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DESPITE COLLAPSE -OF PEACE PARLEY Ismet Pasha Announces That Hostilities Will Not Be Resumed. | ANXIETY, HOWEVER, FELT | OVER FAILURE TO SIGN | { Europe Aware of Serious Situations Which Are Likely to Arise : in Far East. ] ¥ the Assnciated Press. i LAUSANNE, February S.-—Ismet T'asha, head of the Turkish delega- tion, informed the correspondent ln-] ay that Turkey had no desire to re-{ siime hostilities with either Greece or | Great Britain as a result of the col- apse of the near east conference, but | he emphasized that the Turkish and | Jinglish armtes were still facing each | other in Asia Minor. I Ismot sald the Turks would ask the | Powers whether they .consider the ne- &otiations officially at an end. The impression prevailed amons the conference delegates that Turkey | would not be informed officially of | 1he termination of the negotiations, | fnasmuch as it was generally desired | to continue the Mudania armistics. avolding the possible renewal of | Delegates Ready to Leave. » entire French delegation plan- o leave for Paris early this aft- | ernoon. The Turks will probably depart to- morrow, It is believed that the misunder- standing which developed between tne British and French delegations in the last days of the conference con- tributed to the final break, as the urks sot the idea that they could count upen a split among the allies #nd obtain more favorable conditions. sy vHei.r to Claim His | Massachusetty { intended giving up his American citi- | [ to sit jof 1 work, | many’ Pellew Dies Still an American; | Son to Take Title in England — Death at Age of 94 Follows Illness of Short Time. Seat in British House of Lords. Henry Edward Pellew, months ago Inherited the title sixth Viscount of Exmouth, died American citizen about midnight uight, at his residence here, Aavenue, Death lowed a general breakdown. Charles Ernest Pellew, his only sur- Viving son. announced today that he who fol zenship, and would leave In a short time for England, where he expects in the house of lords. in the British parliament, as Viscount of Exmouth. The senior Pellew was horn in Can- terbury, Tngland, April 23, 18 He was the son of Rev. George Pellew, at that time a canon in the Canter- bury Cathe . _Rev. Pellaw was the son of Edward Pellew. the first Vis- count of Exmouth and famous ad- ' miral during the Napoleonie wars He became admiral following the death of Lord Nelson, and at the time f his deuth was vice admiral of ingland, the highest position in the British na arried Amerfean Woman. Mr. Pellew attended Eton College and Trnity College at Cambridge, where he was captain and stroke of he crew that ruced Oxford on the Thames in 1851. He was a slight lad upon entering college, but soon at- tained great health and strength Pollowing his graduation from ‘Frin- ity in 1852 he came to this country | and traveled both through South and | Central America in the interests of | « large bunking concern in London. | Following the completion of this during which time he had| experiences, he returned to, London. where he stayed for two or threc years. Returning to the United ! States in 1855, he married the daugh- | ter of Judge William Jay of New York and granddaughter of John Jay first Chief Justice of the United| ates Supreme Court. le later re- turned to London, whera he became Upper: Pellesw (Viscount Ty WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Now IF I CAN ONLY News Note: NEW BERLIN ORDER STIFFENS RAILWAY WALKOUTS IN RUHR German Government Agents Encourage Workers in Op- ering interested in missionary work and | educational matters. There he found- | ed Keble College. at Oxford. His wife | died In 1569 and was buried in Eng- land. Two_vears later he (Continued on Page Many Crines. The collapse of the near east con- | f-rence after weeks of deliberation 19at had been liberally interspersed With crises led the delegations of the Dowers to wonder whether Ismet I'asia, in refusing to sign the treaty, Was trusting in those ‘“incalculable forces” whose presence the aliied siatesmen have felt, Rumors of a military alliance be- | tween Turkey and Russia, emphati Cally denied when they came to t @attention of conference. oircles & ort time ago, have revived and tiere are admittedly other disturbing clements in the situation. H ismet informed the correspondents that until he received a formal notifica- tion to the contrary he would consider e negotiations as ‘still in progress. In this connection. it was polnted out that the Mudania armistice was to be effec- tive until the conclusion of the confer- eice called to settle a Turkish peace, ®nd so some importance was attached tu Ismet's statement. Strangled Ecenemically. The Turkish spokesman