Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1924, Page 2

§246,826 RAISED FORG. W. U. FUND Totals for Today’s Efforts in Drive by Teams Reach $44,765.50. GANS LAUDS DR. LEWIS Declares- University: Has Accom- plished Great Deal for Community. of $246,526.50 was reached rnoon in the campaign for nt fund George i niversity. 1 tot together ‘with the.re- of the executive ‘committee, the day \ipts. §44,765.50. gifts were reported for-the ommittee as follows: ar, §5,000; Theodore L. Burchell, King, 31,500; John Joy port made s re liam Bruee inkle, $1 irnie, Hen Louis Dean W Herrick, Ruflin, H. and Mather dent ¢ lauded told the Cham- President the team iptions about shington Unlver- d a great deal communit D. vde, captain, won total subscri Rev. Paul Sperry, turned in to the cam- wedding fee which sity has accompli for the cntir 11, D he had just rec 1. ¢ between the di organization sing the endowment fund for the Georg ‘ashington University an high today when divisions 1, 2, 3 7 met for thelr business luncheon at the New Ebbitt Hotel. The determined to show divi- sions S, and 9, which met yes- will meet again tomor- 2d, 3d and 7th ©of doing when ons of the ra divition: it comes to . president of the Wash- of Commerce, _en- s to renewed effort, ing them at the luncheon. Il be no meeting Saturday, the final luncheon to come Monday. Campaizn Fourth Ovel period now one- ximately one- of the goal reached. It wil xtended through the month, re- alumni of other dis- e country to be When t and wom ends Monda: “thrown ope confined 1o have to date, ree teams will be will not be savs manager. w ve will succeed. ined by Ulric S. J. for a benefit Glee Club Will Sing. The Geo: Wa Male ¢ Rt the benefit of ¥ February 14 at $:30 p.m. at the Ma- sonic Auditorium Mather Lew s for Willi t $300,000 is being m he- pla first unit of the plant now university, ent on erected. 1 of ti Washington,” id th dent Lewis said addition to that, §460,000 will bé | fees and from | sar by the uni-| collected in stude other sources th Va for supplies in the city. “It is an established student who comes to stays In the city beea cllities Georg brings £1.000 i here. Th dents and t to be paid out in salaries and us. ashington vear to the merchants ity has 5,000 stu- of them would the university a great non- | n cducational inst “ution, | an that, when we get the first million dollars we are pledged to go out to othor parts of the coun- try to obtain other millions, that we may build here one of the est uni- versities in the country—one which will add greatly to tha heauty and the vie life of Washington. These aro tho reasons why it is the privi- lege and duty of those whe are in- terested In the progress of the ecity to help secure this initial fund. Results by Divisions, Results by divislons up to noon to- day were as follows: Diy 1—David A. Baer, $5.760; team 1, Philip E: team 3. H. Latane Le $175 team leager, | schler, $1,325; | $160; team | team 5, H. H. | 6, Joseph W. Division 2—Charles I. Corby, leader, $3.056: team 8, Dr. H., W . team 11, D. Hyde, § 12, Dr. D. L. Borden, $1,000. Div J3—Willlam 'Bruce King, 2 90; team 13, Rev. Paul team 14, H. T. Domer, Ulric J. Dunbar, B, $4.00. . Hunter, Division 4—Judge J. Wilmer Lati- mer, loader, $12,431; team 22, B. T. Haycraft, $66: toam 33 _ Soterios Nicholson, $8,155; team 24, Charles S. Collier, $450; team 24, Dr. J. W. Bo- v team 37. 1. W. Burch, . D. Ham, $305; team Updegraff, £816. 5—Hugh Miller. leader, 21, Prof. H. G. Doyle, 25" Maj. A’ M. Prentiss, D._ I1. Smith, $856 , William C. Van Vleck, $1,375. Division 6—Dr. Thomas A. Groover, $2.800; team 28, Dr. Bverett M. Elli- $1,050; team 29, Dr. J. Mallory, team 31, Dr. D. T. Birtwell, team 32, Dr. . A. Hornaday, | $300; team 33, Dr. Albert F. Pagan, $350; team 35, Dr. N. N. Smiier, $450. Division 7—Mrs. J. P. Earnest and Mrs, Joshua Evans, jr. $7,052: team 51, Dr. O. Josephine Baird, $450; teamn 52, Mrs. De Witt Crolssant. $455; team 54, Mrs. H. G. Doyle, $210; team 55, Miss zabeth Earnest, $3,360; team 57, Mrs. Virgil B. Jackson, 1,45/ 58, Mrs. F. W. True, 51,12 Division 8—Mrs. W. B. Chamberlain and_Mrs. Otto L. Veerhoff, $5,725; team 59, Miss Henryette Brum, $850; team 60, Miss Lella Hardell, $772; team 61, Miss Kathryn Harris, $1,275; team 62, Mrs. Wilfred C. Gilbert, $1.425; team 63, Miss Ollve Prescott, 3565: team 65, Miss Rhoda Watkins, $1,515; team 45, Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, $350. Division 9—Miss Evelyn Jones and Miss Elizabeth Webb Wilson, $7.451; team 66, Miss Freda Egbert, $§650: team 67, Miss Emilie M. White, '$2,980; team 68, Miss Julla McCord, $335; team 69, Mrs. Charles G. Morgan, $453; team 70, Miss Agnes Messer, $2,050; team 71, Miss Mota Neuman, $783; team 72, Miss Margaret Smith, $160; team 73, Miss Martha Waring, $150. Executive committee, -$78,000, in- cluding the following gifts: Mrm. Larz Anderson, $25,000; Judge John Barton Payne,’ $25000; H. G. Per- kins, $10,000; Mrs. Avery Coonley, $5,000; F. M. Kirby, $5,000; Christian Heurich, ' $5,000: Judd & Detweller, 52,500: Robert N. Harper, $500; stu- dent body, $61,218; faculty, $8-655. - Division 5.921; team team ons, as they | beinz spent | ct that every | shington or| of the fa-| affords | city did not | BREWER’S CHARGES BRING HOUSE PLEA FOR FULL INQUIRY t_Page.) \ (Continued from Fi certificates. or