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WEATHER. Faly, with a cold wave tonight and lowest temperature to- tomorrow; vight about 15 degrees. ‘Temperatura for twenty-four hours Highest, B5. Lowest, 43, at 11 p.m. Full report on page 7. ended at 3 p.m. today: &t 9 a.m. today. yesterday. ’ Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 ch £ — No. 28,768. WAR CLOUDS STILL | HANG LIKE PALL OVER NEAR EAST Firm Stand by British Causes Turks to Hasten Treaty With French. NATIONALISTS AFRAID TO MAKE CONCESSIONS ¥ ‘Would Risk War Rather Than Po- litical Defeat—England Rushes Troops. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 3.— The political situation in Turkey is &3 dark as ever and the danger of an &rmed conflict is by no means averted. The Angora government is in a very difficult position and the leaders €o not know to which side they shall turn. Ever since the Greeks were de- feated, the nationalists have been led 1o belive by the French and Italians and in many instancés even by the British that Great Britain could not and would not fight. The nationalist assembly was told repeatedly that the British were unprepared for war and that their nation was a unit against n heavy expenditure for a new war for the possession of Mosul. Thus the entire policy of the Turk- ish delegates at Lausanne was based upon the firm conviction that the British were unable to make a mili- tary effort and that Turkish war machinery could be set In motlon in twenty-four hours which would be suflicient to defeat the small British army occupying the Dardanelles and | Constantinople. Use Old Tactics. Ismet Pasha’s telegram last Sunday nationalist assembly stating at Britain considers calmly bility of a campaign against urks and has decided to fight if necessary, impressed the assembly deeply and Ismet was instructed, in ordance with traditional Turkish diplomacy, to p ract the discussions as long as possible and endeavor to ent the outbreak of hostilities at price Meanwhile steps were taken to break even the apparent united front of the allies and today a note was presented to M. Bonpard and Gen. Pelle by TIsmet Adnan Bey, request- ing the French government urgentty to send a delegate with full powers 10 meet Mustapha Kemal Pasha to sign the final peace treaty with Tur- key in order to avold any possible misunderstanding in the future. T nationalists hope that the eventual signing of a separate treaty with France may isolate Great Britai and induce Lord Curzon to give in, if not on the Mosul gue on, at least on the capitulations question. Situation Threatening. in order not to weuken the morale of the nation,| Turkish newspapers have been in- structed to describe last Wednesday developments at Lausanne as favor- able to Turkey and to credit Lord Curzon with the demand for the ad- of the conference until ritish_climbing down” is headline in the Turkish papers toda The situatis tremely threatening because it is dif- flcult for the nationalists at the ele enth hour to abandon the main points in tire national pact without serfously endangering the position of Kemal Pasha and his cablnet. Such a peace would mean the hopeless defeat of Kemal in the eves of rivals and probably the downfall of the whole nationalist system of government. To avold this it is believed that the na- tionalists prefer to engage the coun- try in a new war. BRITISH RUSH TROOPS. | In the meantime, Force to Be Hurried to Chanak on | Board Cruiser. VALETTA, Malta, February 3.— Although thé news from Lausanne s more satisfactory, the British author- ities are apparently leaving nothing to chance. It is stated a strong mil- itary draft of several hundred men, landed here two days ago from Eng- land en route to Chanak, in the area of the straits, will be sent on to Chanak at the earliest opportunity on board the cruiser Cardiff, which also will carry a quantity of mu- nitions. The dreadnaughts Royal Sovereign and Resolution are expected to_take on munitions upon arriving at Malta tomorrow, leaving afterward for the near east. COWS DERAIL TRAIN. Central of Georgia Reports Wreck Due to Striking Animals. MACON, Ga., February 3.—After striking and killing two cows, a Savannzh-Birmingham passenger train on the Central of Georgia rallway was_derailed on the outskirts of Co- lumbus, Ga., late yesterday, accord- ing to an official announcement from the office of Supt. Henry Baldwin here. Engineer T. W. Hines of Macon was slightly injured, and Mireman Henry Milner, a negro, was 8o serfously. burt that he was taken to a hos- pital in Columbus. Passengers were not injured, the official report stated. The locomotive, mail and baggage cars were derailed. 300,000 WORKERS LISTED AS EMPLOYED IN DETROIT By the Associated Press. DETROIT, February 3.