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Evening star., 1921-01-22
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation)
was not called to my attention"
GILLEN MAKES DENIAL.
Says He Did Not Force Resignation
of Abadie.

NEW YORK, January 22.-Admiral
Benson. chairman of the Shipping
Board. had determined to comman-
deer the yards of the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation" if it were nec-
essary to adjust the dispute over the
audit of it's books, Martin ]. Gillen in
formed the Walsh congressional COM
mittee. Gillen was former special
assistant to the chairman.
The Bethlehem, Gillen said, did not
object to the audit. but to the en-
ployment of the firm of Perley. Morse
r. Co. in connection with fhe same.
The auditing firms employees. he
added. had been refused admission to
the corporations yards after the audit
was ordered. At conference to bring
about an adjustment of the difficulty.
Cl,Ien said. it was necessary to bring
pressure to bear on both sides.
Gillen declared that the voucher for
$3.50, 900, which the preceding witness.
general of the Shipping Board. had
brought into the testimony, was dis
cussed at the conference. The vouch-
er. Col. Abadie said he had been in
formed by the auditor. Perely Morse:
was for the October. 1918. personal
expenses, of Charles NJ. Schwab. a
former director-general Of the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation.
Gillen testified the item was
charged to profit and loss by the
betnleneIH oHipDuilulnS SOrpOTatlOH.
and was not charged in any way to
the Shipping Board or the Navy. The
witness added he had been informed
at conferences with the auditors that
there was nothing wrong with that
item" Continuing, the witness denied
that he forced the resignation of Col.
Abadie as the latter had testified, or
that there was anJ i'll feeling between
them.
Testifying to incidents that led up
to the resignation of Col. Abadie,
Gillen said it was evident Abadie
could not hold his organization.
Gillen said he was directed by
Chairman Payne to notify Abadie that
the latter's resignation would be ac-
ceptable. When he delivered the
message Abadie flashed up. said
Gillen, and threatened to fight the
action. The witness explained he
persuaded Abadie not to make a fuss.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
BILL GIVES TRACK USE.
Would Permit Pennsylvania Road
to Reach Warehouses Here.

Reductions of the price of meats.
lime. cement, sewer and water pipes
to the residents of the District is
said to be the purpose behind a bill
introduced by Minority Leader Champ
Clark, to provide additional terminal
facilities at 1st and n streets north
east. This bill has been referred to
the House District committee.
The Clark bill would allow any rail-
road company to use the tracks of
any other railroad to deliver freight
to square 710 and square 712. On
square ITO the District has a storage
place for sewer and water pipes and
similar materials. On square 712
there is a new. large packing plant.
warehouse for lime, cement and
other materials. The Clark bill would
grant the Pennsylvania railroad the
right to use the B., and o. tracks in
reaching these warehouses. thus
avoiding extra costs in trucking these
materials from the Pennsylvania
freight house.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
RAILWAY OWES
!S4OTOTR TROTSKY
FOR HIS WORK

NEW YORK. January 22.-The
Canadian Pacific railway owes
Leon Trotsky $40. This was ad-
mitted with smile by Lord
shaughnessy of Montreal. chair.
man of the board of the railroad
eystem, at the dinner of the Cana
dian Club here last night.
Mr., Rowell, Canadian delegate to
the assembly of the" league of ma
tions, was speaking of E. w. Beat
ty, the new president Of the rail-
road, who also was present.
"Mr. Beatty is not the only young
man Of prominence Lord Shaugh-
Messy has produced. Our guest
may not be SO proud of 1t, but
when Trotsky lived in New York
he also worked for the Canadian
Pacific railway here"
True" interrupted Lord Shaugh-
messy. "and we still owe him $40"
Evening star., 1921-01-22
CONGRESS WAITS FOR HARDING
ON IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Government Has Not Functioned on Vital
Subjects Since Election Two and
Half Months Ago.