declared that the nationalist representatives did not ¥ign the treaty, because it strangled ‘lurkey economically. Specifically, the Turks refuse to accept the capltulation @nd economic clauses of the document #s presented by the allles, declaring that they could not agree to be bound by the contracts and concessions of the former regime. "I refuse to accept economic slavery for my country,” said Ismet in his talk with the correspondents, “for the de- | 1iands of the allies remove all pos. £ibility of economic rehabilitation ‘and Ll ail our hopes.” b The formal Turkish reply suggest- ed that inasmuch as the two fastions were in agreement on 80 per cent of the questions, this clause be signed. It maintained that the Turks should he allowed to give further considera. tion to the problems entailed in a Tecognition of the obligation of the Ottoman emplre, but declared the concessions granted by the former government had been distributed 8o Jromiscuously that to recognize them | Wwould impose a burden the new re- gime could not agree to bear. Neutrals Favored, Turning to the capitula ns ques- tion, the Turks agreed to permit the ®ppointment of foriegn legal advisers who would revise Turkish law, but| insisted that neutrals in the world | war. rather than the Hague perma- nent court of international justice, Ehould choose these experts. How-. ever, |h_ey were insistent that this £roup of advisers should have no con. trol over the laws covering the. ap- rest of foreigners. The final collapse of the conference was not without almost desperate ef- forts to induce the Turks to Sign. When Ismet, meeting the represenia: tives of the powers in Lord Curzon's room at Ouchy, indicated that he would not accept the terms, the Brit- h foreign minister, Mr. Bompard, | ind_ Marquis_di_Garroni pleaded’ and (Continued on olumn 4. rried Augu Column 4.) JUSSERAND WOULD FORGIVE GERMANS Deeléres France Only Wants Former Enemy to Say “We Are Sorry.” Amnbassador Jules Jusserand of jFrance, in his first public utterance since the inception of the Ruhr crisis, today declared that “If our former énemy would now come and simply say, ‘We were wrong, we are sorry,’ France would melt.” His stutement was made in the course of an address today before the current events class of Miss Janet Richards at Masonic Temple. The ambassador painted a graphic picture of the conditions which impel | France to occupy the Ruhr. He told | how, to date, Germany had paid her absolutely nothing in the way of veparations for the colossal devasta- tion wrought by the German armies. uch funds as Germany had turned over were merely on account of the French army of occupation on the Rhine. In like manner Bismarck required payment for the German armies which occupled twenty-one depart. ments of France, pending payment of the indemnity of $1,000,000,000 extort- ¢d in 1871, “Gentle” Invasion. M. Jusserand declared that the meas- ures taken by the French in the Ruhr were “gentle.” He sald: “As soon as we saw there was no possibility of making our enemies understand any- thing but the ‘reason’ they once ap- plied to us, namely, force, we had no choice but to have recourse to force We did it very gently—far differently, we may be sure, from what would have occurred if the case had been reyersed. ‘The ambassador insisted France has I no motive in occupying German ter- ritory but to secure what is legally and “moraily coming to her. The French occupation was territorially trifling compared to the “one-fourth of France” which the Germans occu- | pied fifty-one years ago. The differ- ence between conditions then and con- ditions now is the “spirit” of the two peoplee. The French, after having had imposed upon them a monstrously unjust indemuity—"four or five times the actual #mount of the cost it_was (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) By Tidal Wave in Kahului Bay By the Associated Press. and heeled over against a hum- mock and grounded on the bottom of the bay, which prevented her from going completely over. For & minute it looked as though the ship would go completely over even then, but another huge wave, the largest of the series that lash- ed the island shores, lifted the ship up and put her back on even keel, smashing two lifeboats against the wharf. “The water rushed by us over the wharf, over the beach and then into the streets, sweeping on to- ‘ward the stores and warehouses, ruining a large quantity of sugar, awalting shipment. The steamer Mahukona was torn from its moorings and swept out until its dragging anchor hit a wharf, the les of which held and HONOLULLU, . February 35 —Ex- periences aboard” the interisland steamer Kilaugs, which was tossed on her beam end in Kahului bay, Island of Maui, yesterday by one tidal wave and righted