—More work- ers are employed in Detroit than at ghe peak of the war-time industrial ©operations, labor officlals estimated. Approximately 300,000, the greatest ber ever employed here, now ve jobs, two-thirds of them in fac- es, according to these estimates. The employers’ association reports t 202,959 persons were employed v _its seventy-nine member concerns nd that the demand for workers is mbout equal to the present influx of Jabor. The net increase for January was 18,937 workers. ‘These figures offer a striking con- ¢rast with the low ebb of January, 931, when the association’s member employed only 30,000 persons. that time it was Clfil’tnl:;z tnl:;: plants o for enly 15,000 Entered_as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Lloyd George Hits Debt A greement AsHeavy Burden By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, England, February 8.—David Lloyd George, the for- mer British prime minister, re- turning today after his vacation in Spaln, sald he felt that the Amer- ican debt settlement terms were (hard and that he was “frankly disappointed.” * ‘England is able to pay.* he eaid. “but it is & heavy burden, I do not think it will benefit America, as it must diminish thelr markets in the world whether here or elsewhere. “The United States made the best terms for their own country. It is not for me to complain or criticize, but I feel that the terms are hard and I am frankly disap- pointed. I still think that the pro- posals of the Balfour note are sound.” PAPEET CONGRESS TO0. . DEBTPLA OPPOSTION WEAK| Commission Rushes Pro- posals for President on Funding British Obligations. i Negotiations for refunding Great Britain's war debt to this government having been concluded at a meeting between the American commission and Ambassador Geddes last night, and the detalls made public, the American commission planned to meet this afternoon at the Treasury, not only to draw up a formal letter to President Harding. but to consider the draft of a bill carrying the mat- ter to Congress. Senator Smoot of Utah. ranking member of Congress on the commis- cfon, satd today it had not yet been determined by the commission whether the proposed legislation should take the form of merely a specific ratifica- tion of the terms of the agreement or should provide for amendment of the debt-funding act on the basis of the Anglo-American agreement. This problem. he said, would be discussed at the meeting this afternoon. Points of Settlement. President Harding, it was indicated &t the White House today, will send the matter to Congress carly mext week with a short message, but prob- ably will not go in person. This was revealed following a conference this morning at the White House between Senator Lodge, rcpublican leader, and the President over the debt situation. The entire subject was said to have been considered by the chief execu- tive and the head of the administra- tion party in the Senate, with & view to considering the legislative prob- lems involved and the possibillty of ratification. In brief the settlement reached pro- vides that the interest rate on the British debt, which was 5 per cent, shall be reduced to 41 per cent up to December 15, 1922; that it shall be 3 per_cent from that datc for ten years, to December 15, 1932, and 31 per cent thereafter until final payment in the sixty-second vear. Payments are to be made on principal on an amortiza- tion plan with ascending annual pay ments, | averaging one-half of 1 per cent of the principal. This agree- ment_exceeds the restrictive terms of 4% per cent and twenty-five-year 1imit of the debt funding act and re- quires ratification by Congress. Both Senator Smoot and Elliot Wadsworth, secretary of the debt commission, expressed the hope that the matter for the President might be completed at today's meeting and recommendations forwarded to the White House tonight A protracted meeting of the American commission was forecast. Hope to Ratify Terms. With Senator Smoot and Repre- sentative Burton of Ohlo, both members of the commission, acquainted not only with the whole development of the debt-funding negotiations, but also with the temper of the Congress, it was predicted that a bill could be drafted in such form as to merit the earliest and clearest consideration by Congress. Members of the commission today declared publication of the final de- { internal } treaty, which document makes Ger- Fyening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,295 WASHINGTON, BERLIN OVERTURES ON RUHR REGARDED AS SIGN OF YIELDING Capitulation Seen in Protest to. Reparations Commission on Moratorium Refusal. NOTE FIRST ATTEMPT TO RESUME EXCHANGES Ex-Chancellor Wirth Reported Chosen to Negotiate—Stinnes’ Mission Linked With Proposal. BY the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 3.—A semi- official communique fissued today after referring to rumors that Germany is preparing to yield to the French pressure in the Ruhr, declares that the government's resistance, on the contrary, is in- creasing and will continue “mmtil the futility of the Franco-Belgian action s clear to its authors as its fllegality, which is recog- mized on all sides.” By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 3.