Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1924, Page 2

T - g WASHINGTON, D. % TUESDAY, “MARCH T8, 1924, - NEELYRAPSLODGE FORC, 0., DEFENSE Senator’s Activities in Face of Teapot Dome Inquiry Bitterly Assailed. Debate on the oil disclosures, the Coolidge-McLean telegrams and the possible political consequences of it all broke out afresh today in the Senate. Making his maiden speech, Senator Neely, democrat, West. Virginia, bit- terly assafled Senator Lodge, the re- publican leader, for his recent ad- dress in defense of the President, and declared Mr. Coolidge “must abide by the results of his unhappy choice” of Edward B. McLean as one of his ad- visers. Reviewing hostile editarial comment upon the ofl inquiry, Semator Neely gaid it served to show .“the intimate connection between big business and corrupt po'itics.” Attacks by news- pers upon the Senate, he sald, clearly ndicated that their interests were be- i hurt by the continuing exposures. ferTiug to the President's tele- grams to McLean, Senator Neely said that “the Presidents indiscretion in communicating with McLean does not arouse our sympathy as do_the afflic- tions he is suffering as a redult of the coug\'uess sins of officers of his cabi- “Inkerited Cabinet,” He Says. “The President inherited the mem- bers of his cabinet,” he said, “buj he did not inherit Ned McLean.' He Vol- untarily chose McLean for his adviser and friend and he must abide by the results of that unhappy choice.” While _every one will hope that Senator Lodge's confidence in the ulti- mate oxoneration of President Cool- idge may be realized. he continuod, “we cannot be tnmindful that the Massachusetts senator has on at least one oceasion been conspicuously wronged™ He then clted & glowing tribute to former Secretary Fall, sald to have been written by Senator Lodge in February, 1921, “We do not wish to interfere in any one’s enjoyment of his delusions con- cerning, the perfections of republican officials,” Sepator Neely said, “but we do protest agalnst these delusions being made the keepers of our thoughts, our consciences, and our tongues. Chides Semator Lodge. “But the cenator from Massachu- setts cvidently sees ‘the President as a superman, towering like a Colossus above the rest of the race. As to thing that concerns.the Presi- dent the members of this body should d deaf and dumb. before the President sent his ambizuous telegram to MecLean it was published far and near that the latter had told a deliberate false- hood about his having lent $100,000 to ex-Secretary of the Interior Fall in connection “with the oil scandal that was at that time engrossing the attention of the nation. “Some contend that in the circum- stances, ordinary pradence should have restrained the President from _counsel ‘or information from th <ol seeking McLean. To emphasize his suggestion Senator Lodge might be sometimes in his estimates of public men, Senator Neely quoted from the Philadeiphia _Record _a letter said to have been written by Mr. Lodge to Herbert Welsh, president of the Tndian Rights Association, who had protested against the appoint- ment of Fall as Secretary of the In- The letter as quoted paid: “Fall Thoroughly Upright.” *‘Senator Fall is a thoroughly.up~ right and high-minded man and ut- terly incapable of using his office for ! his own financial Interest, which I re- gret to say is implied by some pf the. ¢hat it would make no expressions of your letter.” “Many of us neither question nor doubt the integrity of the President, por the sincerity of the senator from Massachusetts in proclaiming the President’s virtues,” continued Sena- tor Neely, “but in view of the error made by the senator from Massachu- setts in passing judgment on Mr. Fall, we must decline to surrender our right to criticize the action of the President, when we belleve they deserve it, notwithstanding the cer- tificate of political perfection of ehar- acter given him by Senator Lodge.” OTHER NAMES ARE USED IN OIL STOCK DEALS BY SLEMP AND DAUGHERTY (Continued from First Page.) o oTTnaec Tom Tirst Page) the loan, and I could not say that T had done so0.” McKinney said he bad known Fall many years and had had some busi- mess dealings with him. He added that he was not interested in oil lands. The witness was on_the stand less than fifteen minutes. He was follow- ed by Henry Woodhouse of New York, who was questioned about his pub- lished charge that the Doheny Inter- ests had agreed to sell much of the California naval oil reserve output to British interests. Woodhouse said he had owned one- ixth of the