Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr and much warmer tonight; tomorrow, increasing cloudiness and warmer. Temperature Highest, 47, at noon tod: 28, at 6:30 am. today. Full report on page for four hours ended at 2 p.m. twenty- today: lowest, a Closing N. Y.§ tocks and Bonds, Page 24 @ ¢ Ty ering WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. tion is del " Saturd “From Press to Home The Star's every city block and the regular edi- sercd to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Sunday’ Clrfnhtlon, S Within the Hour” | carrier system covers Net Circulation, 91,;25 = 98,241 No. 28,826. post_office Entered as second-class matter Washington, B C WASHINGTON, D. C MONDAY, =3 . 2, APRIL 1923—.T111RTY-SIX PAGES. " STRIKING PAINTERS DEMAND §9 A DAY * AND 44HOUR WEEK Between 400 and 500 Mem- bers of Union Walk Out as Clean-Up Week Begins. EMPLOYERS WILLING [ TO GRANT INCREASE! Do Not Balk at Rate, But Allege! Sixty-Day-Notice Agree- | ment Violated. | A strike between 400 and 500 ainters today marked the arrival of Clean-up, Paint-up Week." The painters refused to work unless the newly established scale of $9 per day, in lieu of the former $8 per day, with the forty-four-hour week, was forthcoming. | Union officials claim that half of | the membership of 850 pointers are out on strike. Master painters assert that 500 are out. They say they are willing to pay the additional dollar-a-d wage, but charge that the forms a violation of an stipulating that sixty days’ notice of a requested change in condi- tions be given. They say also that the request for a new scale for the paint- ers was made only on March 16. of | wage walkout agreement | advance Divergence of Opinion. To this charge the union painters reply that the agreement providing for such notice expired on January 21, and that since then the agreement has been null and void. H. Bowie business representative of the union painters, asserted thut the union maintains its members are not bound by the agreement after its expiration. | ©On the other hand. the master paint- | ers come back with the statement that a clause in the contract stipu- lated that it would continue In effect | if no agreement were substituted until repudiation by either party on ., sixty days' notice, There is a di-| vergence of opinion between meni- bers of the Master Painters’ Asso- ciatlon of Washington and the union painters on this point. Whereas the master painters u tain that large real estate deu who employ & number of men representatives present at the meet- ing of the employers Saturday and all agreed to stop all work, the uniou officials declare half of the member- | ain- lers had i ship to be at work either for con- | tractors, builders or independent painters not bound by the Master Painters Association ruies. The| agreement is a joint proposition en tered into between committees of the union and of the association, and re- | orted back to the general bodies of Sach organization Tespectively for | confirmation and ratitication. i Employers’ Statement. | ‘The statement issued by the mas- | ter painters today said: | “A situation has arisen in the painting trade of the city which h resulted in a general stoppage ot all painting and decorating work this morning. The violation of an agree- ment which required that sisty da notice of change be given cause, 1t is stated by the paintérs. The journeymen ' peremptory demand _on March 16 at an advance of $1 per duy be made—the old rate was §3 per day— the demand is for $9. It was stated by T. H. Reid, presi- dent of the Master Painters’ Associa- tion: “The Master Painters’ Association formed an agreement with she jour- | | the muster issucd a | ! | | | | | neymen striving to give stability to our business in the making of con- tracts, etc, and in that agreemen there was a clause which required that a notice of sixty days be given by either side If any change was de- | sired. At the opening of the present season negotiations were upened for & continuation of past conditions, and while the wage conditions were more or less touched upon no notice of change of rate was given by the raen until suddenly on March disre garding all previous negotiations, the | Journeymen issued @ peremptory de mand that wages be 39 per day, ef- fective April 1 “Our contention i should abide the pro wgreement. We will mand of an iucreas: that sixty days’ not not ten or twelve days. The journey- men must recognize the Master Painters’ Association and observe a falr agrecment and thereby enable us to establish stable conditions in the industry.” Agreed to Increase. i Mr. Reld further