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Evening star., 1921-02-22
EXPERTS SAY CONGRESS
MUST AID WATER CRISIS
Break in Conduit Means Famine in d. c.
Will Take Over 7wo Years to
Build New Artery

unwater it and the city's reserve sup
ply of water is sufficient for but two
days.
A serious break in the conduit
might require a week for repair. As
suming this length Of time would be
required. engineers point out the
two-day reserve supply of water
could be stretched over four days. if
government and private users of
water were placed on a half-ration
basis. That would leave three days
when no water would be available at
all, provided the supply was not made
to last longer through a more severe ra-
tioning process.
Danger to the health of the city,
not to mention the probable conse-
quences of fire. through any serious
curtailment of the water supply, is
stressed by all the engineers who
have looked ino the matter.
Emergency Provisions.
Anticipating the danger of a break
in the conduit. f. D. Hardy, superin-
tendent Of the Washington aqueduct
and filtration plant, it was learned
today. already has prepared plans for
aking repairs at points where
trouble is considered most likely to
develop.
Cabin John bridge, through which
the conduit passes. is the point whera
the most cerious break could occur.
CONTINUED on Ninth Page)
Evening star., 1921-02-22
SUGGESTS ONE BILL
T0COVER TAXATION
Representative TiIson Would
Combine Tariff and In
ternaI Revenue.

A combination of tariff and internal
revenue revision into one big taxation
bill is being considered by the repub-
lican majority of the ways and means
committee and legislative leaders, on
the suggestion of Representative
John @. Tilson of Connecticut, one of
the most active republican members.
In order to prevent dumping" in
anticipation of the increase of du-
ties, Representative Tilson has sug-
gested that a tentative tariff be draft
ed on information already gathered
by the committee and put into effect
by a resolution providing that re-
bate will be given in case the rates
in the bill as finally decided upon by
Congress are reduced.
Representative TilSOn believes that
revision of the income tax law and
the tariff schedules are equally i'm
portant and that neither should be
postponed in favor of the other. He
also favors the combination of this
work into a single bill as a step in
the direction of systematiZing the
work of raising revenue along the
same line as the efforts now being
made to handle appropriations under
a. budget system. He believes that it
will tend to a permanent instead of
a constantly shifting taxation policy,
which, he says, has a demoralizing
effect on business.
Representative Tilson has talked
over this plan with Chairman Ford
ney and other majority members of
the ways and means committee. He
has received assurances that it will
be given serious consideration by that
committee.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
THREE BOMB EXPLOSIONS
ENLIVEN CITY CAMPAIGN
Chicago Aldermanic Fight Reaches
elimination at Polls Today.
Police on Guard.

CHICAGO, February 22.-Three bomb
explosions enlivened the city alder
manic campaign which ended at the
polls today. Groups of five to a dozen
police were assigned to each precinct
in the nineteenth ward, where Anthony
'D'Andrea is opposing Alderman John
Powers, who has been in the city coun-
Gil for more than thirty years.
Sixteen of D'Andrae's adherents were
injured while attending a campaign
meeting when a bomb, said to have
been hurled by his political enemies.
exploded just outside, tearing hole
through the wall. At another meeting
the doors were blown in. but no one
was injured. Alderman Powers home
was bombed several weeks previously.
Besides picking their aldermen. the
voters will ballot upon the issue of
$s,OOO.000 bonds to meet increased
municipal operating expenses, chiefly
salaries. A light vote was forecast.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, February
22.-President- elect Harding COM
pleted his cabinet slate today by a
virtual selection uf Edwin DENLY OF
Detroit, Mich, as Secretary of the
Navy
The choice was the first big sur
prise among the cabinet selections
He is an attorney and former
member OF Congress, and has
served as an enlisted man in war
time in both the Navy and Marine
Corps.
II is understood formal tender and
acceptance are yet to be exchanged,
but Mr.. DENLY is regarded by those
close TO Mr.. Harding as practically
certain to take the place.
There were also growing indica-
tons today that the virtual selections
of Herbert Hoover of California to be
Secretary of Commerce and James j.
Davis of Pennsylvania to be Secretary
of Labor soon would be definitely
fixed. putting the complete cabinet in
its final form.
In China With Father.
M. DENLY. who was drawn into the
cabinet situation as a dark horse aft
Gov. " LOWQSn OF
Illinois declined to be considered for
the Navy portfolio, is fifty years old
and has an intimate knowledge of far
eastern affairs in addition to his naval
experience. He went to China in 1885
with his father, who served there as
an American minister. and later he
spent ten years in the Chinese mari
time customs service.
Returning to the United States in
1897, Mr.. DENLY served as a gunners
mate in the American Navy during
the war with Spain. and at the age of
forty-Seven was sergeant in the Ma
rine Corps during the world war. he
was a representative in the fifty
ninth. siXtieth and sixty-first Con.
crosses. making a particular study OF
naval affairs as a member of the ma
val committee.
Mr.. DENLY served three terms as a
member OF Congress, from 1905 to
1911. In the Spanish american wal
he was a gunners mate on the U. S. S
Yosemite and in the world war he
was a sergeant in the Marine Corps
He was placed in the service with
rank of major on January l. 1919.
Born in Evansville, Ind.
A native of Evansville. Ind, he was
educated in the high schools at Evans.
willie.
Mr.. DENLY was admitted to the bar
in 1896 and was a member of the
Michigan house of representatives
from 1892 to 1903.
Evening star., 1921-02-22

