Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1924, Page 2

530 010 DROP INFIRST FUND BLL Interior Department Appro- priations Set at $238,240 926 for Coming Year. * Carrying an appropriation for How- ard University of $185 (00 for a new insdical building ‘which was not in- “luded in the budget estimates, and tor Freedmen's Hospital an appropria- tion of $30,000 for an enlarged and vemodeled nurses’ home, payable wholly from the revenues of the Dis- riet, and carrying an Increase of £14,400 above current appropriations tor the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, the first one of the big appro- priation bills for the next flscal year cginning July 1 was introduced in House today < In Dhis report on the Interfor De- partment appropriation bill Repre- sentative Louls C. Cramton of Michi- zan says that the committee recom- mends in a modified form a continua- tion of the *average" limitation in- gertsd in all the appropriation bills st the last sessfon restricting the average of all salaries paid under any zrade under the classification act of 3 to the average of the compensa- for the grade. braces - regular anns for the various = 1 stions hes of U ior the Jurlsdletion of the Inter partment, including such locul +ablishments as Columbla Inati r the Deaf. Howard University, eeamen’s Hospital and the United States Patent Office and the Penslon Bureau Big Cut Proposed. The amonnt recommended fto he anpropriatad is $233.240,926, or $30.- 715.188.80 less than the total of ap- propriations for the current fiscal wear and $1,463.212.67 less than the nount requested in the estimates from the budget bureau. The outstunding differences be- twaen the total appropriations for o current fiscal vear and tie sunts recommended fn the bill for al year 1926 conslst of re- 0,000 for Army and ,297.628 for the Rec- <arvice, $1.046,011.80 for the atvice, $617,010 under the Cennral Land Office and an_incroase of $672,600 for the Alaskan Railroad foward Unlversity the bill carries $406,000, which “ls $41,000 above tha current year and $185.000 sbove tho estimates. This is due to the Item of $185,000 to begin con- etruction of the new medical build- ing at an authorizad limit of cost of 2470000, with provision for its equip- T at a cost of not less than 00 by atumnl and other {riends institution. For the Patent Office thers is rec- ommended 32,801,600, which 15 $8,000 £a than for tho current year and 280 above the estimates. This-in- udes the full second-ycar amount the two-year program of tsmpo- rary additional force which is ex- pected to bring the work of that office up current by the end of the tiscal year 1926, $179,000,000 Asked for Penalons. For payment of Army and Navy pensions, under the Bureau of Pen- sions, thero 13 recommended $179,- 000,000, which is $25,500,000 below the appropriation for the current vear. There was appropriated for his purpose for 1925 $222,500,000, but it i3 not belfeved now that the expendi- ture will quite reach $215,000,000. At ihe pressnt rats of decrease it is ex- pected that the amount recommended will very closely approximate the ex- penditure for 1926 under existing laws, Regarding salaries under the clas- sification act, the report of Chajrman Cramton explains that the modifica- tlons which are recommended are: (1) The limitation 1s made specifical- 1¥ to apply (o those grades in which only one position is allocated; (2) @n employs passing from one grade to a higher grade Is not required 10 suffer a reduction in compensation because of wuch advance, and (3) the words “of class thereof” are omitted from the limitation. These changes are brought about. Representative Cramton explains, by 1ulings of the controller general of the United States. It was believed by the committes In recommending the uniform “average” limitation In the current appropriation act that every £rade, whether it contains one or 1more positions, would be subject to its operation. The controller general Tas decided that the limitation aid not apply to grades in which there wam only ons position, and therefore such position could proceed beyond tho average of the compensation rates for the grades Cite MeCarl Rulings. Representative Cramton points out that section 7 of the classlfication act of 1923 provided, in effect, that pro- 1wotions In a grade might be made if appropriations were sufficient and ihe employe atiained a proper effi- rating, to the next higher rate grade. This section did not #pecify how often such promotions :night be made. There ls no limita- tion upon them In the sec'ion. In interpreting this section, the con- tioller meneral has held that if an employe haw attained the proper standard of efficlency the promotions within & grade might be made from the minimum to the maximum rate of the grade simultaneously It the proper average is maintained and the appropriation is sufficlent. Thete two decislons by the controls lor general have operated to remove tirely the restriction on those grades where only one position is al. Iocated and there have come to the atlention of the louse approprias tions committee numerous instances in the grades of higher pay rates In @ few of the departments, where ad- vances have boen made simultaneous- 17 from the minimum to the maximum vato of the grade. | The first change recommended In the average limita- tions s deslgnod to correct this s~ uation. The controller general also has ruled that in the case of an employe passing from one grade to & higher zrado in which the proper average has already been exceeded the employe must enter the higher grade at the minimum rate of the higher grade, even though he must suffer a reduction in compensation thereby. The second modification which the committes recommends will remedy this condition, it is belleved. Seek to Correct Conditio: Chairman Cramton's report says that It s an Injustice in the appii- cation of the “average” limitation to require an employe passing from a zrade to a higher grade with more fmportant duties or responsibility or Toth to suffer a reduction In salary along with such a change. The committee bellevex that such o tion of the “average” limitation