by the next were related by Matt Amtson, purser of the vessel, when he ar- rived in Honolulu today. Before the first wave, Amtson suid, the sea sucked away the water from the harbor, revealing 4 bottom-of -mud and coral covered with floundering fish, crabs, lob- sters and squid. The first wave caught the Kilauea and raised her above the level of the wharf, the purser sald, and if the lines had t been loosened the ship would have been on the wharf. “It was one of the strangest sights: I ever witnessed,” Amtson said, “and there was virtually no ingication of danger before the wave came flooding in and then receded suddenly. “The Kilauea went down until she settied on the bottom of the ocean The bay was rcported to have | been turbulent for some time after l the last series of waves. Somewhat similar experiences were reported by persons arriv- ing here from Hilo on the Mat- sonfa, which was tied up in Hilo bay. | missed uth) of this city, who died h Tom : § : IRy posing French Invasion. Lower: Prof. Charles E. Pellew, who announced that he will ce | English lite declined by his father. | (Copyrigt, Harrls Lwing.) PROBEOF OUSTIG WORKERS I URGED Resolution Questions Presi- dent’s Right to Dismiss Civil Service Workers. Dy the Assoriated Press PARIS, February 5.—The miners of the Saare valley, which produces 9,000,000 tons annually, went on strike this morning. The povermment was informed that (he men refused to accept & | compromise of their demands that ! thelr wages be doubled want the equivalent in buying }' pawes 5 théir pre-wnr wages. ! By the Associated Press. | DUESSELDORF. Februa New |orders from Berlin to the railroad in |the Rhineland and the Rubr had the leffect today of stiffening the strikes hopes of a settlement that have been ! prevaient during the last few days. By Individuai Interviews, the dis- The civil service committee of the|ribution of money, by promises and| enate is directed to Investigate the |Warnings, the German sossrnment dismissal last vear of twenty-eight4Eents are declared in authoritati quarters here to be doing their ut- {most to encourage the resistance {which baa begun to weaken among Ithe local functionaries and state em- i ployes employes of the bureau of engraving and printing oy order of the Presi- dent. under the terms of a resolution introduced today by Senator Caraway of Arkansas. democrat. The resolution calls upon tie com- mittee to investigate the right of the President to issue the executive order dismissing these civil Service em- ployes without giving tuem an op- portunity to be heard and also his right to appoint their successors. The preamble asserts that the suc- cessors had a hand in bringing about | the dismissal. It also suggests that the pereonal qualifications of the dis- employes and of their suc- cessors be looked into, and that the entire matter be given to the public. The preamble declares that already an investigation has been made through government agencies which has exonerated the dismissed em- ployes. The resolution was referred to the committee on audit and control, not- withstanding Senator Caraway's re- quest for immediate action. Defends ex-Employes. “The importance of securing some action upon that resolution,” said Senator Caraway, “is this—the execu- tive order removing the employes re- ferred to in the resolution from the civil service was issued on the 31st day of last March. Their rights as civil service empioyves will be gone if something is not done with this mat- ter before the vear shall have ex- pired. They have waited patiently for a statement to be issuad by the President, giving his reasons for their summary removal. The facts have been developed by investigations con- ducted both by the Treasury Depart- ment and the Attorney General's de- partment, and the reports have been with the President now for two months. “It shows that there was no wrong- doing on the part of these people, and, therefore, that they have lived for a year under suspicion and under a cloud that never ought to have been cast upon their fair names. One of them Is dead, another is thought to be stricken with a fatal illness. All_of them are entitled that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) —_— ’ Situation Unchanged. There has been no fresh extension | of the strike, but, instead of improv- {ing, as the French had hoped, the | situation remains unchanged. The cordon of the valley to prevent coal shipments to unoccupied Ger- many remains unbroken. Some at- tempts have been made through the use of the private inter-mine tracks and railway cars to send coal through the French barrier, were frustrated. Herr Sarter, director of the West- helle state mines and a commercial director for the Stinnes interests, is among the latest