Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1923, Page 2

Ku Kiux Leader Held Gonver- | sation With Hooded Kid- [ naper, Says Witness. SAW VICTIMS IN FRUGK Alleged Driver of Car Named. Woman Implicates Deputy Sheriff. By tie Assoclated Press. o BASTROP, La., January 20.—Efforts of the state of Louisiana through an open hearing here to fix the responsi- bility for the kidnaping August 24, of Watt Danicl and T. F. Richard, whose mutilated bodies were discovered December 22 in the waters of Lake La Fourche, twenty-five miles from Bastrop, moved forward today with unexpected rapidity, Three more names were added to the alleged voster of the masked band which made captives of Daniel and Richard, and the Ford truck in which they were whisked away also was identi ficd. i Smith Stevenson and Oliver Skip ith, the Iatter the youngest on of Sapt: 3. K. Skipwith, admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Moorehouse parish, and a third man identifled only as “Blacksmith” Smith were de- clared by witnesses to have been members of the kidnaping band, and The state put in_evidence a telegram from the state bureau of motor ve- licles at Baton Rouge giving the name of the man registered as the owner of the truck. Saw Hooded Band. The name of Capt. Skipwith also was connected with the stirring events of the evening when one wit- less testified that he “saw the klan leader at the fork of the Monroe- “ollinston highway in conversation with a hooded mau. The captors and their prisoners were last seen at Col- Blankenship of Bastrop, was he witne identification of Young S tevenson and the truck of the -greatest sensations since the hearing got un- der way. Blankenship testified that in the late afternoon the hooded band, in several automobiles, and with Daniel, Richard and 'three other prisoners, all blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs, went by his home. The caravan, he said, passed within fifteen feet of Rim. The prisoners were aboard the truck. He did not see the license zumbers of the truck or cars, but having been familiar with cars of the kind, he observed the truck closely ihat he might gecognize it if he saw it again. Asked if he searcheg for it .ter, he replied that he had, and ‘that because of various distinguishing marks he had recognized it. He said it bore 1922 Louisiana license tag No. 746 It was at this juncture that Attorney General Coco introduced in evidence the telegram from Baton Nouge declaring that car 74657 was registered in the name of Smith Stevenson. Blankenship was then asked if he had recognized any of the hooded men, s “Yes, I am positive, Oliver Skip- with and Smith Stevenson.’ The witness explained that he had fdentified Skipwith by the manner in which he was gtired, and added that lie was on th ming beard of one of the cars “close to me.” Steven- on, he sald, was drivi th a2 i chife. “Tt was his ca on Stand. appearance I&m sure “Wor Stevenson ? on the stand early this week and destifled that he was in “Bastrop thg ;night of August 24, adding that h& had been deputized as # marshal during the day to assist in preserving order at the ball game. He testified that he owned a Ford truck; that it had been used during the day to haul water to the base ball park, but that it was at his home that night. He said if it was used during the night it was without his knowledge and without his per- mission. . The man identified as “Blacksmith” Smith was named as a member of the kidpaping party by Mrs. B. D. Carlisle, After Mrs. Carlisle had told of identifying T. Jeff Burnett, former Morehouse deputy sheriff, as having Deen the masked man who llberated lier horses from a tangle of several telephone wires at the soene of the wholesaie hold-up, she told of hav- ing met.a strange woman in Bastrop seyeral days later. While in her company she was ap- proached by a man, who, she said she was informed by her co was “Blasksmith” Smith, o Renien. Smith, she said, asked her if she had recognized him ‘at the scene of th?lml;lllliup on August 24. “I told him T ” “the wit testified. “He then offered me. 50 aents T refused it and he gave it to my baby. He told me not to tell on him, and T said I would not.” Promised Not to Tell, Capt.’Skipwith’s name was brought out in the testimony of Harry Pro- Dhitt of Monroe. Prophitt, his wife and geveral women had attended the celebration at Bastrop that day and wwere driving through the country on their way (o Monroe. When their autemobile reached the fork of the llinston-Monroe road, Prophitt gaid, he was forced to reduce speed be- cause another car was parked half Wway across the road. In running around the standing car, he testified that he saw Capt. Skipwith in con- sultation with a black-hooded man, He asserted that he was positive of his_identity. Capt. Skipwith said late today that, after & consultation with his lawyers, he was “going before the American public.and explain my views,” “In ‘the meantime, however,” continued, “I am going to leave here this afternoon for my home Vaughan, La. There Is nothing to worry about, except if 1 bave e implicated T and the rest of the fel- lews would like to get an immediats trial. We .are ready to meet. all charges squarely, “When [ return here Manday I think I will be in a frame of mind 10 issue & statement that will mot only voice my sentiments, but those residing in this parish.” Attorney. Gerieral Coco left here this afternoon “for Baton Rouge, ‘where he was called by Gov, Parker for a conference tomorrow concern- ing the investigation and recently orted hooded band, activities. VERDICT IN KILLING. By the Associated Presp. MONROE, La., January 20.