Chester oil concession in Turkey. Launching into a long recital, the witness said Doheny had organized in 1919 in company with British oil and steamship _ interests the Brit- ish-Mexican Petroleum Company, which under a contract was to have first call on the Doheny- oil output both In the United States and Mex- ico. Woodhouse was on the stand half an hour. and at the conclusion of statement the committ ourn- ed untll tomorrow. o CURTIS EXPLATINS DEAL. Bought Oil Stock for Daughter, Says Eansas Senator. Senator Curtis, mentioned in the testimony as one of the oil stock pure chasers, later issued a statement, ex- jzhlnlng that he had purchased the Sinclair stock for his daughter, Mrs. Permella Curtis George, and that it had been delivered to her in July, 1922, under an agreement by whick osits e dividends i a account of her chlh‘lren.n Bauksy ARRESTED AT HOME. Mrs. Gillmore Taken on Complaint of Husband. -Mrs. Alice Gillmore was taken to the house of detention early yester- day morning following arrest by policemen of the seventh precinct at her home, 2906 N strest northwest. Later in the day she was released on $25 collateral on charges of disor- erstood she derly conduct. It is und !o;lalllted collateral. precinct made the arrest. At the seventh precinct the book liSts the as disorderly conduet and the complalnant ss her husband, Stuart Gillmore. Mrs. Gillmore comes from known local family and her husband is the son of & naval officer. ——————— Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts will be the principal speaker at the regular meeting of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce at the New Willard Hotel tonight at 8 o'cloe‘k. .Y-.me:h T. Llo:b!;l. erri'ltl vice _of_the chamber, _pre< T ot e Sheeeh il 2o whe is at Atlantic City fer his TAX BUREAU PROBE WITNESSES CALLED Persons Who Have Made Com- plaints Are Asked to Testify by Senators. ‘Witnesses among large taxpayers who have made complaints in con- nection with procedure of the burean of Internal revenue have beenm sum- moned to appear at the Investigation of the bureau authorized by the Sen- ate. Names of those summoned were withheld, however, until they appear. The investigating committee met yesterday, but no testimony was taken and the list of a hundred or more witnesses prepared by Senator Couzens, republican, Michigan, au- thor of the investigation resolution, was considercd behind closed doors. Senator Couzens presented a letter from Prof. T. S. Adams, expert ad- viser of the Semate finance commit- tee, requesting that he be mot re- quired to participate In the question- ing of witnesses befere the Investi- gating committee, as it would possi- bly cause him embarrassment to in- ‘terrogate Treasury and bureau of- {ficials with whom he has been in close contact for years in an advisory capacity. The committee agreed that Prof. Adams would not be called upon to question witnesses, but ex- |pressed the desire that he be present during the taking of testimony. e ey BILL FOR ELIMINATION OF CLASSIFYING BOARD IS UNANIMOUSLY 0. K.’ (Continued from First Page.) ary ranges were the same as In the services and grades of the compensa- tion schedules of the act the board could translate the allocations from one system ta the other; besides, the board may at some future time make e classification directed by the aot, when it gets around to it. All this pertains only to positions in the Dis- trict of Columbla. Field Service Survey. “With respect to the field service, meaning positions outside of the District of Columbia exclusive of the postal service, the act provides as follows: The board shall make a sur- vey of the field services and shall re- port to Congress at its first regular session folowing the passage of this jact, -schedules of positions, grades and salarles for such services, which shall follow the principles and rules of the compensation schedules herein contained in 5o far as they are appli- cable to the field services. This re- port shall include a list prepared by the head of each department after consultation with the board and in |accordance with & uniform proceaurs |prescribed by it, allocating all field {Bositions in his department to their |appropriate grades in said schedules, jand fxing the proposed rate of com. pensation of each employe thereunder iIn accordance with the rules pre. iscribed in section 6 hereln.” | ,_“The reason f ; e outline of a classifica~ | tion carried in the act, while ho suoh | Information with respect to the field seryice was then avallable. “Accordingly, the board authort: a ‘Classification of the Reld" saryices than was to follow the provisions of act laid down for the District of Columbla. 