certificitas of indebt- edness, redeemed in the years 1917 to date, glving the denomimation, serial number of bonds, or certificates, which have been redecmed and can- celed. “1 e number of bonds, Treasury certificates, or other certifiaates of in- debtedness and the serfal number of each which have been redeemed and destroyed. The date, place and method of destruction of such can- celed, or redeemed bonds, Treasury certificates, or other ceriificates of indebtedness, and by whose ordgr or authority said bonds, Treasury cer- tificates or certificates of Indebted- ness were destroyed. Secretary Mellon at the same time reiterated that the Treasury, in its long investigation of the matier, had found no evidence of malicious ir- regularity. “There has been duplication of num- bers on bonds,” said Mr. Mellon, “but for every bond that has gone out its ace value has been paid into the Treasury. The Treasury has found mnothing alarming in its _examination of charges made by Brewer, Secretary had been no loss either to the public or to the government found. Further action by the Senate was promised today by Senator Caraway, democrat, A to a delegation of the als- arged employes of the bureau who led to report to him the failure of ccretary Mellon to carry out his an- nounced intentlon of restoring their vositions or others of equal im- ‘portance. ‘Freasury: Plans Reply. Brewer’ in detall by the Treasury Immediate- 1y upon completion by it of its inves- tigation into the basis for the accu- ations. Court action instituted by Brewer, who still is on the De- partment of Justice rolls, will be an- swered by the Department of Justice itself, since the Attorney General was made a party to the suit. Mr. Mellon said there had been found jsolated cases where two bonds bore the LI numbers, but that |when the indicated irregularities had been traced down Treasury investi- gators had discovered that either the next preceding or next following number was missing, It was important to note, he said, that so few mechanical errors had occurred as have been found in the preparation of more than 100,000,000 pleces of fed- eral securitles—the approximate num- ber issued since the beginning of the world war, Brewer has sued for an injunction against government officlals to prevent them from taking certaln securities he has been using in his investigation of bureau of engraving and_printing af- fairs, and the report was filed with the ourl. as a part of the exhibit in the case. Denies Harding Misled. A denial that he had misled President Harding into dismissing the twenty- eight bureau employes was included by Brewer, who said the President was aware of conditions before seeing Brewer, and that he was fully justified in his action. Some of the facts Brewer sald he expected to prove were: 1 “That conditions in the bureau of |engraving in March, 1922, were well {nigh appalling. | “Knowledge of duplicate bonds was iaunpnss«:d by Treasury officiale and {the secret service. “Secret service called off duplicate bond investigation December, 1919, “Inordinate number of duplicates appear In certain listed “lots” of sur- rounded bonds. | “Half of the surrendered bonds , jwere destroyed and with them all evidence of their duplication. “Surrendered bonds were destroyed when known to be duplicates.” Denles Me¢hanteal Error. Brewer said Presf@ent Harding had to twice order the stopping of the bond destruction and that inspectioh of the bonds showed the duplication was not caused by slips of the num- bering machines. Duplicates had been traced, Brewer sald, “to Treasury sources from sur- rendered bonds stolen from Treasury vaults; from' ‘unissued stock’. (within controi of the Treasury); from ‘allot- ment credit’ (within control of the Treasury and reserve banks); from star bonds (within control of the Treasury), and from, the Treasury's bond purchase redemption fund.” Bonds issued in lots from Treasury, Brewer recited, had been found to be spurious. The investiga- tion, he said, had been thwarted and {nearly blocked by the Treasury. “The charge that duplicate libert bonds existed,” Mr. Brewer said, “came to the Department of Justice in_April, 1921, from Representative Royal C. Johnson, republican, of South Dakota, who received them from a constituent, J. W. McCarter, who was assistant register of the Treasury under the Wilson adminis- tration. McCarter, he sald, com- plained that he was discharged for bringing the complaint to the notice of Treasury officials, ‘Warning Emphatic. “McCarter,” Brewer continued, “was emphatic in warning that a clique, with large ramifications, including the secret service, held sway in the Treasury, and extreme caution would be necessary in any investigation ex- pected to make progress.” Referring to the discharge of the bureau of engraving employes, Brow- er said: “I made a report to the Attorney General on the duplicate bond situa. tion of December 21, 1921, concerning various divisions of the Treasury, and incidentally in that report made ref- erence to the bureau of engraving in several very questionable proceed- ings, seemingly cwncerned with the bond situation, as they had been re- peated to me. But I ended the re- port with the statement that there was uncertainty and that injustice migh be done unless records were examined. The President never saw this report until