—Ku Klux Klan, activities ls Morehouse parish was the cause of the killing last night of John 'P. Parker, jr., of this town, by Carey. Calhoun of Base trop, his’ cousin, according to evi- denos adduced at & coroners inquest Leld Rere late today. The jury's verdict holds that Parker came to_his death by n'run»mt would inflisted in & scufffe with Cal- houn. Thafe were no recommenia- tiens % P;rk:: was a former -harllfl n’:t Ouachi parish and a captain n the Rainbow division in lhpa'vnrld war. Calhoun, who is under arrest, is being held here pending action by the distriot attorney, who is now in Bastrop. Argued Over Kian. In a veolunthry etatement to-the coroner’s jury, ;Calhoun- declared the argument resulting ‘in the killing arose from a discussion of the Ku Klux Klan activities, and particularly ven at tha Jim Nére. ccidentally at the time al? find iker ‘Were scuffiing to obtalp session of a gun following an argu- ment. 3 “We had been drinking all day. Wess Baunders, Jack and myself, and in thé evenlng went to_Bespie Jones' house for_ kupper befcre ‘going to Jrck’s 7 plantation,” Calholin said. “W2 took one drink after andther and then commenced talking about the Mer Rouge affair. We discussed Norsworthy's testimony and one word led ;? another until hlnqud'h: 3 and T slapped him back. ‘Then he hit me, and I hit him back, and both of us. seeing a pistol, niade “a grab for it. During thé scuffle the gun went off.” Saunders téstified he was asleep at the time the shooting occurred. cssie Jones'is a negress.. She has Parker was killed with a re- T. belonging to the woman. The body of Parker was interred this aft- ernoon with full military hopors. Calhoun. who has admitted he was a klansman, was a witness at Bastrop at the ‘open hearing’ Investigating black-hooded mob activities, and he testified to having escorted William orsworthy to the home of Capt. J. K. Skipwith, exalted cyclops of the Morehouse klan, and arranged a con- i i ference between Norsworthy lsklpwuh. LYRER, e Witmess at Hearing. Norsworthy and Skipwith conferrca over a report that the former had ! been hired by ceftain citizens of Mer Rouge to kill Dr. B. M. McRoin, for- mer mayor of Mer Rouge, for the price of $1.500. Norsworthy ' testified he made a| satisfactory " explanation as o his Whereabouts on the night of the at. tempted assassination and told him he would be protected. Jim Norsworthy was the first wit- | ness at the open hearing to connect | the klan with having black hoods | | part of its regalia. He said that he | {once was captain in the Morehouse klan. but resigned when he was!| ordered to take several men to the| Arkansas line, flog and deport them Calhoun is ' brother of Gus and Laurie Calhoun, both of whom have been mentioned repcatedly in connec- tion with hooded activities. CENTRAL RUHR STRIKE LOOMS UP IN REPRISAL FOR FRENCH ARRESTS (Continued from First Page.) Skipwith | Germans are beginning to realize that the French are in earnest in carrying out their reparation policy in the Ruhr valley. . Despite the arrests, however, there is no sign of an intention by the Germans to recede from their pro- gram of non-co-operation and pas- sive resistance to the occupational authorities. All in Serious Mood. The men in custody include state officials, industrial leaders and capi- talists. The conditions of their in- carceration will not be severe, as! they are to be treated as Ppolitical prisoners and allowed to obtaln food from restaurants, together with their favorite brand of wines, one bottle for each meal. Prospects of good treatment, how- ver, brought them little cheer, and all appeared in a serious and deter- mined mood when they reached Dus- seldort in motor cars from Essen to- day—that is, all except big, Jjolly Fritz Thyssen, who never lost h perpetual smile and bubbling good humor. Thyssen is the active head of the great industries founded by his father, August Thyssen, which rival the huge Stinnes industriall group. Coal Trains Staliea. Not one representatiye of the work- ingmen has been molested by the occupational suthorities thus far, but four coke and coal trains,/gofifiscated in transit by the French today are stalled on various sidings in the Ruhr valley, the railway men refusing to move them toward France. The French claim that the railway men have not “refused” to work the trains because they hqve not been re- quested to do 0, but the Germans say the occupational authorities re- frained from this request only be- cause it would meet with certain re- fusal. French Rusking Workmen. The French are rushing locomotive engineers and firemen to the Ruhr, and profess to be unperturbed by the developments, but they admit there is danger of serious congestion on the Ruhr railroad system should the con- fiscations continue and the trains re- main sidétracked. ! Mining operations cotitinue through- | out the Ruhbr, but unofficial estimates show that the total ‘output of the mines has decyeased 20 per cent, as compared with the corresponding week last year. 5 The whole affair appears to be an economic fight to the finish, for both sides are too deeply engaged to with- {draw without enormous loss of pres- tige. Coal Starvation Figh: “We can live six months without Ruhbr coal,” one of the highest officials of the French mission said today, "It remains to be seen how long Ger- many can'dispense with it Meanwhile nearly everybody, in Duesseldorf, at least, appears pros- perous. The cafes are filled and the various places of entertainment are doing a booming business, with a large majority of the patrons of Ger- man nationality. The only Teal distress is among the bourgeoisie, a8 the workmen, draw ing wages of frem 500 to 600 marks hourly, manage to live fairly com- fortably. —_— TWO DIE IN PLANE CRASH. SAN FRANCISCO, January 20.