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URGES LONG POLICY, IN TRANSPORTATION Hoover Lists Ten Points for U. S. Program in Confer- ence Speech. Formulation of “long-view national Policies in transportation” is a fun- damental necessity for securing the economic future in the United States, Herbert Hoover declared today in an ! sddress before the opening session ! of the transportation conference called by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The commerce Secretary listed ten points of applica- tion for such policies, among which | were & statutory revision of the Rail- road Labor Board's powers on a bas to be determined by agreement be- tween labor organizations and rail- road executives, reorganization of the rate structure, early consolidation of the railroads into a few powerful systems and inland waterway devel- opment under a natlonal plan. The conference, which was called to consider problems involved in the development of a national sy covering all of the agencies of trans- portation, railwa waterways and highways, will continue three days, with representatives of each of th three branches of the industry tak- ing part in the discussions. Barnes for Co-Ordination. Julius H. Barnes, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, opened the conference with| the declaration that “the time has, come when national policies which affect railroads, through regulation, and affect as well water highways and motor highways, must be co-or- dinated to stimulate and encourage the expansion which every study shows will be inevitably required.” Surveys made by three special commlittees of the organization ap- pointed to study different phases of the transportation were submitted today as bases for the general dis- cussions of th nference In ad- dition to these reports, three more of which are to be presented tomor- row, and the addresses of Mr. Hoover and Mr. Barnes, Walker D. Hine: former director gencral of railroads, | discussed the rate-making provisions of the transportation act Mr. Hoover, in urging the need for “long-view national policies in trans- | portation,” declared “the solution of | the problems in such policies is only in part a matter of legislation and governmental relations. *“They are, in large solved by initiative co-operation amongst community,” he declared to attempt to express my personal’ views of such national polici stripped of secondary considerations | —I would enumerate them somewhat in the following terms, and much of your subcommittee reports support such conclusions. Private Ownership. “1. Railway service, under private ownership, in order to secu the driving force of individual initiative in efliciency and development. “2. Government regulation of fair rates and railway iance, in ordrr} to protect the shipper and to give | stability to honest investment of sav-' iny 3. Recapture of excess profi order to allow rates which wi sure operation and service fr ways in less favored yet prevent unjustified any particular railways. “4. The earliest practicable con- solidation of the railways into larger systems under conditions of main- | talned competition in service in order | to secure greater economy in opera- | , tion, assurance of development and | lower rates, and greater stability in earnings. “5. A basis of employer and em- ploye relationship that will stimulate mutual responsibility as the first re- quisite to continuons service “6. Reorganization of the rat ructure in order to secure a better adjustment of the burden between ' commodity, class and less than car- load rates, most of which can best be accomplished after consolidation | and consequent wider diversification of traffic. 2 | Trafic Co-Operation. “7. Co-operation between the ship- per and the railways in order to se- cure a better distribution of traffic over the vear and to avoid conges- tlon of peak periods of car shortages, | 8. Definite development of relief in frefght terminals. Including co- | ordination with motor truck feeders | and distribution. “9." Development of proper joint rates and ser e by water and rail transportation in order to relieve ex-| tension of railways where unneces- sary and give the public the ad- vantage of cheaper water transport. | “10."A comprehensive national plan | of inland waterway development in substitution of hit and miss activi-| ties, with priority in development to | rivers and canals where substantial traffic may be expected, including development of the St. Lawrence waterway.” Co-operation between business or- ganizations and railroad representa- tives to make better use of the car- riers, Mr. Hoover continued, already has accomplished some results, but he thought the question of terminal improvement would require experi- mental treatment in munities. Consolidation proposals, he ould be greatly stimulated and expedited” by allowing federal in- corporatlon of railroads, and setting up semi-legal committees for each consolidatel system deemed advisable, to work out schemes for exchanging securities and other details of pro- cedure. { part, to be and _voluntary the business “If 1 were profit said, | Stimulus for Nation. Mr. Barnes declared that “transporta- tion must itself maintain and advance the paocesses of industry, which write | themselves into individual employment | and opportunity. and the national pros- perity. S “Transportation has, itself, stimulated | the earning power of all other industry, he sald. “Fair play requires that we should inquire whether it has been . Justly treated, and self interest requires 1 that we shall eliminate such relation of | | unfatrness—if there be any—in order that capital and investment may be re- lied upon to enter this field with in- creasing_ needs.” Mr. Hines told the delegates that repeal of the rate-making rule of the transportation act without any sub- itute being enacted would mean hat the very essence of the affirma- tive part of the legislative