5 was progressing sat- istactorily, although the work was Anterfered with by injecting consid- ‘erations spart from the consideration fof a report to Congress. Suddenly, on December 12 last, the {board adopted a minute declaring v fication the fleld services, and that it would {consider the fleld forces of each | department as a separate entity and Iwould cause to be made salary ad- Jjustments within each department | without reference to like work in { other departments; that it would order |the department heads, in performing | |their part in this work, to use the | series of salary ranges prepared | the Bureau of Efficiency. The force ip’rav&&:;lly_ at work upon the fleld | classt; ion was thereu - banded. pep e “The excuse offered by the board in this instance is that the phrase mr{gitylln[: ‘!ihe 'A;nbl principles and rules, ie., ‘in so far as the; - [ estie% “ooalir 35, ey Ry {in it the right to deciare them not ! appllcable at all, and consequently the right to disregard the provisions | of the law in toto and report to Con- | gress any kind of salary adjustm {2 the Beld the board saw At " oot Board Is Criticised, "As a result of thess actions of the board there exists no classification, as the term is contemplated in the | 18 one being made in the field. “The provisions intended to eltmi- nate the evils of inequalities due to different standards, to favoritism and political consideration by providing claswes based on_ epecification of du- ties, to which all persons doing like | j work in all the departments through- jout the government service would be | allocated, have been scrapped, Your committee considers this conduct by the board disobedience of the plain mandates of Congress, as in the law. The bureau of efliciency; | through its representative, claims! | gompleto credit for the ations of the ar: “On the other hand, the represe; !tive of the Clvil Service Onpmm‘(;l':l: has consistently and persistently pro- tested a t the course pursued by the board, and demanded that the obvious intent of the law be executed. The commission itself is thoroughly copversant with the plan of clsasifi- cation and in accord with it. The tail with the present function of the commission and its force is equipped and trained for the work. “For these reasons the House civil service committee make the rccom- mendation set forth above.” ‘WILL REPORT BY APRIL 15, The personnel classification beard | plans to submit to Congress by April 115 its full report on the field services. This- was learned today from the board, which ¢ould not, however, re- the nature of the report which will be submitted. Whether the re- port on fleld clussification ‘would be Ib:l.led on circular 13 or on new class specifications is a matter of great fn. terehst to government workers, e engaged in the ne ex. tensively into matter of wages | ! a‘x salijries zl_: “{““i‘.‘u industry and$ | business, in the localities where | workers ars located. e n e extensive survey {outside ihdustry and business® hes been virtually completed and s now in the hands of the board for the pur- pose of comparisons, It had not yet been decided today, according to information from the board, whether this industrial survey would also be submitted to Congress, There was some thought which strongly favored submission of such a survey to Congress along with the Fecommendations 0t the bourd con cerning the field This, it was pointed out, would give Congress a or view of the problem. Circular 13, to which streauous ob- jection arose from the government ‘workers, provided that the board l:l‘-fl( the fleld tentatively ‘in the same fashion in which it had classi- fied the District of Columbia workers, based on the old job sheets with the bureau of efficiency ratin; Opponents of Circular 13 have con- tended the board instead of following lh]l‘y clrviu ::. should have made a study of reblem, pre- pared ciass specifications for the Reld aod subsmitiod theso to Congress jact, in the District of Columbia, nor | <! dutles of a classifying agency dove- |. Group of woman texm eaptains in . 'Vanghan' . Hospltal. Left to right, t! KNUTSON AND HULL TRIAL BRINGS CLASH Prosecutor’s Tactics Are Declared Unfair—Gloth Resents Charge. ARREST IS DETAILED Bribe Was Offered, Policeman Testifies. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va, March 18.