August, 1822." Came After Discharges. This was after the discharges at the bureau of engraving. Brewer yesterday submitted some of his alleged duplicate securities to members of Congress, and it is ex- pected the matter will be carried to the floor of the House. Meanwhile Treasury officlals insist that Brewer has failed to prove his case and that investigation has shown there was no dishonesty; that no bonds not au- thorized were issued. The discharged employes have been ordered rein- stated. The dismissed employes told Sena- tor Caraway that Secretary Mellon was very indefinite in his statement to the former employes as to what he could do or would do in the matter of restoring them to their old places in the bureau or places of similar re- sponsibility and pay. Caraway Gives View. nator Caraway said today that the he thought the government should| file a reply as quickly as possible in the Brewer sult; that if such reply was not filed it would indicate the government did not intend to proceed with the bureau affair, but to’let the matter slide along .as it has in the past, in .o manner extremely detri- mental to the ousted employes. The Arkansas senator sald that if what Mr. Brewer contended was true, then the administration officials were gullty of helping to conceal gigantic frauds, that they should have pro- ceeded against the ousted employes of the bureau. He added that he did not put credence in the charges made by Brewer. :Senator Caraway intends, he sal to watch the situation closely an will be guided in his future action by what the administration does in the matter, Mellon asserted. He added that there |' charges will be answered | By Eben F. Comins.. Awarded second h Washington Artists. THE ENIGMA. ARTISTS OF CAPITAL MAKE GOOD SHOWING AT CORCORAN EXHIBIT Minor S. Jameson Wins Silver Medal, Jerry Farns- worth Bronze and Harry Leith-Ross and Eben F. Comins First and Second Honorable Mention. % Ry b, ki The Society of Washington Artists’ thirty-third annual exhibition is now on view in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, occupying the semi-circular exhibition gallery, the adjacent ante-room and the first of the main series of galleries which {s commonly occupied by early American paintings. In the showing are 130 ofl paintings and thirty works in sculpture, the majority by local artists, although a number have been contributed by well known painters and sculptors from out of town. The jury of selection consisted of Wiliam H. Holmes, Mary G. Rlley, Alexis Many, Clara Saunders, Elizabeth Sawtelle, Bertha Noyes, Arthur F. Mus- igrave, Richard D. Engel, and Margaret S. Zimmele. The jury of award, however, was composed of out-of-town _artists: Thomas C. Corner, R. McGlll Mackall, and Erik G. Haupt of Baltimore. The awards were distributed as follows: First prize, silver medal, to Minor S. Jameson for a landscape palnting en- titled “Ending of Snow Storm”; sec- ond prize, bronze medal, to Jerry Farns- worth, for a figure painting _entitled “Helen”; first honorable mention to Harry Leith-Roes for a landscape en- titled “April” and second honorable mention to Eben F, Comins, for, a figure painting entitled “The Enigma.” Prize winners in previous exhibitions were not eligible for the same or a lower prize. Prise Winner Is Newcomer. Minor S. Jameson, who won the silver medal, 18 a newcomer to Washington. The prize picture, which is somewhat in the style of the so-calied “expres- sionists” a eubtle Interpretation of a mood in nature, rendered with skill and refinement of feeling, well deserves the honor it received. Mr. Jameson also contributes a second landscape, entitled “Vermont Farm. Jerry Farnsworth, winner of the bronze medal, has been a pupil of Hawthorne, and his work distinctly shows the Hawthorne influence. It is toneful and has dramatic quality, if perhaps a little lacking in_strength. Mr. Farnsworth, who is a Washing- tonian and whose student days are not yet far in the past, was honored 1ast year by having this painting ex- ceedingly well hung in the Pennsyl- vania Academy’s annual exhibition. Harry Leith-Ross s of the Wood- stock 8chool of landscape painting and his works have found a welcome in the leading exhibitions of the country. He has undoubtedly fol- lowed ‘the lead of the impressionist school, beautifully interpreting in his paintings tne subtle effects of lght and atmosphere, but his work, While colortul, is essentially restrained. He shows itwo plctures, the prize pic- ture, “April,” and one entitled “Win- ter Quiet. Comins 1s Bostoniai Eben F. Comins is a Bostonian, but has for the past year or more taken up his residence in Washington. He has_a national reputation and has produced work of a unique and dis- tinguished character. For a number of 'years he conducted a summer Class at Gloucester. He is regularly Tepresented in the leading exhibitions. For the most part landscapes are in the majority in this collection, por- itraits and figure paintings taking sec- i ond place, but among the latter men- tion should be made of portralts by i Richard Meryman, Catherine Carter i Critcher, Mathilde M. Lelsenring an Dorsey Doniphan. Susan Ricker Knox i shows interesting figure studies, one of i “A Florida Guide,” another of a mother iand child Burtis Baker exhibits a i figure study entitled “Thalla,” as well a8 an excellent