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WEATHER. Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 15 degrees, ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 24, at 2 p.m. toda; Full report on page 13. lowest, 15, at § a.m, today. No. 28,781. * BRITISH REFUSE AID TOFRENCHINRUKR: PARLEY BREAKS UP Secrecy Shrouds Departure of French Mission From London Tonight. RAILROAD FACILITIES OBSTACLE TO PEACE Bonar Law Offers to Transfer Only Small Section of Zone to Invaders. By the Asscciated Press. LONDON, February 16.—Prime Min- ister Bonar Law, at the conferences with the French which ended this afternoon, is reported to have refused transportation facilities for the French occupational forces through- out the British zone at Cologne. He is understood to have offered, however, to transfer a small sectfon of the zone to complete the French comtrol. The conferences in DoWwning street ended this afternoon. The French mis- aton, headed by M. Le Trocquer, minis- ter of public works, will leave for home tonight. Secrecy is being maintained in Brit- 1sh official cirdles regarding the dis- cussions, German agents, the Telegraph says, Rave been extraordinarily active in London recently in their efforts to es- timate the possibility of British me- diation in the Rubr. Soundings have been made in various ind diverse di- rections, the newspaper asserts, add- ing that the results obtained all pointed toward a demand that - many must give full assurance that guarantees would be forthcoming from the industrizl magnates before a sug- gestion of mediation could be enter- tained. This view, it is said, is held equally in circles opposed to mediation, and those willing to discuss it. The arti- cla adds that Berlin has been fully informed of the situation and that “possibly in a few days developments may be expected to prove to the world that the German government feels it- self strong enough to obtain the ne essary guarantees from the mag- nates.” The Telegraph represents one pro- | nouncedly pacifist section of publ opinion as declaring that not a finger could be lifted to help Germany un- less she “gripped her indusirial mag- nates by the nec PARENTALCOURT DECISION SOON House Subcommittee Prom- ises Definite Action—Judge Sellers Attacked at Hearing. Some definite action is promised to- morrow morning by the subcommittee of the House District of Columbia committee, of which Representative Walters of Pennsylvania is chair- man, which has been conducting hear- ings on the Brookhart-Free bill, to es- tablish a parental court In the Dis- trict, which have developed into sen- satlonal attacks on Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court and the Board of Children’s Guardians. Members of thi b-committee at the conference today announced that they would continue the open hearing tomorrow morning from 10 to 11 o'clock, at which time they would go into executive session to reach some definite decision, Charges Denied. Statements made before the spe. subcommittee during - the mesrisis —e)_an\-r- to aileged mistreatment of v!‘nldren committed by the Juvenile Court to the care of the board of children’s guardians and “farmed out” for board at $20 a month were de- nied by Mrs. Ella West, agent of the board of children's guardians, testl- 1ying late yesterday. 3 Admitting that the board may have made some mistakes, W. W. Millan, president of the board of children guardians, said it honestly was do. ing the best it knew how, and “if something is wrong, the remedy lies in a new board and not in a new sys. tem,” he advised the subcommittee. He sald that the changes made in the District appropriation bill which has just passed Congress are a happy so- lution of the .difficulty. This will place the board of children’s guardi- ans directly under and accountable to the District Commissioners. MURDERER IS EXECUTED, COLUMBUS, _Ohio, Charles Habig, thirty, of Cleveland, con- cted slayer of Patrolman August Dyke, 10 was shot when he attempted to capture three robbers in Cleveland, Feb- cuary 20, 1921, was executed in the elec- iric chair at the Ohfo penitentiary yes- terday. 5_5,000 French By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 16.—The strike of, coal miners in northern France or- dered by the United General Confed- eration of Labor, the communist or- sanization of seceders from the Gen- «ral Confederation of Labor, began today, with probably 25,000 men quit- ting. The ministry of public works states that of 50,000 miners in the pas de Calais region only 3,000 went on strike. At communist strike headquarters this afternoon It was claimed, reports there showed more than 50,000 men had struck and it was predicted that 100,000 would be out by tomorrow and most of the miners in France by Jonday. February 16— | Miners Strike In Communist Labor Revolt Entered as gecond-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. PLANNING TO NEGOTIATE RUSS-POLISH TRADE PACT |Poland Requests Resumption of Parley and Soviet Government ‘Welcomes the Suggestion. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, February 16.