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WL NET TODAY WEATHER. Tartly row er tomorrow aflternoon temperature for twenty. ended at 2 pm, today: at noon today: lowest, wmn. today. Full report on cloudy tonight Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 somewhat warmer tonight; cold- and tomor- and night; -four hours Highest, 60, 38, at 4:30 page 7. - No. 29,058. post office Entercd as second-class matter ‘Washington, D. C. BRITAIN " CREWE AND ENVOYS Fear by French of Word “Consult” Halted Pro- ceedings. NEW WORDING OF NOTE TO GERMANY SATISFIES Deletion of Ultimatum Removed Chief British Ob- jection. 1—lLord Crewe, th dor, received in- ™ structions from London this morning regarding the note the allies are to #end to Germany, It was then an- 3ounced that the council of ambassa- dors would meet this afternoon. Gne little word—the word “consult™ ~ is what has been delaying final ac- tie by the council on the note since M it appears from to de- A ents. The decision reached by T mbassadors on that day was that the to ¢ any woeuld set forth the allied demand that the military vleuses of treaty be com- piled with ermany led the allies action the D note ace and that if deman to that word were raised ench net meeting Mon- afternoon. It was declared that thus impos upon consult” her fon was require many < the | governmeat hands should n tied, consultation between Lord Crewe int the British amb Juies INSTRUCTS All Protestant C A delegation representing the Fed- 1 Council of Churches assured President Coolidge today that all the I'rotestant churches of this country favor the United States co-operating with other nations in establishing world justice and world peacs. | The delegation presented a state- ment indorsing the proposals of the {late President Harding, recommend- ing that the United States became | a4 member of the Court of Intefna- | tional Justice. er: Haws 300 Signatures. This statement was signed by 500 over the country. The President also j was furnished with official documents | adopted by the Federal Council of Churches setting forth the reasons | for approving the world court and ! the methods by which the consensus | of opinion of lh{church membership was obtained The President was told -that this delegation not only represented the | thirty communions affiliated with the | federation, but that it has the back- | ing of the Southern Baptist Church, the Uni¥ersalists, the Unitarians, and several smaller bodies. Presented by Bishop. Bishop William F. McDowell of the | Methodist Church, chairman of the | Washington chapier of the federa- | tion was chairman._ George W. W rsham of New York acted as| spokesman for the delegation, which | ciuded several high church officals | nd represented practically every arge Protestant body in the countr: BERGDOLL'S TERMS REIECTED BY U.S. WASHINGTON, D. C, World Court, Federal Council Delegation Presents Statement Signed by Representatives of Thirty Communions. | were representatives and leaders from all | s | the ‘administrat hurches Back President Told that organization.’ others in the delegatlos Rev. Dr. Charles F. Ma Farlan, general secretary of the Fe eral Council; Rev. Dr. Iarle Wilfley of Disciples of Christ, Bishop Jumes E, Freeman of the Episcopal diocese of Washington, and Bishop Mann of the Episcopal diocese of Pittsburgh. Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy, repre- senting the Baptist churches of the country; Rev. Dr. Wallace cliffe af the Northern Presbyterian Church; Rev. Dr. Walter A. Morgan, represent- ing the Congre lonal Chur Rev. Dr. Sldney Gulie ecretary of the Federal Council Commission on In- ternational Justice and Good Will orge W. Wickersham, former Attorney neral of the United ates, repr enting the Federal Council for In- Justice and Good Will: Moore, chairman of Federal Council of Churches, and Arthur E. Hungerford, Baltimore. SCORES CHURCH INACTION. filiated Among with ternational Rev. Dr. John A Bishop Freeman Pleads for Service Toward Peace. The hour has struck for the eman- cipation of men from the curse of war, Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman. Bishop of Washington, told the bishops and deputies attending the seventh synod of the Episcopal prov- ince of Washington, at the session this afternoon at the National Cathe. dral. The synod opened yesterday and will end tomorrow. “It is the hour of large privilege and incomparable opportunity for the Christian (or;‘?l of America,” Bishop Fre s s an . speaking on * (Continued on Page Column Spender Receives Stamped Quarter Againin 17 Years: By the Associated Press PADUCAH, Ky., November 21.