stated that as late as Friday the Master Painters' Assoclation audressed the journey- men, granting the increase, but ask- ing again observance of the provis- ions of the agreement, but. the journ- cymen ignored that and demunded that the increase go into effect on aprii 1, regardless of the agreement. The large real estate dealers who . employ a number of men had repre mentatives present at the meeting! Saturday of the employers, and ail| agreed to stop. Those present were the employers of quite five hundred who are affected and idle this morn- | ing. g. H. McGhan, general secretary of the International Association of Mas- | ter Painters said: “We deplore exceedingly the stop-| page of work just at this time, as the | printing trade Is very busy prepar- | ing for the Shrine convention. are not standing agafnst the doliar. | but we do want the sixty-day notice and we do want the agreement ob- served. as the observance of the | agreenient 18 really the motto of both sides.” i H. Bowle, business representative | of the painters, made a terse state- | ment. ! “We contend that the agreement which expired January 81 of this year | made null and vold all clauses entered | into at_the inceptlon of the agree- | ment. That i3 our contention and the | reason why our men are not at work ———— 2 BODIES FOUND IN RUINS. HARTFORD, Conn., April 2.—The bodies of James Bent, superintendent of the R. G. Bent Company. contrac- tors, of Robert Clark, a setter, and one other have been taken from the ruins of the Fuller Brusn Company tower which collapsed Saturday. The recovery of the bodies brings the list of known dead to eight. The body of one workman is believed still to be in the ruins, and search is being made. htat the men ions of their | grant the de- | but we require | be given, and | ! much | secretary ! tude | man to do his work to the tune of | will speak for itself, and the people | dent | during 'in politics, the Secretary said: s “I am one of those who find a great | | our We b Seek Incendiary In Columbia Rd. Tea Room Fire Incendiarism is suspected in connection with a disastrous fire that occurred in the Mary Eliza- beth T Room, 1779 Columbixt road, at an early hour touay. Fire Marshal Seib and Detective Mans- ield are conducting an investi- gation, and an arrest is expected to be made in the near future. Telephone wires were cut and the desk had been taken to the rveur portion of the premises, broken open and rifled of a small sum of money. Miss Mary Merscheimer and Mrs. Sadie Bliss, owners of the business, conferred with the po- lice and’ fire department oflicials ative to the supposed incen- diarism and gave them the banc- tit of what they thoughi of the starting of the fire The build @ one-story struc- ture, was almost compeltely gut- ted. PRESIDENT GALLED POOR ADVERTISER Secretary Davis Says Execu- tice Believes in Work, Not Blare of Trumpets. i POLITICS LEAST WORRY i | Sees Great Hope for Future in En-! trance Into Public Affairs of Woman Voters. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 2.—President Hard- ing is “not bouthering his head over: about the politics of 1924 Davis told the Women's | Republican Club of Boston in a speech here today. The President's| cretary of Labor, after expressing ! his views on woman's place in poli- | tics, discussed Mr. Harding's atti- toward the forthcoming pre dential campaign. “The F sident’s plan seem to be worrying many of our people,” Secre- tary Davis said. “I think that every | newspaper man I have talked to for | the past month or more has wanted to Know what they are. Well, I'll tell 7ou some things about the President. Poor Advertiser. As “President Harding is probably the poorest advertiser In the United | States toda: The smallest corner | grocer in Boston could undoubtedly | give him & big handicap and then beuat him at the game of getting him self ‘sold,” as they call it, to thej public. This is not the time of our! old and respected friend Theodore Roosevelt, who had the faculty of letting folks know what he was doing, and how fast he was doing it. | “President Harding reminds me of the man who was made boss of the mill, back in the days when I worked with my hands. This mill worker was a man that nobody hud ever no- ticed, He never had been engagad 1n any of the ordinary disputes about! the plant. But the quiet man got the | job. And we found out why. llej Worked at his job. He didn't tik about it. Well, that is President Hard- ing. He works at his job. He doesn't tatk about 1t. Indefatigable Worker. “President Harding is aa indefati- | gable worker and he accompiishes tremendous results. He