—In the midst of the European troubles Poland has re- quested the resumption of negotiations for a Russo-Polish trade agreement The Russian foreign office replied with | 2 note welcoming the request and pro- Posing the holding of a meeting of rep- 1esentatives of the two nations in Mos- cow February 26. | Trade negotiations between Finland ! and Russla and Sweden and Russia arc in progress here. 7 FRENCHMEN SHOT BYPOLICEINESSEN; - TANKS RUSHED UP By the Associated Pre ESSEN, February 16.—Two French soldiers were wounded here last night by German security police who inter- fered fn a cafe altercation. The ten- slon, which already was high, has been increased by the shooting, and today the French have moved tanks {into the city. ‘The shooting incident arose from the soldiers demanding drinks in the cafe and belng met with a refusal by | a waiter. A row was started, the security police appeared and, the ! the French claim, fired the first shot. A guard of French soldiers has been _@h Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 WASHINGTON, D. C, CONGRESS BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REORGANIZING PLAN Chairman Brown Tells: Full Committee How System Is to Operate. | i | | 1 i PUBLICITY FIRST AIM IN SWEEPING CHANGES | Extension of Time May Be Asked x Before Drafting of Legisla- | tion—Details Charted. The plan for reorganiza the executive branches of the government, as worked out by the President and | is net, with the assistance of | Brown of Ohio. chairman | onal committee on reorganization, was given prelimi- nary consideration today by the full | Joint committee. Mr. Brown explained in a general | v the changes proposed, including ! the combination of the War and Navy | departmen into a department of | national defense, and the creation of a new department of public welfare. | Other committee members only briefly dis ed the plan The committee also authorized Sen- ator Smoot, republican, Ctah, one of its members, to seck an extenslon of | placed in the Essen branch of the Relchsbank, but this Is explained as a | measure to protect the supply of elec- | tric current to the Kaiserhof Hotel, | the French headquarters, which is| fed through the bank’s transmitters. Rail Worker Shot Dead. Several cases of attempted sabotage | were reported during the night from various parts of the Ruhr. One in-| stance resulted in the death of German railway worker, who was/ shot by a sentry as he tried to enter, the hands of oceupy- | a { a roundhouse ling forces. | ., The acts of sabotage were directed | i particularly against the lines of co | munication. During the night add tional telephone and telegraph wire | were cut at Duesseldorf, hand ping headquarters there conside ab { in keeping in touch with the Rubr de- | ! velopments. Owing to :‘]’\c-'a i\‘x\rg ;d | sabotage more Severe measures are | contemplated by the French. They 1 have already arrested elght post office telegraph employes. Two assistant burgomasters at Herne aiso wer rested for resistance to the fore occupation. May Take Railroads Completely. The complete taking over of the rall road administration in Essen by the oc cupying authorities within the next few ldays is expected in German quarters. The Franco-Belgian officials thus would | assume full technical control of all the railway traffic in the Ruhr. In addition to the strike of municipal | officials and the closing of the schools and places of entertainment in Essen esterday as a move again&t the occ Pying forces, the restaurants and cafes also suspended business for several hours. GELSENKIRCHEN WATCHED. ar- s of Food Profiteering in Ruhr of Seri- ous Proportions. s the Assoclated Press. DUESSELDORY, February 16 French headquarters is keeping af watehful eye on Gelsenkirchen, where there is evidence of increasing fric- tion between the military and civil- jans. Several arrests have been made in consequence of an attack upon a French officer. The burgomaster, chief of police, director of the Refchs- bank and other city officials were already in custody. Five Germans, among whom Burgomaster Arnstein and Vice Lord Mayor Schaefer of Essen, are sched- uled to go on trial at Bredeney to- day before a court-martial, charged varjously with obstructing the occu- | pation. are Strike Brings Troops. The protest strike at Essen yester- day brought French infantry and ma- chine guns to the city hall, which was occupied. The boycott at that city has resulted in an announce- ment that the soldiers will be permit- ted to appropriate necessaries where such are withheld by the proprietors of the shops. Food prices in the Ruhr are becom- Ing a question of serious conccrn. With transportation out of gear, the provision dealers find that they can practically make their own prices, and consequently the charges for stapies have doubled in the last week. The| German newspapers have begun campaign against the Speculators, urging the government to act. Kood es for ten days are aval both Essen and this city, Rl Expulsions Continue Fast. Expulsions continue to come thick and fast. Among the German officials | Who have most recently felt the un- compromising hand of the occupation authorities are twenty-six Rhineland {bodying