What will happen if the conduit
supplying Washington with water
breaks?
Congress has been asked to seek
the answer to this question and on
the facts disclosed determine wheth-
er an appropriation should be made
at this session for starting work on
a. new conduit. as recommended by
Secretary of War Baker. the federal
power commission. the District Com
missioners and citizens generally.
A roundup by The Star of opinions
of government and private engineers
as to the danger of break in the
conduit and the probable results OF
such an accident has developed the
unanimous belief that the big water
artery is likely to go out of COM
mission at any time and that com
plete exhaustion of the city's water
supply is not an improbability.
Vital Facts About Conduit.
These are the outstanding facts as
to the conduit:
1t was built sixty years ago.
1t is under a heavier strain today
than it was intended to bear at the
time Of its construction.
1t conveys an average of $4,000. .000
gallons of water daily, whereas the
estimated average safe capacity of the
conduit is but 65,000,000 gallons daily
1t has not been inspected or re-
paired for more than a year. because
it requires practically two days to
Evening star., 1921-02-22
CAPITAL IN TRIBUTE
TO WASHINGTON
Ceremonies Are Held Here
and at Mount Ver-
non To-Day.

The National Capital rested today
on the 1S9th anniversary of the birth
of George Washington, to pay tribute
to the memory of the great American
who is called "the Father of His Coun-
try and after whom the city is
named.
Both houses of Congress remained in
session, however. although all the
the business houses of the city were
closed. Facing crammed Legislative
calendars. with adjournment only ten
days off, Congress attended to busi-
ness today. In both the Senate and
the House business was suspended
reading on the floor of Washington
farewell address.
Early Ceremonies.
Ceremonies began at 9 o'clock. when
Wreaths we're placed at the foot of
the Washington Monument Chief
among the formal observances was the
meeting. held under auspices of pa
triotic societies. at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall. The Washington Ma
tional Monument Society, a historic
association. and the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants met to do honor to
the name of Washington.
This afternoon George Washington
uDOn
distinguished men and women.
Lay Tribute ut Mount Vernon.
Ceremonies at Mount Vernon today
included the laying of a wreath on
Washington's tomb by R. L. Craigie,
British charge d'affaires, in behalf of
the British branch of the English
Speaking Union. Addressing mem
bers of the American branch who
participated in the ceremonies. Mr..
Craigie declared no man more than
Washington would approve the work
of the union in striving to promote
goodfeilowship and understanding
among the English-speak democ-
racieS of the world"
The act of the British fleet in low
ering it's flag to half-mast at the
news of Washington's death, Mr..
Craigie said. was typical of British
sentiment of deep admiration and
respect for the American patriot.
which. he said, had grown yet
stronger with the passing OF time"
Evening star., 1921-02-22
FLYER IS STRIVING
TO SET NEW MARK
Lieut.. Coney, Attempting
TranscontinentaI Record,