is a plamn, businesslike individual, with a genius or stabilizing things. He is not the a brass band. 1 have often him to let the people know the ousness of the tasks and the steps he taking to perform something o But he has urged ri- nfronting him | has taken and is them, for 1 know the value o publicity insisted that the work will find things out. Wnen 1 hive sought to point out that there is a campaign of 1924 coming, and that little_advertising for the’ administra- | tion would do not harm, he has told | me that he is not a showman, not .Al stage direct He holds that toduy the best politics is secvice to the i Presi- | people. PUYuSE between you and me, Harding is not bothering his ! head overmuch about the politics of 1924. He is spending his time work- | ing for the people of the United States today, tomorrow and 100 years from now.” Recovery Unprecedented. country's economic the present The recovery administration, Secretary Davis sald, has no prece- dent In its history. Within a few ! months the nation has emerged from | industrial and financial panic to prosperity, he said, with indication | of prosperity on every hand. | Discussing the position of woman | consolation for the present, a great { who | morning | rest accusing each director of | occupational 107 FAGING TRIAL IN ESSEN RIOTING Four Directors of Krupp Works Seized on Charge of Inciting Trouble. OFFICIALS SENT PROTEST Declare French Refused to Use Side Exit to Avoid Threat- ening Workers. BY A, R. DI KER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, March £.—In Werden prison are four directors of the Krupp works | morning | who were arrested Sunday in connection with the fatal Saturday. riot on is well knowp in the United States, and Messrs. ‘Hartwig Oesterie and Ritter. French gendarmes visited the homes of the directors be- tween & and 6 o'clock yesterday and read the orders of ar en dangering the safety of the French army through causing or permitting employes to leave their work. assemble in the street and prevent the requisition of automo- biles: in other words, making the directors responsible for the shoot- ing. Home Broken Into. Dr. Bruhn was arrested because two of the other directors, Vielhaber and Wendt, were not found. Herr Vielhaber s in the Tyrol on a vaca- tion. His hous: was broken into and his desk searched. The direc- tors are confined in a room together with Essen hostages, relch officiuls and others awaiting trial, numbering in all thirty-three. In another room are seventy-four political prisoners who will either be released after a preliminary exam! held for trial before a military court. Frau Bruhn was able to visit her husband after obtaining a pass from headquarters. 1t ix claimed that the directors were not responsible for the blowing of sirens which brought the employes into the street. It is said that the workers blew the whistles themselves and left work because the French had entered the plant. How Fray Occurred. One of the Krupp emploves, who is a member of a factory council and who alone through a French soldier interpreter conducted the negotia- tions with the officer commanding the { French soldiers in Saturday's affray, gave the writer the following ac- count of how he twice proposed to the French that they should ieave by a side entrance to the factory rather than attempt to force their way through the crowd of infuriated workers: “AL T 0 a.m. two workmen delegated by the Krupp employes talked with the French and asked them to leave. The French officer replied that he had orders to stay and awalt a commis- sion of officers coming to examfne au- tomobiles and select requisitions. “At 8:50 the sirens began blowing, announcing that the French were in the plant. Officers Driven Away. “At the same time officers came in | one automovile, got out und climbed back in the car, driving away with- out speaking to the officer in the garage. Although a few workers had embled, there was no one between the car and the garage before which the car stopped. “The crowd became larger and at 9:30 o'clock I talked with the officer through a soldier interpreter and asked them to leave the factory. I proposed to show him a safe way out. The commission came and departed. At 10:30 I returned again and pro- posed that the troops leave by a side entrance. The crowd was angrier and the situation looked bad. T start- ed for the main office to warn the officials and was only « short distance away when the shooting began. I had a narrow escape.” INCITED BY NATIONALISTS. Walls and Workshops of Krupps Covered With Placards. By the Assoctated Press. . BERLIN, April 2.