—The German government's note to the reparation commission protesting against the re- cent refusal of a moratorium is regard- ed by a part of the French press as a | forerunner of German capitulation and as a direct resuit of French action in the Ruhr, Publication of the note today causes commentators to remark that it repre- sents Germany's first attempt toward resumption of exchanges with the al- les. — "As shown in its note of January 13,” the communication says, “the Ger- man government suspended payments in kind to France and Belgium solely | because of the Invasion—which was contrary to the treaty—of the Ruhr by these two powers and solely for the duration of this state of affairs and iits consequences. Exercised Its Right. “In thus acting. the German gov- ernment_exercised its unquestionable right. There cannot be a question of default in the sense of paragraph 17, annex 2, part 8, of the treaty of Ver- sailles. Consequentiy the German gov- ernment protests agalust such a de- fault belng recorded.” The note then contests the conclu- sion that the German request for a moratorium had become null and void. It cites the reparation commission’s declsion of March 21, 1922, recognizing that the financlal situation of Germany did not permit of her making the speci- fic payments for 1922 laid down by the schedule of May 5, 1921. It cites alwo the commission’s decislon of August 31, 1922, expressly recognizing the fact that Germany had lost all her credit, and external, in which the commission considered the question of reducing the external charges to be imposed on Germany. Incapacity Recognized. “Furthermore,” continues the note, “each of the principal allied powers, in plans submitted to the Paris con- ference of January 2. recognized the present incapacity of Germany re- garding payment in kind and consid- ered the question of the immediate grant of a moratorium of several years in addition to a reduction of the total obligations under the schedule of payments of May 5, 1921. “Meanwhile the financial and eco- nomic situation in Germany has grown still wdrse, owing to the oc- cupation of the Ruhr. The mark has fallen to one-thousandths of fts pre- war value.” In Cenflict With Attitude. The note declares Germany consid- ers that the reparation commission in returning to thé schedule of payments adopted in London in 1821 is in com- flict with the former attitude of both the commission and the principal al- lied powers. The action of the com- mission, Germany contends, contra- venes the provisions of the Versailles many’s obligations depend upon her capacity for payment and sets forth that her vital needs should have pref- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Germ of Influenza Isolated; Cause of Disease Discovered By the Associated Press SCHENECTADY, N. Y., February 3.—Hopes of thousands of sufferers from influenza for a cure or pre- ventive of the disease were raised today by the announcement of the discovery of the cause and the tsolation of the germ. The announcement is made by Dr. Simon W. Flexner, director of the Rockefeller Institute of Medi- cal Regearch, who attributes the discovery to Dr. Peter K. Olitsky and Dr. Frederick T. Gates, also of the institute. The isolation will permit experi- mentation with antidotes and anti- toxins. So small is the germ that it must be magnified 1,000 times before it is seen distinctly under the microscope. The germ lodges in the nose and throat during the first 36 hours of influenza infec- tion, then attacks the lungs in such a way as to make them sus- ceptible to other germs in the nose and throat, notably those of pneumonia and bronchitis. Describes Discovery. In describing the detalls of the discovery Dr. Flexner says: “The effects are of two general classes: First, as they affect the blood and alter the relative num- ber of red and white blood cells through the destruction of one va- riety of the latter. “The second kind of effect from the germ causing influenza 1s far more significant and consists of mild injuries to the substance of the lungs, recognizable under the microscope. A A | (Continued on Page 2, Column fluenza in the early hours of the disease, is so small that it can pass through the pores of an earthenware filter, and when mag- nified 1,000 times is just capable of being seen distinctly under the microscope. “It has been given the name of bacterium pneumosintees, which translated into simple English sig- nifies that this germ Injures the lung tissue in such a way as to deprive it of the power ordinarily possessed by it of resisting the attacks of the common bacteria of the nose and throat. | newspaper accounts, saying he had Brings on Pneumenta. “In health these common bace teria are easily destroyed by the lung tissue, but as a result of the injuries induced by bacterfum pneumosintees they now are en- abled to lodge and multiply in the lungs, thus producing those seri- ous inflammations to which the names of bronchitis and pneumonia are applied.” Dr Flexner says that bacillus never has been found in healthy persons, nor in_ those sick with other diseases. When it is inject- «d into the windpipes of rabbits it produces effects similar to those seen in human beings in the vari- ous stages of the disease. “Recent reports received from .abroad and from points in the United States,” he says, “Indicate that a secondary’ wave of epidemic influenza, relatively mild in char- acter s passing over parts of Eu- rope and. America. Attention should be directed to these warn- ings In order that due precautions may be taken to limit, as far as ossible, the