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The New York herald., 1921-12-30
70 ATTACK LEVEATHAN
CONTRACT IN CONGRESS
Tague Asks Why PriDate Con-
Germs Got Job.

BosToN, Dec 29.-Announcement he
would introduce in Congress next week
a resolution demanding q Congressional
investigation "as TO why millions OF
dollars of Government money Is being
turned into private pockets instead of
into the Government Treasury in con-
nection with the plan for the recondi-
tionin. of the steamer Leviathan was
made by Representative Peter L. Tague
tonight. He spoke at a meeting in
Faneuii Hall under the auspices of the
Charlestown Metal Trades Council.
composed of unions of navy yard en-
ployes.
The council last month"; voted that
If the work on the Leviathan were
given to the Boston Navy Yard Its
members would set aside a portion of
their wages to create fund to guar
antee that the cost would not exceed
the estimate. Mayor Peters submitted
this plan to the Shipping Board.
Representative Tague called atten-
ton 10 the fact the bid of the Boston
yard was nearly million dollars less
than that of the private firm to which
the Shipping Board planned to give the
contract
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AMERICAN PORTS.
FI3y Mail.

HONOLULU, Dec 23-Arrive str Ocean
Monarch CBr). New York for ltosaii. e.
(and proceeded: " strs Logan, San Fran
cisco Tnmepo. do.
Sailed 23d. stre Empire State san Fran
cisco Hoosier State. Hong Kong.
MONTERREY. Cal, Dec 23--Sniled, str VIM
Hertin from Honolulu, San Francisco.
NEWPORT. ri. Dec 20-In port schr
Teluineh New York for Belfast. Ne
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec 2S-Arrived.
strs Wilmington, Pearl Harbor: La PurusIma,
Astoria.
Sailed 22d. PM. str Artieas from Everett.
&o). Los Angeles, TO complete loading. thence
TO Boston.
SABINE. Tex, Dec 2J-saied. str Winnie
bago (Br), Plymouth.
TACOMA. Wash, Dec 23-Sailed, str
Fushimi Maru (Jap), Hong Kong
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FOREIGN PORTS.
TDy NALL

CAPE RACE. NT. Dec 26-Passed. str
fax and St John.
CARDIGAN. PEI, previous to Dec Pr
Sailed. schr Anna Mcdonald (Br), Boston.
HALIFAX, Dec 2e-Saed. str Vancolite
(Br), Mexico.
PORT UNION, MI. previous to Dec 90
Arrived, schr Port Union (Br). Cadiz.
ST JOHNS, NF, Dec 20-Arrived, schrs
II Sinclair (Br). Sydney; Admiral Drake
(Br), do (and sailed next day for Bay
Roberts, 21st. Herbert l. Warren (Br),
Pernambuco.
SHIMONOSEKI, Dec 19--Arrived, str Shin
kolSu Maru Dap. Grays Harbor
TREPASSEY, NF. Dec 20--Arrived. schr
General Ironsldes (Br), Setubal for Lama
line.
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ATTORNEY FOR DOMINGO
ACCUSES u. S. ADMIRAL
Imprisoned by Robson, As.
serfs Fl. G. KnoWIcs.

Horace G. Knowles of Wilmington,
Del, attorney for the deposed Govern
ment of Santo Domingo. before the
United States Senatorial committee to
investigate Dominican affairs yesterday
said that for three days prior to his de-
parture from Santo Domingo for New
York he was held virtually prisoner
in the Dominican capital by Admiral S.
S. Robson. military governor.
Mr.. Knowles said the alleged attitude
of Admiral Robson was inspired by his
championship OF the Dominican cause
and his attitude was so menac!ng that,
on advice of friends, he did not appear
alone in the streets. SIS
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Naval Orders
eeioI Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HrnAIp
New York Herald Bureau.
Washinnfnn ID O.. ucc % [
These naval orders have been made public