—The communist Rote Fahne, referring to the dis- turbance at the Krupp plant, Essen, st Saturday, which resulted in the death of nine Germans and the wound. ing of thirty-four others, says that for several weeks past the walls and workshops of the plant had been cov- ered with German nationalist plac- ards. The dispatch continues: “Immediately on learning of the ar- rival of the French troops at the works, a number of nationalists in- cited “the workmen to resist, and urged them not to allow any soldier to leave the plant alive When mem- bers of the workers' council, who had been deliberating, left thé con- ference hall they found themselves in the presence of a compact crowd led by enraged nationalists, Includ- ing numerous students, who were shouting ‘Down with France! " e LENIN UNDER GUARD. hope for the future, in the advent of American women into political life through the exercise of the right of suffrage. 1 am one of those who believe that-women in politics means tier politics —not worse women-— and that women will bring Into puo- lic life those same virtues that they have 8o long displayed in American home life.” LONDON, April 2.—A despatch to the Times from Riga says it has been learned that Nikola Lenin, the Rus- slan premier, is completely under charge of Leon Trotsky, the minister of war, who bars all persons from the bedside except Lenin's wife and physicians. Even Lenin's brother, who came from Livadla, was not al- lowed to see the patient. e e e DL A EXPECT $2,000 WEEK LOSS TO GIVE LEGITIMATE DRAMA AT $1 SEAT By the Amsociated Press. NEW YORK, April 2.—Chan- ning Pollock, playwright, today announced tentative plans for the production of legitimate drama at small admission prices to combat the growing popularity of motion pictures, which he admits will cause its backers a loss of at least $2,000 a week. The highest priced seats will be $1 each, according to Pollock. While details have not been completed, he has Interviewed in- terested men’ and women in the L] = managerlal, production and artistic flelds, and has their promises of support, Briefly, Pollock sald, that in the 1924-1925 season he and his back- ers would lease a theater, seating no more than 1,400 persons, in Which to produce the best types of modern plays. There also would be seats for 25 and 55 cents, he de- clared. adding that the $2,000 or more weekly loss that would ensue could be underwritten. “a dozen times over." Several leading actors and ac- tresses, he sald, had agreed to give their services “for just enough to live on. 1 They are Dr. Bruno Bruhn. | ion today or be| * BEAUTES N WEL | Religious Rite Helped Make Chichenitza Mecca in Fifth Century. By the Associated Press MERIDA, Yucatan, Examination of the Chichenitza, jJust compl American scientist, Dr. Morley, of the Carnegie Institute, Washington, D. C. has brought to light evidences of a civilization dating back to the middle the fifth century, A. D., which, Dr. Mor- ley says, was the most advanced of any in the western prior to the discovery Ly Columbus. The research was decade ago by the | tute, but was war. The project up last month. The religious the ruins cover a Mex.. April 2.— Maya ruins of ted Ly the Sylvanus ( hemispliere of America inaugurated a Carn Insti- errupted by the again was taken in and civic centers of ca two miles Extending for ains icluce Dlazas ed in long and ene mile wide. from this center in all direction three to five miles are the These terraces, all now bu follage. T stone building . platform d roads a thick tropical Occupied Two Centurles. “The ruins of Chichenitza are those of the largest city of the new Maya empire, which was probably founded about the middle of the fifth century after Christ by nists from the old empire cities of northern Guatemala,” Dr. Morley sald. “During this first period it was occupied for about two centuries and abandoned for unknown reasons. In the middle of the seventh century the inhabitants moved toward the coast, where they stayved three cen- turies, returning to Chichenitza and re-establishing there about 965 A. D. “It was then one of a league of three_cities, the others being (zmal and Mayapan, which ruled Yucatan from the beginning of the eleventh to the thirteenth century. It was a pe riod of prosperity with a renaissanc of art, architecture and sculpture. “New types of buildings were then erected, the temples Showing columns cut with feathered serpents, dedicated to thelr patron delity called Kukulcan, or feathered serpent. The great ball court, as large as a modern foot ball ficld, was buiit and inclosed by walls 30 feet high and feet thick. In this inclouse games