is ardship which should not con- The number of positions affected 15 amall, but the injustice to ths small number s very great. The third modification is the elimination of the words “or class thereof” from the 1anguage of the limitation. The cur- rent limitation provides that the average of the salari¢s of the total number of persons paid under any grade or class thereof shall not ex« Government servies | i Budget Provides D.C. Employes Pay Total $3.275,364 The new salary schedule for em- ployes of the District government, showing the total salaries under re- classification by departments—exclu- sive of public school teachers, police and firemen, whose salaries were fixed by separate legislation—ap- pears in the budget sent to Con- gress today as follows: In the general offices, | $1,185,480, { In the city refuse division, play- grounds, Electrical Department and miscellaneous, 415 employes, receiv- ing $360,960. In the schools, 348 persons. receiv- ing $637,140. In the Police, RE 191 In the courte, ing $160,824. For charities and corrections, employes, receiving $591,760. Tn the Water Departmcnt. ployes, recelving $122.000. This makes a total of 2,354 em- Pployes, receiving a total of $3,275,384. DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED BY SENATE Pittman Withdraws Objec- tion, But Loses His Point in House Measure. 7 employes, Fire and Health De- employes, receiving employes, receiv- 567 41 em- | l 1o deficic by the Senat The Span ngs irrigation | project, the fight over which stopped }all business in the Senate last June, {was eliminated from the Interior De- | partment appropr bill today as resented to the House. Tha elimina- 3 known a short while Pittman, of Nevada, in had permitted the Senate e deficiency against which he | in the closing hours ast adjournment, and s to the Prosident for bill was pagced today which n {his s Sena: 1 stated In the Senate today satisfactory ar- rangements fo Spanish Spring | project bhad been inciuded in the In- | terlor Department bill, and for that {reacon he withdrew his protest which tied u the defl biil and all other b ess 1. flis protest hud been based on the fact that the Spaaish Springs project {1tem was cut from the deficieney bill. A little while later it became known {nas ser that against a budget estimata of $500,000 for tho project in the In- terior Department bill, the committee declded to cut off the entire amount| for swhich Senator Pittman has| fought stubborniy. Reasons for Act. Representative Cramton, chigan, chmirman of committeo which drew up the bill, id the “unsettled and unfinished status of leglslation pertaining to th financial features of reclamation” had led to the ellmination of & number of reclamation iteme. Failure of “many existing projects to relmburse the cost, either of construction, operation and maintenance,” he added, had led the committee to feel that a “conserv- ative program shouid be followed as to new_construction, “This," he eaid, “causes the elimina- tion of the Spanish Springs projec The - second deficicney _ bill - carrled about $80,000,000, and wffected practi- cally every department of the Govern- ment. It included, among other things, the funds for administration of the bonus act, and provirions for meeting salary increases for District of Columbia po- lice, firemen and school teachers. ator Pittman expressed himself as “not surprised” at the action of| the House appropriations committes in striking out this item, but he had the assurance of the 17 members | of the Senate appropriations commit- tee it would be inserted when the bill came to the Senate. INSIST NEW JAPANESE ENVOY COMING TO U. S. Press, Despite Denial, Says Mat- sudaria Will Succeed Hanihari. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 2.—Despite de- nial by Tsuneo Matsudaira, vice min- ister of foreign affairs, of the report that he is to succeed Masanao Hani- hari as Ambassador to Washington, the newspapers Hochi and Yomiuri printed an_authoritative statement confirming his reported selection. Both newspapers say a formal an- nouncement will be forthcoming shortly and that Matsudaira will sail in_February publican, the a&ub- ceed the average of the compensa- tion rates specified for the grade by the classification act. An opinion of the controller general states thet the meaning of these words In the ap- plication of the lmitation is of no effect and they arc therefofe recom- wended to be eliminated, The application of the “average" limitation has amply justified the wis- dom of Congress in enacting it in the appropriation bills, Chalrman Cram- ton emphasizes. It is a falr and just check, he says, upon administrative procedure in the matter of salarles in the departmental service in the District of Columbia, without which great abuse and more widespread in- equality would undoubtedly arise. The committee recommends the contin- uance of the limitation with the modifioations which have been set forth, The particular fmportance of this statement regarding salaries under the classification act as given by Chairman Cramton in his report on the Interior Department appropria- tion bill Is that it establishes & prec- edent and makes known the policy of the appropriation committee to be followed in all subsequent appropria- tion measures, ¥or the Columbia Institution fer the Deaf the total recommended for salarfes and general expenses is $103.400, which is an increase of $2,400 over current appropriations and identical with the budget rec- ommendations. For upkeep and im- provement of buildings and grounds, $10,000 s proposed, which is $1,000 more than for the ourrent fiscal yeat, For Howard University §125,000 is for salaries and maintenance; $34,000 for salarles, matorials and tools for technical training; $9,000 for the med- 1cal department; $5,000 for materials and apparatus for sclentific studi $20,000 for bullding and ground which is an increase of $10,000; $18,- 000 for fuel and light, and $185,000 for the proposed new medical bulld- ing. The appropriation bill for the current fiscal year carried $167,500 for completing the gymnasium, arm- ory and athletlo fleld at Howard Uni- versity. For St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, $1,028,. 