—E. C. Davis, an sirplane pilot, and an unidentified passenger in a com- mercial airplane, ere killed - laf this. afternoom, when the machine plunged 2,000 feet into San Fran- cisco bay, near the Presidia military reservation. - Th ane had taken off a short time earlier from a point near the transport docks at Fort Mason, Campaigners Determined to Refl Up Big Total by + Next Rally. REPORT $150,000 SO FAR Thousands of @ifts, Large and Small, Needed for $500,- 000 Fund. Determined to roll up a big total by the time they assemble at their next pally at the City Club tomorrow 13g0t, 8e cimpaigners for Garfield | Hospital are patting forth every ef- fort to double the $150,000 previously reported. Thousands of gifts, large and small, are nceded, the committee states, to make up the $500,000 required to erect the nurges’ home and the new central building.q The fact that there are very few vacant rooms in any of the city’s hospitals is pointed to as evidence of the nced of larger facili- tics and especially of more priyate at moderate prices. The sev- enty-eight additional rooms in the central building will enable Garfleld Hospital, it is estimated, to care for 2,000 more patients a year and to glve them more than 20,000 days' care This substantial increase in the city’s hospital capacity is urgently needed now, the committee states, but can- not be provided unless sufficient funds are subscribed to erect the new bulldings, the hospital having no sur- plus for new construction. Installs Larger Laboratories. In line with its policy of enlarg- ing and improving its facilities for the diagnosis as well as the treat- ment of disease, Garfield Hospital has just completed the installation of its larger clinical laboratories. Com- prising the bacteriological labora: tory, for the exAmination of bacteria and the study of germ diseases; the patholegical, for the examination of tumors and’ tissues and work con- erned with pathology ical. which includes the various blood testy, and the metabolism laboratory, this now constitutes, it is stated, one of the most modern and best equipped deparments of the kind in this sec- tion. Dr. J. W. Lindsay is director of the laboratories, with Dr. E. C. Rice and Dr. M. A. Selinger aw ass clates and Miss Curnelis Higgins techniclan. One of the most interesting features is the metabolism laboratory, which makes a special study of nutrition, and of goltre and other thyrojd diseases. Im- portant discoveries in regard to the process of nutrition, the growth of the human body and the effect upon it of the thyroid gland have beea made in recent years through-the study of meta- bolism. to which the Garfleid laborator- ies are devoting consideralle attenticn. Latest-Type Appsratus. The latest type of oxyien apparatus has been installed, which takes account of both the oxygen consumed and the Waste products eliminated, analysis be- ing made of the air both before aud after breathing. From the oxygen con sumed, the amount of heat generated the body can be estimated, which is important in the detection of varicus diseases. The average amount of oxy- ~consumed i -approximasely to 268 cuhic centimeters, about a half-pint per minute. it is said, though this varies with the size and the age of the pasent, and his state of health. “How much heat does person’s body generate®” was asked. “That varies considerably, “‘depending on the size of body. age and other conditions, but @i average normal, when at rest, is about 1:00 calories a day. Under exertion, when a person is at work. or when disease comes, it may run up to 500 ealories or mo; “The body may be readils’ compared With a furnace, in which cqmbustion is constantly taking place,” Dr. Lindsay sald, speaking of the processes of meta- bolism. “In the case of the furnace, fuel is being continually added and con-. eumed. In the body there {s continuul production, destruction and replacement of tissues or fuel. The pracess which we call combustion in the fire, w term metabolism in the hospital and lubora- ory. Proceeds at Definite Rafe. “With the orderly development of the body and the proper carrying out of its work which we recognize a normal, combustion or metaboli Droczeds at a certain definite rate with rooms ¢ average r. ;Lipdsay ' he ga a definite rate of heat production. In |in square 546, containing 65,000 square | . certain diseases, particularly those re- lated to the thyroid gland, familiarly known as goitre, the rate of com- busion or metabolism is altered from the normal, and it is by the