were played not unlike modern basket ball, the ob- ject being to drive a ball through rings fastened in the side walks. Human Sacrifices. “A new religious cult developed under which most of the beautiful young ladies were hurled to death in a great natural well 180 feet in diameter and 70 feet deep, as sacri- ing droughts. The fame of this | sacred well spread far and wide, so that pilgrims came from a great dis- {tance to make preclous offerings of | carved jude, copper, bells, pottery and lincense, which were deposited in this | well as sacrifices to the rain gods. “Because of the extraordinarily spectacular character of her religious rites and ceremonies, Chichenitza be- came the mecca of the whole Mayan { world. “It is difficult to make an estimate of the population of Chichenitza dur- ing the period of her greatest glory, but personally I think the whole less than a quarter of a million, and {possibly half a million.” Dr. Morley is leaving for Mexico icity, where he will stop for two | weeks, traveling thence overland to Guatemala, where he will excavate two temples at the ruins of Quirigua. Upon the completion of this work he intends to return to Washington. CAPT. C. A. McHUGH DEAD. Chairman of Virginia Industrial Commission Heart Victim. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 2—Capt. Charles A. McHugh of Roanoke, chair- man of the state industrial commis- gion, died early today after suffering i tor some time from heart disease. He was sixty-five vears old, and was a native of South Carolina. Gov. Trinkle, on being apprised of the death of Capt. McHugh, at once named Bolling H. Handy of Bristol to the vacancy, due to the need for im- mediate service on account of the great volume of work before the com- mission. | ON colo- | fices to the offended rain deities dur- | Itza nation could not have numbered | THE OUTSIDE LOOKING | | Carefree Crowd to Funfest. Dopey Dan to Pose as Parent. BY W. H. CLAGETT. ar Folks As far back as I can remember Easter Monday was always a red- letter day skarum existe vears mbat my keer-free, harum- and while in after a crool world wi dampened for egg-rollin’ the old afresh love for the rung today, when I became part and parcel st throng of cheery-faced, youngsters gathered on the south grounds of the White House to participate in this truly distinctive local practice And 1 say disti | pastima o ctive local practice explanation of ezg-rollin’ to them | poor unfortunate Americans forced to | take up abode outside of our un- m hable area ix almost an impos- ility—they simply don't get it! Once 1 tried to detail features of the sport to a flock of Green mountaineers River Junction, V' and thrills of my outline ard one Junctioneer say INFATUATED GIRL - PURSUES CHAPLIN Ejected | | | From Bedroom, ©|Where She Had Hidden, Later | Tells of Taking Poison. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 2.—A young woman saying she was fifteen vears of age and claiming acquaint- ance with Gen Francisco Serrano, Mexican minister of war, and Pedro J. Aimada, inspector general of police In Mexico City, interested police surgeons and newspaper men Satur- day night with declarations of hav- ing swallowed poison after having been ejected from the bedroom of Charles Chaplin, motion picture actor. She gave the name of Mrs, Marina Vega of Mexico City. While no traces of poison were found, the movie comedian, in whose automobile she was taken to the receiving hospital for treatment, told of several en- trances effected to his house through ruses 1 Tells of Infatuation. Her story was of infatuation with the comedian through seeihg his pic- ! tures in Mexico City, and unsuccessful attempts to see him at the studio, fol- lowed by gaining entrance to his resi- {dence while he was out and remaining in his bedroom until discovered there by a Japanese servant when the come- dian returned with Pola Negri, his fiancee, and a physfeian. The girl was induced to leave after a brief talk with Chaplin, but returned a second time, and after being put out sald she purchased poison at a nearby drug store and again effected entrance. Induced to enter an automobile, she collapsed and was brought back into the house, saying she had taken poison, She was rushed to the receiving hos- pital, but after treatment surgeons shook their heads and placed a question mark on the hospital chart. Coples of messages addressed to Gen. Serrano and Inspector Almada, appealing for funds, were found in her possession. _——— CHILDREN FOUND DEAD. BAY CITY, Mich., April 2.