functionaries ex- pelled from the Ruhr. Occupation Extended. The French occupation has been ex- tended to Offenburg and Appenweier, these penalty for German interference with international train scrvice between Paris and Prague. In German quarters it is declared that this latest move of the French has as its real goal the Kehl bridgehead. oppo- site Strassburg. This would give the French control of the railways along the right bank of the Rhine. The railway workers are being offered cash bonuses in an effort to revive the strike. The communists, on the other hand. are actively countering such moves with declarations that the Ger- man_capitalists, whose refusal to ful- fill the French demands has led to the entire situation. should suffer confisca- tion of their property. MANY TRAINS STOPPED. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, February You can punch a hole through the wall of a house with such violence that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) There’s a “Summing Up” of the Day’s Doings —in_the 5:30 EDITION of THE EVENING STAR—giving you the last word of the world’s activities—on your way home to dinner—news’ —sports—financial, etc. And also the Court Calendar for tomorrow. Supplied by Newsboys and News- dealers throughout the city against the French and dispelled the | two towns in Baden, presumably as aj b A The influcnza germ’s discovery has just been announced. 'Princess Yolanda | Will Be Bride of | Italian Nobleman| i | l | - 1 | PRINCESS YOLANDA. | BS the Associated Press ROME, February of Princess Yolanda, eldest daugh- jter of King Victor Emmanuel and | Queen Helena, to Capt. Count Calvi di Bergolo was officially anuounced today. ‘The engagement | POLICE COURT MAY 'TRY DRY VIOLATIONS Prisoners May Not Be Con-| fined at Hard Labor, Judge Barber Rules. | The Police Court has jurisdiction to try violations of the national prohi- bition law because some are mere misdemeanors, but it may not impose a sentence in an institution where {hard labor might lawfully be required. This is the purport of a decision of the District Court of Appeals rendered today by Judge Orion M. Barber.| sitting in the place of Justice Van Orsdell. The court does not define what is hard labor or say whether the work required from prisoners at Occoquan constitutes hard labor such as would make an offense infamous. Orlando L. Cleveland sought a writ of prohibition against Judge Mattingly, then in Police Court, to prevent trial. “If the appellant in this case,” says the opinion, “had been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor or sentenced to imprisonment in an institution where hard labor might lawfuliy require he would be entitled to release. The Police Court may try | criminal cases upon information. It has na jurisdiction of capital or other- | wise infamous crimes and cannot sen- | tence to a penitentiary. “It will be presumed that if con- victed upon trial the Police Court will have regard to the limitations of its jurisdiction; that it will not sen- tence appellant to imprisonment at hard labor, and that it will not order the imprisonment where hard labor is lawfully required of the prisoners therein, because such a sentence would ‘place the offense under the category of infamous crime and there- by oust the court of jurisdiction, The appellant Is in no legal danger of being sentenced to hard labor, and therefore there is no proper basis for 1a writ of prohibition. “In the event the officials of any Institution to which appellant law- | fully might be committed attempt j to compel him to perform hard labor in the absence of that provision in the sentence and In the statute on which it is based, the courts may then be open to him for such relief as the law grants.” Attorney T. Morris Wampler, representing Cleve- |1and, will attempt to take the case to the United States Supreme Court. PARLIAMENT IN UPROAR. VIENNA, February 5.—Clashes be- tween the socialist and Christian members occurred Saturday in parlia- ment when the socialists sided with 200 unemploved in the gallery who were disturbing the proceedings by shouting “We are hungry; we want bread.” Owing to the disturbances the ses- elon had to be suspended for several hours, TG ONPHTHISIS SCHOOL | cases of this sort by resort to Con- i “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is W ) delivered to Washington homes as fast ’ as the papers are printed. Saturday's Net Circulation, 93314 Sunday’s Circulation, 97,531 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923—THIRTY PAGES. | COURT PLACES BAN ON UPSHUR TRACT Appellate Tribunal Holds Commissioners First Must Get Authority of Congress. | The District Commissioners must | get authority from Congress before | they may erect a school for