—With a professional ste- nographer taking a detailed report of all testimony, Representative Harold Knutson of Minnesota and Leroy M. Hull, twenty-nine years old. & gov- ernment worker, living in Washing- ton, went on trial here today before Justice Harry R. Thomas, in. police court, accused of a statutory offense. Policeman John Wise was the only witness calle? by Commonwealth's Attorney William C. Gloth, and he testified that, together with Police- man John R. Burke, he arrested Rep- resentative Knutson and Mr. Hull on the evening of March 9, while they were occupying a small closed car. parked on an unfrequented road in Arlington county, some distance off of the Mount Vernon highway. Wise declared that he and Burke had been detailed to tour that vicinity. Tells of Arrest. The policeman asserted that a third man, Charles Zimmerman, was driving a touring car for them. When they spied the closed car they drew up beside it. threw a flashlight in the window and found Knutson and Hull. Ordering the pair from the machine, they arrested both and started with them toward the Ar- lington county Jjail Both at the scene and during the ride to the jail, Wise testified, Knut- son ‘offered him a hundred doliars for his freedom, declaring, according to the officer, “I would never have been caught like this if I had not been arinking.” When ‘Wise refused the offer, he said, Knutson appealed to Burke, who likewise declined and the Pair were locked up. Even after reaching the prison, Wise testified, the congressman plead- ed with the officers to let him Eo, saying, “You have us with our! thumbs down. I am a poor man, and | it’ll take me six weeks to save up| $100, but if you will let me go, I will | leave my car as security, borrow the amount "in Washington, and give it to you,” the witness ampiified. H Denies Knowing Identity, | In reply to direct questioning, Wiss | swore that he did not know Knutson | weas & congressman, or whether “he was a democrat or a republican.” Strenuous objection to the latter ! statement was made by Thomas C. Bradley of Washington, of counsel for the defense, and a Leated tilt ensued | between the prosecutor and the de- | fending attorneys. Finally Mr. Gloth | deciared certain parties had attempt- | ed to infer that Mr. Knutson had been arrested as the result of a political rame-up, and Justice Thomas, agree- ing with the statement of the prose. cutor, permitted it to remain in ord. Representative Knutson and Hull were represented at the hearing by Representative Oscar n of Minne- sota, Representative Walter Newton of Minnesota, State Senator Frank L. ‘Ball of Virginia and Mr. Bradley. For two hours the defense grilled Wise under cross-examination, but failed | to shake his testimony, and .were| finally told by the court that they would have to discontinue asking the same questions two or times. Csll Presecutor Unfatr, Commonwealth Attorney Gloth rested his case at the conclusion of Wise's testimony, pointing out that the hearing today was only a prelim- inary affair, and adding that a prima facie case had been made out against the defendants and that he would ::‘l;d'.h’e court to hold them for the jury. Immediately the counsel for the de- the prosecutor of being unfair, and demanded that Policeman Burke also be permitted to testify at the heari) "Xnvle'n‘o!’me‘flwa!lhls ‘deciared Knutson's ‘colleague, “a ol against a member of this nation's high- ost legislative body—a charge in which the honor of the Congress of the United States is involved—it is the ethical obligation of the prosecuting at- torney to cAll every witness that may shed some light in this - Thia court should exercise its discretion so that we may know the full detail with- out fear or favor.” Larson Angers Gloth. Angered by what he termed an in- sinuation against his fairmess, Mr: Gloth leaped to his seat and accused Mr. Larson Of *“attempting to revo-: lutionize the criminal practice of the state of Virginia, because a prisoner at the bar happened to be a member o Con, l“No such request would ever be made: for séme poor negro,” the prosecu- | tor asserted. “This request is made to learn in advance of the grand jury: hearing what our case is. It is s smoke screen and & play to the 'galleries, and I will not grant thes prisoners one favor that I would not ‘When th the defense and pointed out that for it did not belleve it would be neces- sary to call any mors witnessesy Representative Newton declared that ho would call Mr. Burke as & wit~ nees for the defense. Burke Ovrroborstes Wise. men. Many times Justice Thomas was i udn nlled wvery ‘soss o4 oro w] e an overflowed into the hlllnr,bflflt into l.:‘a:::r‘ the urv% could be seen several members Congress, the