spread of this disease rom person to person, and more particularly. to "avoid by means of proper medical and nursin measures velopment the 5 D. C, HEFLIN HITS PRESS IN SENATE QUARREL Alabaman Declares He Was Not Treated Fairly—Would Exclude Reporters. DENIES HE WAS REBUKED Vice President Was One Who Reflected Upon Senator Wadsworth. Says Undismayed by the rebukés admin- istered by the Senate yvesterday in twice ordering expunged from the Record his rémarks reflecting on oth- er senators, Senator Heflin, democrat. Alamaba, reviewed the whole incident todey in’the Senate, declaring he had been treated unfairly by the “subsi- dized presi and threatening steps to prevent “certain press representa- ;m--' from sitting in the press gal-| e enator Heflin read to the Senate several newspaper accounts of the Senate proceedings of Thursday and | yesterday and said he had been un- able to find a single one that had | been a “correct” description of what transpired. Newspapermen sit in the press gallery only by permission of the Senate, he £aid, and asserted that the Senate might have to pass a reso- Jution a&s was adopted by the Florida legislation, designating certain new papermen as ineligible to admis “The newspapers carried the mis information that I attacked Senator Wadsworth,” said Senator Heflin, re- ferring to his reference to Senator Wadswotrh which was qrdered ex- punged from the record. “The Vice President by his ruling, and not me, reflected on Senator Wadsworth.” He_denied that he had meant Sena- tor Wadsworth when he said on Thursday: “I am here to represent in part my state; T am not here to represent the bond’ sharks, the big financiers of Wall street.” The ruling of Vice President Cool- idge in declaring him out of order be- cause.of these remarks. he said. in effect directed the objectionable lan- guage at Senator Wadsworth. The senator referred to various been “rebuked by the Senate” and de- nied that any rebuke had been ad- ministered to him. A few minutes later, however, he asserted that “every senator who voted to rebuke me must answer at the bar of public judgment.” SOVIET IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFTING By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 2.—The soviet government has launched a nation- wide campaign to stamp out the cor- ruption of public officials, with death the penalty for flagrant offenders. Throughout Russia, the courts are busy convicting bureaucrats who have followed the custom of Czarist days in accepting bribes for public serv- ices, and are also bringing swift ret- ribution to numbers of village soviet officials who have used their offices to_oppress the populace. Five men, including the chairman of the village revolutionary tribunal, have been tried and shot at Igorieffsk, in the Ryzan district, for accepting bribes. At Orenburg fourteen officials, in- cluding the president of one village soviet, are on trial on charges of ar- resting peasants for the purpose of confiscating their stock as well as ac- cepting bribes. In Moscow itself last week three officials of the rallway administration were ordered shot for corruption in office, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 INDORSES SHOALS BID. House Member Declares Ford Offer Should Be Accepted. Unqualified acceptance of Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals offer was pro- posed today In the House by Chair- man Madden of the appropriations committee, Representative Madden declared he viewed the matter purcly from a busi- ness standpoint, and that his desire was to put the great Alabama project in the hands of a man of demonstrat- ed capacit irrespective of his poli- tics. EARTH SHOGKS N GREAT DISKSTER Most Violent Seismograph Recordings in Years—Nee- dles Jump Machine. An earthquakea of unusual magni- tude was recorded today on the seis- mograph of Georgetown University. Father Tondorf, in chargs of the in- strument, described the disturbance a8 of “tremendous™ proportions. Befors 1 p.m. two of the recording needles had been thrown entirely off the record. At that hour the quake had been in progress for some time, but it was impossible to determine exactly when it started or estimate the distance of the disturbance from Washington. Father Tondorf said that to attempt a reading prematurely would make a scientific calculation impossible later, Recorded in Cleveland. CL AND, Ohio, February 3.— Violent earth shocks were recorded on_ the selsmograph at St. Ignatius’ College observatory here today, Father F. L. Odenbach, in charge of the ob- servatory, announced at noon. The main wave was recorded at 11:32 a.m., and the pen of the recording instru- ment was fluctuating over a wide margin at noon. Father Odenbach 8ald the shocks were the most violent ever recorded at his observatory. No location or distance can be given he said. “If the earth shocks are on land we may expect to hear very bad news,” iather Odenbach said. The shocks as reported on his seis- mograph, he said, belittle any of re- cent years. At intervals the seismic wave would reach high points only equaled by the Mount Pelee volcano eruption in 1900. Heavy winds and disturbed weather conditions surrounding the observa- tory prevented any accurate reading of the instruments until the shocks were definitely concluded, he safd. Believed im Far East. MOBILE, Ala, February 3.