—Sofle and Mary Rataj, eleven and nine years old, daughters of Felix Rataj, whose bodies were found in a fleld near the Kawkawlin river Saturday, died from exposure, an investigation revealed today. A third child, Stan- ley, aged six, still is missing and is believed to have drowned. Egg-Rolling Lures| Dime Is Offered to, comewhat my enthusiasm | advisedly, for to give a comprehensive | CLOSED H M DAUGHERT Y IN. Rollicking Youngsters Make HND MAYAS PUI Merfy on President’s Lawn AMON THOSE PRESEN | to another, “No, don’t call the wagon |vet! He still seems harmless, and ; we'd better wait until he gets on pink | crocaaites:” vhow. it 18 our game, folks. and ives are turrible prc of it, | for if a more inspirin’ spectacle than | several thousand curiy-headed, br eyed, happy-go-lucky kiddies |10’ helter-skelter at their ! content, can be thrown on | vas, then we here in the District are | wiliin’ to_be shown! _An a_crowd as it was! Favor- « ed on Page 2, Column EXKAISER'S BRIDE WAY NOT RETURN Reported She Has Left Doorn Permanently and Will Live With Relatives. By the Associated Press. YORK, England, April 2—Reports of a serious disagrecment between former Emperor William and Prin- cess Hermione, his bride of 2 few months, which have cropped out from time to time since the first of the year, are revived today by the Doorn correspondent of the Yor ing News. The correspondent state: he has learned a singularl well informed source” that the ex- kaiser and his wife have definitely separated as a result of domestic troubles. When Princess Hermione left Doorn recently she went ostensibly to in- spect family estates in Germany, but in reality, asserts the correspondent, she has gone to live with her near relatives. “The actual separation is over a fortnight old,” he declares, “but the secret has been well kept.” The ex-emperor's life is to be “very solitary, and hi lishment very simple, for although his private means are still ample they ‘are not under his control.” In the article the ex-kaiser is de- scribed as_“one of the most ragic figures in Europe today.” rom epcrted estan- TWO CENTS. \Workman Killed By Gas During Work in Trench Overcome by gas while work- ing in a trench connecting branch §as mains to the large gas mains at 4th and L streets northeast, John Carroll, colored, forty-five vears old, believed to live at 315 Clarks court southwest, died en route to Casualty Hosplital in an | ambulance, Dr. Strother pro- nounced him dead when the ma- chine arrived at the Institution, Carroll was overcome and had inhaled sufficient gas to make his condition serious before being dis- | covered by Foreman Patrick Cady of 2191: "Missouri avenue. Pre- cinet Detcetives Wilson and Kueh- i ling of the ninth precinct investi- gated the case, CHILDREN'S BOARD MAY RESIGN TODAY Decision Planned by Six| Members Who Have Been Holding Posts. RUDOLPH PRAISES WORK Commissioner Denies -City Heads Are Dissatisfied With Ac- tions of Guardians. The members of the board of chil- dren's guardlans probably will reach a firal decision at a meeting this aft- ,€rnoon to submit their resignations [to the Commissioners, it was learned (from a reliable source today. | Three members, Chairman W. W. {Millan, Norton M. Little and Judge jGeorge C. Aukam, sent letters of resignation to Commissioner Rudolph more than a week ago, but the re- maining six members have been de- {bating further whether they should do the same. A few ago the Commissioners conferred with several of the woman members, following which it was learned that the laying action because they wanted to be assured that the city heads were not asking them to resign be- cause of dissatisfaction with the methods pursued by the present board in caring for the wards. Praises Board Members, Commissioner Rudolph, as chair- man of the board of Commissioners, has addressed a letter to Mrs. Thomas H. Carter, vice president of the board, in which he indorses the policies of the present board and compliments the members on the high degree of devotion they have shown to thelr work. the “Commissioners, in Loard to resign, do not wish to imply sny dissatisfaction with the members. The outstanding principie upon which the present board bas operated i1s that wards committed to it by the Juvenile Court should be placed in rrivate homes In every case possible and that the Industrial Home School should be used only as a receiving {place for the children until they are { permanently located. | The tmpression prevailed this morn- {ing in well informed circles that the letter of Commissioner Rudolph will result in the remaining six members agreeing to resign this afternoon, The present members of the board were appointed by the two judges of Police