock last night, falling a distance of 60 feet into an areaway and breaking the bones in his left arm and leg.” Occupants of the apartment picked l_:um up unconsclous and hurried him o Emergency Hospital. Physiclans do mot expect him to live. Ray had made.one unsuccessful at- tempt earlier in the evening to jump out of the window but was prevented by his aunt, Miss Annie Cady, with whom he lived. Only after overpow- ering her and T. B. Johnson, an occu- pant of an adjoining apartment, did he succeed in making the plunge. Since about 2 o'clock in-the after- noon, Miss Cady sald, Ray's mind had been deranged. She later took him to St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in Xlie hope that his mind would be re- Tiéved, but upon-his return he became frenzied. «Aunt Ansle, see the auto,” he said to Miss Cady pointing out the front window. “That's the klan, they're coming atter me: WUl they let me take my beads and crucifix? Will they ‘hang me? I am going, Aunt, Ann kLll the goodbye.” . Served In. Framee. It was at this point that he made a vain effort to leap from the window. Shortly afterward he broke from the grasp of Miss Cady and Mr. John- son and dived through a window in the dining room. A clothesline in the rear yard broke the fall and probably saved him from instant:death. Ray was discharged from St. Eliz- abeth’s hospital about' six months ago, where he had been cofifined fon a year, and was employed as & special policeman at the shiggton Termi- nal. Miss Cady said that Ray had been suftéring with mental trouble ever confusion caused by the change "‘l | beyond question of a doubt that there Is in the Treasury in cash the sum of money claimed by the District as be- | ing on deposit to the credit of the | general fund of the District of Co- lumbia. The accountants further show on | page six of said report with certain | minor unlocated differences that there 1is in the Treasury $7,579.677.58; that this sum is obligated by unexpended appropriations in the amount of $2.- 077,616.24, leaving a balance on June 30, 1922 of $5.602,061.34. If from this surplus revenue there be deducted as an obligation of this fund a sum suf- ficient to take care of a deficiency ap- propriation which was not signed unti] after the close of the fiscal year, and a furtber sum to provide for the adjustment of certain surplus fund warrants in all amounting to $825,- 603.69, which has been considered in one fiscal year for tax rate purposes and in another year for accounting purposes, we would have available as frée surpius in thé general fund account of the District of Colum- bia $4,676,457.65. It, therefore, appears from sald re- port that the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, the ac- counting officers of the District of Columbia and the accountants em- | ployea by the Joint Select Congres- sional Committee are in accord and the{ absolute agreement with respect to one thing, namely, that there is in the Treasury of the United States due the District of Columbia the sum of $4,676,457.65 of free surplus money. It is, therefore, respectfully submit- ted: That the account between the par- ties, the District of Columbla and the United States, having been 5o certified and found correct should be accepted by the Government of -the United States and the Government of the District of Columbia and the citizens and taxpayers.of said District as final and conclusive in accord and satis- faction between sald parties to and including said date 1 am of the opinion that this find- ing should be placed in such form as to indicate that it is final and con- clusive between all the parties at in- terest, and be drawn with such defi-, niteness of description that it will clearly show its finality and com- pleteness of purpose with respect to all accounting and financial problems relating to the fiscal relations be- tween, the District of Columbia and | the United States for the period from (July 1, 1874, to and including June 30, 192 IN THE EVENT THAT THE SET- TLEMENT OF JUNE 30, 1923, I8 NOT ACCEPTED AS FINAL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THEN A DETAILED AND COMPLETE AUDIT SHOULD BE MADE FOR. THE EN- TIRE PERIOD 1874 TO 1923, INCLU- SIVE: ° It is respectfully submitted that in the event that the account as stated both. by the Committee accountants and by the Controller General of’ the United States and the Auditor of the District of Columbia is not ac- cepted by the Congress as final and oconclusive, then and in that event it is imperative that a detailed audit, or rather re-audit, should be made of all ftems entering into the fiscai re- lations of the parties from 1874 to 1922, namely, & period of nearly fifts years. An examination of the report of Messrs. Haskins and Sells discloses the fact that said accountants under the terms of their employment were required to make an examination oply for the eleven years Jurie 30, 1912 to June 30,, 1922, inclusive, and to ‘cgll to the -tuntwn ©f the Committes any. items coming to their attention dur- ing the period between July 1, 1874 and June 30, 1911. The audit made by said accountants is, therefére, only. partial and does not Rully comply with the terms of the Aet, which requires: '\ “An inquiry into all matters pei- taining to the fiscal relations be- tween the Distriet:of Columbia and. the-United ;States since wuly 1, 18747 ’ In a word, the report of the ac- | countants " does not cover . the full | period required by the Act of It appears, however, to bé the in- the. Committee ,in order