— Seventeen years ago, Oral Willlams, a decorator, living in Booneville, committee of the | i S. DAKOTA CARRIED WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | BY MADOD FORCES Two-to-One Victory Overf Ford Backers Claimed in County Conventions. By (he Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, § D. November 21 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. All -Men Ditfer, But All Are Dull, Co-eds Declare By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November ~—TUni- versity of Chicago co-eds, meeting to discuss men, dances, parties and vroper introductions, decided yes- terday that “all men are talkers; some of them serious and dull, some of them frothey and dull and others trivial and dull.” A movie with the right man is more desirable than grand opera with a “sap,” «aid the girls. They expressed then favor of ¢ Foening Star, 1923—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. MORE POLIGE HELD AS TRAFFIC NEED Witness Before Senate Com- mittee Makes Suggestions for Solving Problems. Approving the present regulations The Yesterday’s |Russia Aroused By Acquittal to Blacklist Swiss By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 21—Switzer- land has been placed permanently on the black list by the Russian soviet government in consequence of the acquittal at Lausanne of Maurice Conradi, who was charged with the assassination of the soviet envoy Vorovsky, Forelgn Minister Tchitcherin declared in an interview published today. Switzerland will pay dearly for the crime, said M. Tchitcherin, for which the entire Swiss bourgeoisie was responsible. Russia would have no official dealings with the country and would not trade with her, preferring to lose money rather than do so. No Russians would visit Switzerland, he said. Conradi’s acquittal aroused _in- dignation here and the claim was heard that a_dangerous precedent had been created which would work against the personal safe of other bolshevik leaders travel- ing abroad. ET BUREAU PROBE ' REPORTBY DEC. To Only Fragment of Abuses Disclosed to Public, 0’Ryan Tells Committee. With the public hearings virtually ended, counsel for the Senate vet- erans’ committee began today the task of shaping up for the considera- tion of the committeemen the vast volume of information gathered in the Veterans' Bureau. Put under way last March, the inquiry was conduct- ed simultaneously in practically every state in'the Unton, and culminated in public charges of corruption, waste, debauthery and intrigue. With the closing of the public ses- sions, John F. O'Ryan of New York city, general counsel, told the com- mittee last night that what has been Star's " carrier sy every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printéd. the investigation of the activities of | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” system covers Net Circulation, 94,516 TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE ASSURES U. 3. EMPLOYES OF PAY RATINGS PROBE Delegation Charges Person- nel Classification Board Violates Law. McCARL FILES PROTEST FOR 116 IN HIS OFFICE Every Member of Congress to Get Copies of Letter Alleging Unjust Decisions. President Coolidge today assured the executive council, National Federation of Federal Employes, that he would look into their charges ag: st the per- sonnel classification board, and :f suffi- cient supporting evidence were found he would institute a, formal investiga- tion. Such an Investigation was requested by the federation's officers fn a call of protest on the President today, whe: they formally laid before him their charge that the classification board was not followiig the law. The President assured the counctl, was understood, of his deep interest in all federal employes and of his desire to obtain for them proper rec! = tion. It {lls were discovered, the Pres ident sald, proper corrective measures would be taken. Controller Files Protest. While the deputation was at White House, Controller General Mc- Carl filed with the board a protest signed by 116 employes of the general counting office against the tenta | tions given them under the on act. | ) | The conference with today_was !ings held { the President the outgrowth of by the board during t week and a mass meeting of federa presented publicly “constitutes but a | tragment of what has been developed, | both in relation to the neglect of the | with only & few minor changes, Mil- ton D. Smith, Washington's “smal- lest cop” told the Senate committee employes last night at which th methods of the personnel classifica- tion board were denoun The three dates a week, preferably the- ater dates. Two shows were re- led as better than one theater- «d another word to hi which he thought mi London and at the same Virtual Immunity Asked for| Mo., stamped- his name on a 23-cent plece and spent it. —Claiming better than a two-to-one victory in the county prope con- i a ‘ A remove the objections of ¢ cabinet. It is understood th cepted the modification imounts to tacit acceptan French reservation of the act separately if German should make action ne ULTIMATUM DELETED. Britisn | which | of the| Tight to titude | | | Chief British Objection Removed by Poincare’s Concession. Br tie Associated Press, | LONDON, November 2i.