action. but when so vital thing as
the United States Army can be cut
down at one fell Swoop within such
short time after the republicans
were blaming the democrats for their
failure to prepare for the last war the
outsider can well make up his mind
that the demand of the country for
lower taxation and a reduced budget
is far more potent here than political
pride or consistency.
Men are reversing themselves every
day in Congress in Nrder to curry IA
vor with their constituents. Senator
Horah is an unusually capable citizen.
who senses waves of INppular Senti
ment as fast as. II not fasser than. any
body in the Senate. and when he grab
ped the disarmament question and
boldly took the leadership in II many
of his colleagues had to admit Mat he
was striking popular chord.
or course. Congress is SO unwielhy
and SO clumsy in its methods that
there is always danger of going to ex-
tremes. and it took very little persua-
sion to make the United States Senate
reverse itself after having cut the
Army down to 100000 men. But what
has happened in the case of the Army
proposed when the naval appropr-ja-
tions are up for discussion.
Mr.. Harding Ii Worried.
1t is known that President-elect
Harding is worried about the situa-
ton. He told members of Congress
who called on him recently that he
believed it would be wiser for the
United States to maintain her present
Navy and make every effort to reach
quickly an international agreement on
reduction of armaments. so that when
any cessation of building is actually
agreed upon it will be safe to stop
authorizing any more money.
The trouble is that a large sum
has already been spent on ships whose
keels were laid down in past years
So Congress may be in the pos ton
of junking many vessels that are half
built. and thus losing all the money
previously spent, or else reducing the
Navy without knowing exactly what
the other powers intend to do.
Some kind of a naval appropriation
bill must be passed before the fiscal
year ends next June, but in view Of
the tangle over disarmament it is
unlikely that anything will be done
during the present session of Con-
gress. Furthermore. il there is r
chance of getting some kind of an
understanding about naval disarma-
n1ent before next July it will affect
the size OF The tax budget.
In other words. everything waits
for Harding, and the government
really has not been in function on vital
questions since the people voted for
change. two and half months ago.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-01-22
':Red' Limits Bring Chaos
On Industries in Russia
Restrictions Placed on Freedom of Speech With
Paternal Policy and Great Cut in
Current Pay.

Chaos in Industrial Russia resulting
from bolshevist limitations placed on
freedom of meeting. freedom of speech
and general paternalistic policy
placing all organizations under gov
ernmental control has resulted in
workmen being recompensed at the
rate of one-twentieth of the wages in
vogue in 1917, according to secret
report received direct from investi-
gators in Russia by the international
Association Of Machinists. The report
was released today by E. c. Dawson,
secretary of the associa-
ton.
A typical instance is furnished In
the wage rate for a metal worker
He gets about $1,000 roubles month
At one time this would mean $13,5O0
in United States gold. Today it means
the equivalent Of s135. But sugar
costs today in Petrograd 1000 rubles
per Russian pound. whereas 1 ruble
would buy almost six and a half
pounds Of sugar in 1915. In other
words. the cost Of sugar today is $50
per pound, whereas in 1916 it was
about cents per pound.
The scale from top to bottom, ac.
! cording to the report, ranges in pro.
portion. AS a result. workers in the
metal trades are eating nothing but
rye bread as a staple.
Workers' Statements.
Here are statements furnished by
workers in various sections:
A man from the OboukhoH works
in Petrograd says:
whilst in consequence Of made
quate payment the workmen were un-
able to buy during the last year
either meat or fats and were COM
PEELED to exist on rye bread alone
meanwhile the commissars were re-
plete and lived in comfortable circum-
stances"
A worker from the Kolpinsky works
near Petrograd sent this message:
'It is sad and shameful to think that
the Russian workman is condemned
to extinction owing to the foolish
economic policy of the bolsheviki
Half of the Russian proletariat have
already perished. Outside the towns
there is food in plenty; it is. however
! Impossible to get at 1t. Purchase and
sale are prohibited; prices are high
beyond reason"
And the report of the Petrograd
Medical Society is thrown in for good
measure by the Investigators. 1t was
made in August last, and reads as
follows:
workers food is quite inadequate
the number of calories consumed by q
Petrograd worker per day is about
/ 700 to 500. which is one-half OF the
nourishment contained in the food he
obtained formerly This is leading tc
the extinction Of the proletariat."
Evening star., 1921-01-22