000 is recommended, which is &n in- crease of $15,000. This includes an increass of $10,000 in the amount of support, clothing, etc, and an in- crease of 35,000 in the appropriation for maintanance and repair of bulld- ings and grounds, . | ternal | savage THE EVENING INTERNAL REVOLT CHIEF SOVIET FEAR Communist Ring Not Worried by Czarist Aims, But by Own Party Split Soviet Russia, despite o deep wave of unreat, 4 in no danger of a mon- archistic uprising. But the present government docs face o serious re- ot within its own party—and is taking stern tmcasures to checkmate . Mr. Mackenic analyres the cavsea 0! this unrest in today’s dis- patch, one of a series of uncensdred stories about Russia which he was compelied to leave the land of the soviets in order to glve to the public. BY F. A, MACKENZ By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New: RIGA, December 2.—The Russian government is seriously perturbed over it present internal situstion, and the uneasiness reveals itself in varfous proceedings aegainst Leon TTrotsky, minister of war; in whole- sale searching of houses: in & coun- trywide wave of arrests and In a serles of warning speeches by the leaders. The present trouble matnly due to the reactionary polley begun by the Communist leader Zionviev and Stalin over a year ago, and carried to groat excessos In the absence of Tenin's moderating control. That it was accepted by Kamenev was mads possible by the terrible efliciency of | Minister of Home Affalrs Dzerzinsky, who 13 also head of the supreme coun- el oviev, obese, cunning nad crucl, is regarded gven by many of ths Communists as the least attractive fig- o @imong the Communist leaders. Afrald of Assasaine. e lives apart, taking almost Judi- crous precautions against assassina- tion. lils intrigues and dictetorial manner havethis year split the Com- munist party in- several European countries. Dzerzingky, who combines the lofty ideallsm of a Savonarola with the relentlessness of a Torquemada and the organizing genfus of a Nupoleon, has this vear succeeded in quietly taking branch after branch of the real power into his own hands, He his Heutenant, Umslitch, from e gaypayoo to the army board, where he controls the direction of the military forces. Dzerzinsky himself spends two days a weck directing the activities of the &aypayoo, which are more in svidence and more merciless than ever. spends most of his time as president of tha supreme councll, working for nat{onal economy, and controlling in- trade in which he sesks, by punishments, to creato ef- One section of the prisons te full of officials who hzd been in charge of state enterprises and who ve failed to make good. Incidental. ¥, he has not taken control of the state metsl industry which, despite every effort to the contrary, remains the most ineflictent and wasteful sec- tlon of the state enterprise. Most Powerful Russian. one but Dzerzinsky could have ac- complished as much as has been done along many lines, and even he finds the task he has undertaken over- whelming. He is, nevertheless, the most powerful man in Russia today and could make or break any group. The government's dificuity {s two- fo1d and lies in the fack of funds and the growing hostliity of national opinion. The campalgn against pri- vata trade succeeded (n destroying most of the open enterprises. Many buslness men were sent to prison or into exils and even more were ruined. Yet the government s only now d covering what indepdndent observers had constantly warned—that in d stroying ell private urban enterprise it has destroyed its second great source of revenue. Present indications are that despite employment of the most severe methods against default- Ing taxpay! , the national + the coming year will be on | below the necessary minimum. Indirect Loss Greater. The indirect loss is even greater. Many traders, at the first sign of last Winter's repressive .poicy, hastily realized on their goods by selling at any sacrifice. They buried their money { or sent it out of the county. The manufacturing industry of the Nation, despite every effort, remains unsatisfactory, with the notable excep- tion of the textile industry. The opinfon of all the experts the writer has consuited s that these re- sults are due not only to a lack of capital and of machinery, but just as much to the excessive interference of the men's unions in the management, the lack of discipline and the tre- mendously excessive. overhead. The dischatge of worlkers, the c.osing of private stores and the continuous sell- ing up of peasants for the non-pay- ment of taxes has caused a great rise in the number of the unemployed and beggars. Peasant Lnrest Serious. More serious than the failure of the industry and the urban distress i the discontent among the peasants owing to the excessive interference of the state, This discontent reveals itself in many ways, among them in numerous mur- ders of Communist officials. In one dis- trict the Communist reprosentative was placed .between two boards, which wers sawed asunder while he was held in lace. i Stalin’s recent solemn warning that what happened In Georgia because of the peasant discontent indy repeat it- self all over Russia is an indication that Moscow , fa at last awakening to the serfousness of rural conditions. The government s endeavoring to meet the situation by a goneral reduo- tion of its expenditures, by cutting down 1ts industrial programs and discharging its staff of education, which are only at two-thirds the size of the staffs in the czarist days. The governinent does not fear any re- vival of the czarist or middie olass. The rebellion of this class has been so re- lentlessly dragooned that their will to tesist has been broken. What the gov- ernment really fears s a successful re- volt within the Communist party. Trot- @ks might head such a revolt. Hence has come the effort to secure his politi- cal destruction. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Go.) s The Springfield Leader belleves that those who appreciate the beauty of tho Autumn leaves are not the ones who have to rake them up. Christmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can Mail Early e STAR, WASHINGTON, [Koretz Eager to Go 1 D. ¢ to Jail as Proof - To His Son That Crime Does Not Pay By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2. —Leo Koretz, promoter of fake ofl | schemes, in which relatives and friends invested 32,000,000, brought back yesterday sfrom Halifax, Nova Scotia, to face defalcation indictments, wants to “get it over With as soon as possible” and find in the Illinois State prison a re- treat free from doubts and fears that have beset his 18 years of fraud. His assets dwindled to 12 orie- dollar bills and the solled and wrinkled sult he wore, the erst- while liberal spender and Bayone oil stock salesman sald he did not expect to interfere with the course of justice in any way. “I want my son Mentor to know absolutely that wrongdoing Is wrong; that 1t means punishment as well as unhappiness,” he said. CONGRESS SESSION BRIEF AGAIN TODAY Real Work to Begin Tomor- | row After Reading of Pres- ident’s Message. Another brief session was arranged today for Congress. Neither house hud planned to wet down to ths se- rlous work of the session before to- morrow. Advised formally yesterday of the opening of the final session of the Bixty-olghth Congress, Mr. Coolidge today went tha report on the state of the Treasury and on estimates for | the next fiscal year. His annual mes- sage will be sent in tomorrow. Cofncident with the recelpt of the budget, the appropriations committee presented to the House the first of tie annual supply bills, the passage of which is the chief objective of Congress in this sesslon. This meas- ure covers cxponditures in the In- | terior Department Cnll Up Rl Tomerrow. Leaders plan to have this bill called {up toniorrow and passed before the {end of the week. Other of the ap- | propriation measures ara in process | of preparation, end the committee ex- pecte to report them at frequent in- tervals. Resides an already crowded calen- coming over from the last ses- the Senate had before it a new | vesniution. rdopted yestarday by the | House, and proposing u congressional i memorial service for Woodrw Wil- | #on In the House cham cember 13 A larga part of the attantion ofl| Senate Republicans during the re-! mainder of this week will be devoted to the parfection of the party or- ganization by the filllng of vacancies on standing committess caused by the death of members during the recess. | Borak to Succeed Lodge. | The majority committee on com- | mittees prepared a report late y terday on this subject and will pr | sent 1t to a conference to be called for tomorrow morning. Meantime the report 1« withheld, but It Is under- stood that Saenator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho will succeed the lata Sena- er on De- tor Lodge as chairman of the foreign relations committee and Senator Johnson of Cailfornia will become head of the immigration committee in place of the late Senator Colt. Besides the consideration of ganeral legisiation, including farm reifef, Muscie Shoals and that relating to the raliroads, ti:e Henate has a num- ber of investigations in progress or in prospect. The internal revenue inquiry is going forward and the special committee under Senator Borah soon will resume its inquiry into campaign expenditures. The oil committee &lxo probably will again be active. Tt has before it two resolutions calling for wpecial fnvestigations, and Senator Walsh of Montana, prosecutor in the famous Tedpot Dome affair, expects to ask action in the near future. These resolutions deal with lsases to the Honolulu Oil Company in al R serve No. 2, in California, and to the Midwest Oil Company, & subsidiary of the Standard Ofl Company of In- diana, in Wyoming and Montana. U. S. CLAIMS DELAY FINANCIAL PARLEY OF ALLIED EXPERTS (Continued from First Page. the war indemnity was granted Ger- many should concern exclusively the allies on this side of the ocean. The situation was tense until M Clementsl, the French finance min- ister, induced Premier Herriot an' the Qual d'Orsay representatives tc change their Intransigeant attitude expressing & willingness to_examin the Amerfean ciaims favorably. The British delegates declare they do no object to the United States obtaining a certain percentage from the pro ceeds of the Dawes plan, but Insist theso sums should not Teduce the reparations quota to which Great Brit- was entitled since the sums Great Britain will receive from Germany will hardly be sufficient to retund the war debts she is repaying the United States in accordance with the Bald- win-Mellon agreement. The French press, sounding an alarm today, draws the government’ attention to the necessity of being careful since if Gre Britain does not agree to give up part of the rep- arations quota to America the sums must be deducted from the French 62 per cent quota, which hardly will De sufficient to balance future budgets. It s hoped a solutions will be found within the next six weeks, elther here or in Washington, where the new ambassador will disouss the matter in connection wWith the settle- ment of the ¥rench war debt to the United States. (Copyright, 1921, by Chicage Datly News Co.) LONDON WATCHES PARLEY. Talk of Discrimination in France’s Favor Arouses English. By Cable to The Btar and Chicago Dally News. LONDON, Decémber 3.