recognition of this change that the laboratory has recently been able to render val- uable aid in the separation class of conditions from others hav- ing in many respects a similar ap- pearance, and in eontrolling the treat- ment of dieease in which disturbed metabolism ig found.” Speaking of the work of the labora- tories, Dr. Lindsay said: “Many of the most striking adyances recently ac- complished in medicine have been in those departments with which the elinical laberatories are concerned. In these laborateries are made the daily routie blood and chemical examina. tions necessary in the study of near- 1y every dicence and in the protection of the health of the individual and that of the community, and also the more elaborate special, tests, which serve to establish the identity of many conditions the diagnos! of which might otherwise be impoesibl To meet these inereasing demands upen the laboratories, Garfleld Hos- added large space and the best in equipme: making possible the appljcation of the n st method of chemical and serolog| na: tions, and investigtiens in the field of metabolism. ‘The museum and library now being nstalleg are expected to be particu- larly halpful to phy-lclllu whao der sire to make use of the material available in the pathological depart. ment. THE AIR WE BREATHE Your Tuberculosis Association, in a bulletin now being distributed b, its Nutrifion Workers giving to parents advice on child health, urges the importance of . “Air fresh, circulating and cool” . Comes now the New York State Commission on Ventilation, through the main to be traced to 2 “Qverheatifng, excess air movement.” 3 its chairman, C.. A. E. Winslow, Health at Yale, saying that the effects of rofessor of Public B& vgntll:d:n are in olm-“.‘l_“k.'f In preof of which Prof. anslow tells of actual experim with men at work under observed conditions, following facts: k) 15% less of production showing t at 75° temperature, - 28% loss of production at 86" lu&pm'uc@" pareivmlnon'l.-lprmulonn o g i results from h»i!llllm&hll\lnl of schools and workrooms. This Bulletin Is Paid for the Associa- . tion for the Prevention of Tuberculosis the serolog-. Oxygen test, in the new metshbolism ' Miss Cornelip SENATORS REPORT DISTRICT -BILL WITH * $165,878 INCREASE —_— (Continued from First Page.) tween Georgia avenue and 16th street northwest, north of Park road, $60,000 For the erection of an eight-room extensible building on the site to de purchased in the vicinity of Georgla avenue and 16th street northwest, north of Park rosd, $130,000. For the erection of an elght-room extensible building, Including a com- bination sssembly hall and gym- nasium, on the site to be purchased in the vicinity of, and to relleve the Tenley School, $160,000. For beginning the erection of a sixteen-room bullding, including 2 combination assembly hall and gym- ngsium, to replace the old John F. Cook School, §100,000, and the Com- missioners are hereby suthorized to enter into contract or contracts_for such building at @ cost not to exceed $250,000. For the purchase of a new site on which to locate a junior high school between 20th street and Rock Creek and § b‘The increases in K and O streets northwest, or vicinity, $60,000 For the purchase of land sdjoining the Ludlow School, $15,00); For the purchase of a site on which to locate a junior high school, north of Lincoln Park. $50,000; W For the purchase of land 'adjvining the Dunbar High Bchool. $199.000: For the purchase of a site near the Brightwood School, an which to erect a new school to feplace the Brighiwood School, $20,000; For the purchase uf a site near Rit- tenhouse and G5th street northwest, $30.000 For the purchase of a sile nortn of Webster street and east of Georgia ave- nue, §45.000. Provides New Officlals. The Senate committee has inserted | an amendment in the bill providing for | three assistant superintendents of pub- lic schols, one of whom thali huve charge of business affairs. Another amendment provides that the children of employes of tha United States outside the District, in addition to the children of officers and men of the Army and Navy, shail be adinitted to the public schools of the District without payment of tuition. Thel amendment recommended by the committee for parks provides for the purchase of elght acres in the Klingle Valley tract at a cost not to exceed §165,950; six acres In the Plney Branch tract at a €ost not to excee $94,050, and seventy acres in the Pat- terson tract at a cost nok to exceed {$425,000. The amendment proposing the pur- chase of playground sites, to be offer- ed from the floor, follow or the purchase of & Site ROW oc- cupied by Hoover playground, located feet, at 25 cents per square foot, $17,000. : For the purchase of a site at 27th and O streets northwest, in square 1238 (lot 803) containing 10,000 square feet, at an estimated cost of $6,000; and for the purchase of lot 804, squa) f this {1238, containing 3.840 square feet, at | myj, $3,000; in all, $8,000. ‘S0 ‘'much of any balanee ing after the Furohuo of sites for laygrounds authorized by this act as s necessary to clean up, grade, drain, fence in, and place such sites ln safe and suitable conditien for the pur- pose intended, may be used for h purposes.” New Deeds Ofice Provided. The amendment relating to the erection of a