——The Brit- | ish government's final Instructions to | Y.ord Crewe, the British ambassador a1 Paris, for handling the delicate situation which during the past week | has threatened the existence of the entente were forwarded to Paris early today. Foreign office officials | expressed the hope that definite and permanent beneficial results for the entente itself and for the entente's| relations with Germany would bei achleved by the meeting of the coun- cil of ambassadors in Paris this afternoon. The French willingness to meet lhni Tritish half way on the terms of the| allied note to be dfspatched to Ger- | ny is said here to have been the salvation of the situation, Premier| T'oincare having given way on the tiiree chief points involved during the | egotiations between Parise and Lon- | n, which terminated last night. ¥ M. Poincare has assured the Brit- | ish, in the first pl that the ulti- | matum feature could be deleted from ihe German note; secondly. that the | request for the expulsion of the ex- | <rown prince from Germany could be dropped, and, thirdly, that no definite yenalties were to be threatened im- mediately. | The British believe an ailied note along these lines will enable the Ger- man government to accept the situ- ation without endangering its posi- | tion. Whether Germany British spokesman put it today, in waintaining “her traditional role of ' playing the fool” remains to be zeen when the moment comes for Berlin 10 reply to the allied communication. | SUSPICION HALTS TRADE. | succeeds, as a Ruhr Industrialists and French Show Lack of Confidence. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. B radio to The Star and the C N et Josa, o0 DA | BERLIN. November 21 — Will | France be able to restore the Ruhr 10 mormal productivity and prosper- ity? Will she be willing? Wil France be able to master the delicate | anechanism of Europe's most complex industrial area; will she be willing to permit Russian steel mills to produce cheaply in competition with the French? If not—if the Ruhr under French occupation is not restored to normal productivity—then the Ruhr cannot support the normal population and a Jarge part of the present four million inhabitants must emigrate.or starve. Trustworthy answers to these que: tions are difficult to obtain beca many factorles are technical or cret. The French official press bu- reau at Dusseldorf informs the writer that detalls of the agreement between Ttuhr industrialists and the occupa- tion authorities upon which resump- tion of Ruhr production depends, nust be regarded as an officlal secret. Industrialists Are Afraid. The correspondent knows that the Sndustriallsis who signed such agree- nents are afraid to tell the details or to critize them for fear of incur- ring the displeasure of the French.| Also technical conditions of industry | under French occupation give rise to| violent ex-party accounts from both | kides concerning which the layman | cannot_judge. But making the best of such in- formation as was available during a ~isit to the Ruhr, it can be confi- dently said that prospects for a re- 1urn of prosperity are distinctly un-| Sayorable. Real production in the Ruhr is ctically non-existent, except for | n_mines or coke railroads oper- sted directly by the French; Krupp, Phoenix and a few other plants which are working on a reduced schedule under agreements with the French; a few mines working for the Italian und Dutch governments under inter- hational agreements: and a few mines working directly to supply the qieeds of their association factories. Otherwise all mines and furnaces re idle. Coal cannot be exported, be- cause the French insist that four | | i . (Continued on Pagé 2, Column 7.) | declined. Officials declare | Controtter | morning at his home. | \ho, he alleged, discriminated against the city of New York in the appoint- ment of receivers for the Brooklyn Return of Draft Evader to America. Promises that Grover Bergdoll will turn to thi3 country from Germany | the Washington government com-| plies with cerfain stipulated condi- tions, said to amount to virtual mi- munity for him, have been mads to government officials by attorneys and others speaking for the Bergdoi.fam- ily. These the government has they can enter no compromise