—Reports that informal negotiations have been begun looking toward the funding the French debt to the United Sta on better terms than were accorded in funding the British debt are being followed here with close attention. British opinion would be unanimous in considering any discrimination by the United States in Franc favor in this matter as highly unfalr, and it is consequently unable to believe that the United States will attempt such & discriminatign. It {s there- fore expected that if better terms are given to France the American Government will at the me time offer Great Britain a corresponding modification of the funding agree- ment for the British debt. (Copyright, 1934, by Chicago Daily News Co.) “By pleading guilty' and going to the penitentiary I hope to be able to teach him beyond & doubt that he must never do wrong.” Four indictments, taree charg- ing defalcations of $4,000 each and the fourth $38,000, through the operation of a confidence game, have be¢n returned against Koreta. Each, upon conviction, would carry & penaity of from 1 to 14 years in prison. Federal authorities said they would be satisfled with a State conviction and would issue & capias on a Federal {ndictment, charging use of the malls to ds fraud only should he leave jail or_penitentiary. Detectives guarded Koretz in a hotel room last night after a day of questiontng by prosecutors. Attorneys for the Chicago Title & Trust Co., recelvers, and the Federal referee In bankruptey planned to quetion him today. FEW BILLS PLACED BEFORE THE HOUSE Members Yesterday Present- ed Only Measures of Major Importance. Knowing that this session wiil be devoted principally to appropriation bills and major administration meas ures and that with a vather lengthy | geccretary. He also favored the cov-| calendar awaiting scant ehance for the initlation of new legislation, members of the House refralned from choking the hopper with new bills yesterday. Having had six months in which to mentally digest the hundreds of proposals for legislation that have been fed to them, it was expected that there would be a veritable lood of hills and resolu- tionis introduced on the opening day. Only 25 bills of general application were {ntroduced in tie House, and— even more unusual—only 200 that all Into the classification of “pri- Vvata” measures, carrying vrovisions action there is of interest only to limited localities, | were proposed. 1In addition, a joint resolution was introduced by Repre. sentativa Wright, Democrat, Gaorgla, to authorise appointment by the ‘I;"o-sl'lf‘r;\ ©f w joint congressional mmission to study and re ofters for Muscle Shoats. o+ " Income Tax Publieity Up. e of the “general" d proposed amen of the conflicting publicity provisions of the revenur act of 1924, one of which intro- requires that fncome tax returns be | opened to public Inspection, \whil. another prohibits publication of such returns in newspapers. magazines or other Journals. Several of these bills also call for amendment of the im- migration law. The Muscle 8hoals commission pro- posal in the Wright resolution would conslst of (wo Senators and three Representatives, to be appointed by the President. They would be re- Guired to report for the consideration of Congress, within 30 days after Appointment, proposals as to the lease of the dam, power houses and nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals and at Shef- fleld, Ala. All proposals submitted, however, would have to guarantee the full use of the plants for the manufacture of explosives for the United States in time of. emergency, while production of not less than 40,000 tons of nitrates in the form of fertilizer would be required in time of peace. Bl Applying to Aliens. Chairman Johnson of the House im- migration committes introduced a biil under which aliens would be de- ported if convicted of violations of the natcotic or lquor laws, if sen- tenced to one year or mora imprison- ment, or {f convicted more than once for the violation of the statutes of the United States or any of its terri- lo;;,s or possessions. ens who have become e charges for causes d!Vl]UDQflD:fb(I:: thelr entry into this country, or who antered by means of misleading in- formation, also would be deported un- der the proposal, and ro aliens would ;z;m:’dn:‘(ltlfid wrhr) had formerly been y of acts - Wg"‘- of moral turpi Presentative Perlman, Repub- lican, New York, introduced lnblll which would allow the entry, outside quota restrictions, of all aliens whose passports were regularly viseed prior to July 1, 1924. Another bill spon- sored by Mr. Perlman would fact tate the entry into the United States Of near relatives of naturalized allens or of aliens who had declared their intention to become citizens. He also proposed that preference in the issue of Immigratign vises bs given to skilled agricultural workers. Revenue Act Amendment. A bill to amend the revenue ac as to make tax returns -van-bxetrgg inspection only upon order of the President and under instructlons of the Secretary of the Treasury was in- troduced by Representative Chind. blom, Republican, Illinois. Corpora- tion tax returns, however, would be open to Inspection to oMcers of the various States and to holders of more than 1 per cent of thelr stock, Representative Watsen, Republican Pennéylvania, introduced u mensure idontloal with that of Mr. Chindblom, except that the tax returns alse would be open to the House ways and means committes and to t finance committee of the Senate or to & special committee of the House. A proposal by Representative Fair- child, Republican, New York, would simply repeal the tax return Publicity section in the revenue act. A bill by Representative Woodrufr, Republican, Michigan, would direct the President to request all depart- ments and Government agencles to refrain from engaging directly or in- direotly in supervising the fulfilment of financlal arrangements between citizens of the United States and for- elgn governments, and rofrain also from giving any official recognition to transactions whioh might involve the United Btates in any form of military intervertion. —_—— ST. ELIZABETH’S GIVEN LARGER FUND IN BUDGET Report Recommends $1,308,000 for Next Year—Provision Made for Special Payments. For St. Elizabeth's Hospltal the budget report flled with Congress to- day recommends a total of $1,308,000, as against $1,293,000 for the current fiscal year. Of this amount $910,000, which is an increase of $10,000, {s for the support, clothing and treatment for the insane of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and other Federa] wervices. ‘The budget contains the provision that the District of Columbia or any branch of the Government requiring 8t. Ellzabeth’s Hospital to care for gltllntl for which they are respons: lo shall pay by check to the supe: intendent the estimated or actual cost of maintenance. ‘The budget recommends $112,000 tor genéral repairs