—The most violent and severe earth shocks ever recorded on the seismograph at Spring Hill College here started at 9:17 am. and were still continuing at noon. Father Rohlman declared the record- ing instrument fluctuated over a wide margin, and estimated the distance at - approximately 5,000 miles, but could not estimate the location. DENVER, Febryary 3.—A. W. Forestall, mologist at Regis Col- lege, sald that he believed the dis- turbance recorded today occurred in China and Japan. PLAN NEW RUM DRIVE. NEW YORK, February 3.—Prohibi- bition authorities are preparing to launch a'huge drive in New York city on “dry” law violators, it was an- nounced by E. C. Yellowley, acting prohibition director, upon his return from a conference with his superiors at Washington. Local agents will be reinforced by a large number of gen- eral agents from the west, Who will arrive within a few days to inaugu- rate the crusade, he said. money market. When the day is over then The Star issues the 5:30 Edition— carrying the last word of general news— all sports results—the final glimpse of the On the street—every week day —at 5:30 Foll' sale by newsboys and newsdealers 1923 —-TWENTY-SIX PAGES D iy, 7/ 7~ “hlln 7 ;Y 7 FIND NO NARCOTICS AMONGD.C. PUPLLS Federal Agents and Phar- macy Inspector Give Clean Bill in Report. i i PRINCIPALS CONSULTED Revenue Bureau Head Told Probe Failed to Support Pub- lished Stories. District public school children were given a clean bill of health today by federal narcotic agents who made a | thorough investigation of the charges that they were using narcotic drugs, it was announced officially by Col. L. G. Nutt, head of the narootic divislon of the internal revenue bureau. The investigation was made by Ed- win K, Babbit, S. L. Rakusin, both federal narcotic agents, and R. A, Sanders, pharmacy inspector of the District, who reported to Col. Nutt that as far as they could learn they ‘were unable to substantiate a pub- lished statement that drugs are being used by Washington school children, The federal agents announced that they held a conference with various school officers and high school prin- cipals, who likewise disclaimed any knowledge of the prevalenca of the drug evil in the District schools, and offered to co-operate with the narcotic inspectors in their investigation. Principals in Conference. The report follows: “Complylng with your verbal in- structions and request of December 21, 1922, to investigate the charge made that narcotic drugs were being used in the schools of Washington, the undersigned visited Dr. Ballou, superintendent of schools, and, after a conference with him, requested to meet all the principals of high schools in_conference. “On_January 8, 1923, such confer- ence was held at the Franklin School, at_which were present Dr. Ballou, superintendent of schools Mr. Kra- mer, assistant superintendent of sohools; Dr. Newton, principal West- ern Higl . Smith, principal Dun- bar High; Mr. Wilkinson, assistant principal Dunbar High; Miss Kirk- lanr, principat Shaw High Junior; Mr. Daniel, principal McKinley High; Mr. Hart, principal Eastern High; Mr. Davis, principal Business High: Mr. Maurer, principal Central High; Capt. I | | | * TWO CENTS. Cold Wave, Due | In 24 Hours, to | Grip Huge Area The impending cold wave, sched- uled by the weather bureau to strike the eastern seaboard within the next twenty-four hours, will cover an immense expanse of ter- ritory, according to a supplement- ary forecast i ed foday Jower lake region, Ohio v Y. ‘Tennessee and Atlantic states as far south as the northern portions of Georgia and South rolina will be included, the bureau predicted. Zero temperatures were report- ed today in southern Kansas, the lowest temperature being 40 below at White River, Ontario HOUSE MEASURE ASKS LIGHT ON ENBASSY LIQUOR Cramton Resolution Calls on State and Treasury De- partments for Facts.. Resolutions calling upon the State and Treasury departments for reports as to the amount of liquors imported by the various embassies and legations in Washington since national prohibition became effective were introduced today by Representative Cramton, republican, Michigan. Specifically the Treasury Department would be asked for a statement in de- tail of all diplomatic liquor importa- tions, the regulations governing such importations and the legal authority under which the department acts. The State Department would be asked to furnish whatever regulations on this subject which have been adopted by it, what certificates of identification it has issued and to state the law under which it acts. ‘Widespread Discusaion. ~Of 1lat said Representative Cramton in a statement, “the impor- tation and uee of liquors for foreign ‘embassies and legations has been the subject of country-wide discussion. This has been particularly true in Washington, where the problem of en- forcement of the eighteenth amend- ment ig said to be acutely affected by the presence of these liquors. To what extent it really is affected is un- certain. so_conflicting