Not at Dallas on Schedule.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex. February 22.-Lieut
William d. Coney. flying from the
Pacific to the Atlantic coasts. had
not been sighted at o'clock TODAY
at Love Field, his first scheduled stop
Air service officers at the field ex.
pressed confidence that the big dc
Haviland plane at any moment would
come into view from the low lying
clouds, which threatened rain. They
had heard nothing from the flyer since
he started on his flight at San Diego
Calf, at o'clock last night.
Ell PASO, Tex, February 22.-An
airplane, believed to be the de Hayi-
land machine of Lieut.. Coney, who is
attempting a flight from San Diego
to Jacksonville in twenty four hours
passed over Ell Paso at 2:20 am.
mountain time.
SAN DIEGO. Calf. February ao.-
Somewhere east of here today, the
aviation officers here hope, is in the
air. Lieut.. William d. Coney, who left
here at o'clock last night for Pablo
Beach, Fa., in an attempt to fly across
the continent in twenty -four hours.
Allowing for the difference in time,
he must reach his destination at 10
pm. today to accomplish his task
Just before his departure. young
woman, whom the aviator told news
paper men he did not know. crowded
forward and presented Coney with a
rabbits foot. He thanked ner and put
the talisman in his pocket.
Coney wore heavy. electrically
heated coat. and parachute was
fastened to his body.
The aviator planned only one stop
in his 2.070-miie flight across eleven
states--that at Dallas, Tex. at Z
o'clock this morning From there to
the Atlantic the schedule calls for a
time of eeven hours and thirty min
uteS.
Coney was born at Atlanta. Ga.
twenty-four years ago. He won his
aviator's wings at Kelly Field, San
Antonio. Tex. and later was an in
structor in aerial acrobatics there.
Before the war he was a member of
the Georgia National Guard. His home
is in Brunswick, Ga.
The flight was sanctioned by the
War Department, and, according to
officers here. was attempted in an ef-
fort to establish a new transconti-
mental air record.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
ENLISTED AS PRIVATE.
Given Regular Boot Training at
go, Paris Island, S. C..

Edwin DENLY. whose appointment as
Secretary of the Navy was announced
today. enlisted as a private in the
United States Marine Corps at the
outbreak of the European war and
was sent to Paris Island, S. c., the
recruit training camp for the eastern
section of the country. Completing
the regular boot" training given all
marines. he was transferred to the
commissioned officers school,
where he won corporaTs chevrons. He
proved an efficient drilimaster and
rose to the rank of sergeant and
finally was made second lieutenant.
Mr.. DENLY was then made morale
officer. where he performed what was
perhaps his most important service.
For months he delivered a daily lee
ture TO new recruits Immediately after
they took the oath of allegiance. tell
ing them the history OF the Marine
Corps and inspiring them with his re-
markable appeal for patriotism and
loyalty. Lieut.. Denby's lecture" will
ne remembered by thousands of ma
rines as one of the most impressive
events in their military service.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
TOWORK
FOR PEACE TO END
Tells Harvard Men He Leaves
Paris Conference to
Historians.