and improvements to the hospital bullding and grounds. - { TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1924, WOULD COORDINAT INTERIOR BUREAUS Work's Annual Report Tells of Lost Motion in De- partment Activity. Legislation to increase the internal efciency of the Interior Department, creation of a Bureau of Public Works within the deépartment, creation of a permanent Federa]l oll commission with & view to conservation, congres- sional actioh on the new reclamation program and improvements in the ad- minfstration of the Natlon's island posscasions were recommended by Secretary Work in his annual report, made public today. Pointing out that each bureau was found to be operating as an independ- ent unit, duplicating many detalls of work, Secretary Work waid that there must be more latitude In the adminis- tration of the department. “There are two avenues of admin- istration open to @ Secretary of the Interfor—by bureaus or through bu- reaus,” he said in the report. “The one offering the least resistance s for the Sccretary to consent to an inde- | pendent administration of unrelated sctivities by .its bureau, independent of a covering policy. The other alter- native requires the active working interest of the Secretary in bureau {and departmental coordination.” Aftairs of Territories. bllshment of a bureau of pub- |1ic works under which all the con- {atruction and engineering work per i formed by the Government should be concentrated was advocated by the [ering in one department and under jone member of the cabinet, of the ter- {ritorial affairs of Alaska and Hawali instehd of the present system of oper- ating them through a multiplicity of buresus scattered through the vari- ous departments Bubstantial savings in appropria- tions for the fiscal years 1924 and 1925 were made, the Sec The appropriations for the s 1924 were $325,872,078. For the fscal ing June 30, 1925, they are ,473,724.06, or a saving of $35,- 3.94 over the previous year. appropriations asked for the 1 year ended June 30, a2 19235 or $8,000,000 under 1922 “These | savings,” the report sald, “were made | without impairment of service ren- {dered to the public by this depart- ment, abundant proof In ftself that economy and efficlency are insepar- able.” The Secretary did not disciss the oil situation at length, but clared formation of a commission of cabinet members to deal with it was an urgent necessity.” | Need of Legislation. | He ltkewise touched but briefly on {the new reclamation program which was worked out by a special com- misston but which falied of congres- {slonal approval at the last cesslon. plated in the program, he said, was one of the tasks with which the present session thould deal promptly. The report contained a hint that a general overhauling of the public land laws may be recommended later to Congress. Secretary Work said a special committee was engaged in a study of these statutes and added: “It is probable that growth of the country and changed conditions wiil jwarrant some radical departures from | established custom. The question arises whether the government should continue the present method of dis- posing of its public domain. ¢ * o The present law covering the acqui- sition of timber und stone lands on the public domain, passed in 1878, should be revised to our vanishing timbe interest.” The results of the recent reorgani- zation of tha pension bureau, which clipped $266,000 from the annual pay- roll and enabled the bureau to re- turn $56,000 of its appropriation to the Treasury, were praised by the Qecrotary as constituting a measure both of economy and efficiency. Bet- ter results had been brought sbout, he sald, despite the fact that 338 po- sitions in the bureau were eliminated by the reorganization program. Stady of Patent Office. It was pointed out that a specia commission was studylng the situa- tion in the Patent Office, with a view to bringing that bureau's work up to date, and that Improved methods of administration in the General Land Office had effected a saving of about 385,000 during the year in its operat- ing expenses. Declaring the problem of directing Federal guardianship of 225,000 In- dians is one of great concern to him, the Secretary urged that centralized authority with decentralized respons- ibility 18 essential in the Indian serv- ice, because of the distance between the bureau in Washington and its wards. “States should be impressed,” he said, “that ultimately the Indian problem {s theirs to solve, and the Government's participation should eventually be co-operative rather than inftfative In character.” Describing the growing popularity of the national park system—visited last season by record crowds In spite of conditlons adverss to travel—Mr. ‘Work sald he hoped Congress would ses fit to create an outdoor play- ground, readily accessible to the mil- llons of persons from densely popu- lated centers of the East. He ob- served that the Western States &0 far have virtually a monopoly on national parks, the only one in the East being Laefayetts National Park, in Maine. A committes has inspected proposed sites for @ national park in the Southern Appalachian Mountain re- glon, and {ts recommendation will be presented to the present Congress. ‘Work of Mines Bureau. An outstanding accomplishment in the Bureau of Mines during the year was sald by the Secretary to be the development of close co-operation with the British mines department, whereby tha results of British ex- periments and research directed to- ward greater safety in mining will be available to American engineers, and the results of Bureau of Mines studies will be avallable to the English. It was in this connection that he made his only direct reference to the oil situation: “The produotion of oil from the public 1ands, exclusive of the naval petroleum reserves, amounted to nearly 40,000,000 barrels during the year, from which the Government ob- tained enarly 8,000,000 barrels of ro. alty ofl, valued at slightly more than $13,000,000,” ho sald. “Of this sum 90 per cent was returned to the States, either directly or through the recla- mation service, and the remaining 10 per