building for the recorder of deeds follows: “For the erection of a fireproof ad- dition to the courthouse of the Dis- trict of Columbia, for the use of the office of the recorder of desds and such other activitles of the District government as e Commissioners may designate, including fireproof vaults and heating and ventilating apparatus, to he penstructed under the supervision of d on plans to be l‘“f:lllh;d by u‘.d.b’a;' cé IHF'-!:N ‘apitol and approved by o - Sloners of the District, of Columbia, $500,000. The amendment which the commit- tes will offer regarding & site for a branch of the Publi Library follows: “For the purchase of a site for a dranch of the free Public Library in the Mount Pleasant-Columbia Heights ction of the District of Columbis, $25,000, or mo much thereof as may be necessary, and authority {s hereby conferred upon the Commissiopers of the Diatrict of Columbia to acoept from _the' Carnegie Corporation of New York not less than $100,000 for the purpose of erecting a suitable *branch library building on such a site, subject to the approval of sald Commlt-!:‘url and the board of li- brary tru An {mportant amendment, looking to the future development of the eity, which the committee has resommen= ded to be oftered suythorizes a restudy of the highway system of the Dis- triot. It : *“The Commissietiers of the Distriot of Columbis under the luthm? f the act of Congress of March 2, 1893, providing for a-permanent system of ufivl"' for the Distriot of Colum- 2, are ‘hereby authorized and ai- SRS St LSes S of the way of the of Columbia outside of the bullt-up portions of the District and outside the limits of the old city of Wash ihgton, with to the location of highways in aocordance with the oity planning practice, and 3 val remain. view to maintaining topegraphical feagu: ne wondos hrvay s Tar s ;:uuu\ls -l:q wsuch technicign, and Dr. E. C. Rice, Provided, further, That no change of lgcation 'of the roadwayw shall be ade {n any bullt-up sulgdivision, but changeés of location a8 may be necessary in any unsubdivided areas. or ip subdivided "areas unbullt up may be made: thers is hereby appropri- ated for this purpose the sum of §60.- 000 out of sny money in the Treas- ury not otherwlse appropriated for the payment of salaries of technical and clerical employes, the purchase of necessary materials and labor.” The committee also has recommend. ed an amendment to be offered from the floor which directs the board of engineers constituted by the act of March, 1911, throuzh thé chief of en- ineers, to report ep or before the rst day of the next session of Con- gress recommending “such modifica- tions in the existing project for Ana- costia Park above Benning bridge as may appear desirable in the interest of economy. 2 Stll another of these amendments authorizes the Commfissioners to ad- mit patients to the Tuberculosis Hos. pital at rates to be determined by the Commissioners. The money recelved from them is to be used for the up- keep of the hospital. Two of the proposed committee amendments, to be offered from the floor, would restore to the bill pro- visions contained in the bill as it was reported to the House from the House appropriations committee, dealing with Rock Creek Parkway Commis slon and the appropriation for con- tinuing the work on the increased Wwater supply for the District. Incregues in Bill the bill reporteq the committee. and contalned in the bill itself as reported, follow: General expenses—Executive officy salaries and expenses. $748; collec- tor's office. $1.200; municipal archi- tect’s office, $2.200; public utllities commission, $3.000: 'survevor's office. $3.000; rent commission, $9,250. Total Beneral expenses, 319,395 Free public libraries—Southeast branch. $1,000. Contingent and miscellaneous ex- penses—Miscellaneous exnenses, $5. 800; postage on official mall matter, $3,000. Total contingent and miscel- laneous expens: $8.000. Street and road improvement and repair—Trees and parkings, $16,000. Collection and disposal of refuse— Dead animalg, et .000. Electrical department—Genera] sup- plies. repairs, etc., $4.500; street light- ing, $22,000; replacing lamps and fixtures, $15,000. Total electrical de. partment, $41,500. Public * schools—Salaries, $3,750; transportation of pupi attending tubercular schools, $1,000; purchase of apparatus, fiztures, specimens gnd equipment for laboratories, $1,660: repairs and improvements fo build- ings. $50.000. Metropolitan police—Fuel, $3.000 maintenance of motor vehicies. $10, 000; marking traffic lines, $2.500; har- bor patrol, fuel, eto. 3500. . Total, Metropolitan police, §16,000. Fire department—Forage. $500. Hoalth department—Maintenance of disinfecting “wervice, $500; bacter- fological laboratory, $100; chemical laboratory. $250: dairy farm inspec- (lo.n, $2,000; pound ~improvements, 250; ohild "hygiene service, $3,000. Total. health department. $6,100, Charlties and corrections — Board of charities, motor ambulances, $220; screens for jail, $3.230; reformatory maintenance, supplies, etc, $5,000 astern Dispensary and Casualty Hos- ital, $10,000 llinger ~ Municipal ospital, repairs. $2.000; bhoard of children's guaudians, salaries, $2,000: Industrial Home School for Colored Chlldren, cottuge for boys, $2,000 Home for the Aged and Infirm, sal aries. §180; National Library for the nd. ‘aid’ and support, $5,000: Co. lumbla Folytechnio !va-muu. $1,500. 