machinery for regulating the railroads and in- suring the public adequate railroad rvice is to be eliminated. “No change in the law is neces asry,” he said, “to accomplish reduc tions in rates to the extent that rail- road costs are reduced,” as he de- clared he could “think of but one group of the public that can find an adequate motive for advocating such a change in the law, and that is the group that wishes to see private op- eration fail, 0 as to make govern- ment operation a necessity.” . MEETING IS POSTPONED. Session of Oldest Inhabitants to Be Held Tomorrow. The meeting of the Association of Oldest Inhablitants of the District of Columbia set for tonight at Union engine house, 19th and H streets northwest, has been postponed until 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. The session tomorrow night will be » continuation of the New Year day meeting, and has been called for the purpose of having Capt. George W. Evans, chronicler, read his review of 192! 3 varlous com- | ¢ VOTE FOR D. C., USE OF $5,000,000 SURPLUS, FAVORED BY COPELAND New York Senator Would Make Capital Model City of World, He Tells Large Audience at City Club. Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York told a large audlence in the City Club last night that he could not understand how Congress could longer refuse to give the right of franchise to so large a group of American people as the citizens of Washington. “The disfranchisement of the resi- dents of this city,” the senator de- clared, *is beyond my understand- fug. It is the Inalienable right of every American to express his opin- fon at the ballot box. Yet Washing- ton is denled this privilege—you do not live in the United States, in other words.” Senator Copeland palnted a word picture of what he would like to see the National Capital become—the model city not only of America, but of the world. The most potent im- plement, however, with which Wash- ington ean build itself into such a municipal marvel, he asserted, is the ballot, which it must have. “Washington should have perfectly paved streets,” he continued, “ideally {ACTION ON GAS-TAX BILL IS POSTPONED; CITIZENS TESTIFY (Cont rom First Page.) lighted thoroughtares, the best schools of any city in the United States, or the world, as far as that goes. It should have the best hos- pitals and the best health control. Perhaps you already have the latter. 1 have not been here long enough to know. But if you haven't, you should see that you get it. “Furthermore, the 35,000,000 that rightfully belongs to you and is now lying ldle in the United States Treas- ury should be spent on the city. It suggests an ideal way of getting the additional policemen and firemen you s0 sorely need. In short, everything here should be 'so perfect that the city—America’s capital—wlll be taken as the model of the world. “It is_true you should have the ballot. You would be better able to fight for what you need and deserve. But you can still do a lot until you get that right. If you will all work together you can make of Washing- ton what it ought to be—the real city beautiful, the world's masterpiece of municipal perfection.” Senator Copeland was the speaker at the City Club forum, which was attended by a large number of per- sons. The audience agreed unani- mously with everything he satd. VICE ARMY RETREATS BEFORE BITTER DRIVE LED BY GEN. BUTLER (Continued from First Page.) committee that Maryland has received $4,000,000 in aid for road building and ¢ million last year, and that Virginia has received $9,000,000 and a million and a quarter last year. Maryland Bureau. Representative Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky told Representative Aswell that his univ 1 reciprocity appeals to hi to place the automobile back of the nation’s highway. Rep- resentative Aswell replied, on the suggestion of Representative Ham- mer, that he was willing to have his bill include any lcensed vehicle, in- stead of specifically mentioning au- fomobiles. Representative Aswell declared that the bill under consid- eration “will henefit no one but gt oline retail dealers through giving them an excuse to increase prices. “Tha people of Washington are entitled to reciprocity and don’t have to hire the state of Maryland to give it to them,” said Representative As- well, He described his own experi- ences in seeking a Maryland tag, ing the license office here as dingy, rotten, disgraceful ald that he stood in line m three to three and half hours a day before he got his tag, and that the attendants were discourteous and insulting. is a disgrace to Congress and the American people to aliow Maryland to come in here and conduct such a place and insult the citizens of Washington. “The time has come for Congress compel Maryland to recognize licenses of the District without hav- ing to buy over the state,” Repre- sentative Aswell said. He argued that if the committee thought and Congress thought that au- tomobile owners were not paving a sufficient tax, the people would be will ing to pay more, but the bill as stands proposes to tax tourists who come here from all parts of the country. Aswell to Fight BIN. He said that he is “opposed to the gas tax and will fight the bill at every step of the way,” and that he believes that not “one-third of the members of Con- gress will vote for this monstrosity. Representative Aswell stated em- phatically that he is opposed to buying from Maryland the right to get out of the Capital city. He would have it the told the already Asxail to | Breatest city in the world, but does not believe that this can be done by “truck- ling to every small community between the Capital and the rest of the country.” In reply to a question from Rep- resentative Underhiil of Massachugetts whether he believed In state Representative Aswell said: a_question of the Capital city of the United States and not of state's right. You are handling the property and rights of 105,000,000 people.” Both