the reorg: | tn | quite | division of current information, divj- the period for formulating legislation granted at the time the committee ! was created. The authority of the! committee expires with the present Congress, and, inasmuch as it will be | impossible to draft legislation em- ation plan with- | weeks, it _was de- she be in_the nest two cided that an extension 1d | asked. | Confers With President. i Following his appearance before the reorganization committee, Chairman Brown conferred for a few moments | with President Harding at the White | House. The nature of the conference | Mr. Brown declined to state The first aim of the joint according to Mr, Brown, arrive at the proper means of pub- licity regarding the plan. and this feature will occupy the greater part of the time of the joint committee | when it ai ets, probably tomor- row or early ne he committe plain the various features of the plan to the public in general throughout the country, that they may thorough- 1y under. easons for the pro- posed changes in the governmental departments and that they will be able to see the benefits to be derived from such changes. Chairman Brown sald that he wis atly pleased to note that while re is some qustioning of the ad- bility of certain changes as pro- sed in the plan, there have any complimentary remark especially by senators and rep tives and others prominent in offt life. mmittee, will_be to| War-Navy Change Radical. “The proposed co-ordination of the War Navy departments,” ex- plained Mr. Brown, “naturally call for the greatest amount of comment be- | cause of its drastic nature. Some seem to think that the joining to- gether of these two arms of the de- fense of the country will be the finest & to be done, while others are sketical. 1'am of the opinion, though, when the proposition is given more explanation and is more thor- oughly considered, that the average person will be ready to agree with me that the proposed change is high- Iy commendable that the results | of su consolidation uld be very beneficial to the countr: H The compiete scheme has been prepared in the form of a chart, which tells, by departments, where each bureau, division, commission or act.vity would be placed if the recommendations are approved by the joint committee and Congress. The new arrangements follow: Placing of Each Branch. ! The President, secretary and staff. Independent executive establish- | ments—Budget bureau (Treasury), Civil Service Commission, bureau of efficiency, bureau of purchase and supply (new), including govern- ment fuel yards (Interior): govern- ment printing office (Congress), Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation, ' Tariff Commis slon, Railroad Administration, In- terstate Commerce Commission, Fed- eral Trade Commission, Federal Re- serve Board, War Finance Corpora- tion, "Coal Commission, Railroad Labor Board, World War Foreign Debt Commission, Public Buildings Commission (Congress). Department of State—Secretary of State, diplomatic wervice, consular service, United States sections of in- ternational commissions; undersecre- tary of state, office of the esonomic adviser, division of Latin American affairs,’ division of Mexican affairs, and sion of publications, office of specfal agents; assistant secretary, division of western European aftairs, division of near eastern affairs, division of eastern European affairs, division of appointments; assistant secretary, division of passport control, vise of- fice, diplomatic bureau, bureau of in- dexes and archives; assistant secre- tary, office of ceremonials, division of far eastern affairs, burcau of ac- counts, war trade board secticn; as- (Continued on Page Z, Column The spokesman for the communi sts declared there was no politics behing the strike in connection with France's difficulties in the Ruhr, the mov. belng an effort to secure & Jueianms higher wage scale. From ‘the com. munist point of view, he added. the fight in the Rubr arena was between the French and German capitalists, The spokesman insisted that tue 100,000 men on strike in the Sarre and Moselle flelds were communists, who, likewise were indifferent to na. tlonal questions between France and Germany, but were determined to se- cure higher wages. The wages of miners were cut two years ago, and at that time the fight began between the two elements of miners in the National Federation of Labor, result- ing in the formation of an independ- ent communist organization. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) —_— FILIPINO LEGISLATURE IN 2D EXTRA SESSION Gov. Gen. Wood Will Issue Call, Recent Session Failing to Com- plete Program. By the Associated Press. MANILA, February 18.