President Wilson. in an address to-
day to a delegation from the Wood
row Wilson Club of Harvard Univer-
sity. whom he received at the White
House. said he would bend his efforts
to the last in supporting the cause of
world peace
To the group of six Harvard under
graduates, whom he received in the
company of Mrs. Wilson in his study.
the President said that he would
leave to historians the task of inter
preting the events of the Paris peace
conference.
Declaring that if he should devote
himself again to writing it would be
along impersonal lines. he said he
most preferred to spend the remainder
Of his days in advancing the cause of
world peace and to that end he would
give his whole strength and time.
Greetings' Extended.
Robert c. Stuart. jr. who headed the
delegation, told the President that the
Harvard Woodrow Wilson Club
wished. upon the anniversary of the
birth of Washington. to extend their
greeting to you. the great American
of our generation" and that. inspired
posed to perpetuate the ideals to
which the President had given concrete
expression.
Mrs. Wilson, who was standing be-
side the President, apparently much
moved by the tribute of the COL
lege men, expressed a wish that she
might make a speech, but said she
would not, because she never had.
The President shook hands with
each of the members of the delegation
and chatted with them informally.
after his formal acknowledgment of
their tribute. He declared he was
deeply moved by the evidence which
world peace and the principles for
which he had fought had been es-
poused by a new generation of Amer
leans.
Found I'm Good Spirits.
Members of the delegation after
their visit to the President described
him as in good spirits. and said they
left him with the impression that he
was quite capable of conducting a
vigorous campaign in behalf of world
peace.
The delegation presented to the
President a written appreciation of
his services as President of the
United States and of his efforts to-
ward world peace. and praising him
for his services in the interest of the
nankind of the world.
The delegation. headed by Mr..
Stuart of Houston, Tex. included
Roger Williams of Arkansas. F. p.
Stapleton. Albany. Mo-; Franklin S.
Pollak. New York city; Sherlock
Summit, N. j.: Prof W. E. Hooking
and Prof. c. H. McElwain. With the
exception of the two last named, who
are members of the faculty, the MEM
bers of the delegation are under
graduates.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
Representative Flags In
crease in Taxes and Close
Watch Over People.
FILES FILLED WITH
COUNTLESS REPORTS
Refers to Outcome in France When
Masses Rebelled Against Too
Much Control.

The drift toward centra liza ton of
government. with the steadily growing
tax on the people. was denounced in the
House today by Representative Camp
bell. republican. Kansas, who was
designated to deliver the Washington
birthday address
POINTING out the difference between
the present and Washington's time. Mr..
Campbell declared it would be difficult
TO enumerate all of the departments,
bureaus and commissions created to
exercise bureaucratic authority and
paternsl guardianship over the people
Ihere is no activity. business, So
cial or domestic condition that is not
the object of their supervision, their
solicitude or their authority" he
said.
09O,OOO Employees Watch People.
Over $4,000 civilian employees
make up the army that oversees and
directs the affairs CO che people and
Government agents and Inspectors,
exercising every variety of authority.
are found on every Pullman out of
and into Washington.
Government reports on every sub
ject from adenoids to rat traps fill the
floor space in Washington. The ma
hogany and quarter-sawed oak Office
furniture already installed has cost
many millions of dollars and more is
constantly being purchased.
IF yearling dies of black-leg on
a farm in Kansas the government at
Washington acts on the case. If a
hog dies with the cholera in a hog
lot in Iowa the government at Wash
ington takes charge.
IF weevil hpres through a bale of
cotton on a plantation in Texas the
government at Washington is stirred
to action. Nothing escapes the vigil
ant eye Of the government and its in
Vulnerable functionaries.
People Pay All Expensea.
IF the price of coal goes up let the
government take charge of the seller;
if the price Of cattle goes down let
the government take charge of the
buyer And thus the carnival of gov
| ernment activities goes merrily on.
Government control is the remedy for
every ILL and government regulation
the source of every good.
The people pay all the expenses
In some Instances they pay it all
through the government at Wash
ington- In the case of other activi-
ties they pay nalf through the gov
ernment at Washington and the other
half through the governments of the
states. But the people pay all the
expenses of this complicated machin-
cry of government that has it's agents
looking over the shoulders of every
business man and directing the affairs
of every citizen.
This use of government is not
without deplorable precedent. The
disappointment and despair of the
pc ople of France. growing out of the
delay in the inauguration of the mil
lennium by the activities of the sgov-
ernment at Paris, led to the French
revolution.
Outcome In France.
The French government at Paris
undertook the control and the direc-
ton Of everything that concerned the
French people. 1t was assured the
people could do nothing for them
selves and that the government could
do everything. Failure and revolu-
tion followed"
Evening star., 1921-02-22
Yesterdays Net Circulation, 93,O3S
ANTI-SMOKING MEETS
CONFEREES' APPROVAL
Amendment to Sundry Civil Bill
Will Go Back to the
House.