Representative Asweil and Rep- resentative Stalker of New York, a committee member, told of difficulty experienced in getting antomobiles out of Washington through Maryland. George H. Cushing, who said he rep- resents unorganized ~motorists of Waushington, argued that the bill® in- cludes three problems: (1) recipro- city, (2) regulation and (3) ralsing He urged that these three subjects should be considered separate- | Iy, as one is the relations between- the states, another police power and the third the taxing power. Zihlman Exhibits Petition. Representative Zihlman laid before the committee a petition sighed by 550 automobile owners, mostly of small cars, and for the most part liv- ing in the southeast section, includ- ing many employes of the Washing- ton navy yard In favor of a gasoline tax. When the suggestion was made that people in the District were en- deavoring to evade taxation, Mr. 1shing raised a laugh by replying: No one around this table can say with good grace that any American citizen has escaped very far the bur- den of taxation.” Representative Underhill of Mass- achusetts, said the only question in- volved is ‘Whether the committee pro- poses to impose on the people of Washington a 2-cent per gallon gas- oline tax. E. C. Graham, representing the Chamber of Commerce and the Mer- chants and Manufacturers Associa- tion, assured the committee that the people of Washington are willing to pay whatever tax is found mecessary to support the city and the advan- tages afforded. He said that those he ropresents know no better way to pay for the upkeep of roads than through a gasoline tax, which is a measured tax for use of the road: and considered 2 cents an equitable tax. Mr. Graham sald that the busi- ness interests he represents do not favor the bill as it originally was lald before the committee to relieve | all automobile owners from any per- sonal property tax. Argues Favoring Exemptions. He argued in favor of exemptions on automobiles up to $1,000. “What we want to do is to get away from the nuisance of having to bother with getting Maryland tags,” he said, and suggested that the com- mittee fix up the question of rec- (l‘lroclly with Virginia at the same time. Mr. Graham sald he’ favored se- curing universal reciprocity through- out the United States as the best solution of the problem -by- denying federal aid to states which refuse to recognize license tags from other states. Representative Gilbert, a member of the committee, argued against the justice of exempting taxes on auto- moblles even up to $1,000 and com- pared the automoblle investment with an Investment in real estate.. The latter he said enhances the value of neighboring property while the in- vestment in an automobile entails additional public expense in better roads, additional traffic force, park- ing space, etc. FRENCH-RUSS PACT IN VIEW. PARIS, January 9.—Henry Frank- 1in Bouilion, former minister of state, has left for Russia to arrange a basl: for an understanding between France and Russia, it 18 stated, " T “It| it | bill | § 1, except that it seems | confiscwted and the interests { molished. and ordered to close. Wherever gambling paraphernalia was found Lieut. olton brought his ax into play and smashed it to kindling Wood. Tn only two places was it necessary to use the ax to gain en- trance. Swinging the ax Vigorous- ly, Lieut. Holton quickly battered in the doors and led his men inside. Seven men and three women as- se se irrested. ond floor of one of the places were Money on the tables was aphernalia de- and women in were searched, Forty men below s found. the restaurant but nothing w. The disorderly house raids netted only ten prisoners. This was due, Hoiton said, to the fact that most of the proprietors had heeded Gen. But- ler's warning and had either set thelr places in order or closed them and left the city Cabarets and music and dance halls will be the next to feel the effects of Gen. Butler's crusade. Butler's Life Threatened. Gen. Butler revealed in his trip to the Tenderloin that twice during the short time he has been in office threats have been made against his life. was contained in an anonymous let- ter. The other was brought to him by a marine, who had overheard three men in the Tenderloin say they would “get him” if he visited that part of the city. The marine, the general | said, resented the remark of the men and was badly bruised in a fight with them. He came to city hall and re- ported the affair direct Gen. Butler said Police Lieut. Holton said today things In his district were quiet “(oing to make any more ralds? he was asked. “Can't_raid places that are closed, but we don't know what will happen this afternoon or tonight,” he re- plied. o “Bribe” Explained. Col. Cyrus S. Radford of the Marine Corps, stationed here, today threw some light on the alleged $100,000 bribe which Gen. Butler, in a speech to policemen, said had been offered him if he would not molest race track handbook men. The colonel sald that in conversation with a man who was conversant with gambling in Phila delphia he was told that if Gen. But- ler were not an honest man it would be worth $100,000 to him if he let the handhook men operate in Phila- delphia. The colonel said he in- formed Gen. Butler of this conversa- tion to show how widespread race track gambling flourished in Phila- delphia, but did not intend to indi- cate that a §100,000 bribe had been offered. _—————— BONUS IS LOSING OUT BEFORE PUBLIC DEMAND FOR REDUCTION IN TAXES irst_Page.) House that President Coolidge was in hearty support of plans to give tax legislation right of way over bonus. At the same time House spokesman, in discussing the tax situation, said the President con- sidered that the surtax schedule car- ried in the Garner democratic substi- tute for the Mellon bill would tend to discourage the {nvestment of capi- tal in business enterprises rather than In tax-exempt securities. Will Draft