little boat picture and & sunny view of one of the lock- houses on the canal. Sarah Munroe shows a study of two sisters, painted out of doors in high key. From Ma- rion Boyd Allen of Boston has com an unusual picture entitled “Father- hood,” & Yyoung father holding his nude baby ®irl in his arms, a reversal of the Mary Cassatt mother and child type. M. Kremelberg contributes a quite lovely nude, “Spirit of the Woods,” a sylvan theme, rendered a little in the Mancini-Fechin manner. Plcture of “Ginny Fleet.” On the flat wall of the special ex- hibition gallery Alice Worthington Ball's impressive picture of *“The Ginny Fleet,” Gloucester, has the place of honor and lends decorat: jeffect. Here, to the extreme left, \g - hangs Willlam H. Holmes' landscape painting ~entitled “Race with the Storm,” a picture distinctly in Mr. Holmes' individualistic style. beati- fully toneful and full of dramatic suggestion. One of the impressive notes of this exhibition is a series of four still life paintings by Hattie E. Burdette, beautifully composed and 8o ex- quisitely rendered that despite com- petition with modernist works of more violent color they evidence their beauty by their extraordinary re- finement. One is entitled “The Red another “Yellow Iris,” a third ‘The Lily" and a fourth “Snap- dragons.” Gladys Brannigan, formerly of Washington, now of New York, sends a most interesting and elaborate still life study, “Apples, Pomegranates and Other Things,” the price - of which, if sold, she generously offers to donate. to the George Washington University bullding fund. Charming Flower Paintings. There are charming flower paint- ings by Lona Miller Keplinger, Alexls Many, Edward S. Shorter, Jessle T. Baker and others. Francls 8. Watts sends a landscape In which the domi- nant element iIs ch ossoms, a very charming rendition not a little Japanesque in effect. There are two extremely Interesting landscape paint- ings In this exhibition by Elizabeth Sawtelle, both a little in the style of the Woodbury School, but at the same time distinctly in her own man- ner—works full of dignity and reti- cent quality, but virile. Felicle Howell has sent a little picture of the Decatur House in this city and @ landscape, “Over the Hill."” Camelia ‘Whitehurst of Baltimore shows a study of a child “Kirby”: Laura Welsh Casey is represented by an ex- cellent Gloucester picture, “Along the Whart"; Mary G. Riley's “The Har- nessmaker's Shop,” has much to commend it, and Mrs. Margaret S. Zimmele, among four exhibits, shows one entitled “Left Over,” & picture of two horse-drawn coupes with negro drivers, a one time famillar sight in Washington, admirably rendered. S. Peter Wagner shows “A Street Scene in a Southern Town” and a landscape, “The Shenandoah River from Harpers Ferry,” both notably good. Benson B. Moore, A. H. O. Rolle, Ruel Pardes Tolman, Richard D. Engel and other members of the Landscape Club are all well repre- sented. Musgrave s Represented. Mr. Musgrave, the president of the Arts Club, s doubly represented, and well, by a plcture entitled “A Gray Day” and by a gay beach scene. Mar- guerite C. Munn sends two of her European sketches and Eva Springer contributes two studies done in New Mexico. The sculpture ‘section this year is larger and more interesting than usual. It includes Brenda Putnam's charming little sundial, a young elf astride & sea horse hobby, which has twice won important awards. Also she exhibits her portrait of her father, Herbert - Putnam of the Library of Congress. Edward Berge of Balti- more sends a “Sea Urchin,” “Wild Flower” and a portrait study entitled “Dutch Mother.” Moses W. Dykaar exhibits his portrait busts of the President and Mrs. Coolidge, as well as that of Willlam H. Holmes. U. S. J. Dunbar is represented by his por- traits of the late Prof. Cleveland- Abbe, of Dr. Wallace Radcliffe and other studies. H. K. Bush-Brown shows & portrait of Thomas Jefferson and a portrait of Gen. Daniel E. Sic- kles. Clara Hill exhibits her bust of 8. S. McClure and medallion portraits. ‘Among others represented are Edith Ogden Heidel, V. D. Prentiss Lingan, Arnold Ronnebeck, Mrs. William _F. Kelley, Lydia C. Kirk and Virginia Morris King. The exhibition will continue until March 2. FLU SWEEPS BRITAIN. Epidemic Causes 867 Deaths in United Kingdom. LONDON, February 7.—There is no 'sign as yet of an abatement of the epidemic of influenza which is sweep- ing over the United Kingdom. e deaths reported from influenza t week mumbered 367 = rable mention in the thirty-third annual exhibition of the Soclety of COOLIDGE INDORSES \ I U. 5. BUILDING FUND DECLARED URGENT Sherrill Cites Savings, Both in Rent and in Operation, Possible by Construction. The necessity for enactment of the Smoot bill providing for a $50,000.000 building program to house govern- ment aetivities in the District of Co- lumbia is emphasized in a report by Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, as & member of the public buildings commission. The report is made at the request of Senator Bert M. Fernald of Maine. chalrman of the committee on public bulldings and grounds, for the ure of a speclal subcommittee which has been appointed to consider the Smoot bill drafted in response to President Coolidge's recommendation to Con- gress, both in his first messago to Congress and in his budget message. Col. Sherrill