Court and one justice of the Criminal Court. Congress recently the Commissioners. Mr, {letter indicates that the Commission- appoint the board, which they direct henceforth. i The letter from Mr. Rudolph to Mre. | Carter follows: “In pursuance of the {very agreeable interview that the Commissioners had with & number of the members of the Board of Chil- dren’s Guardians, 1 am writing to confirm w! regard to the attitude of the Commis- sioners towards the present Board o Children’s Guardians and its policie It should be a matter of public knowledge that the Commissioners have supported the board of chil- dren’s guardians in its policles, and have appreciated the fact that the members of the board have shown a their work. that the institutional care of children should be restricted as much as pos- been’ pursued by the board of chil. wards committed to its care has been in accordance with the most enlight- ened standards. “In asking the members of the board of children’s guardians to re. sign, the Commissioners do not, there- fore, wish to imply that they have felt ' any dissatisfaction with the board. The resignations were called simply to enable the Commissioners hereafter to discharge with their own agents the responsibilities which have recently been placed directly upon them by law. Having stated what precedes, it must be evident that the Commissioners intend to car- ry out the present general policies of the board of children's guardians, and there exists not the slightest de- sire to reflect upon the past acts of the board.” The six members who have not yet resigned are Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs. Thomas R. Mar- shall, Mrs. Walter 8. Ufford, Dr. Wil- liam A. Warfield and former Michael M. Doyle. niembers were de- | lers merely wanted an opportunity to | at was then sald to you in | high degree of ability and devotion to | sible, and that the course which has | dren’s guardians in the handling of | | | 1 i | | the | from ENPLOYES PENSION SHOULD BE RAISED. STERLING ASSERTS Chairman of Senate Commit- tee to Offer Bill for In- crease of Annuities. FUND HAS GROWN RAPIDLY SINCE FOUNDATION IN 1920 Total of $17,000,000 Is Now Twice Larger Than Promoters Expected. The maximum and minimum annul- ties paid tc the civil service em- ployes of the government under the civil service retirement act would be materially increased under a bill which Senator Sterling, chairman Senate ttee will draft and introduce at the next session of Congress. Senator Sterling. who returned to Washington today from Florida, said that under his proposed plan the maximum annuity paid the employes on retirement would be $720—the present $960 or $1,000 a year. annuity would $180 to $240. Two factors enter into the question of these proposed increases, Senator Sterling sald purchasing power of the do increased figure—to The minimum increas: from In the first place, the than it was, and unless the cost of living iy reduced, there seems little likelihood of its being increased, and 0, while a great help, is not cal- ulated to support a man, perha with dependents, upon his retirem Would Raise Annuities. In the second place, the retirement fund, built up under the operation o the retirement act, has developed and increased to an extent far beyond the expectations of those who fostered the retirement The act has been in operation si August 1920, and the fund no sometning like $17.000,000. It was ex- pected that after the first yvear or two the fund would amount only to $5,000.- 000 or perhaps $10.000,000. The very considerable size of tie retirement fund, built up by the per- is centage payments of the employes themselves, Senator Sterling said, warrants in his opinion, an increass in the size of the annulties paid. The employes themselves, while grateful for the aid given under the retire- ment act as it now stands, believe that there should be some increases in the annuities paid, because of the amount of the fund developed. It is recognized that eventually, as more and more of the employes are placed on the retirement roll, the government will have to contribute from its general fund to keep up the payment of the annuities. In fact, | it ‘was contemplated that eventually Mr. Rudolph states in the letter that | asking the | | | | i | { somewhat with the | | | { opposed the Rogers bill for those r. the government would be contribu- ting one-half of the amount needed and the employes one-half. But the increase in efficiency would more than make up the loss to the government Employes’ Contributions. Under the law as it stands today, all the employes contribute 2% per