3 charities correction: 34,130, A Hone Publie byildings and grounds—Im- provement and eare of public frouma $12,000; plane and designs * development’ of the Rock Creek ‘"M"n NBU";:'.IY. tll.l)“ v ew 2nd ‘north Tine of G siroet. Melvaine flling, 350,000; comfort station ana shelter at Haing Point, Potomap Park, $15,000; lighting the ublia grounds, $13,000. Total, public builde ings and grounds, $94,000. Decreases Reocommended. The decreases in the bfll recom- mended by the committee are $181,000 for paving, repaving, grading and im- proving certain str avenues and :85“:’1.1? roads and Streets, and 315.- wance to princi, of schoo] bulldings. I I arrgty e gro ecreases for s road imprevements pnpolflue.' and follows; $35.000 for paving Geori avenue, Mlilitary road to Du-h{ln stree for paving Bladensburg road f; ©of asphalt northward, the tion is reduced from §310, 000; for paving Canal road, bridge to Foxal) $40,000; for pav- ing Sigsbes p 19th gireet ‘to street northeast, ‘$4,000. These decreases are somewhat offset :znalem:?llo l{nllgro:&nd improve- uded in the b, - e ¥ ths com orthwest: paving Kenyon street, leasant el J8th street, $11,000 "“", 9 Northwest: For paving Kansas ave- nun,'a’umey atroet to Shepherq street, Northwest: ¥or paving 13th street, Allison street to Towa lnl'mu.“;l 400, Northwest: For paving Buchahan Georgia avenue to 14th street, street, orthwest: For paving 8th etpeet, Quackenbos street to Rittenhou: street, §4,800. . $502.700 for Streets. ‘The total amount for “atr: vements" as recommen nate committee is 'ed to $774,000 im- by the 593,700 as com- m ed in the House Thé Senate committea struck from the bill a provise of the House to the effect that -until the constitytionality of the act creating the minimum wage board was determined by the uw Court_the. expenditureas for t should be limited, It struck out, too. a proviso of the R T A ration of metor uu:lul'l:vly for official purposss, lim nditures for those purposes &‘l:ntsf for detatled reports from UG aommitias ital, Dr. J. W. Lindsay, director, ducting the test; w‘" at Garfield Hosp! )2 1 - -:’O ENRAGED GERMANS READY TO JUMP AT FRENCH THROATS (Continued from First Page.) observers, who are able to look at things In an unbiased way, and they are unanimous in etating that the Germans would make any sort of a sacrifice to revenge themsmelves. The Germgn woldiers. who, after thelr heavy defeat and in & period of great mental depression expressed them- belves ag satisfied, because they be- lieved that the war had ended war, are now ready to take up amms against France. British Sce Beomerang. British statesmen, including Lloyd George and Bonar Law and several labor leaders, have warmed the French more than once that their policy toward Germany was bound to prove a boomerang. It i no ex- aggeration to say that today the feeling in Germany is that of a bel- ligerent who is rapidly approaching the state of 3 mad dog Militarily France is well/able to handle Germgny, but what the fu- ture will develop nobody can fore- see, though its contemplation is cal- culated to cause alarm. The very fact that responsible statesmen and organs of opinlon speculate on the formation of a dangerous bloc is enough to prove that Europe is in the midst of the gravest crisis since the armistice. Whe Is Friend or Foe? Actually the situation is worse, for it is becoming dificult to distingulsh between friend and foe. If the situa- tion is viewed from the class angle it 1s equally alarming, for it would take but a little to topple over more than one government. The commun- iste are far from being a dead issue, and with the political and economic unrest reaching huge dimensions it is not unreasonable to expect people to turn to revolution as & way out of their dificulties. Reports received here from Berlin indicate that the Cuno government is none tog securs, despite the rally- Ing of variaus parties on the natlo alistic question. Ameriesna Tpke Grave View. American officlal observers are au- thority fer the statement that the distress in central Europe will ex- ceed shortly that during the erisis of the war. These Americans take the gravest sort of view of the eco- nomic problem and its political con- sequences. When Bonar Law succeeded Lloyd George a wave of optimlsm spread over the country largely because of the feeling that the new leader would adopt new tactica. All the optimism has gone, and deep pes- simism fills the minds of most of the peoples outside France, where confidence in the policy ef coercion mains unabated. There is mot the least doubt that Bonar Law is reflecting the opinion of at least 90 per cent of hia country- men when he refuses to Intervene. A small percentage would like to see Great Britain ranged alongside France, and a larger group would like to withdraw the British troops frem the Rhine. Change Takisg Place. It is impossible to everemphasize the fact that a tremendous change has taken place in Europe during the last year. It {s so great and so deep that one recalls the situation four years back, the eve of the Paris peac conference, with dificulty, For a ti people thought France might be ab! o Krab Ger a0y By the scruff of t neck and to shake a few more marks out of her, byt now nobody cares much about that possibility. Inatead of the channels of commerce ”T«f opened they are fast being flied, but dangerous as that must be to European ships it is much more serious to the world aa clouds of war hovering over the continent. Ti atorm Is unlikely to break immediate- 1y, but it is regarded here as i ovitable unless the situation changes quick], ‘The may be able to do some- thing, t least an attempt will e made shortly, largely through the other neutrals who take efforts of A ve, n Frat ey {r"?u“ ot & graver, view Just as SLIPPING INTO ABYSS. ——— British Hold Course of Ruhr In. vaders Suicidal. LONDON, January 3$0.