calls attention that the government is paying in the District $673,307.52 per annum In rentals. “This rental cost is but a small part of the expense to. which the government i: subjected by reason of inadequate housing facllities for the government departments and establishments in the Col. Sherrill advised the con he increased cost of admi istration is very great in all of the d partments,” he says, adequacy "of thelr hously widely scattered location of actlvities of each. . “The controller general alone esti- mates that @ saving of $250,000 per annum would result from better ad- ministration should his office be housed in a single building. The commissioner of internal revenue estimates an equal or eater saving in administrative costs with proper housing for his es- tablishment. “In addition to these direct savings that would result from a proper hous- ing of the departments and establish- ments,” Col. Sherrill directs the atten- tion of the subcommittee particularly to the fact that “the fire hazards in the buildings at present used, espe- cially the temporary buildings, should be given due consideration, as those bulldings are of the most Inflamma- ble character, really tinder boxes, in which a fire of any size once started would rapidly spread into a_ dread- ful conflagration, injuring or destroy- ing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of records such as Income tax returns that could never be replaced.” GRAVE SITUATION SEEN IN CHARGES BY LLOYD GEORGE (Continued from First Page.) g and_the the various dence that during his absence In London President Wilson and M. Clemenceau had signed at the peace conference in Paris a ‘secret com- pact’ regarding military occupation CO-OPERATIVE MOVE |°f the Rrineland. (Continued from First Pag: cheaply. , There is likewise need for organizafions of the urban consumers to-give like benefits. Ideal to Him At. | “The establishment of a close-work- ing. relationshin; between theso two groups ought to be the ideal to which the larger co-operative movements of the country should aim. My under- standing is that the program of your own organization contemplates some- thing like this, and I am glad to ex- tend the assurance of my hearty sym- pathy and my wish to render any as- sistance possible along such practical lines.” President Coolidge’s letter was read as part of a program whigh included addresses by former Gov. Frank Lowden of Ilincis and Senator Capper of Kan- sas, head of the Senate farm bloc. Robert W. Bingham, Loulsville, Ky., chalrman of the council presided. Senator Capper brought “greetings from Congre: * telling the members of the marketing conference to get to- gether and let Congress know exactly what the agricultural interests want. Decline in Prices. Declaring that prices of farm prod- ucts have declined beyond all propor- tion to the decline in the prices of other commodities and have never regained thair former relative position, Mr. Lowden sald that the answer requires that one look into the conditions gen- erally as they exist today and as the; did exist during the former periods n}; depression. “The chiet difference, I think, be- tween now and then is that during the last thirty years organization has been the dominant factor with labor and with every other industry except our own,” Mr. Lowden continued. “When the depression of 1920 set in there was a large accumulation of goods of all kinds on hand; but in- dustry, being highly organized, was able {6 resist more successfully than the farmer the pressure for lower prices.” Competing Among Selves. Agriculture, he continued, finds it- self with its millions of members freely competing among themselves while ‘it is obliged to sell its products in a highly organized industrial and commercial world. “Now, If the farmers are to put themselves - upon terms of equality with the great industries of the coun- try they, too, must organize,” said Mr. Lowden. Declaring that it is not de- sirable that the farmer should imi- tate the great industries, the speaker said that he must find some way to restore the proper relationship be- tween the prices he receives for his products and the prices he pays for other commoditlies. “The President has already, with his usual clearness and definiteness, pronounced in favor of co-operative marketing of farm products,” Mr. Lowden concluded. “The Secretary of Agriculture I believe to be in sympathy with it. If now the subor- dinates in that department will throw thelr support wholehear‘edly to the e the movement will b l%:elernted." oAy, '0-operative marketing and trans. portation are being discussed at ses- sions this afternoon. Sessions will be held tomorrow morning and after- noon, and Saturday morni, o neon W ay ng and aft CLOSE STREET TO MOVE MODEL HOME TO NEW SITE Building Exhibited in Sherman Plaza Going to 18th Street and New York Avenue. Gates at the Pennsylvania avenu entrance to West Executive avenue re closed to through vehicular ffic today to permit of the move- ment of the model home, formerly located on Sherman plaza, to its pers manent elte, at the southeast corner of 18th street and New York avenue. That movement was started last week and is progressing slowly. The bullding is now near the Butt-Millet monument and is being gradually wheeled into the roadway south of the State Department. Meanwhile