are. the various published reports. The other day the President said the question of the amount of liquor to be received by the diplomatic corps hers is a matter for Congress to consider rather than the executive. “It is time Congress and the coun- try knew the facts about this, knew whether that which has been permft- ted as a courtesy is being used as a cover for abuses seriously contribut- ing to scandalous disregard of the fundamental law of our land. When Congress has from the departments the authentic facts as to the extent of such importations and the law under which it is being done we can declde better what, if anything, is necessary to safeguard the courtesy or to end the abuses. General Facts Requested. “My resolution asks of the Treas- ury Department a statement in detail of all importations of liquors for the diplomatic corps during the last three vears under national prohibi- tion, the regulations governing such importations and under what law the department acts. Of the State De- partment the resolution asks what regulations have been adopted, what certificates of identification have been issued and under what law the de- partment acts. —_— URGES U. S. MEDIATION. Equitable Trust Company Head Says Duty Is Owed to World. NEW YORK, February 5.—Assert- ing that “Europe has come to a point where & super-mediator must step| in,” Alvin W. Krech, president of the Equitable Trust Company of New York, made a plea hers last night for American intervention in the Eu- Topean reparation and debt tangles. He spoke at a dinner of the Asso- ciation of Stock Exchange Firms. “Qur premier position in the com- ity of mations” he declared, “gives us the right and the duty to call the Newman, principal Armstrong High, | world to order.” as well as the undersigned officers. Each Denies Knowledge. “Each principal was called upon to state his knowledge or express his opin- ion as to the use of any narcotic drugs|peen definitely reached. in the Washington high schools, and each denied any knowledge of ever hav- ing seen the elightest evidence of any narcotics in the schools, or of any student using same. ployed at each of the schools, who is under {instructions from the superin- tendent to at all times keep a strict watch over the students while in the re- | Four tirement room. “Dr. Ballou stated that the students|cific line’s shops during the strike of these high schools are under the ac- tive supervision of the matrons, princi- pals, assistant principals and teachers |the company, it has been announced. at all times while in school, and that it ‘would hardly be possible for any student | wards includes subordinate officials to use narcotics of any kind while in|fn the terminals of the Pacific sys- school without being detected. “Every one present at this conference | wn assured us that they would do all in{tion (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 4 matron is em- |Southern Pacific Will Give Bonuses Declaring that “we have the in- struments in our hands to make our voice effective, almost imperative,” he added. “these questions can and must be solved, but solved only when a fundamental understanding has TO REWARD LOYALTY. to Men Who Did Not Strike. SAN FRANCISCO, February 38— thousand employes who re- mained at work in the Southern Pa- of shopmen last summer will receive bonuses aggregating $500,000 from The list of employes slated for re- tem of the lines and division officials rendered service “of distinc- The smallest payment will be Attempt Made to Rob Grave Said to Hold Russ Jewels By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 3.—Willlam H. Willlams, special agent of the Treasury Department, admitted to- day that an attempt had been made to rob the Brooklyn grave of James Jones, American seaman, in whose coffin the crown jewels of Russia were reported to have been smuggled into this country. The attempt, Mr. Williams said, was made about ten days ago. ‘Three suspiclous characters were seen within the national cemetery at Cypress Hills, where the sailor is buried, and several outside the burial ‘The military guard from which has been on port was published, gave chase, but the putative ghouls escaped. Since the failure of that attempt the presence of marauders has not been reported, Mr. Williams said. Mr. Willlams announced definitely that the body, whose exhumation has been ordered by Washington to settle for once and all whether the casket contains the jewels, would not be dis- turbed imimediately. He declined to state just when the exhumation would take place. Meanwhile the military guard is still on duty. Exhumation of the body of Jones will take place Monday, officials of the cemetery believe, although orders from the Treasury Department at ‘Washington to exhuime the casket had not been recetved. The coffin will be | SICK PAY DENIED U. 3. EMPLOYES BY RULING OF MCARL “Only for Personal Injury in Performance of Duty,” Says Controller General. |SECOND REVERSAL FOR COMPENSATION BOARD Congress Fight for Mitigation of Drastic Decision Already Assured. Controller General of the States MecCarl has ruled against United States emploves’ compen tion commission for the second time, it became known