agreement, but| must insist upon a free ex. ise of powers-in the event the draft| evader ever is captured or returned to merican jurisdiction. Officials declined today to tell what terms had been asked by those In- terceding for Bergdoll, but admitied that the offers had been recejved | since Mrs, Emma Bergdoll, mother | of the escaped man, returned to thi country_recently from a visit in Gi many. Mrs. Bergdoll announced & that time that she would cause he son to return and “take his madicine but she also is understood to have isked the government to coraply with conditions of an impossible sort. OFFICIAL’S DEATH LAID TO HIGH COURT RULING| Deputy Controller Henry Smith, New York, Shocked When Chief’s Jail Term Upheld. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, November 21.—Deputy | Henry Smith dled this| It was sald that the immediate cause of his death was shock over the declsion of the United States Supreme Court that hig superior, Controller Charles L. Craig, Inust go to Jail for contempt of court. The Supreme Court Monday upheld the action of Federal Judge Mayer in this district in adjudging Controller Craig guilty of contempt of court be- use of his criticism of Judge Mayer, offers | i i i Company. The con- tenced to serve sixty N J3) Rapld Transit troller was sen! days in the Lssex county penitentiary. SLIP REVEALS LIQUOR. Collector Seizes Bootleg Store on Ship Following Accident. TAMPA, Fla., November 21.—When Customs Collector J. B. Cooper slipped on a banana peel aboard the motorship Utlla, from Honduras with fruit and copra, and skirted into sev- eral empty drums lashed to the rail, the resounding thump did not be- speak emptiness or gasoline. He in- vestigated and found that the bot- toms of the containers had been cut open and bottled liquor concealed. He selzed more than $1,000 worth of the beverage, but no one aboard would clalm ownership. ! Miss Luec; C. D. Williams, a brother of Oral, has found the murked quarter in the cash register of a store which he operates here and has mailed it to Oral, who still is a resident of Boonevi i MAYOR OF YONKERS DEAD FROM BULLET Taussig, Believed Suicide, Was Brother of Former Tariff Board Head. By the Associated Press. YONKERS, N. Y. November 21.— Mayor Walter M. Taussig was found | this morning in the garage behind | Lis home, a revolver near him, and was taken to a hospital. where he| dled from a bullet wound belleved Ly the police to have been self-in- | { filcted. Mayor Taussig was a brother of Frank W. Taussig, the famous econ- omist, who served as chairman of the United States Tariff Commission and has been the Henry Lee pro- fessor at Harvard since 1901. The mayor, who was reputed to be wealthy, was the vice president of the American Chain Company !and was interested In a number of other large industrial enterprises. He was active in local philanthroples. Defeated for Re-election. The police admitted they had learned of no reason why the mayor should have killed himself. A dem- ocrat, he was defeated for re-elec- tion early this month by Ulrich Wie- !sendanger, republican. Mayor Taussig was found about 8:30 o'clock, immediately after the shot was fired. He dled an hour later. with Mre. Taussig at his bedside. Y Tausslg, o daughter, said she had been asleep at the time of the shooting and knew little con- cerning it The mayor was found on the floor of the garage by his chauffeur, Wil- liam Selinskl. who heard the shot. Mayor Taussig entered politics about two years ago when he was practically drafted by the democrats an !h:lr nl‘ndldlle for mayor. He was the only successful democt candidate on the local ticket o o i® Mrs. Taussig at the hospital de- clared, according to the police, that it her husband had shot himself it was because he was extremely dis- appointed by his recent defeat. From another source it was learned that the mayor yesterday conferred with local bank officlals regarding his financial affairs. Mayor Taussig was born Louls, Mo., in 1862. He came to New York in 1879, and later went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he organ- ized the Challenger Cutlery Company and the Dunn Edge-Tool Company, remaining in control of both com- panies until 1916, when he became as- sociated with the American Chain Company. in_St. | Alleged Heir to $7,000,000 Found in Wilds of Philippines By the Awsociated Press, NEWKIRK, Okla., November 21. —A search of several years for Gregario Velasquez Cagmichael, thirteen, alleged joint helr to a $7,000,000 Oklahoma ofl land es- tate, has ended in an inland vil- lage in the Philippine Islands, re- mote from clvillzation, according to advices received here from J. E. Curran, a local attorney, who has conducted the hunt. The