These naval orders have been made public
Lieutenant Commander J. A. Crutchfleid,
to command u. s. g. $50 when commits
stoned. Lieutenant Commander II. II. skel-
ton. TO command u. g S. Glllis: Liouten-
ant-Commander X r. Smith, 20 general In
pector. naval aircraft, Central District. Day
ton. Ohio: Lieut.. G.. w. Allen. TO Pacific
coast torpedo station, Kcyport. Wash.
Lieut.. q. Bannerman. to Y. s. s. RS.
Lieut.. r. c. Bright. resigned; Lieut.. T. Il.
Emerton. TO U. S. s. sonoma; Lieut. j. IL.
Forshew. TO U. s. 3. RIO; Lieut.. ]. g.
Hooper. TO u. s. 8. Cardinal; Lieut.. II. @.
Howard, to u. s. s. Olympia Lieut.. J. r.
Jcter. to U. s.. x; ortnlant l;leu,. 9 Jonnnn-
son, TO navy yard. New York: Lieut.. ". Il.
Johnson, 70 command T.. S. s. Tatnuck
Lieut.. w: Juraschke, TO treatment, naval
hospital. New York: Lieut.. II. ]. ISingsmill.
30 u. S. &. Partridge; Lieut.. A.. O. Larsen.
TO command IT, S. s.. Allegheny; Lieut. A. G..
Allen, TO command u. s. s. Partridge Lieut..
j. Roberts to command L. s.. s., Brant:
Lieut.. j. A. rogers. 70 4. s. 8. Procyon ;
Lieut.. l.. A. Skinner, TO u. s.. g.. Affair; d;
Lieut. c. +. Mare. to us. s. Klngfisher.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
HAGUE PASSES BILL
FOR LOAN TO DUTCH
Several Banking Groups in
New York Are Competing for
S100,000,000 Offering.

THE HAGUE, Dec. 20 (Associated
Press) The Dutcl Governments bill
authorizing the negotiation of a loan OF
500. 100000 in the United States to be
used in behalf of the Dutch East Indies.
was passed unanimously to-day by the
First Chamber of Parliament. The Sec
oad Chamber adopted the measure last
week.
Several banking groups are in active
competition for the initial loan to be
placed in the United States as authorized
by the Dutch Parliament, and the
amount OF the first undertaking viii be
between s45.000.0G0 and $4,000, 600.
Sealed bids were invited to be opened
at The Hague yesterday. but Il was
found that only two had been submitted,
according to private banking informa-
tion, the Kuhn. Loeb & Co. syndicate,
and the National City Company syndi-
cate resraining from making bids. as
they did not wish 10 make contract
in 1921 TO carry over into the new year.
The bids submitted are understood to
have been made by guaranty company
syndicate and by n Hallgarten e. Co.
syndicate, and the best private informa-
ton was that the two bids were re-
jected with a prospect that fresh sealed
tenders would be asked for early In
January. Consequently the field of COM
petition for the loan Is said to be still
open. with a prospect that satisfactory
tenders will be made during the first
week or so Of January. One Of the
syndicates gave out the following infor-
nation yesterday:
THE trade Of the United States with
the Dutch East Indies has greatly ex-
panded in recent years. and there is
promise of further development OF this
trade in the future. In the fiscal year
ended June 30. 1914, exports to these
islands from the United States were
valued at $3.677.000. In the fiscal year
ended June, 1921. the exports were
valued at s61.1so,000."
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
GAL. SMITH Is as TODAY.

Alfred r Smith. former Governor.
will be 4S years old to-day and will
have the qule,est birthday he has known
for long time. said members OF his
family yesterday. He has been III with
n sore throat and confined to his home
at 25 oliver street. and the day will be
passed quietly there.
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PRESENT roR JUDGE r<oENrc.

Judge Morris Koenig OF General Ses-
sions. whose term Of appointment 70 flll
the unexpired term OF Judge Wadhams
expires December 81. was the recipient
yesterday OF n gold watch and platinum
chain from the clerks and attaches OF
his court
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
CHANGES IN FINANCIAL FIRMS.