ent commissioner of the Philip- pine Islands and his assistant. Lt ‘There are 14 oent hogs. in tative Larson, l e | the £500,000 Emer; WANTS SOLDIERS T0 STICK TO JOBS Let Army Men Do Army Work, Not Civilian, Says House Com- mittee Official. Army men for Army work; of- villans for civilian work—fewer oi- villans doing Army work and fewer Army men doing olvillan work— that's what Representative John C. MoKenzie, republican, of Illinois, act- ing chairman of the House military affairs committee, wants. _He' be- lieves that this opinion reflects the views of the majority in Congress. “In other words, T want to see the Army bo an Army,” he said, but em- phasized that he did not want to be misunderstood as implying that the cient in civilian offices. He thinks that very often they would make excellent civil life executivea. He has the highest regard for the char- acter and ability of Army officers. Representative McKenzie said to- day ttat Secretary of War Weeks’ request to Congress that the Presi- dent be empowered to-appoint Army officers to clvil posta whenever it may be found destrable will have prompt and unprejudiced considera- tion by the military affairs commit- tee. He appreciates that oocasions may arise, or there may be some spe- cial jobs, which mako administra- tion ‘by a particularly well fitted Army officer very desirable for the good of the public service. e e HOSPITALS' DRIVE WILL END FRIDAY Emergency-Casualty Fund Barely Above Half-Way Mark. Reaching barely over the half-way mark in the campaign for $500,000 for the Emergency and Casualty hos- pitals, decision was reached by the 600 workers at luncheon at the New Willard today to continue the cam- paign until Friday in order to make renewed efforts to reach the goal set. Additional ' subscriptions to the amount - of $86,625 were reported to- day, making the total of the cam- paign today $256,665. The winning team was No. 12 of division B of the men’'s team under the leadership of Charles 1. Corby, which reported a total of $10,000. The winning team In the women's division was team No. 36, captained by Mrs. Rose D. Merriam, who re- ported a total of $9,285. Team 9 in division A of the men’s section, cap- tained by Harry M. Crandall, report- ed a total of $9,310. “Fifty cents per capita is all that the citles of the District have so far contributed to this campaign,” de- clared Charles Henry Butler, a di- rector of Emergency Hospital, who stated that in other clties drives for hospital metted from $15 to $20 per capita. “There are 100,000 heads of families in the District and I think it is a shame that less than 1 per cent -of them has responded,” de- clared Mr. Butler, who vigorously urged the necessity of the citizens’ support. —_— FUNERAL OF TEACHER. Miss Alce Stromberger Will Be Buried Tomorrow. Funeral services for Miss Alice P. Stromberger, sixty-five years old, vet- eran school teacher of the District, held at her late residence, 1325 Massachusetts avenue southeast, tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. F. W, Johnson of the Grace Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be in the Oak Hill cemetery. Miss Stromberger was retired as teacher in the achools of the District about three years ago, after_having taught for over forty years . Her sis- ter, the late Miss Julia B. Stromber- ger, was a music teacher in the schools of thig city for many years. Mias Alice P. Stromberger had de- voted_her life to school work, and after her retirement she always main- tained an _active interest in the schools of Washington. Before be. ‘| ginning her career as a teagher she. had graduated from the old l‘fll.ikbellfln Normal School and later from the Seaton High School . Seek to Adopt Alien. Morris and Lena Bulman have ask- ed the District Supreme Court to au- thorize the adoption of their fifteen- year-old niece, Fagle Siderman, |lives in Russia. - The court is toid i 3 X led in that shortly aft torney Joseph L. Tep- per appears for the petitioners. | . NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW ‘Rep. Homer Hoch, Kans, | ' CONDUCTED BY Col. Guy Withers Every One Invited * "o Colleetion Kemey-Oasustty Hewpltal campaign in fremt of the cam- paizn sign on the corner of Maxsnchusetts avenue and Sth street, next deor te Casualty. They are the captains of Mre. M. divisien of workers, and are eapecially ini ey are: Mra. M. J. Vaughan, Mrs. Willlam T. Reynolds, Mrs, W, W. Grifiith, Mrx. M. J. Jones, Mrs. F. E. Mack, Mrs. Edgar terested im the improvements planned for Ci W. Hamvey and Mrs. H. G. Clay. Zheater in New