tubercu- lar pupils on the Upshur street tract. The District Court of Appeals so held today in an opinion by Justice Van Orsdel, concur: in by Judges Martin and Smith of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, who sat as mem- bers of the Incal appellate tribunal. _The court sustains the injunction Etanted by Justl dfley of the Dis. trict Supreme Court at the request of Charles E. Hunt and other members of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Associ- ation. The association and property holders in the vicinity have stren- ously opposed placing the school on the tract. - TWO CENTS. $4.438,154 SURPLUS BELONGS TO DISTRICT, COMMITTEE REPORTS Recommendation Made That Amount in U. S. Treasury Be Appropriated. DEDUCTIONS MADE FOR BONUS AND THE LAND AT ZOO PARK Due Consideration Given to Organic and Other Laws~One Against Report. . A net balance of $4,438,154.92 of surplus revenues of the Dis- trict is now in the federal Treasury, to which the District of Co- lumbia is entitled and which should be appropriated by Congress for the use of the District, the joint congressional committee to- day reported to the Senate and the House. ] The report was signed by Senator Phipps, Colorado, chair- man; Senator Ball of Delaware, Senator Harris of Georgia, Rep- resentatives Hardy of Colorado and Wright of Georgia. ONE REFUSES TO SIGN, Representative Evans, the sixth member of the joint commit- declined to sign the report. The report was filed in the Senate by Senator Phipps this afternoon. The committee recommended that the Senate and House recognize the existence of a “free surplus” in the United States Treasury to the credit of the District as of June 30, 1922, in the sum of $4,671,862.43. Deductions Vade. It recommended that from this amount should be deducted the fol- lowing: The Distriet’'s proportion of | tee, been acquired licenses. And the said committee shall report its findings relative to all the mat- by taxation or from i the $240 bonus paid to its employed, amounting to $191.890.35: the Dis- trict's proportion of the cost of ad- ditional land for the National Zoolog- fcal Park, $41.500; one-half of the amount appropriated by special act for the relief of Eldred C. Davis, 317.16. These three items amount to $233.707.51, leaving a net balance of $4.438,154.92. The report continue “In connection with the items on which reimbursement has been re- quired by the federal government, and ithe items on which adjustments is recommended in this report, your com- mittee recoramends that no interest charges shall be made either against the District of Columbia or the United States. Final Action Asked. “Your committee reports that the investigation which has been made into the fiscal relations between the two governmentis are as full and complete for all practical purposes, May Appeal to Congress. “It may be suggested,” says Justice Van Orsdel in concluding his opinion, “that the Commissioners have a peedy and inexpensive remedy in gress for specific directions.” The injunction was granted some time ago, and the District Commis- sioners. while noting an appeal at that time, did not prosecute the ap- peal. Later they asked the District Supreme Court fo grant a bill of re- views, claiming an error of law ap- parent on the face of the injunction decree. Attorneys Darr, Whiteford & Darr, for the citizens, opposed the re- view, and Justice Balley declined to rehear the case. The court finds that the case might be an appropriate one for a bill of re- view if the alleged error reaily exist- ed. at length, and holds that the limita- tion on the discretion of the Commis- | sioners placed by the lower court was proper and not an error of law. Uses Specified. The uses of the site have been specifically provided by Congress, the court points out, first for the tubercu- lar hospital and then for the junior | high school, and its designation for any other use must come from Con- gress by express direction. “The Commissioners,” declares the court, “are creatures of statute. They possess no implied powers. Their au- thority to act must be gathered from the express terms of the law grant- ing it. Hence, in any attempt to act under a statute granting authorlty, they must comply literally with its requirements.” D. C. AGAIN DENIED DAY I THE HOUSE The expectation of getting several important pieces of District legisla- tion passed today by the House failed. Owing to 2 mix-up by those in charge of the legislative program, aithough House Leader Mondell had agreed to allow today to be used for District measures, Speaker Gillett ruled that the regular order of business, sus- pension day, with the unanimous con- sent calendar- subject to call, super- vened. Focht Protests. Chairman Focht of the House Dis rict