cent of their salaries to the fund. But the maximum annuity paid after thirty Years' service upon reaching the age of retirement is $720, no matter whether the emplove had been receiv- ing $1,200 a_year or $2,500. Senator Sterling said that his proposed b might make provision for graduating the annuities paid so as to correspond size of the con- tributions by the employes Since becoming chairman of the civil service committee, about four years ago, Senator Sterling has suc transferred the appointing power to | cessfully hzadied in the Senate two Rudolph's | major pieces of legislation for the civil service employes—the civil service retirement act and the reclas- sification act. He believes that the government service is being mate- jrially improved, and will be mate rially improved. through the opera- tion of both these laws, Senator Sterling called attention to the so-called Rogers bill passed by the House last session, but not acted upon in the Senate, which would con- solidate the diplomatic and consular services of the United States into the “foreign service." This bill, he said, provides for put- ting employes of the proposed for- olgn service under the operation the clvil service retirement act House Bill Hardly Falr. “As the bill came from the House eaid Senator Sterling, “it was The Commissioners feel |quite fair to the other employes of the government included in the oper- ation of the retirement .act. While it fixed the contributions to be made by the employes of the foreign serv- ice to the retirement fund at 5 per cent of their salaries, it fixed the minimum annuity to be paid atter thirty years' service at §750 and the maximum at §5.400. “The minimum, It will he observed ximum of tho government, was higher than the m other employ of the and the maximum w. beyond all reason, in my opinion. Furthermore, a number of the employes of the for- elgn service would have been eligible for retirement immediate and it was proposed fo take their annuities out of the general fund created by the rest of the employes of the go ernment, without any further appro priation. This would have been mani- festly unfair.” Senator Sterling sald that he had sons. He added, however, that ) some modification, he believed the Rogers bill could go through at the next Congr w "=\ REFUGEES’ ILLNESS FIRE HORSE COMES BACK IN D. C., MENACES EUROPE AS MOTOR EIVGINES AWAIT REPAIR | American Red Cross Asked to Pro- The proud old fire horse, who now spends most of his time kick- ing impatiently in a stall while powerful motor engines do the work he used to perform with such spirit, came back into his own today. As a result of the series of fires that kept Chief Watson's men running to all corners of the city, and even into Maryland Saturday, nine pleces of motor apparatus are in the repair shop today. Still holdin® their heads high and their sharp ears alert for the sound of the gong, more than a dozen of the horses were recalled this morning from the obscurity of retirement and placed in active service. In another week or two they will be relegated once more to the background, but today they are the same proud animals that clat- tered through the streets before the advent of the automobile, Although the motorization of Washington's fire cepartment s now practically complete, the city has no reserve motor englnes, and whenever two or three companies 80 out of service simultaneously, the horse returns. It may be necessary for Chief Watson to ask the commissioners to give hlm part of their emer- gency fund with which to put his equipment back in service. Two pieces of apparatus were disabled in making the long run to Chesapeake Beach Saturday morning. They are the hose wagons of engine compunies 12 and 18. Another engine and a truck were crippled by a collision while responding to the Bolling Fleld blaze; There are five other pleces in the repair shop from various causes. A vide Relief Funds at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, April .—The refugee situation here is becoming so serious that the Americun chamber of commerce has cabled the American Red Cross and the Near Last Relief, | urging funds to permit the evacua- tion of the 38,000 Greeks and Rus- slans crowded into the refugee quar ters. The mortality among the refugees now exceeas 1 per cent daily and there seems to be no possibility of checking the epidemics among them So long_ as present conditions con- tinue. Meanwhile there are continual escapes of individuals among the refugees who are mingling with the city’s population, threatening t spread of disease here and menacing all Europe, the authorities fear.