York arrived in Wash- Army officers would not prove offi-|ington at noon today to face what WORLD FLYERS CUT SECOND LEG OF TRIP Will Land at Eugene, Oreg., Today Instead of Going on to Vancouver, Wash. BY the Ameciated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif,, March 18—A change in the plans of the round-the- world Army aviators, a decision to make the jump In the second lap to- day from Mather Field, near here, to Eugene, Oreg., Instead of to Van- couver Barracks, Wash., was an- Inounced by Maj: Frederick L. Martin, flight commander. | May. Martin announced that because of the lohg journey from Mather Field to Vancouver Barracks and the short jump from Vancouver Barracks to Seattle, Wash., for the third lap, it was deemed advisable to shorten to- day's flight to the 500 miles between Mather Field and Eugene. The aviators expect to ieave Mather Field at 9 a.m, and arrive at Eugene at 3 p.m. “We have prepared a schedule of five and one-half months for the trip, but I am telling the people we will be back on American soil in four \and one-half months,” MaJ. L. Martin told the Sacramento Cham- ber of Commercq at a dinner last night fos the aviators. “The purpose of ‘the fiight is, first, to illustrate to other nations that it can be done; second, to demonstrate the possibil- ities of aerial navigation, and, third, to gasher climatic statistics so that in the future commercial aerial navi- gation, transportation and lines of communication may be established. “I know the route we are taking now will, of course, not be the more practicable airiine for commercial aircraft of the future. It is a step in advancement of such trans- however, in many years to come you and L ail of us, will think abroad y airplan ‘asualty ‘hael, Mrs, Walter Barr, Mra. J. W. ROXIE AND HIS GANG ARRIVE IN CAPITAL Will Give Two Concerts at Poli’ This Afternoon—Society Folk to Attend. ‘WELCOMED BY LARGE CROWD Marine Band Hails Arrivel of Capi- tol Theater Troupe. nothing of going et LIEUT. NELSON STABTS Accorded a whole-hearted welcome, “Boxie,” radio’s greatest impresario, and “his gang” of thirty vocal and instrumental stars from the Capitol Pourth of World Flyers, Delayed, Seeks to Catch Up. By the Associated Presa. - CLOVER FIELD, SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18.—Lieut. Erik K. Nel- son, engineering officer of the Army round-the-world flight which started here yesterday, was expected to ar- rive here today from Rockwell Field, San Diego, en route to join his fellow pilots of the globe tour in the world cruiser No. 4, which was unable to take off with the other three biplanes of the squadron yesterday because of delayed delivery. Praised in Lendon. LONDON, March 18.—The Daily News describes the world flight of American Army aviators as “the most formidable of human undertakings, adding: “If the American airmen come safe- 1y through the adventure they will be ploneers indeed.” FLEETS TO AID FLYERS. Destroyers Ordered to Stand Ready probably will be the busiest and most trying forty-eight-hour period in their careers. Several thousand admirers cheered them at Union station, and as the troupe emerged from the east exit of the station the United States Ma- rine Band, under the leadership of Capt. William H. Santlemann, struck up “Hail, Hall, the Gang’s All Here,” following it with the Marine hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” The special car carrying “the gang” arrived In Union station ut 20 minutes late, from Providence, R. I., where a special benefit performance was given at a Shrine affair. Leroy Mark, heading a committee, met the troupe at the station. After the reception at the station gang” was taken to Wardman he Park Hotel. At 2 o'clock they gave to Aid Army Airmen. | noted " especialiy an their first benefit performance at Polf’s Theater. It will be followed by another concert at 4:30. Among those who have taken boxes for the concerts at Poli's are Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the President; Sec- retary of the Treasury Andrew Mel- lon, Secretary of War John Weeks. ‘The latest additions to the list of boxhold):ru Il;'c‘:\lde Mrs. Breckenrgle Long, rs. ank N rs. Tho;u H. Walsh y TS, ‘come necessary. Later, when the with additional donations being made | aircraft cross the Atlantic on the by Marshall Field and Miss Alice |last leg of their trip, destroyers wiil Sylvester. be stationed along their route, which CEDING BACK OF LAND| - =i = = TO VIRGINIA ARGUED|PRESIDENT ASKS AID FOR WHEAT GROWERS Calls on Agricultural Credit Cor- poration to Extend Its ‘The House military affairs eflnmil—l As tee today gave consideration to mel Commanding officers of the Asiatic and Atlantic scouting fleets were or- dered today to place all ships of their estroyer squadrons at the disposal of the Army to safeguard the around- the-world fiyers. Destroyers wiil be stationed in the Yellow sea and along the Japmese] archipelago, ready to furnish fuel or { perform whatever relief dutles may | House Committee Studies Measure on Shipbuilding ‘Corpora- tion Site. ident Coolidge and his cabinet A iy 40 ask the Agricultural it Corporation, recently forme Tih & capleal of $10,000,000. to assist wheat-growers in the northwest to aiversify their crops. The resources of the corporation. nted by & loan from the TP ce Corporation of $20.000,000 or 330,000,000, will accordingly be direct- ed in part toward accompliishment of the purposes of the Norbeck-Burtness I bill recently defeated by the Senate. | A survey of the situation in the northwest by the President and his cabinet today convinced them that the War Finance Corporation had been successful 1in relleving the stringent credit conditions which led to numerous bank failures, and that consequently the Agricultural Credits Corporation’s resources could weil be turned toward carrying out the pur- | poses of the Norbeck-Burtness bill. Dr. John Lee Coulter, president of {the North Dakota Agricultural Col- lege, one of those Who drew up the plan, embodled in the Norbeck-Burt- ness’ bill, is vice president of the Ag- ricultural Credits Corporation and will asist that agency in administer- ing its fund along lines contemplated in the legislation defeated in the Senate. measure proposing to cede back to Virginia a strip of forty-six and a half acres reclaimed by the govern- ment, with a 2,200 feet frontage on the river, which has been under lease since 1917 to the Virginia Shipbuild- ing Corporation at a rental of $4,200 a year. The Secretary of War agrees that this property should be ceded to Vir- ginia, but that the federal govern- ment should retain title. He says that $70,000 is not enough for the proper- 979,000 Largest Offer. James T. Caton appeared as coun- sel for the receivers of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation, a subsidi- ary of the Groton Iron Works. James A Crupper appeared as receiver. He advised the committee that $70,000 is ;he largest offer that has been made. The committee almo considered a measure which would give the Secretary of War authority to tap War Depart- | ment sewers, power lines, water mains, etc., that they might be used by civilians. E. A Feldtheller, manager of the Alex- andria Light and Power Company, ap- pearcd in support of the proposed legis- ation. k about our ‘fl an?l Work Only as we SERVE can we expect to SUCCEED with its perfected processes ‘and Personal Service is worthy of your mnctcoudanuon. Give us an opportunity to demonstrate just what we mean by SERVICE as applied to— Fine Hond Work Immaculate Starched Work Finished Family Work Rough Dry Family Work Bundle Flat Work Dry Cleaning Dyeing 5 ' MRS. MARY SMALL DIES. Msaryland Woman Survived by Eight Children. Mrs, Mary F. Small, seventy-one years old, widow of William F. Small, & lifelong resident of Montgomery county, Md., died at her residence at Quince Orci . Md., Wednesday, March 12. Interment was Saturday. She is survived by eight children, Clarence H. and Mrs. G. U. Small of this city, John A. and William R. Small of Baltimore, Charles U. Small of Germantown, Md.; Mrs. John Heg- MRS, GREENE LAUDS WORK OF HOSPITAL Life of Senator Saved by Having Proper Equipment and Quick Service. *I wish all those who are asked to help in the campaign of the Fmer- gency and Casualty Hospitals for $500,000 could know of the splendid work they are doing and wnat it means to come within the shadow of death. I am gure if they could know the campaign would have passed its goal before this” said Mrs. Frank Ly Greene, wife of Senator Greene of Vermont, who was shot several weeks ago during a battle between a reve- nue agent and alleged rum-runners at 3d and Pennsylvania avenue north- west, and whose life was saved by the prompt action and skill of the doctors at Emergency Hospital Loctors “at the hospital declared that it was only by proper equipment and up-to-the-minute service that the life of Senator Greene was saved. This, they say, is true in the cases of a large number of patients that g}: the hospital on emergency Patients of All Classes. “It is not only the poor who can- not pay who come to these hos- pitals,” said