—As the pres- ent extra session of the Philippine legislature closes tomorrow it will be unable to complete its program, and Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood announced today he would call a second extra seesion on Monday, to last two days. The election of the resident com- missioners in Washington has been deferred until the second extra ses- sion, but-is understood that Pedro Guevara, a member of the senate, will be chosen to succeed Jalme C. De Veyra. Isauro Gabaldon probably will be re-elected without opposition. Guevara and Gabaldon both are mem-. bers of the collectivista wing of the ccalition party. D.C.KLAN" WARNS | the Ku Klux Klan yesterday to Sister WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fhoening / / INNUN KIDNAPIG Frederick Sheriff Told to, Keep His “Hands Off” | Case. i SENT FROM WASHINGTON! Baltimore Klansmen Offer Sister Cecilia Aid in Running Down Her Abductors. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., February 36.—| A “K. K.-K. No. 2" warning fromi Washington, D. C., to Sheriff Jumes A. Jones to "keep off " today followed the lettey of Baltimore members of Cecelia offering their services in run-| ning down her abductors, who took | her from. Notre Dame convent here | Monday afternoon and imprisoned her in an alley house in Baltimore, from which she later escaped. Marked With Dagger. warning was sent on a post| postmarked Washington and “Keep off nun case (then fol- lowed a blotch of ink and a dagger) or you hear from us. From K. K. K. No. 2" Sheriff Jones has turned the card | over to federal authorities, who be- gan an immediate investigation. The authorities here have gathered enough evidence which will warrant them to make an arrest within (hel next forty-eight hours, they declared today. It has been strongly hinted that the person arrested might be a resident of Frederick. Nun to Go to Baltimore. Sister Cecilia, the kidnapped nun, is rapidly recovering from her har- rowing experiences and it is believed that she will be able to travel to Baltimore Sunday in an effort to lo- cate the house in which she was held a prisoner. Additional bruises were found on the nun's body today indicating the struggle which took place in her ab- duction. It was found that her wrists were badly bruised. Klan Offers Aid. The letter from the Baltimore K. K. K. to the nun sald that the members of the klan have taken an interest in the kidnaping mystery ! since Monday and arc extremely anxious to locate those guilty. The klan promised Sister Cecilia to turn over any evidence they get to the]| police. States Attorney Anders and Sherift Jones declared today they were fur- ther convinced of the fact that Sister Ceciliz was kidnaped after they and a private detective had again talked with her. _— G. 0. P. SENATORS FORM. The committee of republican sena- tors designated by Majority Leader Lodge to conduct the campaign for the election of senators in the next national electfon has organized hy selecting Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman, and Sena- tor Willlam B. McKinley of Illinois, secretary. This campaign committes, which functions for senators as the repub- lican congressional campalign commit- tee does for members of the House, will begin work at once on the cam.- | paign of 1924, Other memners of the Committee are.Senators Watson of Indiana, Pepper of Pennsylvania, Nor- beck of South Dakota, Wadsworth of New York and Jones of Washington. | morning iseallng. Before the work was start- 25T DING BrL R a) N, Ly, Find Pharaoh’s Sta “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to L 4 Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ~Yettel’(lny’s Circulation, 95,811 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. TWO CENTS |Last Obstacle Sarcophagus Many Articles of Furniture Also Are)| Found This Afternoon Beyond Mysterious Sealed North Door. By the LU ssoclated Press. )R, Egypt, February 16.—The sarcophtigus of the Pharach Tutank- hamen was found when the inner chamber in his tomb was opened by the archeologists this afternoon. Many articles of furniture also were in the mortuary chamber. A large crowd of visitors and news- paper men had assembled early in the in anticipation of the un- ed, impressions of the Seals on the masonry were taken by the eminent British ligyptologists, James H. Breasted and Dr. Alan Gardiner. SEES UNFAIRNESS TOPUBLIC UTILTES Commissioner Keller Says People’s Attitude Is Exag- gerated by Demagogues. Human beings, otherwise reason- able, seem to take “a most unreason- able attitude in regard to public util- | ity companies, especially strect car companlies,” Engineer Commissioner Keller, chairman of the Public Utili- ties Commission of the District of Columbia, declared in a paper read at the mid-year conference of the American Electric Railway Assocta- tion today at the New Willard Hotel. Commissioner Keller wrote the con- ference that he was ill, but sent the paper to be read to the meeting. This mental attitude, hard as It is to explain, Commissioner Keller said, is exaggerated by the “demagogue whose stock in trade it is to attack public utility rates without reference to their fundamental fairness.” Vice President a Speaker. Vice President Coolidge and other speakers addressed the conference on problems of the public utilities of the nation, Mr. Coolidge declaring that he could see returning prosperity, and that the utilities companies of the country should now he feeling the reduction in taxation and reduction in the public debt effected by the government in the past decade. Reviewing the public utilities