cent went to the Federal Try ury to cover the cost of supervision. The actual cost is about one-third this amount, the remainder being available for genéral expenses of the Government, Supervising the pro- duction and gauging of the 40,000,000 barrels cost the Government only $250,000. . “The formation of & permanent Federal oil commission, to include the BSecretaries of War, Navy, I terfor and Commerce, to study the conservation of our oil deposits an; more thorough and economic metH- ods of reoapture, to be comprehended in & national continulng oil policy, is an urgent necessity in the. interests of_the publia” ‘In hie dlscussion of territorfal ate in the public 1926, are | | $267.785,698.17, or $22,688,127.89 under | he de-| { Enactment of the legislation contem- | better protect | 120,000 License Plates for Autos Ordered for D. C. The Budget Bureau expects tha Dis- trict License Bureau to stock up with 120,000 numbered tags for automo- Dbiles, which is an increase of 10,000 over the stock for the current year, and with 2,500 motor cycle tags, Which is the same as for the current year. The appropriation recommended for the purchase of thess metal identifica- tion tags {s $17,300 and for motor ycle tags $200, making a total of $17,600, ! which is the same as for the current fiscal year, desplte the increase of 10,000 In the number of auto tags BANK WINS $500.000 N PRINCE SUIT Robinson Must Pay Costs of Litigation Involving Poten- tate of India. [ ! By the Awsociated Press. LONDON, December 2. — Justice Darling today returned judgment in favor of the Midland Bank in the sult brought against the bank by Charles E. Robinson, former book- maker. The bank was also awarded the costs of the trlal. Mr. Robinson sued to recover £12 000, which he alleged the bank owed lira on account of a settlament with fr. A" an unnamed Indian poten-| tate, who had become Iptimate with' his wife. | The bank asserted that the money | was never received for Robinson and | also alleged that the plaintiff was a party to a blackmall plot to ©0b- tain the money from the mysterious “Mr. A" and, therefore, was not en- titled to recover. A jury was in- structed to clear Mr. Roblnson and his wife of the allegations that they were party to a conspiracy. MAY FIGHT EXTRADITION. Former British Officer Is Citizen of Irish Free State. PARIS, December 2.-—The question of whether the Britlsh government has the right to demand the extradition of a citizen of the Irish Free State will be | raised in the case of James Charles Arthur, former British army officer, ar- rested yesterday as the mysterious alde- de-camp of the Indian potentats in the sensational London blackmail case, if | the accused man decides to fight ex- tradition here, his attorney, M. Gide, de- clared today. | The extradition warrant for Arthur | {arrived at the surety gencrale head { quarters at noon today from the French | | forelgn office, which had receivad it from (he British embassy. Attormey Gide was in conference with his clent | this afternoon at the central police { depot, where the latter is being heid. Wil Consult Cons He sald he wou'd endeavor to get in touch with the Irish Fres State con- sular representative regarding the ex- | tradition point. M. Gide said there was no extradition treaty between France and the Irish - Free State, of which Arthur claims he is a citizen, and he believed that if the former army officer wished to contest the cage he had & sound legal ciaim. H. M. DAWES TO RESIGN POST AS CONTROLLER Has Indicated Wish to President Without Formal [ Notice. Henry M. Dawes has indicated to President Coolidge his desire to re- sign soon controller of the cur- rency. His resignation, however, has not yet been placed In the President's hande, and consequently no special consideration has been given to se- lection of & successor. He {s a brother of the Vice President-elect. MAYFIELD COMMITTEE SUMMONED TO MEET A meeting of the Senate elections sub-committes hearing the contest against Senator Mayfleld (Democrat), Texas, was called today by Chairman Spencer at the request of represent- atives of George E. B. Peddy, the contestant, who said they wanted to present evidence of charges of fraud and intimidation. After extensive hearings l1ast Spring the committee decided in favor of Senator Mayfleld on the issus of cor- rect counting of ballots. GERMAN TREATY FINISHED By the Associated Press. LONDON, Décember 2—The Anglo- German commercial treaty will be signed today, it was announced short ly after noon. An agreement by which the 26 per cent reparation tax, which has been the sticking point in the negotiations, has been placed in another category, was reached this morning after the German delegates had_communicated with Berlin. fairs, Mr. Work said the Govern- ments activities in Alaska and in Hawali should be handled under one department in the interest of econ- omy and efficiency. The present sys- tem, he added, causes duplication of effort, overlapping of functions and extravagance in expenditures, “bug the co-ordination of allied activities would avold lost motion and con- fusion.” 2 fot Because of its strategic commercial position in the Pacific, Hawall must have adequate harbors, sald the re- port, which added: “This development is proceeding with excellent co-operation between Federal and territorial departments, but @t best is hardly keeping pace with the tapid increase of trans- pacifio trade, in which American ships are partioipating each year in grow ing numbers. rbor dove into the scheme of national detense and should not be negleoted.” Discussing the need of a Bureau of Public Works, the report recited that such a bureau could co-ordinate gov- ernmental industrial organization, ef- ficiently and economically in time of war or omergency, to bring Instantly into action the whole unified engl neering and public works functions of the Government. It would enable the governmental seryice to attract and hold the highest type of techni- cally trained men by oftering more permanent and attractive work. In asking for congressional au- thority to effect .certain reorganiza- tions within the Interior Department, Mr, Work declared that much had been done already toward eliminat. ing duplication, but that other nec- essary steps could not be taken with- out legislative enactment. As & proof of the saving which resulted from the reorganisation steps taken thus far, he cited the appropriation for his department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, which is $390,473,734, or $35,398,353 less than for the preceding year. An appro- priation of $267,785,598 is asked for the yéar clostng June, 8, GRAIN LANDS TURN TOFIELDS OF GOLD Ragged, Hungry Cinderelia of Northwest Transformed Into Princess. By Consolidated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 2.