—The ten days’ military occupation of the Ruhr for the avowed purposs of fereing Germany to pay !on"l ayed repars- tions finds Europe dangerously near & social, economie and industrial uyuho er the edge of which France and Belgium, with their hurden of war tn.g»'nn. already may have dis n.pg'u , according to the view hel in British official circles. Stolid John Bull sits far to one side, immovable and almest una; Concrete Returns:of 10 Days’ Occupation . By the Associated Press. EBSEN, January 20.—The con- crete returns from France’s ten faye’ occupation of the Rubr val- ley, briefly summarized, are: One bundred thousand tons of oal requisftioned and ‘shipped to France. Cpnfiseation of six coke ovens and four mines, all state owned. Sequestration of the customs re- celpts and tax colfactions, #mount- ing to about ten billion marks, from the Dusseldorf apd Essén branches of the Relchsbank. To achleve the above results the French had recourse o various co- ercive measures, including the ar- rest of nearly a &core of person: The most prominent of these is Fritz Thyssep, managing head of the vast Thyssen industrisl inter- ests. Other fmportant personages 14 Dr. Schiutius, president of (i :‘u nance dg¢partment; the Mussolini Acts To Calm Berlin And Check Crisis By Cybie to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1823. PARIS. January 20.—Premier Mussolini of Ttaly, who appreciates the seriousness of the situation, announced to the French charge of Ruhr Basin postmaster ef Essen, Herr Juen- ger, and Directors Tenseimanny Kanert, - ‘Wuestenhoeffer, Kesten and Spindler of the Krupp and . Stinnes interests. The last five Damed, together with Herr Thys- sen, are to be prosecuted before a court-martial. Counter strikes directed sgsinst the French have included: Closing, of the Reichsbank branches in Mayence, Dusseldorf, Essen and Dortmund. Removal of the headquarters of the Rheinish-West Phalian coal syndicate from Essen and of the benzol syndicate from. Bochum Absolute refusal by the indus- trialists to co-operate with the oc- cupational forces. Strikes of miners and railway workers. Threatened strike by postal, tele- phone and telegraph employe: FRITZ THYSSEN'S TRIAL SET 70 BEGIN MONDAY | Director of State Railways of Essen District and Subordinate d'affaires at Rome today, that it is his duty apd intention to inter- vene with the Berlin government and advise them that further re- sistance is useless. % Jtaly has asked England to join her In_a common step toward Ber- lin. If Germany's pride forbids her to enter into direct negotla- tions with France, Premier Mus- solini is ready to offer his services 8s medlator. European situation as viewed from London. Italy Wants Mediation. The Italian ambassador, who has just peturned from Rome, has ap- proached officia] circles here and broached the quegtion of mediation, which, If the British Initiated it might terminate the virtual state of war in the Rhineland, but the Mus- solini emissary has received no en- couragement. This move is the latest evidence that the British government is convinced of the wisdom of the course it has taken in refusing to be associated in any way with the French determination to enforce the terms of the Versailles treaty at the point of bayonet, without the Ger- mans being given another chance to ay after financial reforms had been rstituted by Germany. Every Card Losing Oue. British officials assert that every card the Franco-Belgians have play- ed in the Ruhr has been a losing one. pointing out that the results thus far have been entirely negative. The only benefit being to Great Britain, in increased coal orders from Ger- mgny. At the same time i is admitted that there is still “a very remote pos- sibllity” that the French may be right. for it is remembered that Fre- mier Poincare predicted that it possi- bly would be weeks before profitable results of the occupatian policy were evident To British conservers the problem of the Rhineland, shorn of defauits sgnétions and treaty technicalities. finally resolves itself into one of for- cign domination of pepple who give every indication of resistance. Great Britain professes to have learned well the lesson of Ireland and beileves that the allies likewise should have profited by the post-war disasters in Russia and Asia Minor and in the most recent events at Memel, where a supposedly unarmed popuiation over- thréw a foreign administration which was considered pppressive. . Position Is Dificalt. The position of their government has been most difficult since the Rhineland occupation began. The olicy of dissociation has been fol- fowed Cclosely: however. there has been the greatest care on the