Resolution. Another meeting of members of the soldier group will be held before to- morrow night's meeting, when it will be decided what sort of a resolution will be presented. Leaders in the movement last night declared they would either call on the ways and means committee to report a bonus bill by January 21 or recommend its passage as moon as it completes con- (Continued from F' sideration of the administrative fea- tures of the Mellon tax bill. If a resolution offered by the war veterans is rejected by the confer- ence bonus proponents plan to bring their fight to the floor of the House.; Such a step, they contend, would be possible, as new House rules, which are expected to be adopted next week, undoubtedly will make provision, they predict, for the discharge of com- mittees. A motion to discharge the waysand means committee from consideration of the McKensie bonus bill, which is essentlally the same as the compen- satlon measure vetoed by President | Harding, would bring about a record vote in the House, republicans favor- ing the bill counting on the support of democrats to put the measure through. WELL . DAD, DID YOU MAKE. WITH YoUR. HOLIDAY SALES 2 —7 A LOTTA MONEY bled around gaming tables on the | The new director said that one himself, | the | the White | LABORITES READ 10 GOVERN BRITAIN Re-Elect All Officers and Wait for King to Call Macdonald to Premiership. By the Assoclated Press." LONDON, January 9.—The parlia- mentary labor party, at § meeting in the house of commons today, pre- sided over by Ramsay Macdonald, re-elected ,its officers en bloc tempo- rarily, pending possible developments in the political situation. The meeting also indorsed the de- cision of the two national commistees and the executive officers of the par- lamentary party that in the event of labor being Invited to form a gov- ernment the opportunity should be taken. The parliamentary labor party will meet again next Tuesday to consider the speech from the throme and the drafting of an amendment to it. Ramsay Macdonald, the “future premier,” on the whole acquitted him- self with considerable ability in his address at Albert Hall last night, the Times thinks. 1deals Hard to Reach. But, while commenting on the gen- erally indulgent tone of the address, the paper opines that many of the ideals enunciated by the labor leader are likely to prove easfer to propound than to realize. The newspaper ques- { tions whether the “broad foot and big ! p?l witn which Mr. Macdonald pro- ses to stamp out the smoldering | embers of war in Europe will prove a most appropriate fire extingulsher. It further contends that there j& no essential connection between official recognition of the soviet and the pro- motion of trade with Russia. Mr. | Macdonald asserted that the labor government wauld recognize the | Russian _government not because it agroed with what she had done, but because Great Britain wanted trade, ngoumnna and “a settlement from {the coasts of Japan to the coasts of Ireland.” {HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES RATES OF CLASSIFYING BOARD (Continued from First Page.) | which will reasonably and fairly re- strict the discretionary authority given under the law to | tive officers to make promotions from !one salary rating to a higher salary rating within the respective grades. Recommends Limitation. | The appropriations committee rec- |ommends the adoption of a limitation | which is incorporated in the bill, as | tollows: o =in 1 expending appropriations or | portions or appropriations contained in this act for the payment of per- sonal services in the District of Co- lumbia In accordance with the classi- fication act of 1823 the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any classification grade in any bureau, office, or other appro- priation unit shall not at apy time exceed the average of the compensa- tion rates specified for the grade Ly such acr. “Provided that this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the clerical mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compen- sation is fixed as of July 1, 1924, in aecordance with rules of section 6 of such act, or (3) to prevent the payment of a salary under anv grade at a rate higher than the maximum rate of the grade when such higher rate is permitted by the classifica- tion act of 123 and is specifizally au- thorized by othe: It s belleved, Representative Cramton says, that this limitation does not change the terms of the classification act. The exceptions to the applications of the limitation found in the proviso are designed to prevent the limitatien from changing the classification aet. Tt is recommended as a pure limitation on the salary appropriations found in the bill, he says. Restriction Explained. Explaining the purpose of the re- striction, Representative Cramton says it is to prevent the average of the salaries of all persons found In any classification grade in any bu- jreau or office from exceeding the average of the compensation rates of the grades, It does not mean that no person in that grade shall draw a salary greater than the average of the.rate specified for the grade, but it does mean in the distribution of personnel within the grade that there may be personnel at Ithe higher rates, personnel at the lower (Tates and personnel at the middle rate, Ibut that in averaging up the salaries of the personnel the genernl average shall not exceed the average rate for the grade. “This will result in a uni- {form distribution in grades in bureaus throughout the departments generally,” he_said. “It ia believed by the committes that the adoption of a_ standard policy in 1all appropriation bills forwards per- nnel appropriations under the classi- cation law will result in a very favor- able operation of the law on a uniform scale in all departments,” Representa- tive Cramton said in his report to the House. 1 _—_ YOUTH FOUND SHOT. I]Kyltery in Death of John Bush at Columbia, 8. C. COLUMBIA, 8. C, January 9.