vehicular traflic is, temporarily fn- terrupted on South and West Execu- tive avenues, except that the Penn- sylvania avenue entrance is opea to having business with the exe ecutive office- of the White House, Says Plea Is Too Late, “The interview continues: ‘I have always been attacked by many people in England as the villain of that| 1 have just received the docu- The piece. ments from the forelgn office. French mnow wish to publish the agreement Dbetween Wilson and Clemenceau and desire me to agree. It is a little late to ask my comsent; never seen the documents be- for The statement proceed: “These assertions should be read in conjunction with the following facts: The foreign office has been notified that the French government intends to prepare a yellow (blue) book concerning certain documents | connected with the drafting of ar- ticles 428 to 431 of the treaty of Ve sallles. The consent of his majes government to the publication of these documents 1s necessary, in view of the agreement reached by the peace conference under which the official records of the proceedings of the conference were not to be pub- lished. L “On January 22 the foreign office decided that before replying to the French government it would be only courteous to acquaint Mr. Lloyd George with the proposal, since, in conjunction with President Wilson and M. Clemenceau, he had been con- cerned in the discussion of the mat- ter. Asked Lloyd George's 0. K. “A letter was written on January 25 by a foreign office official to Mr. Lloyd-George's secretary, asking him to ascertain whether Mr. Lioyd George had any objection to the pub- lication of the documents, and inclos- ing the proof sheets. “There could be no doubt of the purpose of the foreign office, nor of the nature of the communication, as the following sentences from it show: ‘We feel that before replying to the French we ought to consult Lioyd George, who was one of the parties to the discussion at the peace conference from which these doc ‘ments took shape. I have sonsequently been directed to ascertain through you as soon as possible whether he sees any objection from a personal viewpoint to their inclusion in the vellow book, provided presumably | that the other governments Interested likewise raise no objection. Please return proof sheets with your an- swer." ‘No answer has been received, the proof sheets have not been returned and the first indication of the letter having reached Mr. Llovd George's hands comes from this alleged inter- view. It will be seen from the above that in one or two respects the f terview as reported is not accurate. BRITISH EXPRESS REGRET. Macdonald Defends Ministry in Note to France, Is Report. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 7.—Prime Minis- ter Macdonald of Great Britain has written to Premier Poincare, express- ing regret for the incident caused by the Lloyd Georse interview asserting the discovery of an agreement at the Paris peace conference between ‘Woodrow Wilson and Premler Clem- enceau regarding the occupation of the Rhineland, says & dispatch to the semi-official Havas Agency from Lon- don this afternoon. The letter ppints out that the fault is not Mr. Mac- 2o %oy George will produce a secret agreement between Wilson and me, I will pay the reparations,” said former Premier Clemenceau today, after reading the text of the state- ments ascribed to David Lloyd George concerning @ secret pact between Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson in regard to the occupation of the Rhineland. Text of Tardieu Denlal. Andre Tardieu's denial, made dur- ing the sesslon of the chamber of deputles yvesterday and amplified later and approved by Clemenceau, ys: “The text that Mr. Wilson accepted on April 20 at 6 p.m. in conversation with M. Clemenceau and myself had been in the hands of Mr. Lloyd George as well those of Mr. Wilson for fifteen days. It was the same text that Mr. Lloyd George, absent from Parls on the 20th, accepted on the morning of the 22d after a last resistanc The clauses in question became Il'ue:::u:ll to 432 of the 3. ‘were still living his denial would be added to that which { ue to the n-| M. | Rabbit Fur Best Ermine for Kings, Experts Confess By the Assoctated Press. LEIPZIG, February 7.—If King Edward III were alive today he would probably have been the most interested person In the world In recent legal proceedings which proved that.most of the “ermine” used these days as trim- ming for state robes at European royal courts is nothing more than wlite rabbit or the bleached pelts of gray squirrels. Of all the monarchs of early days who were fond of ermine Edward III stood first, and soon after he ascended the ‘throne in 1327 the wearing of this fur was restricted throughout England to members of the royal families. Rabbit makes the best “ermine.” according to the testimony of ex- perts at the trial, which was begun by a disgruntled purchaser. The court found for the plaintiff. ARRUES FORLOWER PEP GO VALUATIN Corporation Counsel Pre- sents Utilities Commission’s Side in Court Hearing. i} the 1 Counsel Francis Stephens began this afternoon presentation of the views of Public Utilities Commission upor revaluation of the property of th Potomac Electric Power Company. He attacked the stand taken by Attorney S. R. Bowen in the opening argument for the