committee got a few minutes time in which he protested that the District committee had been denied its day in the House repeatedly on account of deaths and on account of more pressing matters of general in- terest. He sald that if this Congress intends to do anything for the Dis- trict it must give two or three days soon for District legislation. Chairman Focht explained that the District. committee was ready with a list of important bills which it wanted to call up, including the new insurance code, the accountancy bill, the proposed extension of l4th street through - Walter Reed Hospital grounds and possibly the school teachers’ salary bill. Not Like Old Days. “The committee has been, is and will be ready to do business when- ever you give us the time” said Chairman Focht. He protested that in the old days a member could go to Bpeaker nnon and find out whether the committee could do busi- ness. but now it did not know where to turn to get certain information. It. however, reviews the situation | as can ever be secured, and recom- | mends action by the present Congress {that will definitely and finally set at | rest existing contention and conflicts | between the District and fsderal gov- jernments. { “From an accounting and book- | | keeplng standpoint. and giving due | consideration and weight to the or- {ganic law of 1878, as well as other Ilnws passed by Congress from time | ! | to time, and the rulings of the con- troller of the Treasury, we believe { this report to all practical purposes reflects the fiscal relations between the | U'nited States and the District of | Columbia. and shows the surplus to the credit of the District in the Treasury of the United States, Some members of the committee be- | | lieved that these laws, although bind- | {ing. were in many instances more | favorable to the District than they should have been if due consideration | had been given to the taxpayers of the United States. and that under | these laws the United States has for a long time and is now contributing more than its just proportion to the | administration “of the District gov- | {ernment for the upkeep of the Dis- | trict and that this is especially true | when consideration is given to the | limited activities and interests of the | United States in the Distrigt, which | are now wholly maintained at the ex pense of the United" States, as com- | pared to the large, expensive and | growing interest of the residents of | the District or those owning property therein, and taking into consideration also the low tax rate paid on prop- erty located in the District.” The joint committee was appointed under the act providing the appropri- | ations for the District, approved last June. It has worked for months on the investigation and its report is | final so far as the joint committee is concerned. | Text of Report. The report follows: | To the Senate and the House of Rep-| resentatives of the United States of | | America: Your committee, appointed pursuant 29, 1922, which contains the follow- | ing ‘provision: | “A joint select committee, composed | of three senators to be appointed by | the President of the Senate, and thres representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Repr. sentatives, is created and is autho ized and directed to inquire into all | matters pertaining to the fiscal rela- | tions between the District of Colum- bla and the United States since July, 1, 1874, with a view of ascertaining and reporting to Congress what sums have been expended by the United States and by the District of Colum- bia, respectively, whether for the pur- | pose of maintaining, upbuilding or beautifying the sald District or for the purpose of conducting its zo ernment or its governmental activ | ities and agencies, or for the furnish- ing of conveniences, comforts, and | necessitles to the people of said Dis- t. i i%either the cost of construction nor of maintenance of any building erect- ed or owned by the United States for the purpose of transacting therein the | business of the government of the| United States shall be considered by | sald committee. And in event any money may be, or at any time has been, by Congréss or otherwise, found due, ' either legally or morally, from the one to the other, on account of loans, advancements or improvements made upon which interest has not been paid by either to the other then suoh sums as have been or may be found due from one to the other shall be considered as bearing interest at to the act of Congress approved June the rate of 3 per cent per annum from the time when the principal should, either legally or morally, have ! been paid, until actually paid. Duty of Committee, “And the committee shall also as- certain and report what surplus, if any, the