—John Bush, seventeen-year-old employe of the Merry Optical Company, was found dead, with a bullet wound over his heart early today on steps leading to a cellar in the office of the company in the Arcade building here, No weapon was found at the scene, and so far no theory has been gdvanc- ed to account for the you death. The body was found by F. H. Foster, another employe of the optical .com pany. 1 SHouLD administra- | D. ©, WED Carrying appropriations which to- tal $261,727,965, of which $1,647,700 is for St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Columbte Institution for the Deaf, Howard Uni- versity and Freedman’s Hospital, the Interior Department appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1925, which is the first of the big supply bills to be reported to this Congress, was sub- mitted in the House today and will be taken up for consideration tomor- row, The estimates upon which this bill 1s based were submitted by the Pres- ident in the budget. The total of es- timates submitted was $272,069,331. In addition to the regular annual ap- propriation, the estimated permanent and incefinite appropriations for the flscal year 1924 aggregates $27,243,- 269, making the total estimates for the Interior Department for the fis- cal year 1825, $299,312,600. Cramton Explains Bl Chairman Cramton of the subcom- mittee which framed this bill ex- plained in his report to the House that the permanent annual appropri- ations are those which occur auto- matically each year without annual action by Congress, and the amount Which the committee considered in framing the bill is the aggregate of the estimates for the Interior De- partment customarily submitted for annual action by Congress. The total regular annual appropri- ations for the Interior Department for the current fiscal year amounted to §207.520,009. The sum of §261,727,- 965 recommended In this bill as com- pared with the regular annual ap- propriations for the current year and the estimates for 1925 Is $35,792,044 less than the total of the 1924 appro- priations and $10,341,366 less than the amount requested in the estimates. The outstanding figures that con- tribute most largely to these differ- ences are reductions below the 1924 appropriation of $30,600,000 for Army and Navy pensions, 32,304,000 for the reclamation service and $889,140 for construction of the Alaska rallroad, and reduction below the 1925 budget of $7,500,000 for Army and Navy pen- sions. Dent Institution Figures. The appropriation for the Colum- bian Institution for the Deaf of $109,- 000 is entirely in accord with the budget figures, with a net increase of $2,000 above the current law. For St Elizabeth's Hospital the recommended appropriation is $1,- 008,000, which is $138,500 less than the current appropriation and $512,- ] 000 icas than the budget recommen- dations. The sum of $900,000 for maintenance {8 carried In the bill, which is $100,000 below the current year and $450,000 below the budget. Representative Cramton in his re- port explained that the population of the institutions has increased, but the reduction made by the committee is with the expectation that patients cared for in _this institution upon order of the Veterans' Bureau shall be paid for at the proper per capita rate by the Veterans' Bureau out of funds which that bureau has avall- able for the purpose. Repairs at St. Elizabet] repair of buildings and grounds. In ning remodeling of the heating, power and lighting plant, for which a total of $212,000 would be neces- sary, the bill carries an authoriza- tion’ for the use of certain funds which will make possible the entire work of remodeling at an early date. For Howard Unlversity the bill carries $365.000, which is an increase of $132.500 above the current appro- priation and a decrease of $450.000 under the budget estimate. The item for addition to the Medlcal School buflding and _equipment totaling $500,000 and recommended by the budget was eliminated. For salaries and general mainte- nance an increase of $15,000 above the current law and the budget is given, and $5,000 for equipment for the manual training department ds given above the budget figures, but continuing the current law. For the assembly hall and gymnasium, $157.- 500 i3 given for the completion of this work, in accordance with the orlginal * authorized cost, instead of $127,500 as recommended by the bud- get for continuing construction. For Freedmen's Hospital, the bill carries $165,700, which i3 $7.100 under the current appropriation and $9.000 less than the budget recommenda- tions. For salaries $80.000 is recom- mended, which is $34,300 above the current year and $9,000 below the budget. Patent Office Gets More. The total for the patent office car- ried in the bill is $413,315 above the current law and $140,000 above the budget The increase above the bud- the budget to provide the commissioner of patents with equipment and tempor- ary additional personnel to_enable him to bring the work of the office up cur- rent within a reasonable time. Under the bureau of pensions the ap- ropriations for payment of Army and Navy pensions proposed by the bill is $222,500,000, which s $30,500,000 be- low the ‘current law and §7,600,000 be- low the budget, but is believed by the committee to be ample for the payment of pensions in 1925 under existing law. A reduction of $4,000 from the budget figure for the salary role in the office of the Secretary of Interior 18 due to acceptance of a suggestion from the Secrctary that the number of inspectors be reduced and bet- ter salaries be provided, enabling the Secretary to maintain more efficient and economical administration of the department with a net reduction in salaries of the amount named. The salary role of the solicitor's office is reduced $14,000 below the budget. Cut in Land Office. In the general land office there is a reduction of $16500 below cur- rent law and the