power company made last Tuesday and completed this morning before Justice Stafford in Equity Division 2. Mr. Stephens asserted that the power company's contention is inconeistent in theo! in that it is not satisfied with a val- uation of the physical property of the company, but seeks to go back twenty-five years and figure in the cost of organizing the corporation, which would carry the court into the field of speculation. The Court of Appeals had remanded the case for aluation, he s: because the commission had n turned a valuation as of th December 31, 1916, and h into consideration the prie terial and labor at that ti nection with reproduction cost. Corporation Easy Adjustment Seen. All that fs needed, the lawyer as- serted, is to add to the valuation of the commission the difference between the prices allowed by the commission and the prices then prevailing. This difference should be easy to adjust, he suggested. The statement of coun- sel for the company had placed this difference at $3,500,000, he said, while experts for the commission regarded $2,500,000 as enough to cover the dif- ferenc Mr. Stephens insisted that the com- pany had no right to ask allowance for “organization of the corporation with the expenses incidental thereto, as the question before the commis- sion was only the valuation of the {physical property of the compan The power company, according to Mr. Stephens, claims its property is worth 1$23,000,000, while the commission’s valuation 'places it at $11,000,000. { _shows the divergence of expert | ion, the lawyer declared. The hearing is expacted to be con- {tinued Monday, when Special Coun {sel Conrad H. Syme will make an ar gument_for the commission and At torney John F. Barbour will close for the power company. Statement for Company. Attorney S. R, Bowen for the com= pany submitted a statement in sup- port of his claim of the basis of val- uation. This statement purports to show reproduction cost as found by the company's engincer as of July, 1916. It places a valuation of $2 1989,209.39 on the property. The com- | pany’s estimate gives the reproduc- tion cost of the property at $12,348,- 871.98: general overheads during con- struction, $2,691,990.51; working cap- ital, including_'supplies, $560,431.60 organization, $362,542, and prelimi- {nary, $50.000. " To this were added additional items in engineer's repro- duction cost amounting to $6,965,323, and consisting of Great Falls water- power site, $1,000,000; property rights in easements,’ $2,500,000; development costs, compensation to i conceivers, $650,000, and brokerage and commissions, $700,000. NEW BILL IN HOUSE FOR TEACHERS’ PAY Keller Introduces Measure Con- taining Figures Urged i by School Board. ) i A teachers' pay bill contalning the original figures as drafted by the board | of education and submitted to the Dis- trict Commissioners was introduced in the House today by Oscar Keller of Minnesota. This action, following his statement in the House District committee yester- Iua.y that he proposed to fight for the original range of salaries instead of |thdse contained in the Reed bill as jacaled “down, to satisty the budget bureau, Keller will head a etrong contest in the committee to get a favorable report on the higher rate for teachers as orig- inally proposed. trict committee has received several letters regarding the teachers’ pay day at the request of the District Commissioners, This bill was revised from the original bill drawn up by the board of education. The American Federation of Teach- ers opposes the blll in its present form and asks for a hearing. This letter is signed by Selma M. Borchardt, chairman of the legislative commit- tee. - The Education Assoclation of the District unanimously indorses the bill. The letter says: “We sincerely port favorably on this bill, which is {of such vital importance to the wel- fare of the schools.of the National Capital.” REHEARING DENIED. SPRINGFJELD, T, February The supreme court today denied a re- hearing of the case of Julia Ann Morton vs. Frank S. Goodwine, in {which the plaintiff sought to invali- date a will because it was not signed by witnesses. At the December session of the I regret being obliged to inflict upon the former British prime minister. The vital guarantees we obtained for France on the Rhine were acquired only after months of terrible strug- gle, but it is our pride that we ob- tained them with the loyalty of all our allies.” B Representative | indicates that Representative | Chairman Reed of the House Dis- | bill which he introduced last Satur- | trust that your committee will re- | DOHENY CORRECTS | 'ADOD PAY FIGURE Former Secretary’s Firm and Himself Got $150,000, Not $250,000, Says Letter. E. L. Doheny, the Californla oil operator, has notified the Senate ofl committee that instead of the $250,000 he recently estimated his interests had paid Willlam G. MecAdoo's la firm, the amount actually paid so far Is $150,000, fncluding an annual fe of 325,000 to Mr. McAdoo himself. Tn a letter on the sub, sent to Chairman Lenroot, Mr. Doheny add that nono of the money, or any othe payments, ever hid been glven t McAdoo firm with regard to atter relating to the contracts leases which have been under vestlgation by your committec.” Letter of Correction. The letter follows: _“On the 1st instant, while ing before your