The anti-Smokine anne ndment to
the sundry civil bin. to prohibit
smoking in the government depart
ments. was agreed To by the conferees
OF the Senatv and House today so far
me power TO dc" Under the rules of the
fouse the amendment will have to go
back to the House for vote since il is
a matter that would have been subject
TO point of order if it had been offered
in the House. The amendment was
adopted by tin. senate
The meeting of the conferees on
the sundry civil bill today was the
hrst so far held. They hope To have
the bill ready for report TO the House
and Senate soon.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
FRAUDS ARE CHARGED.
Farmers Said to Have Lost $3.50,
600 in Last Five Years.

CHICAGO, February 90. -Indict-
ments charging eleven officers of the
Consumers Service Company with
using the mails to defraud farmers of
more than $250.000 in the last five
years through the sale of service con-
tracts, were made public today by
postal inspectors. A. p. Clarahan, in
spector in charge of the Chicago end
of the investigation, said that farm
ers in twenty-five states had been
swindled.
$50 to 5000 the company, Clarahan
said, promised to sell dry goods, farm
implements. groceries and other lines
OF merchandise at reduced prices. The
Indictment alleged the farmers were
not rendered the service promised.
Headquarters Of the concern are in
Minneapolis.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
BULGARIAN PREMIER
TO VISIT U. S. SOON;
LEGATION TO REMAIN

3y Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Newt
Copyright, 1921.
{ SOFIA, Bulgaria. February "a
Premier Stambouliski has just been
granted a new leave of absence
by the congress of the agrarian
party to visit the United States,
which has long been his desire.
The trip will have a double motive
political and economic. The pre-
mier also desires to. study Ameri-
can institutions. of which he is
said to be a great admirer.
The recent report that the Bull
garian' legation in Washington
would be withdrawn to save the
expense is unfounded.
Bulgaria's four chief diplomatic
posts hereafter will be London,
Paris, Rome and Washington.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
Virtual Selection of
Michigan Man
Fills Cabinet.
EX-CONGRESSMAN
SERGEANT IN WAR
Has Served as Enlisted
Man in Navy and
Marine Corps.
Selection of DENLY
Fills Ne,U Cabinet

Ry the Associated Press.
The new cabinet as selected
by Presidcnt-elcct Harding will
he:
Secretary of state Charles
Evans Hughes of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Mellon of Pennsyi-
yania.
Secretary OF War-JOhn w.
Weeks of Massachusetts.
Attorney General - Harry Nj.
Daugherty of Ohio.
Postmaster General-Win II.
Hays of Indiana.
Secretary of the NaVy-Edwin
DENLY of Michigan.
Secretary of the interiOr-A.
ID. Fall of New Mexico.
Secretary of Agriculture -
Henry Wallace of Iowa.
Secretary of COmmerce-Her-
bert Hoover of California.
Secretary of LabOr-Jqmes j.
Davis Of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
STARR, OUTLAW. DYING.

HARRISON, Ark. February % -
Henry Starr. outlaw, who was shot
" bile attempting to rob the Peoples
National Bank here last Friday Is
diving. according to DR., j. j. Johnson
his physician. His death can be ex-
pcctcd 1T any minute. DR.. Johnson
said. STAIRS wife, mother and sor
are d, his bedside in the Boone coun,
RX jail
Evening star., 1921-02-22
VIM. F. M'COMBS
CALLED BY DEATH

NEW YORK, February 22.-Wilfiam
F. McCombs, former chairman of the
today of heart disease. it was an
nounced here today by Frederick r.
Ryan, his business partner.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
SECRETARY FOR COOLIDGE.
Vice President-elect Picks Former
Lodge Aid.

NORTH AMPTOII. Mass. February
22-Vice Preside elect Coolidge has
announced the appointment of Ed
ward T. Clark of this city as his pri-
Vate secretary. Mr. Clark. a grad
uate of Amherst College. is a former
secretary to United States Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge and a son of Rev.
Isaac Clark. once a pastor of the
church attended by Mr.. Coolidge.
Evening star., 1921-02-22
AGREE ON ALIEN BILL.
House and Senate Conferees Decide
Immigration Limitation.

Senate and House conferees agreed
today on the Senate bill limiting i'm
migration of aliens during the fifteen
months beginning next April 1 to 3
per cent of the number in the United
States at the time the 1910 census was
taken.