situa- tion in the District of Columbia, Com- missoner Kellar traced the develop- ment of municipal regulation of the utilitles companics from the enact- ment of the public utilities law. He sald that for the reason that the District of Columbia contains only sixty-nine square miles, making it possible for the commission to keep thoroughly informed as to prevailing conditions, the public utility situation in the District, ought perhaps to be more satsfactofy than In those places Where a commission must cover an entire state. TUntil after the war had been in progress for some considerable time, he said, no important public utility problem, other than the valuation of the various companies doing business in the District, had arisen. Since then, however, he added, the Public Utili- ties Commission here has had the same experience as in other communi- e-%awnzm;; costs_have necessarily (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) brings you the latest- detai everything. The Financial news and —as also is the Court Calend: newsdealers all All over the world—locally, —and the 5:30 EDITION of THE Things are Happening Fast nationally, internationally VENING STAR Is from everywhere—about the Sport news are featured ar for tomorrow For sale by newsboys and over the city. | VISITORS FLOOD LUXOR. | Egyptian Town Flooded in Antici- pation of Opening Tomb. (London Times world eopyright. By arrange- the Earl of Carnarvon.) Star, Egypt, February 16.—Lux- hat for the next few days it the center of the world's From the press reports and or fecls | occupies stag | the s ! which are pouring in it seems as if | the attention of all the people of the earth was concentrated he The | excitement, gh ! T (Continued on | ‘age 4, Column EBASSY LIQUOR tion for Information on Importations. An inquiry into the Importation of intoxicating liquors by foreign diplo- mats was ordered today by the House by a vote of 189 to 113, The inquiry is directed to Secretary Mellon, who already has informed the House judiciary committee that he could not “probably” give out the in- formation which the House now asks or. Tho resolution calling _upon Mr. Mellon for a statement of the amounts of liguor imports for all embassies and legations was introduced recent- 1y by Representative Cramton, re- rublican, Michigan, after publication of statements by police authorities that foreign diplomatic establish. ments here formed the source of much of the illicit liquor supply in Washington. The resolution had been referred to the judiciary committee, but the House on Mr. Cramton’s mo- tion today discharged that committes from further consideration of the resolution and then voted to adopt it. Barroom at Reception. Supporting his resolution Mr. Cram- ton read a newspaper article which said that at a recent reception at an embassy a_barroom was established with three bartenders on duty. “We have felt,” he added, “that some embassies have abused their privi- leges. Certainly they ought mot to make barrooms of their receptions.” Representative Britten, republican, Iliinois, declared the article Mr. Cram- ton had read was from the “funny page]’ of a newspaper and was “ridicu- ous. “There is nothing funny about this situation,” retorted Mr. Cramton. “It involves the flaunting of our law: He added that he was quoting from the magazine section of a paper, and not the “funny sheet.” Sees Opposition Blunder. Opposing the resolution, Representa- tive Garrett of Tennessee, the demo- cratic leader, said the manner in reams of letters and telegrams | {igating the | has been duly | bureau three days after its arrival. | that car is still in the ci ter the has expired the ! | Vote Favors Cramton Resolu- | To D.C.Finance Bill Is Removed The final legislative action on the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year -1924 has been taken by the Senate and the House. A concurrent resolution was adopted first in the House and then in the Senate, authoriz- ing the conferees of the two houses to strike out the provision locating the proposed colored bathing beach at the Virginia end of the Francis Scott Key bridge. This was the only matter still to be acted upon, all the other items in the District bill having been agreed to by both houses. There was some question at the Capitol today as to whether the conferees would have to g0 through the formality of report- ing to the Senate and Houso that they had stricken out the lan- guage us directed by the concur- rent resolution. But whether they do or not, it is a mere formality. AS soon as the bill has been put into final shape by the clerks it will go to the President for approval. The District bill ries a total of 3: is_approximately $700.000 in ex- cess of the amount carried when it passed the House. 