The irony of bolshevist rule, set up
as the reign of 1.-The people" is de-
scribed by the report in the following
words:
mist soviet government toward the
Russian working classes and their
organizations can be summed up as
follows:
"The freedom Of the unions is abol-
ished. The unions are established
soviet authorities. and can only act in
the way prescribed by the soviet au-
thorities; freedom of meetings is
abolished. A decree has been issued
in accordance with which meetings
can only be arranged by permission
of the soviet authorities; freedom OF
speech is abolished. 1t is crime to
utter a word against the communists.
STRIKES are declared counter-revo-
lutionary acts. Workmen who go on
strike are punished with brutality
unheard Of in western countries.
Strikers are not only imprisoned, but
deprived Of their rations.
almost all branches of industry
are under martial law. Workers can
not change from one factory or oc-
cupation to another. They are forcibly
enlisted in so-called labor armies
and overtime is compulsory.
Trade unions do not exist as In
dependent bodies: they are subor-
dinated to a central organization and
thus converted into a compulsory
government apparatus.
"As a result of this policy the Rus
sian industrial workers, being put into
a desperate position. and unable to
obtain help from their own organfza-
tions desert the cities and go to the
villages"
Metal Working in Confusion.
Metal working, the backbone of in
dustria1 Russia. is declared to be In
such a state Of confusion that only
69 per cent of the concerns are work.
ing. others having closed down. ow-
ing to shortage of fuel, raw mate
rials and workmen.
From the total Of 1900 concerns a
special so-called "shock group" is
formed. including twenty-one trans
port workshops and 148 other enter
prises. The workshops belonging to
the "shock group" are in a privileged
position as to their being supplied
with raw materials. fuel, labor and
the like. This group is meant to form
the stabilizing basis OF the metal in
dustry.
A tariff laying down a definite form
for wages. has been established since
last August. A premium for produce
ton also has been set. If a workman
produces more than is required on the
average he gets for this extra pro-
duction an additional remuneration.
AS basis for the premium, 60 per
cent Of the product of the average
workman in 1916 is taken.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Less than six weeks remain OF the
Wilson administration and the pres
ent Congress and there is abundant
evidence that the fears expressed by
disinterested folks concerning the
and Inauguration have been confirm
ed.
Congress did a great deal of talk
ing about helping the farmer get
high prices. but the War finance
Corporation is hardly functioning and
the emergency tariff bill is destined
to die a slow death.
President Wilson has followed mt
orally the mandate of Congress that
America keep out of Europe by with :
drawing American Ambassador Wal
lace from the council of ambassadors
and the whole attitude Of the pres
ent administration Is one of scrupu-
the new administration beginning
March A.
1t might seem indeed as If the gov
ernment and America were going out
of business altogether on that day-so
much is the atmosphere every day
one of withdrawal and farewell Of
course the people of the United States
suffer. but the Constitution which is
so easily amended now wadays remains
an obstacle toward flexibility in gov
ernment. In Europe when cabinet
ministry or parliament is repudiated,
the people get the change immediate
lily. Statisticians and economists
would have no difficulty proving that
the protracted period of change in
government here has cost the Ameri-
can people a great sum of money.
Congress Leaders, Admission.
In Congress the leaders will admit
that they never had any real inten-
ton of accomplishing anything in this
session. They talk a great deal ABOUT
paving the way" for the work OF the
next session of Congress. but II the
tariff question is a fair example. the
whole thing has hardly been scratched
on the surface. Most Of the interests
affected have not even thought i,
worth while to send represe natives
here to argue their case, as the WORD
has been passed along that there will
be nothing important done until the
next session Of Congress.
There have appeared thus far. how
ever, several constructive tendencies
which were not the deliberate result
of republican policy but the direct in
f1uence of such strong men as Borah
and Johnson. The movement for dis
armament, begun by Senator Borah,
has had a psychological effect that
cannot be exaggerated. The retrench-
ment spirit is usually hard to inst.ll
Talk of economy does not always get
Evening star., 1921-01-22
BRITISH INDIA REVOLTERS
LOOT COUNTRY MARKETS
Forces Of Military and Police Be-
ing Sent to Muzufferpur, in
Bengal Division.