lad is the slleged son of Dugal Carmichael, a United States soldler, who married a Filipino and died on the islands, unaware that the barren acres which he had - inherited in Oklahoma harbored vast stores of oil. A daughter of Carmichael—Dor- othy—is a student in the Okla- homa Business Academy at Ton- kawa, having been found several years ago by an aunt and brought to Oklahoma. Scant trace of the former soldier is available in the records of the Army, but, with the assistance of Frederico M. Unson, a native at- torney in_the Philippines, Curran combed the wild interior of the islands_until he found the lad, whom he will attempt to estab- lish in the courts as the son of the dead soldler. Legal action has already beem started in the probste court herm ventions over sponsors of a state- wide presidential campalgn in behalf of Henry Rord, supporters of Willlam McAdoo today began work on & siate platform which they hope may ! be carried into the national arena by their candidate. teturns today from counties repre- | senting approximately three-fourths of the state voting power gave me! McAdoo forces 30,000 votes in the state convention against less than 10,000 for the Ford men, according to leaders in the two campaigns. Fights in Other Parties. Republi ment was Jess nd farmer-labor eenti- | clearly indicated by the county proposal nominations to the state convention at Pierre. De- cember 4, but in both groups the bat- | tle lines are drawn—in the republican camp between President Coolidge and | Senator Hiram Johnson of California, and in the third party between Henry Yord and Senator Robert M. La Fol- | lette of Wisconsin A majority of the proposal men in all three parties were sent unin- | structed, but in several important countries presidential preferences were indicated. Ford centers in the democratic ranks were found in Spink. Tripp and Hamlin counties, whose full delega- tions_were instructed. In_ addition the Ford backers claimed Codington and portions of Brookings and Lin- coln, wielding a combined convention Vote equal to about one-sixth of tue | state total. Carry Nineteen Countlex. Against these claims the McAdoo forces listed nineteen full countles with a voting power of over 20,000 and scattered delegates in fifteen other counties whose combined vote is more than 10.000. With 30,000 of the state total of 50,000 thus assured, the McAdoo nomination in the sfate convention, according to State Demo- cratic Chairman W. W. Howes, will be quickly accomplished. Yankton county republicans for- mally indorsed Gov. W. H. McMaster for United States senator and com- mended him for his gasoline policy. Representative O. A. Christopherson was indorsed for re-election to Con- gress from_ the first district. In Moody county, the farmer- labor convention indorsed Ford for he presidency. S pink county republicans instruct- ed for Senator Thomas Sterling. Miner county republicans instruct- ed for McMaster for senator and the democratic delegation was ordered to work for coalition with the farm- er-labor state organization. Lawrence county adopted a resolu- tion indorsing the national adminis- tration. The three party conventions at Plerre will nominate majority and minority tickets for all elective of- fices from President down, to be voted upon in primary elections on March 25, 1924. PLAN FORD BOOM. Omaha Meeting of Progressives to Start Movement. | OMAHA, Neb., November 21.—Plans to have the gathering here called by Roy O. Harrop of Omaha, national temporary chairman of the progres- slve- party, to amalgamate progres- sives, farmer-laborites and others of progressive tendencles into a third party have gone glimmering. ) Instead there has come a boom for Henry Ford for president and the in- dorsement of the regular progressive party of Nebraska of the principles outlined at a meeting of progressives in Chicago Monday by the group headed by J. A. Hopkins of New York. The Henry Ford-for-President men will meet again today and more dele- ates than the representatives of ourteen states at last night's meet- ing are promised. Last night's meet- ing was executive and few persons knew of it. Mr. Harrop says he expects thirty- six _states to be represented at to- day's session. He says he expects ready agreement that Henry Ford is the man for Prebident, and that rep- resentatives to the ¥ord-for-Presi- dent conference at Detroit December 12 will be selooted, | Authoress’ Husband Held Mentally man is interesting I all for myself,” sald one But If he is tiresome 1 want anybody to see me with the { i ne who can adapt herself to a companion and a condition, what-. ever they may be, the meeting concluded JERSEY RUM-RUNNERS GET 20 LOADS ASHORE One Boat Dumps Cargo in Sea When Coast Guard Officer Gives Chase. | I By the Associated Press, HIGHLANDS, N. J. ‘ovember 21.