5000 MOTORISTS 10 LOSE FREE USE - OFSTREETS HERE As Inner Chamber Is OpenedE Close to 5,000 motorists who have becn using the streets of Washing- ton gratis, year after year, by pur- chasing their license plates from thelr “home” states will be obliged to buy District tags after March 1, under a new registration tem the traflic It is estimated the will be enriched by §: o is ty's treas- en- been ear de- on has ly send 3 every &pite the 4 that Washingt long been their legal residence. Maryland Rule Basis. The practice of motorists from other ment Washington has made with every commonwealth Pt came general nediately after the latter state required local drivers to carry Maryland tage. For several months Inspector Headley, chief of the traffic bureau, has been carefully inves- xtent to which this prac- tice has gon He has the names of several thousand owners of autonio- biles here who have been violating the reciprocity Jaws. After March 1 everv automobile In ‘Washington bearing the tags of a dis- tant state will be obliged to carry in addition a small tag showing that it registered at the traffic If period of reciproc owner must purchase District tags or face prosecution. Police to Keep Watch. Close watch will be maintained by all policemen, whether attached to |the traffic bureau or the regular force, to make sure that some motor- ists do not escape. Tub will-be kept on all public and private garages and no warning will be afforded those who fail to buy their tags on time. The first persons to be arrested will ibe those whose names have already i been obtained. Inspector Headley de- clared he had found several cases of persons who had resided in Washing- ton for thirty or forty vears and still paid their automobile taxes in their “home” states. Although the absence of reeiprocity between Maryland and the District drove many persons to adopt this method of evasion, Inspector Headley said innumerable persons had frankly {told him they sent their money “back home” because the roads there needed repairing badly. Most of these mo- tor he added, had lived here for many years. Besides depriving Washington of its rightful taxes, the practice has also made it possible for thousands of mo- torists to drive in Washington with- out going through an_examination as to their proficienc In Virginia, for instance, any man who buys a motor car may order hig driver's permit and license plates by mail. Hundreds of these persons are driving through the streets of Washington daily, without ever having gone through an exami- nation to_determine if they are men- tally or physically qualified to operate an_automobile. The same law is true of all but twelve states. The District authori- ties are obliged by law to permit these so-called non-resident motorists to drive here as Jong as they have complied with the laws of their own states. Some of these states do not require the owner of a car to have an operator’s permit at all. “ Only chauffeurs, who work for a living, must obtain a permit. Many such persons are declared to be running in Washington without a permitand are within _the traffic regulations of Washington. Fine From Ten Days to Six Mon! The time allowed non-resident mo- torists to drive in Washington with- out first buying District tags varles from ten days to six months, accord- ing to_the state whence tney came. The District police allow visiting which it had 'been handled was proof | motorists the same length of time of the “blundering incapacity of the! republican majority since the present session began.” “This resolution,” he said, “involves the possibility that it may be regard- ed as an insult to foreign nations. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) More Freezing ForD.C.,Mercury Dropping to 15 *No warm weather in sight.” This was the ultimatum of the Wweather bureau today, as the District turned up its coat collar, with the temperature reaching the low point— 15 degrees above zero—of the winter today. ‘While the official thermometer at the bureau steadfastly refused to go down to the expected 12 degrees, it did go down to 15 degrees above, 1 gree colder than yesterday, when 16 degrees above zero was reached. Lowering- of the wind, however, made today seem much warmer than yesterday. Clear and cold, with no warm weather in sight, was the pre- dletion for the District, with diminu- tlon of the wind. their own states grant persons ing there. No person, under an: cumstances, however, may drive a car here longer than six months with- out paying the regular fee for a Dis- trict tag. . By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C., February 16.— Ira Harrison was electrocuted at the state prison here today for his part in the murder last May of J. C. Arnette of Columbla. He was placed in the death chair at 10:46 a.m. and tour minutes later physiclans pro- nounced him dead. Harrison, appar- ently unconsclous, was carried to the death chair by two prison attendants. Harrison remained in the state of apparent unconsclousness which has marked his case for most of the last two months. He did not show any signs of consciousness nor utter a ‘word. The death warrant was read to uu will put in operation on that} states abusing the reciprocity agree-! Maryland be- | WIDE PAY RAES BIVEN N REVISED CLASSIFING L Al Government Employes Considered Would Get 4 or 5 Per Cent Increases. SOME GO MUCH OVER BONUS NOW RECEIVED Redrafted Measure Before Subcom- mittee of Senate Again Prob- ably Tomorrow. revised recl; bill, to considered by the Senate appropriations