B. B. Sandidge, super- intendent, “but also the well-to-do, people from all walks of life, many of whom can afford to go Wwherever they have a mind to ¥o. “The $500,000 campaign is not to improve our service, because we have brought it up just about as high as we can already, but to enlarge it, to make it available to more people, and, above all else, to insure that it will continue and will be available to the poor as well as to those who can pay. That is the present situa- tion, but it cannot last forever with- out funds™ Emergency had only two vacant rooms last night, Mr. Bandldge said, and offen there are none at all. There was a goodly number of patients in the wards, Some of which are fre quently filled to capacity. Last Sa urday, he added, ambulance calls, twelve of which came between 4:30 and 11 o'clock in the evening. The daily average throughout the year is ten per day. Casuaity Hospital, which serves northeast Washington, has become unusually busy recently, and increasing de- mand for private rooms. ‘Women Set Mark. Although to date only a little more than one-third of the funds have been raised, the woman workers in the cam- paign have distinguished themselves by raising 60 per cent of the total amount, directors of the campaign declare, The women, under Mrs. Reginald S. Huidekoper, have raised $100,758 of the total amount. there were twenty has| UTILITIES BOARD PLANS NEW RULE May -Require Companies to Pay Interest on Deprecia- tion Fund if Used, All public utilities that have their depreciation fund distributed among the various assets instead of in a |separate fund will have to pay in- terest at the rate of 4 per cent to the depreciation account for sucl amounts, if the Public Utilities Com.- mission finally approves tentative rules made public today. The commission announce that ft will resume public hearings at 10:30 o'clock Thursday, March 27, at which time the companies will be invited to present their views on the temtative reguhation. “The commission belisves” begins the tentative draft, “that it is the in- tent of paragraph 16 of the public |utilities law that each utility shall set aside in a fund separate and dis- tinct from all other moneys the amounts that the commission shall prescribe for depreciation purposes. The fund S0 created is in the nature of a test fund to provide for the cost of de- preciable property renewed, retired or replaced and to be drawn upon for those purposes as the actual renewal, replacement or retirement is made. The money in this fund may be de posited in "banks, invested in ap- proved securities or borrowed by or advanced to the utility for legitimate corporate purposes, bat not for the payment of operating expenses mor for disbursement in dividends. How- ever employed, the income therefrom shall be debited to the fund and cred- ited to the depreciation reserve. In- terest on the amount charged to this fund shall be compounded semt-anzu- y. Must Pay Iaterest. The commission sets forth the be- lief that a company having a depre- clation fund not needed for imme- diate use for the retirement, renewal or replacement of property may bor- row from this fund for the legitimate corporate purposes mentioned in the preceding section. The amounts so advanced to the company shall bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent, said interest to be debited semi-annually to the fund and concurrently credited to the re- serve. All loans or advances from the !fund must be restored if and when needed for retirement under the {rules to be established. In setting forth what should’ be done with balances now existing in the depreciation accounts of the com- pany, the commission says: i one of the utility corporations, ! except the Capital Traction Company, | In _acoumulating depreciation " re: ! 8erves, are setting aside the amounts i 80 accumuiated in a separate fund: the reserves are left in the property. | distributed among the various assets. Have Used Funds. | By this method the corporations { are enjoying the use of the deprecia- | tion reserve heretofore accumulated | for corporate purposes, for which no | interest is paid. The commission be- lieves that when the reserves for de- preciation is used by any utility for purposes other than those for which it was created the utility should pay interest thereon. Falls Dead at Gas Plant. John Dudley, colored. fifty-three, 642 L’ street southeast, fell dead vester- {day afterncon_while at work at the ‘nlanl of the Washington Gas Light Company, 12th_and M streets south- east. 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