part| of official circles ta emphasize the hope of maintaining the entente. Nothin has been said or done in_London t cmbarrass the French or Belgian oc- eupying forces; not the slightest inti- mation of sympathy for Germany, whose, refusal to comply with the French demands has been termed foolhardy and only likely to end in further penalt-es. Nevertheless. increasing penalties and selzures by France and Belgium and the admonitions from British official circles have seemed ineffective and each day there s further evi: dence of German opposition. Labor Turaing to League. Fortunately for the peace of mind | of Bonar Law's government, the par-l liamentary vacation enables the min- isters to view the progress of the oecupation without being daily sub- jected to criticism and questioning trom the ficor of the house of com- mone. Political quarters Dbelieve that should the house of commons be called upon today to voté on the large question - of British policy there would be fewer than a dozen votes in opposition, but that labor would de- mand even further dissociation and the immediate withdrawal of the ops trom Cologne. B B%}ll\."ll :\? 0’9 ortunity of broaching the question in parliament, labor is turning its efforts to the only other source of hepe, the league of nations. OPERATORS REJECT MINERS’ PROPOSAL (Continued from First Page.) time for Saturdays Sundays and o8 vere willing to_ take equal chances with the employers, they said. on 'the likelihood of & suceessful oampaign for wage reductiona in & presidential election year. William J. Brennan of Scranton, Pa., president of Distrist No, 1 (anthracite) of the United Mine Workers'. of America, was an outside ebserver at the conference today. His Srrival was looked upon i1 some quarters ae supporting assertions of Bituminous delegates that an at- tempt would be made at the end of I who, together with Joseph Arrested. By thie Associat® Prese. LONDON, January 20.—An Essén de- spatch to Reuters says that the trial of Fritz Thyssen and the other indus- trial leaders arrested with him will open at Mayence Monday. Further arrests were made this after- noon, including the director of the state railways of the Esscn district amd z subordinate, fubordinate, for refusing - to ober All the banks in_ Duesseldorf, excep: the branch of the Reichsbank, have re- sumed operations. JAL FRENCH DEPUTY AS HOSTILE T0 NATION Cachin’s Arrest Follows Becent: Conference With German and Other Communists. PARIS, January 30.—Marcel Cach the communist member of the chan ber of deputies, accused of action h. tilo to France o# the pceasion of hie recent conference with Germa nd other communists at Essen, wa rested this afternoon. His parl mentary immunity was recently sus- pended by the chamber of deputies Cachin wus lodged in the Sante prison. VON ROEDERN DEPORTED TO UNOCCUPIED GERMANY By the Awsociated Press. COBLENZ. January 20.—Counf von Roedern, chief German . representa- tive in the Wiesbaden district, has been. deported to unoccupied Ger- many by the French. He is charged with refusing to obey the new ordi- nances of the interallied Rhineland high commission Von Roedern has long been regatd ed by the French as an obstructio: Two years ago he succeeded i ring the arrest of Herr Dorten. Smeets at fathering the the Rhine- Cologne, separatist land. Prince von Hatzfeld. chief repre- sentative of Germany in its relations with the Rhineland commission. was called before that commission today He insisted that he did not know if Berlin had ordered passive resistance to the ordinances, but felt certain that Berlin had issued such instruc- tions. had been niovement in —_—— RARE “PAPYRUS” IS PAPER NAPKINS (Continued from First Page.) L 2O University College, London, greatest living expert on mummies, is able to come oup and see them in P tion. (Copyright, 19 by North American News o paper Alliance.) AMERICANS SNUBBED Correspondents Denied Admission o “Valley of Kings,” in Egypt. By the Awociated Pross. NDON, January 19 nection with the recent remarkable archeological discoveries in the Val- ley of Kings, &a o surpris travelers. here the “American corre: spondents have been denicd admission to King Tutankhamen's tomb, “Conslderable feeling is expresse( at the indifference shown those wio are befieved to be in the best position to promote the public interest uwnd support archeological research | connection with the Egyptian antiqu ties. « jcuous among the Americ nore 1o’ George B. MeCleilan, for member of Congress, former mayor ¢ New York, distinguished professor at Princeton and lons identified with the litan Museum 0 Mo Metlellan was. introduced be the American archeologists werking in-the Valley of the Kings, but only received scant attention, and thus far has not been invited to enter the b, 0T 1s pointed out that the most ex A Reuter’s of the American the present session te begin negotia- tions with anthracite operators to- ward shaping a contraot to replace the one expiring in August. “art : o ert aid Howard Carter has receiv Ritherto has come from American sources.” Last-Minute News ' —is printed every week day in Whe Zuentng a2 5:30 Edition Every important item of late news; the final word from the stock market ; the results of the sports —angd the courts’ dockets for “tomorrow”—all ap- . “Five=Thirty” pear in the b d A AR