— Jersey coast rum-runners took more than twenty loads from fve liquor carriers about ten miles off the High- lands last night in the first extensive smuggling operation attempted in months. With the exception of one load, which was dumped into the sea when Warrant Officer Tilton of the Sandy Hook coast guard gave chase. all the liquor was reported safely ashore. At least half of it is believed to have been landed by runners from this vi- cinity. One of the largest schooners in the rum fleet departed early today, evi- dently having disposed of her cargo during the night. Her place in the “row,” a nice “corner lot,” was taken soon after her departure by a smaller schooner, that appeared to ba loaded to_the Plimsoll mark. The night's success apparently en- couraged local runners, for today a number of them were observed tuning up their engines and filling fuel tanks. The liquor ships, the smug- | glers say, have all sort of liquors | aboard with cargoes largely made up of whisky and champagne. WEST ASKS $250,000,000 RECLAMATION FUNDS Appropriation by Congress Urged for Expenditure as Wisdom Dictates. By the Associated Press. . SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Novem-| ber 21.—A resolution that Congress “be requested to appropriate $250,-) 000,000 or more for expenditure under the reclamation law as promptly as such money can be wisely expended” | was adopted yesterday by the West- ern States Reclamation Association * meeting in convention here. The meetings are being attended by representatives of -thirteen west- ern states and all phases of semi- arid land problems are under discus- ‘sion. . WILL SET. ASIDE. Irresponsible. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., November 21.—Justice Kirkpatrick today set; aside the wiil of the late Dr. Charles M. Freeman, which left $110,000 to his chaufteur, Harry Mohring, and cut off his wife, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, the atithoress, with $1. The cqurt held that Dr. Freeman had only known his chauffeur six| months when he made the wiil; that he was a chronic alcoholic and suf- fered from & diseased mind, and 'that he was of insufficient mental capacity justly to dispose of his estate. WOMEN’S VOTING BANNED. Panama Government Excludes Bex‘ From 1924 Elections. PANAMA, November 21.—The gov- ‘ernment of Panama has declined to act favorably on a proposal that women_be -allowed ta participate in the 1924 presidential- elections, sug- gesting that the question be taken up at the next congress. | today that the solution of the traffic problem here was In more policemen, a traffic court, and a title law. One- way streets, he asserted. were doing much to solve congestion. Others who testified today were E. W. Hobbs, who presented a scheme for controlling traffic at Intersections by means of a series of obstruc- tions the street; A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid-City Citizens Assocfation, who submitted a report on traffic; John W. Bennett, who sald he came before the committee as a pedestrian, and who told of difficulty experienced by him, and J. W. Mil- ler, who demonstrated a safety de. vice. Parking Law Discus Mr. Smith made several recommen- dations to the committee, chief among them being an immediate change from one-half hour to one hour park- ing, strictly enforced, in the business section of the city. One-half hour, he =said, did not give motorists enough time to do their shopping. dining and other errands downtown. Touching on the necessity for an impounding law, Mr. Smith pointed out that such a one-hour parking limit could be properly enforced if the impounding law were put into ef- fect. “There would not be a great deal of trouble after a few people had chased around town to find their cars,” said Mr. Smith, Advocating a lower speed limit for solid-tired automobiles and for the big passenger busses, Mr. Smith sald that the former should have a speed 1imit of twelve miles per hour and the latter fifteen miles per hour. An adequate brake inspection law, jail sentences for first offenders of Speed and reckless driving regula- tions, if the offense was sufficiently grave, and anjual registration of all operators of automobiles were in- cluded in his recommendations to the committee. Need of Police Stressed. “But you can legislate until the Angel Gabriel blows his horn and it will do no good unless we have more policemen to enforce the law,” con- tinued the traffic officer. Mr. Driscoll said that every pre- caution should be used by motorists in the operation of their machines. He strongly urged upon the commi tee the retention of