District of Columblia has to its credit on the books of the Treas- ury of the United States which bas ters hereby referred to it to the Sen ate and House, respectively, on or before the first Monday in Februar: 1923. The chairman or acting chali- man of said committee hereby is em~ powered to administer oaths or af firmations. The committee also is empowered to compel witnesses to attend its metings and to testify, and also to compel the production of such books and papers as it may deem de- sirable. Any person who has been duly notified to appear before the committce either as witness or wit- ness duces teoum, and fails %o to do. shall be deemed guilty of contempt of Congress, and therefore may be pun- ished to such extent as either the Senate or the House may determine, and said committee shall determine whether the proceeding for contempt shall lie with the House or the Senate. “The committec may employ such accountants and stenographers to assist in the work as may be neces- sary, but the same qualifications for such’ accountants shall be required as was required of accountants by section 6 of the act of June 30, 1874 entitled, “An act for the government of the District of Columbia and for other purposes,” and no one shall he 50 emploved as accountant who is or has been heretofore an officer or emplove of the Distirct of Columbia or the United States. No employe of sald committes shall be pald more than §25 & day while actually at work. ' The Attorney General of the United States hereby is authorized and directed to assign a competent attorney from his regular force of attorneys to represent the United States ‘before said committee; and any member of Congress shall be peimitted (o examine any witness and argue any question before the committee. For the payment of sal- aries " of “accountants and stenogra- phei for printing and binding and other necessary expenses of the com- mittee, there is appropriated 40 per cent out of the Treasury of the United States and 60 per cent out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, the sum of $20.000 to he paid out upon vouchers approved by the chairman or acting chairman of the committee.” —begs leave to report: Functions of Committee. The committee met on July 1. 192 organized, and eclected lLawrence (' Phipps. a’ senator from the state of Colorado. as chairman. Since said date numerous meetings and hear- Ings have been held in the city of Washington. At a subsequent meet- ing. the chairman reported the ap- pointment of . Brooks Fry as sec retary, under the authority conferred upon him by the rittee, and the appointment was confirmed, In accordance with the powers con- ferred under the terms of said act of June 29, 1922, the committee employ - ed Messrs. Haskins and Sells, ac- countants ‘and auditors. with general offices in New York city and Balti- more, Md., who have stated the ac count between the United States and the District of Columbia, in accord- ance with the instructions of the mmittee, as hereinafter disclosed Those in Conference. Among others there were called i to conference the following: James I Oyster, Cuno H. Rudolph and Col, C. Keller, Commissioners of the Distr{ct of Columbia: D. J. Donovan, districé auditor; Herman J. Galloway, special assistant to the Attorney General selected pursuant to the provisions of the act to represent the ited tates; Earl Taggert of the genera accounting office, 1. G. Graesle of the division of bookkeeping and war rants, Treasury Department, and the citizen's joint committee of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The committee also had before it certain members of Congress, including _Senators Jones of Washington and Glass and Representatives Crampton and John- son. of Kentucky. Messrs. Haskins & Sells made a pre- liminary _report in writing on No- vember 20, 1922, and filed a final re port containing conclusions, recom- mendations and tables, on January 11, 1923. Subsequently _written re- ports were received from Messrs. Gal- loway, Taggart, Donovan. the citi- zens’ joint conimittee and Mr. Thomas Hodgson. Conclustons Reached. Your committee, after careful co sideration of the entire subject, in cluding, more particularly, the mat- ters referred to in said reports of the accountants and others, has come to certain definite conclusions, which are contained in this report. At the outset, the committee con- siders a brief statement of the pecu liar relations existing between fthne federal and the District governments to be not only helpful, but necessary in order to comprehend fully and fairly the questions involved. Washington, the capital of the na- tion, is @ city altogether under the control of the United States g - iContinued on page 4, column 9 L submit the following