—The Northwest now offers thrilling and melodramatic story, re- plete with figures revealing tha facts are Indeed stranger than fiction that the “from rags to riches” formula works out in real life, and that the unloved stepchild sometime does blossom into the plumed and b Jeweled princess. Six months ago the Northwest we literally ragged. Its farmers wer In dire straits and its business m were whistling in the dark to hid: the fact that affairs were on extremely ragged edge. Appeals we being made to the Government f ald for wheat growers and disco: tent was general. The sheriff w. literally at the door, the old hom stead was about to be sacrificed and the child cast out into the world. Coming of Deluge. Today a crop valued at $i.0 000,000 has been heaped upon a plat- ter licked painfully clean. The delu, has come with a suddenness that b left the Northwest, the North and South Dakoia, and MMmnesota, a trifie hewild How thoroughgolng hes been change is pi t illustrated b the sto rey, N. Da tell of a farn £t his half tion of land and went to Ca! because of rebuffs in the last years. A “volunteer” wheat crop appea on this man’s farm this season neighbor wrote him to come and harvest it. e did, goes story, and paid off $5.500 in ob gations, and had $1,500 in casi bank. In ¢ix short months the spe banks closing with the rap of paper boats si sea has changed tc dreds of banks in have o much cash on hand are advertising for loans. a. 2 Farmers Pay Debis. Farmers who could not of flour at the country sto i had mortgaged every bit of prop. they possessed to its utmost farthis . find themsoives with chattel mor - gages, interest, back taxes &nd =19 bills paid. and in hundreds of ca a share, if not all, of the first n ages on ll\"ir lands cleared up. Businesk is booming under last-minute transfusion of blood the Northwest finds itself suddenly better shape than It has been in years s magical tra result of the greatest small grain crops in the history of the territory, coupled with prices which a few months ago were thought impossible. North Dakota, which last year raised 58,000,000 bushels of wheat and had to sell it for $6 cents per bushel on an average, this year raisel 115,000,000 bushels of hard wheat and is selling it for from $1.26 to $1.5 Montana, where thousands of farmers deserted their farms and left in de- spair last year, has made a comeback equally as startiing. Business has jumped 50 per cent within 30 days South Dakota, where every crop, €i- cept corn, broke all previous records The northwest part of Minnesota, still a big gran territory, was equai fortunate. neformation i Exceed Land Value. In northwest North Dakota. tering at Minot, crops of wheat, bar- ley, rya and flax were common ralsed this vear which exceeded t value of the land. land in this dls- trict is listed at from $20 to $25 an acre. This vear an average of better than 21 bushels of wheat to the ac: was made. The crops were so hea that threshing has just been cor pleted, flax shocks being pulled out of snow drifts. At Fargo the big banks are adver- tising for loans for the firat time in 7 years. All lines of business ars reported booming. At Aberdeen, South Dakota, farmers have not vet had time come into town to settle with hel bankers, as they are still bus: ing hogs for Fall shipment. northw > been paid $50.000,000 for its S wheat. At Great Falls, Mont, ba financing farmers in big cheen b ects as the result of the grain o The new agricultural wealth, which North Dakota alone will' re- celve $432,000,000, has reduced th loans of the Federal Reserve Bank o the ninth district to $5,630,000, th lowest figure since the war. and drop of $110,000,000 during the past four years. The average prairie quarter cectlos returned $4.000 in grain crops. But in spite of the turn of the wheel of fortune the Northwest farmer ix playing it safe. There will be no silk shirt epldemic. He has been burned sufficiently in the last thres years to lears a lesson. sopyright, 1024.) T STATE LAW PROVIDES FOR RETURN TO SCHOOL OF CHAPLIN’S BRIDE (Continued from First Page.) be interviewed last night, inquiring reporters invariably being met at the Chaplin front “Yer are not at home,” from & Japanese servant. The same servant made the same speech to Mrs. Spicer when sha d her father, W. E. Curry, hurried to the Chaplin home after interview- ers had found them and imparted the news, Mr. Cyrry said: “Don’'t get the impression that Charlis and Lita were putting au thing over on the family when s gave her age incorrectly. “Wa noticed that as soon as we caw the motice of intention to marry, which was posted several weeks ago, ac- cording to Mexican requirements. “We consulted a Mexican attorney here, who told us the marriage would be illegal if the age were incorrectly stated, so we started down to Guay- mas to have it changed, but found when we got there that the marriage was legal anyway. Resuming fer Spleer asked: “What difference does it make If my daughter's age was not correctly given? The public has been given to understand that she is a girl of 19 through motion ploture publicity, and it was thought best to leave it that way for that reason. “Why should the public worry about her personal affairs, anyway? She and Charlie are very happily married after a very romantic affair. There were business reasons for secrecy, that is all explanation, Mrs. “And = fine drill in orientation,’ suggests the St. Joseph News-Pre “is to try to locate the drug section ina drug store.”