one-way street In regard to the need for more policemen, Mr. Driscoll asked that additional officers be stationed in front of the Franklin and Thomson schools. He asserted that the conges- tion of traffic at these points was tre- mendous and that the necessity of protecting the children was para- mount. The witness said in his opinion the regulations in force here were good, disabled and to corruption and waste in the bureau.” Rush Work on Report. The information collected both in the central office and in the field will be considered by the committee at business sessions during three weeke. There also will be con- ferences with officials of the bureau war veterans, but despite the emor- mous task ahead of it the committee hopes to have its veport ready for the Senate by December 15. There probably will be several public sessions for the admission to | the record of reports and otherdata, and it may be that Mrs. Katherine Mortimer of Philadeiphla will be heard at one of these in response to her request that she be given a pub- lic hearing for discussion of the tes- timony of her husband, Elias H. Mor. timer. principal witness against for- mer Director Charles R. Forbes, and her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Williams of Philadelphia. The committee will not pass upon her request until next week, bug has decided to comply with her wish that her_testimony at a private ses- sion of the committee tho weeks ago be made public. The date of its pub- licatlon. however, remains to be de- termined. Alded by Volunteers. In fts investigation the committee has been assisted by a volunteer fleld organization of more than 1,000 per- sons, including doctors, lawyers, busl- ness men and former service men, Commenting upon the work of this organization, Gen. O'Ryan, in his closing statement to the committee, declared that the reports of these men can be relied upon “both as to accu- racy and disinterestedness.” “An unusual feature of this Inves- tigation,” Gen. O'Ryan added, “is the practice that has obtained by which the present director, Frank T. Hines, and counsel held weekly cohferenc relating to matters developed in the course of the, investigation. Tt w. in the interestof the disabled and the government that as soon as possible jabuses should be corrected without | awaiting the formal report of committee. By this co-operation, sup- | plemented by the vigorous action of Gen. Hines, a great many practices ang abi ses have been corrected dur- ing the past five months. No Politics in Probe. “At the outset of this Investigation it was stated to me that no political consideration would affect the inves- tigation and that 1 might have free rein to prosecute it vigorously and without regard to persons and inter- ests. That assurance has been made good 100 per cent.” Chairman Reed, in responding, de- clared that “the committee, the Con- gress and the country at large ought to feel very grateful t men (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) |MacMillan’s Party‘ Safe, Waits Coming ‘of Long Arctic Night CALGARY, Alta, November 21.— The following dispafch from Capt. Donald B. MacMillan, arctic ex- plorer, ice-locked in his cabin on the Bowdoin, 760 miles from the morth pole, was received by the Calgary Herald’s radio station here yeater- day. Interference from a local sta- tion caused some mutilation of the ‘message as received, but for the moat part the signals from SWNP, as MacMulan’s shMp fa designated, were clear. REFUGE. HARBOR, Greenland, November 21.—(8Special Radio Dis- patoh to The Star and North Ameri- can Newspaper Alliance). Copyright 1923, by North American Newspaper ' Alllance in United States and Great Britain, all rights reserved. BY CAPT. DONALD C. MACMILLAN. The big night is coming on rapidly, the sun is seven degrees below the southern horizon at midday and the stars are coustantly visible over us, adding to thelr numbers and moving | in great circles above our heads like illuminated hands of a glant clock. The gorth star is almost directly be- tween the masts of the little Bow- doin. Contrary to general belief, the stars and darkness are welcome to Eski- mos of the north. It is the evening of the long. active day. The work is done. The harvest of seals, walrus, birds and eggs has been gathered and now comes the rest and com- panionship which the natives love. For, above all, he is a soclal animal. The pleasures of the hunt are keen, but not more tian the joys of the cold, sparkling winter night, when, with galloping dog team, he speeds away over the sea ice to visit father, Mmother, brother, sister, sweetheart or_friend. In order to keep physically fit, we have arranged an elaborate daily sched- ule. First we have breakfast