today, in a decis which, in effect, prevents the commis sion from paying benefits to any gov ernment employe, except those who have sustalned “personal injury in the performance of duty.” This ruling, it has been stated by the commission, fs most drastic ir confining the benefits to government employes specifically to {njuries by accident, and is so much more re- strictive than the powers of stats compensation commisst through out the country that the matter w be taken to Congress Although no definite plans been laid for introduction of leg! tion to mitigate the severity of the controller's decision, it is understood that the judi ry committees of th Senate and House will shortly ha the matter brought to their attention Coninue for This Year. Tn his ruling the controller decide that payments under awards a made might continue for the curr flscal year. “There should be no f ther awards of compensation,” the controller, ases similar those decided adv 3y ein and no further payment in any such ca already awarded after June 30, 1 unless such awards and payme shall hereafter be specifically authorize by law.” The action of the controller gen- eral, in effect, will preclude the bene fits of the commisston from all cases of tuberculosis and certain occupa tional diseases of which it is imp, sble to trace the origin specifical to_its beginning. Eleven specific cases were submit- ted by the commission to the control- ler general as a test of h previous ruling against the commission. Tn reviewing these cases, tho controller decided that only one, a certain Wil- liam Blackburn, a mail carrier, w was frozen to death on the night of February 1917, was compensable under the la: The other ten cases including certain occupational dis- eases, were ruled against Based on Acc of 1916. In interpreting the present law, controller based declsion on th. act of September 7, 1916. Interpreting this act, he said: “I think it is beyond questi the term ‘personal injury sustai while in the/performance of his duty. as used in this statute, was not in- tended to cover generally what are designated as vocational or occupa- tional diseases. The requirement that the administrative notice shall state the day our when the i occurred ely the incl 3 eases. I am the term ‘personal not in the broad se damage or misc employe, but sense of direct i through some tuitous happening point of time in co the gradual 2 changes or of functional disturbances brought about by vocational or other diseases. Would Cut Off Widow. An idea of the effect of the co troller’s decision was brought home to Washington in the case of amold- er at the Washington ravy name Samuel Anderson Taylor, died in 1920. His widow is now re- ceiving $66.67 a month, which will be cut off short unless relief is afforded by Congress. The case was one of eleven against which the controller ruled. Tha controller said: “Samuel A. Taylor, who was employed as molder at the Washington navy yard, died July 30, 1920, of pulmonary tuber- culosis, found by the commission to have been incurred in line of duty. It is in evidence that during the con- struction of an addition to the shop in which this claimant was employed during thes autumn of 1018 he was compelled to work in a draught which developed his tuberculosis, which dis- abled him for work from November 16, 1918, to the time of his death. He was allowed disability compensa- tion up to his death and his widow has been allowed death compenea- tion since that time. For reasons hereinbefore stated there is no legal basis for the compensation award in this case. The commission had submitted to the controller general a detailed re- port as to how Taylor incurred the fatal tuberculosis and why an award had been granted. Unusual Shop Condition, The commission explained that his first appeal had been refused, but that a supplementary statement had been submitted by a fellow employe, describing in detail the conditions at the navy yard brass foundry. This statement, the commission told the controller ‘general, ‘“was to the effect that in the fall of 1918, preceding Mr. Taylor's disability, the shop was much congested and it was necess to_build -an addition 200 feet long. During this condition in the shon the practice was to scrap iron and steel in an open-hearth furnace by an electrical process; that, owing to the steel and iron being scrapped, it contained very much more dirt and of a much greater variety than or- dinarily, causing dense smoke and such conditions in the shop that they became the subject of complaint by a committee of the men requesting some remedy. “The medical officer at the navy yard,” continued the commissioner’s statement. ‘“‘upon examination con- demned the conditions as dangerous to the men. Before relief could be afforded, it became necessary to en- large the shop and for this purpose the entire end of the foundry was knocked out so that the men were exposed to the weather and to very strong drafts, resulting in much sick- ed to hold that injury’ was used se of any Wrong, suffered by the the narrower ury of bodily tissue accidental or for- definitely fixed in radistinction to ry ness. 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