budget in clerk hire and contingent expenses in the lofMce of surveyor general. The abolition of twenty-one land offices wherein the amount of busi- nes_does not appear to justify the expense Involved in maintenance and the consolidation of the offices of register and receiver in fourteen others makes possible a reduction of $173,000. below the current year and $108,000 below the bLudget. }; The committee has rearranged the ftems In the Indian bill eliminating SAN So! WHY, | MADE ENOUGH To LIVE AT THE RATE OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR! other ! The sum of $18,000 additional is| 000,000 In rental and still retain own- given to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for | ¢TShiP of all its properties lieu of the Itein of §80,000 for begin- | aion are [ get is brought about by the desire of [$300,000 per year. for the next four 4 | the Memphis Power and Light Com- NESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1924. ST. ELIZABETH’S APPROPRIATION CUT IN FIRST BIG BILL REPORTED Howard University and Freedmen’s Hospital Figures Also Under Budget Estimates—Total for Interior Department $261,727,965. the geographic classification, which has, in part, prevailed heretofore and has substituted a classification of items. The bill presented carries a total expenditure, exclusive of tribal funds, of $366,635 less than the current law and $50,470 less than the budget for the bureau of Indian affairs. Various items under the geological survey carry figures below the bud- get estimates, but generally continue the current appropriatiows outside of salary increases. Mine Probe Fund Less. A decrease of $9.768 below the bud- fet and $43.000 below the current aw for the bureau of mines is pro- vided in connection with investiga- tion of mine disasters. A decrease of $23,205 under petroleum and nat- ural gas Investigations is due to a revised estimate on the part of the bureau, For the national parks service an increased allowance for printing pro- yided for in a separate item is to make ossible fall compliance for existing demands for information concerning the parks. An_increase of $1,500 fn the item for field accounting s the same as current law and $1.500 above the budget. Bome reductions in construc- tion and maintenance items of the various parks are made and a new item of $20,000 is provided for emer- genoy repairs made necessary by flood, fire, storm, ete. The total for the park service is $57,305 abova the currént law and $6,215 below the budget. More for Education. The appropriation for the bureau of education, outside of its work in Alaska, shows an increase of $5,000 above ‘the budget, the changes in the comparative statément largely being due to transfers of ftems For medical relief among the na- tives in Alaska $110,000 is given, which is $20,000 above the current law and $16,000 above the budget. For maintenance and operation of Alaskan railroad $1.000,000 is given, the same as for the current year, which is $500,000 below the budget figure. This is to take care of an op- erating deficit and, in view of the committee, it is preferable that the management come before Congress for a deficiency if a greater amount is required. The item for operation of river steamers, $25,000, as now in the bill, is §25,000 below the current law and below’ the budget and based upon the same theory. of the cwm- mittee. OFFER $100,000,000 | sioner; {the Fine Arts Commissio | Delano, chairman of the Washington GREATER CAPITA DISCUSSION SOUGHT Pepper to Give Dinner for Leaders in Development - of Washington. Correlation for legfslative purposes of the views and plans conceived by the chairmen of committees in each branch of Congress, of the, various individuals administering = public buildings and having to do with fu- ture growth of Washington, and of organizations backing plans for the development of the Capital is to be sought by Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania at a dinner at the Powhatan Hotel tonight. Senator Pepper is giving th, from . ’Dersonal Interest in the da; velopment of the federal plan for Washington and with the hope that all the various agencles that have been at loggerheads for many years on_varfous projects for the city will agree on a definite and comprehensive plan for legislative action. He regards himself merely as a means to an end, and has no desire to usurp the functions of the chair- men of the six committees in Con- gress—three in the Senate and three in the House—having directly to do :“h District affalrs, he declared to- ay. Guests at Dinner, Invitations have been rent to the following: Senator L. Heisler Ball, chairman of the Senate District com. mittee; Senator Bert M. Fernald, chairman of the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds; Repre sentative John W. Langley, chairman of the House committee on public buildings and grounds; Representa- tive Stuart F. Reed, chairman of the House District committee; Represent- ative E. Robert Luce, chairman of the House 'library committee; Maj. J. Franklin _Bell, Engineer Commis- Charles Moore, chairman of : Miss Har- lean James, secretary, and J. Horace MacFarland, president of the Ameri- an Clvic Association; Frederick A. committes of the American Civie As- sociation; David Lynn, architect of the Capitol; George W. director of the Botanic Garde: Hare Lippincott and Col, C. superintendent of public buildings and grounds. “There are many projects for the development of Washington along ar- tistic and esthetic Senator Pepper sald today, “backed by indi- FOR MUSCLE SHOALS (Continued from First Page.) under regulations quate return The language of the offer describes the proposal as one “to use of a substantial part of the power for the production of fertilizer: to place the Muscle Shoals power under assuring an adés the protection and regulation of the | federal water power act; to enable the government to col.sct during a| fifty-year period