LONDON, January PA serious
outbreak. involving the lootine OF
country markets has occurred in the
MuZufferpur district. British India. il
was officially announced today. Sym
pathizers with the incorporation
the principals or instigators.
Forces of military and police are be.
ing sent to the scene
MuZuffe is in the Patna division
OF Bengal. having the Ganges river
for it's southern boundary
Evening star., 1921-01-22
Secretary Payne's Statement.

secretary FuyucB S10temG0ts
Secretary Payne of the Interior, who
was chairman Of the Shipping Board
at the time of the Morse audit, last
night issued a statement giving his
version of incidents in dispute before
the Walsh committee, especially In
relation to the testimony of Col.
Abadie. former general controller of
the board.
The statement follows:
Col. Abadie presented to me q writ
ten statement (probably in February,
1920, recommending that the books
of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration be audited. At that time Col
Abadie was general controller in
charge of the accounting for the
Shipping Board and had approximate
ly 5000 men on his pay roll. imme-
diately issued an order directing that
the audit be made. assuming that Col.
Abadie would have the audit made by
his own accountants.
I'm a few days I was informed by
the treasurer that Col. Abadie had
made q contract with Perley Morse &
Co. to do this auditing, and that the
expense would likely be in the neigh
borhood of 100000. I Immediately
telegraphed Perley Morse & Co. not
TO proceed and directed Col. Abadie to
make theaudit with his own force.
'"This resulted in an interview be-
tween Perley Morse and myself, and
with Col. Abadie. and after giving
consideration to the matter I decided
that, Notwithstanding the cost it
would be wise to permit Morse to
proceed with the audit.
Charges meantime were preferred
against Morse by the Bethlehem peo-
Dle We declined fo ipterfere The
Bethlehem people then declined to
permit Morse to have access to their
books. When this came to my knowl-
edge I notified the Bethlehem COM
pany that it must submit the books
to Morse for audit and that we would
charge the company for all of the cx-
penses occasioned by it's refusal.
This was the status of the case
when left the Shipping Board. The
voucher to which Col Abadie refers
ls260.o00 for personal expenses in
October. 1913. Of en- oficer OF the
Evening star., 1921-01-22
CABRERA REPORT DENIED.
State Department Says He Is Held
in Prison, But Not Maltreated.

Reports that former President Cabrera
of Guatemala is being "maltreated" by
the present Guatemala authorities are
'unfounded." declared a report from
Acting Secretary Davis of the State
Department to the Senate.
The department confirmed. however,
statements that Cabrera is in prison.
and that since his confinement his
home had been lotted of property esti-
mated at from one to several hundred
thousands of dollars
Evening star., 1921-01-22
AWARD AFTER DEATH,

A distinguished service cross has
been awarded posthumously to First
Lieut.. Lewis N. Tharp. 10th Infan-
Try. of Winfield, Kan. for eXtraordi-
nary heroism in action at Charpentry,
France.
Lieut.. Col. Orval p. Townshend. in
iantry, has been awarded a distin-
guished service medal for service in
connection with the organization and
training of Porto Ricos quota of
troops in the world war.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
GOES TO AIR SERVICE HEAD

Secretary Daniels this morning said
he would make public the report Of
the naval court of inquiry in the
cases of Lieuts. Kloor. Hinton and
Farrell as soon as he receives it, prob
ably the latter part of next week. He
added that he would refer the report
to Capt. Craven, head Of the naval
air service. for review instead Of
sending it to the Judge advocate gen.
eral of the Navy in the regular ror-
tine. ...--
Evening star., 1921-01-22
HARDING TO STAY
At HOTEL PRIOR
To TAKING OATH

President-elect Harding and Mrs.
Ha-ding will stay at the Willard
Hotel when they arrive in Wash i.
inpton in advance of Inauguration
day. 1t was generally believed,
that they would be guests of
friends on this occasion, but IL was
ma,le known today that they
would stay at the hotel instead. 1t
is expected that they will arrive
in Washington from Florida two
or .hree dayG before lnauEuration
day.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO SAIL.

C. w. Calkins Of Seattle will sail
next Wednesday for Lima. Peru. to
become one Of three regional directors
Of public education under Harry I.
Bard. also an American, who was en-
gagged several months ago by the
Peruvian minister Of education to re-
organize the coun.ry's school system.
Evening star., 1921-01-22

The state, he said. is held to be all
wise and the individual to have no
sense at all.
Senator Jones pointed out that
many of the states have child labor
laws similar to that now proposed for
the District. including New York and
Pennsylvania, and Senator Capper OF
Kansas said that such a law was
now working well in his state.
Evening star., 1921-01-22
WOMAN ELECT0R ON VISIT.