committee under subpoena, I w. the chairman employment which 1 am who prig public from William firm had. T thought of $250,000 as testify - as a wit I s que on the subjeet by companies interested of persons to such employment held office entirely that Mr New Yorl received a tots ation for sery- Mr. MeAdos as 2 member in New York, and, « _thought and then stated, the sun 000" as a yearly retainer to doo at Los Angeles. My MeAdoo calls tention to the fact that I was i error in regard to these amounts and e had the records looked up ani to fnform you that on N vember 20, 1919, there was paid to the law firm of McAdoo, Cotton & Franklin, the sum of $100,000. “Beginning March 1, 1922, Mr. Mc- Adoo has been in receipt of an nual retainer at the rate of $25.0 per vear, on account of which the fol lowing payments have been mad Amounts Pald McAdoo, “March 1, 1922, $12,500. “August 1, 1 “February 1 “July 31, 1922, $12,500. I thus be seen that the total to the firm of which Mr. McAdoo a member in New York, and paid hin as counsel at Los Ange 000, instead of $250,000 ously. stated by me; Adoo’s annual fee of $50,000, as also erroneously testi- fled by me. I request that my testi mony be considered as corrected ac- ingly ermit me to add that, as already testified_to by me, neither Mr. Mc- Adoo's New York firm nor himself personail ever employed in any way in connection with any matte relating to the contracts and leases which have been under investigatio by your committe TAX BILL REPORTED WITH 25 PCT. CUT IN INCOME LEVIES (Continued from First Page.) is $150.- as errone- and that Mr. Mc- s 325,000 instead “You know th ing theso securit pay income recommend crimination it more diffi money at reasona the state and municl existence.” Against VMaximum Surtax Cut. While voting rmity with agreement of an members ol vs committes ths avorabl. bill and the during debat. Green of ndividuals hol would have Why do you not v for ln-us h: policy mad on the floor, i ways and means committee announced last night that ke is opposed to Secre- tary Mellon's recommendation that the present maximum surtax of 50 per cent be_cut to 25 per cent. Mr. Green outlined his views in letter to Dr. T. S. Adams, professor of political ¢ at Yale University who had written to him on_various phases of the tax proble Althougii the cbairman had_been known to be lukewarm on the Mellon surtax sched- ule, he had not committed himself de nitely until tonight to a maximum of at least 35 per cent. Referring to Dr. Adams' letter, Mr i ed a statemen: the effect that the extreme! wealthy now defy the government and intend to continue to defeat OTT of its just share of their taxes. Doctrine Called Dangerous. “It {s unnecessary to say,” he co. tinued, “that the political party which proclalms such a doctrine wiil seal its doom with the announcement You say that they will not pay and we cannot make them. But Canada makes them pay a much higher tax than we have now, and England makes them pay a higher tax than any which is now proposed for the new bill, 50 1ar as T know—oertainly very much higher than any I would ! advocate. If other nations can do this what reason can we give for not { doing {t? | “You say not pay advocated. in effect that they will per cent. which 1 have 1 sav that the man w Ith who will evade ta will do so at In neither has he a need for the mone: which he keep: from the government “I agree with you In your oriti clsm of legislators who champion the extremely high surtaxes, and at the same time favor tax free bonds. but here again I make the assertion that a reduction from 35 per cent to 25 per cent as the maximum surtax will have little effect on the invest- ments of the extremely wealthy in tax free securities and it will still be largely to their advantage to invest in them, It would require a still lower rate to make them unattractive to the multi-millionaires. Losxes to Government. “Also, no matter how low the max- {imum surtax is there will still be {the same amount of tax exempt se- { curities in circulation and the sam {amount withdrawn from active busi- {ness for investment therein, and {about the same amount in taxes lost 1 to the government. | “The fact is, that while the govern- |ment has lost much by the tax-ex- jempt securities, it has not lost so !much in the extreme upper brackets £ the income tax from this cause as {it has from the division of the es- |tates which, unless checked, will con- tinue just as much at 25 per cent as at 35 per cent or 40 per cent. The announcement of Mr. Green as to his stand on surtaxes and the dc- cision of democrats on the ways and imeans committee to stand pat on ‘their demand that the surtax maxi- mum be reduced no lower than i1 Iper cent on incomes in excess of $92.- 1000 insures a lively fight on the floor when a vote comes on this phase of the tax bill. Mr. Green and other {republican members of the commit- tee, out of sympathy with Mr, Mellon on one or more provisions of the bill, have reserved the right, after voting to report it, to swing away from the administration position dur ing consideration of the measure by the House. SUGAR SHIP CLEARS BAR. CHATHAM, Mass., February 7.—T1.{ steamer Panuco, with a cargo of sugar from Cuban ports, which went aground on & sand bar off Old Harbor early today, was floated at 11 o'clggk. She was apparently.unlamaged.