approximately $100,- Companies associated in making the offer to the federal power commis- the Columbus Electric and Power Company, the Carolina Power and Light Company, the Yadkin River Power Company, the Asheville Power and Light Company, the North Caro- lina Electric Power Company, the Tennessee Electric Power Company, pany, the Alabama Power Company and 'the Central Georgia Power Company. The nine associated companies pro- | pose to organize a company to lease the plant for fifty vears under the terms of the federal water power act;: to agree to pay to the government a rental sufficient to meet all interest charges on expenditures on the proj- ect to the time of its completion, in- cluding the $17.000,000 expended dur- ing and just after the war. This total the companics estimate will ap- proximate $45,000,000 if the govern- ment installs eight contemplated gen- erating units in the hydro plant. | A sum of $4,500,000 would be added for the value of the present govern- ment steam plant at Muscle shoals, bringing to ~$50,000,000 the total on | which interest charges are to be com- puted. On this sum the proposing companies offer 4 per cent. which would return to the government in the way of rent $2,000.000 a year. If the government should install more than eight generating units the com- panies would increase their return to the government accordingl If the government desired to sell | the Muscle Shoals steam plant, one of the proposing companies would un- dertake to buy it at a price of $4,- 500,000 on terms satisfactory to the government. The rent for the first six vears would be at the rate of yeur $£1.500.000 per vear, increasini the following year to the maximur. To Spend $10,000,000, During the first few years the companies propose to spend not less than $10,000,000 for new transmission lines and equipment to_deliver the power for commercial and business uses in the south by means, in part, of the so-called superpower system conceived during the war and by which power transmission lines in the states of Tennessee, Georgia. Ala- bama, North and South Carolina are interconnected. By this plan the companies exchange power as de- mands require and an excess of water power at any one point is made avail- able for public need at other points in the system. The offer proposes to take all respon- sibility for operation off the govern- ment's hands and furnish ‘free power to operation of locks needed to open the Tennessee river to navigation, the government, however, to assume operation of the locks. The project would be sublect to recapture by the governmen: at the! end of the fifty-vear lease, as pro- | vided by the federal water power law; the government would have the right to take possession of the prop- erty, whenever the safety of the United States’ demanded, for manu- facture of nitrates, explosives cr munitions. The offer declares that with the completion of the plan pro- permit the | lcase grew out of the recent instaila- pany. i | "The Thompson system was inventea | Washington {work on the device while a | of leasing it, the offer declares that posed practically all the electric power resources of the southern viduals and organizations all’ work- ing toward a definite end. Of course, they all have the same purpose, namely, the betterment of Washing- ton, but their plans have crossed and failure of agreement on details and a | scheme for legislative action has re- sulted in a stalemate. This conditicn will exist indefinitely unless they and make some co a whole to go forward Seeks Only Discussion. “I propose only to secure a round- table discussion of the entire matter and am asking these people to dine with me in the hope that an agrec- ment will be reached.” enator Pepper emphasized that he is actuated only by a deep personal interest in the development 5f Wasi- ington, although he said some fe tures of the federal plan will coma | before the Senate Library committes, of which he is chairman. ussing the future growth of ngton and the possibility of ex- ansion of the federal plan to meet a ¥ of more than a million popula- »n, Senator Pepper said he under- 0od the plan was one of construc tion ip units which could be increased as the city expanded. The original plan could be left unchanged in principle, no matter what the future population of might be, he added. Broadly, the plap for the federal ity to be discussed at the dinner to- ht is along the lines laid down in a report to the President, based on the original I'Enfant design. The general purpose is to effect a har- monious and beautiful relationship of the buildings of Washington, pre- serving the Mall as the center. COURT DISMISSES SUIT IN PATENT LITIGATION Justice Stafford of the Supreme Court has decided to dis- | miss a suit for alleged infringement | of patent brought by Peter C. linski and others of Milwaukee, Wis., against the Thompson Voting Ma- chine Company of this city. The| | | | District | tion of an electrical voting system in the house of delegates of the Vir- ginia legislature by the Thompson com- by Marshall F. Thompson, engineer. a young who began tending Western High School eight years ago. The court finds that no case of in- fringement was made out by the plain- tiffs, — e states would be available to the gov- ernment in time of emergency. Make Provision for Sale. Should the government decide to sell the hydroelectric plant, instead one or more of the nine companies joining in the offer today would be prepared to submit a plan to purchase it and operate under the terms of| the federal water power law. That part of the offer which pro- vides for the manufacture of fertilizer —a point which has been the storm | center in all the negotiations and | discussions for the disposal of Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford—is as follows: “Under the plan proposed ample provision would be made for the sup- ply of electric energy for the manu- facture of fertilizer at