Mrs. Ethel r. Farnsworth, the
first woman to be elected. to the elec-
toral college from Montana, was a
visitor at the executive offices of the
White House today. She was intro
duced to Secretary Tumulty by Sen
ator Myers of Montana.
Mrs. Farnsworth's home is in Mis-
soula, Mont. and she is the second
woman elector to arrive in Washing
ton for the meeting of that body.
Evening star., 1921-01-22

poration. from top to bottom, was
honeycombed by like condition.
Graft in ship operations has from
time immemorial been considered one
of the perquisites of petty officers
and is difficult disease to eradicate
1t. has no place in the operations of
an American fleet and should be
treated with an iron hand.
But it is to be regretted that the
Fisher Richardson charges are couch
ed in such general terms that they
have besmeared the whole structure
of the Shipping Board and fleet cor
poration with the slime of suspicion.
Many of the charges should have been
made in the police courts rather than
in a report of such Importance"
Evening star., 1921-01-22
PIEZ CALLS GlLLEN
CHARGES UNTRUE

CONTINUED from First Page }
Evening star., 1921-01-22
HARDING NEARING
END OF JOURNEY

Continued from First Page.)
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TEX NOTICE.

The books for the collection Of
S.ate and county tax FOR the year
1929 viii open from October 15t!2,
1920, 70 December 31st, 1929. Those
who prefer 20 DO 30 can pay il JAN
uar-, 1921, with ! per cent; in
February, 1921, with ? per cent. and
fror March i2t. 1921, TO March
1854, 1921, with 7 per cent.
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MARKETING BILL
SENT TO SENATE
Proponents Of Measures Ga:r
Strength Over Night

The State %.

The final passage Of the cotton
marketing bureau bill and the killing
OF A. \. Cerala's measure TO prohibit
the employment OF any person ander
IS years of age as q motion picture
operator were among the more M
DortanJ acts of the house of repre-
sentives yesterday morning, the mar
l:et;ng bureau bill being sent to the
senate, ever stif opposition.
H. &. Hendricks of Anderson coun-
ty opened fight on the marketing bill
Yesterday with motion to recomm!t
the measure. Representative r. }.
Wade OF Aiken Immediately moved
to lay this motion on the table Mr..
WaGc's proposal carrying by vote
OF 61 to III. Speaking il favor OF the
bill were Iredeil Killiard Of George
town and John w. Mckay of Dillon
while ". J. Gibson Of Spar:anhurg
and Jas. W. Hanahan Of Fairfield op-
posed the measure. An effort Of Mr.
Hendricks to have the bill continued
was also defeated 43 to IS.
This measure, which was passed to
a third reading by margin of only
three votes in the house Tuesday
night after one OF the hardest Tough:
battles OF the session provides fer the
establishment OF cotton marketing
bureau which will supervise the grad
ing AM 5::::3??.ssE; c. a, cottol :0ld Ii
the state. TO furnish funds for the
operat;--" expenses Of the bureau,
which VII include the salaries Of ex-
pert cc::,on graders and market men,
the bill authorizes a tax Of 25 cents
on each bale of cotton giHned in the
state. This tax will be collected by
the girnars who will be required to
paw license fee of 500 annually.
Representative Gerald's motion pic
ture bill also aroused free debate: op-
oonent: Of tie measures seeing IN II
IS T. ;. Connor of Orsngeburg said,
"only arcther instance Of an effort to
make the state the father of every
body, pa.erralism run wild" It was
e. r. buckingham Of Aiken said, a
question TO be decided by the en-
ployer. Also opposing the bill were
Julius S. Mc-..nes Of Darlington, Asa
Hall Of Iva, and J. ". Hanahan Of
Winns5oro. Speaking in favor Of the
bill T representatives Gerald and 2. A.
Coopc~ pointed cut tact the b:!l hid
been r2o-ested by both the picture
house. oaner5 and the motion TO
strike ct the enacting words was
carried cat.
Anlone. the numerous measures sent
70 g third reading were the bill by
Senate ,2earce authorizing 81 c!ec-
ticn on e:e question Of issuing; $500
0C0 in Gcnds to take over the Go:u3:-
b:a ho7,,:%l, the bill by tic Rich
land Gc,cration to prohibit the show
i3r C c.:rivsls in Richland conaty.
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