at 9 a.m.; at 10 o'clock there Is rifle shooting by starlight on .the harbor ice; 11 a.m., one-mile dog team race; 12 a.m., fifty- yard dash; 1 p.m. 100-yard snowshoe ; 2 p.m., three-legged race: 3 p.m., linner: 5 phonograph e ] (Contitued on Page i Column 1.) the next | for further study of ways and means { of bettering the service to the world | it | which was bullt up by Gen. O'Ryan. | the | !deputation today was headed by Luther C. Steward president and jthose who accompanied him were {John Fitagerald of Brooklyn: Miss Gertrude M. McNally Washington: W J. Hines Leavenworth, Kans. = "l:‘ son Kinsell of Philadelphia; W. T ally St. Louis, Mo.; L. J. Tierney. Paul, Minn.; Lee R. Whitney, Mil- i ukee, Wi Grace E. Talbot, Port- {land, Ore.; John P. Green, Boston. | and James P McKeon of Washington ! Rends Letter to Coolidge. Mr. Steward read to the Pr he following letter of protest: { “On behalf of the many thousand I members of the Natlonal Federation {of Federal Employes located in every state of the Un'on, we desire to enter a’ formal protest to you, the Chief Executive of the nation, against the action of the personnel classi on board in_attempting t i scheme for tating salaries of federal emploves contrary to the letter as well as the spirit of the reclassifica- tion act of 1923 “On behalf of this army cf civilian employes, we ask that you have this matter investigated, in the confident belief that when the facts are before you you will take action to_ insure at ‘the terms of the law shall be wed and not be ignored by any executive agency This letter was signed by the above- named members of the council ! dent ators. Coples of this protest are being mailed to every member of Congress by Loren H. Wittner, chairman of the committee representing the audit- ing clerks, calling attention to “a great injustice being perpetrated by the personnel classification board.” In the letter to representatives ac- companying the protest Chairman Wittner say: “The classification act of 1923 progressive legislation, but the intent of the bill is being frustrated by the agency established to carry omt its provisions. That the work is not be- ing classified is very apparent. We have filed a protest, a copy of which is inclosed, that states quite fully our position. We feel you will support | our protest when the appropriation for the coming year is presented, with ch fairness as the law itself pro- vides." Auditing Clerks’ Protest. The protest is, in part, as follows “The final audit of disbursing offi- accounts is the work under- The nature of the work per- defined and qua Coples to Legl | is cers® taken. formed is clearl fied, if the descriptive language means anything, In grade ction 4, of the classifi n schedule made ef- fective by executive order, October 24, 1921, ‘making examination of fis- cal officers’ accounts where a tho ough knowledge of regulations, con- trollers’ decisions and minor points of law are involved.’ “The high-grade auditing work is fully described in the schedule, yet the pergonnel classification board has placed the empla doing exactly the same kind of work 1in three grade: § and 9 under the sched- ule, thus tacitly admitting that grade 9 covers the duties invoived in the final audit of fiscal officers’ accounts, The work is not covered in any man- ner by the language of grade 8 ‘auditing freight claims and bille not involving land grants’ and grade refers only to routine performance of Quties which would not comprehen- sively cover the work performed. Injustice In Charged. “The gross injustice of the alloca- tion is apparent when the law cited. Section 4 of the classification act of 1923 provides: In determining the rate of compensation which an employe shall receive, the principle of equal compensation for equal worl., frrespective of sex, shall be followed. Section 3 of the act further provides: The board shall follow as nearly as practicable the classification made pursuant to the executive order of October 24, 1921. Section 6, paragraph 2, provides: If the employe is receiv- ing compensation less than the mini- mum rate of the grade or class there- of in which his duties fall, the com- pensation shall be increased to that minimum rate. “The Influence of the personnel classification board and those respon- sible for the allocation is plainly felt as their altion in many cases when making allecations has been dictator- ily arbitrary, practically ignoring the kind of work entailed, but rather considering clerks on some precon- ceived basis. The clerks have been classified. The work performed has not been considered else one grade would have covered identical work. How the.allocations were made really (Continued on Page 2, Column_83