Muscle Shoals, such energy to be supplied at actual cost to the licensee.” Although the offer submitted today does not disclose the fact, it is known that certaln manufacturers not now connected with the fertilizer busi ness are prepared to disclose new processes, which it is said, when used in connectioh with hydroelec- tric power. promise revolutionary | developments ‘in the production of | ipal | stata t PEELLE TO HEAD DISTRICT LAWYERS Succeeds Gordon as Bar Association Presideht—Long in Prac- tice Here. Stanton C. Peelle was elected pres- ident of the Barr Association of the District of Columbia at the annual meeting of the association at the courthouse last night. He succeeds Peyton Gordon, who retired from the prestdency. Mr. Peelle is a native of Indiana. but has spent most of his life in Washington. He is the son of Stan- ton J. Peelle, retired chief justice of the United States Court of Claims. and resides with his wife and four children in Chevy Chase, Md. He is forty-four years old. After being graduated at law at the Columbian now George Washington University Mr. Peelle was assoclated with the late Col. A. S. Worthington for se eral years. When Clarence R. Wi son was appointed United States at torney for the District of Columhia he selected Mr. Peelle as his ch law assistant ¥ormed Partnership. Mr. Peele became assoclated wi Justice Adolph A. Hoehling and C. F. R. Ogilby. In . when the law firm of Hoehling, Peelle & Ogilby was formed. This partnership was inter- rupted by the clevation of Justi Hoehling to the bench of the District Supreme Court, but has since been continued under the name of Peelle & Ogllby. John Lewis Smith was elected first vice president of the assoclation, James A. second vice presi- dent_and George C. and W. W. Millan were re-elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. C. Clins ton James was re-clected 4s a director for an additional term of two yea and Bolitha J. Laws and Wilson were made new members the board of direetors. Threc members of the board holdi are Walter C. Balderston, | shall and S. McComas Haw Indorse Mattingly. The association unanimous solved to_recommend 1o General Daugherty the reappoint ment of Robert E. Mattingly as a judge of the Municipal Court. Judge Mattingly's term expires shortly This is the second time in the histors of the association thai unanimous support has been given to a candi- date for a judicial position in Wash- ington, and the first time in reference to & place on _the bench of the Mu; Court. The first unanimous i dorsement of a candidate was given to_Justice Adolph A. Hoehling. The Bar Association has 336 mem- bers and the reports last night in- dicated that 1925 had been the bes year in its history. RITCHIE DEMANDS STATES RESIST U. S. “INVASION OF RIGHTS” ed_from First Page.) (Conti; eral power upon the functions of the states. Just now it holds the stage and holds it so prominently as to obscure the fact that after all it is simply one phase of the only question of principle upon which the American people _can consistency _divide politically today t is the wisdom of a score of federal encroach: upon the rights of the state, of which prohibition enforcement is only one In speaking of governmental ex- penses. Gov. Ritchie continued “Then comes increased expense Then the everlasting annoyance of federal inspectors and investigators and agents, often lrresponsible and fncompetent, prying into business which ought to be private and into affairs which ought to be personal. and exercising supervision and de- manding reports and audits of almost every conceivable kind. Then an inevitable impatience, and finally a lack of respect for law itself.” Great Principle at Stake In conclusion Gov. Ritchie empha- sized: “A great, a fundamental, during principle is at stake. No question of sectional advantage, of group gain, of party benefit or of class. But a principle which reaches k through the ages, past the in- dustrial and economic eras and the mighty wars which ha¥e made our country great, straight into the very heart of our institutions. “That principle calls for an end to centralization. 1t is not the call of class or of party or of creed. It is the call at last of principle. It is the call of the peapie of this country. from city and hamlect and farm, to be allowed to lead their lives in freedom and in libert ) long as they live them cleanly and honestly, and do not dwrt their neighbors or injure society. It is the call to resist un- warranted achment of every kind by the federal government upon the sovereign rights of our state and the guaranteed liberties of our peo- ple; with head held high and stand- ing erect, no matter if we stand alone, to proclaim once more that Maryland, relving on the integrity of a native manhood and womanhood Which has never failed, demands that every question which concerns her people alone, shall be decided as her people will.” LEE SECRETARY OF STATE. an en- Named by Ritchie Immediately After Inaugural. Special Dispateh to The Star. A APOLIS, Md., January ~—The first official act of Gov. Ritchie, after taking oath of office this noon, was to name Maj. E. Brooke Lee of Silver Spring, Montgomery county, secre- tary of state, in which capacity Maj. Lee had been serving for several months. His name was immediately confirmed. R The re-election of James Dennis of Baltimore county state treasurer was declared by a joint vote of both houses in brief session yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dennis defeated his republican opponent, J. Monroe Hol- land, by an overwhelming majority. This is Mr. Dennis’ third term as reasurer Ritchie last night entertained t thirty gliests at dinner in the utive mansion in honor of his inaugural for the second term today. The governor announced that the din Gov fertilizer and tremendous reductlons in price. GEE , THAT'S GREAT ! FOR HOW LONG ? ner had no political signiticance what- ever. ~ABOUT THREE DAYS \!