subcommittee, ! probably tomorrow, provides an in- | crease of 4 to 5 per cent in the aggregate of all the salaries of tha employes of the government covered Ly the bill. It is understood that this | increase of 4 or 5 per cent means an increase over and above the bonus now being received. The increases, of course, vary, and In some grades and services they Wwill run 10, 15 or 20 per cent. The redrafted bill, which, it is pected, will be approved in the by the appropriations subcommittee, has been drawn by Senator Sterlin chairman of the civil service com mittee, after conferences with Sena- tor Smoot, chairman of the appro- priations subcommittee, and after conferences with the President. ‘While the text of the revived bill has not been made public, it was learned today that the principal changes from the bill as reported by the Senate civil service committee are. as follows: A new classifying board Is provid ed instead of the Civil Service Coi mission. The new board will consis! of a representative of the Civil Serv- ice Commission; a_representative of the bureau of the budget ar resentative of the bureau of e Efficiency Bureau Provision. There is incorporated in the revised bill a provision that work done by the bureau of efficiency in regard to re- classifying the government employes under executive order of October 24, 1921, may be utilized so far as prac- ticable and consistent with the new law. The revised bill covers the fleld service of the federal government as well as the employes of the District government. Those jobs in the fleld which are comparabie to jobs in the District of Columbia, will be classi- fied by the board. Those-empluyes in | the field who have jobs that are not i so comparable will be reclassified by the board after the board has made a 1 study of their cases and reported back to Congress. Provision is made that all employes covered by the bill shall continue to receive the $240 bonus juntil they have been reclassified. The rules for classifying have beea kept substantially the same as in the bill when reported by the Senate civil service committee. killed labor and common labor have been eliminated from the bill at the request of the laborers themselves, who believe that their interests are better cared for under the present method of wage adjustment in the government. Clerical-Mechanical Service. There has been substituted, howe ever, a clerical-mechanical service, largely to take care of certain em- ployes in the bureau of engraving and printing and the printing office. These emploves are not the skilled labor in those bureaus. The police and fire departm cared for in the bill, and it tood will get what they now get, which means a basic salary, plus the bonus. As the bill was reported from tho Senate committee on civil service there was a provision which said in effect that no employe should have his present salary reduced. This is modified in the revised bill, and it is considered likely that the provision will be stricken out when the bill is_considered by the appropriations subcommittee and the classifying board will be authorized to reduce salaries as well as increase them in allocating the employes, as provided originally in the House bill. The salary schedules as provided in the bureau reported by the civil serv- ice committee, are retained about the same as carried in the bill reported by the civil service committee of the Senate. In one case an increase has been made in the revised bill. This increase is for grade 8, of the cierical and administrative service. The range of salary for this grade in the bill 'as reported by the Senate com- mittee was $4,980 to 0. In the revised bill, the range is from $5,400 to $6,000. ‘This is the highest grade in_that service. The highest salaries provided in tho bill are for the scientific service, the maximum being $7,200. ACQUIT SKIPPER IN DEATH. NEW YORK, February 16.—A fede eral court jury has acquitted Capt. Géorge H. Miles of the Shipping Board steamer President Van Buren of the charge of having murdered Harry G. Baxter, a pantryman, and also of having assaulted him. The jury, however, found Miles guilty of having illegally conflned Baxter in the hold of the steamship and also of having treated him cruelly. Sentence will be {mposea Monday. The jury Was out neary twenty-four hours. sification Slayer Carried “-Unconscious” to Death in Electric Chair Harrison as he lay on a cot in his cell by Lane L. Bonner, a newspaper reporter. Capt. Roberts of the prison guard, who usually performs this ceremony, was suffering_ with eye trouble this morning and Bonner was specially deputized. Throughout the reading there was no sign from Har- son that he heard or knew what vas going on, although Dr. R. T. Jennings, the prison physician, today again communicated to Gov. Thomas G. McLeod his belief that there was no reasort to change his opinfon that Harrison was malingering. Rev. H. F. Schroeder, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, visited Harrison in the death cell this morning. He at- tempted to administer the last rites of the church to the condemned man, but Harrison did not respond. !