The interest of Joseph S. Stout, de-
ceased. In stout & Co, will cease on
December 81. William Sergeant Bouvier
Is TO be admitted to the nrrn OF NJ. G..
Bowler & Co. Allen Blake Kendrick
will be admitted to the firm OF Pell &
White. Charles w. Edge Is to retire
from and Richard l.. Morris is to be ad-
mlttcd to the Arm of f. B. Keech G. Co.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
CRUDE OIL OUTPUT RISES.

The American Petroleum Institute es-
Inmates that the daily average gross
crude oil production in the United States
for the week ended December "a was
1,3S0.450 barrels. compared with 1862
105 barrels for the preceding week.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
EXPORTS FROM NEW YopK

Exports from New York yesterday. wbeat
2o4 an3 bushels. corn. 42.niG hushels. oal.
10 600 bushels. barlcv 40 24O bushels. flour
~ SIS sacks. oatmeal 500 barrels; OIL cake
$50 600 pounds; pork. 40 barrels; barons !
q 500 pounds lard. i,T90 pounds lubricat.
ing oil. oi0,T5O gallons.
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BID AND ASKED QUOTATIONS

To the following prices accrued Interest
is to be added:
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND MUSic-
IpAL BONDS
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FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK STATEMENT
Yearly Report Shows Slacken-
ing Of Trade, Drops in Prices
and Credit Changes.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington, ID. C., Dec, 20.

New 1eTk Herald Bureau. I
Washington, ID. C., Dec. 90.
Loan liquidation virtually continuous.
large accessions to gold reserves of gold
or foreign origin and reduction Of more
than "a per cent in the volume of Fed
eral Reserve note circulation were the
outstanding features in the Federal Re-
serve banking field In the calendar year
about to close.
eral Reserve banks reflect mainly the
industrial depression and price recess
sions in the first part of the year and
only to small extent the revision In
the credit policy OF the board. The year
saw considerable reduction OF Federal
Reserve Bank discount rates, the aboli
ton of graduated or progressive discount
rates. which were maintained at the
beginning of the year by three Reserve
banks and the final elimination OF diff
1trential rates or paper secured by Gov
ernment obligations. Furthermore the
voiume of outstanding Government Sc
curities was diminished. resulting In in
creasing proportions of the successive
issues of Treasury certificates and notes
being absorbed by the investing public.
As consequence the total amount OF
Government paper held shows a decrease
from Sl,141 900, 600 to SiS7, 200, 900. while
the proportion of Government paper to
total discounted paper held by the Fed
eral Reserve banks on December 28 was
Al per cent, compared with almost AZ
per cent. on the first Friday of the year.
OF the total of Government paper
sold on the last Wednesday of the year
s3i5, 10000, or 70.9 per cent, was Sc
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Ratio of total re-
serves to deposit
and i. r. note
liabilities COM
hined ..........
Ratio OF gold re-
serves TO r. X.
notes in clrcula
tion after setting
aside $3.50 against
deposit liabilities
Contingent liability
on bills pur-
chased for for
eign correspond
fnfN
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01
Severe Tests Given 300
Cars Showed Few d,
Defective.

Passing this he is photographed for
company records and then his in
struction starts. In the ten-day pc
riod he has gone to the company
school perhaps for two full days In
which he has attended illustrated
lectures by experienced men. He
does not handle a car until he has
made number Of trips with an in
struCtor. Then he takes the con-
troller for short periods in a quiet
section. Following this preliminary
instruction he reports back to the
company offices for a final eXamina-
tiCn. Ife he passes this he is given
car and for a time thereafter j.
checked up repeatedly by instruc-
tors, who report on his fitness.
There are no tests in use to de
termine a mans reaction to a dan
ger emergency. The company. how
ever, has considered the idea of ad
ding psychology tests similar to
those used in the army.
During the war the turnover OF
personnel handling cars was as high
as $50 per cent; in other words the
system was manned for short pc
RODS by two and one-half sets OF
inexperienced men. Today the per-
centage OF turnover is about so per
cent.
Asked whether he considered that
car lines at busy street intersections
in outlying sections were properly
policed. President Ham was noncom-
initial.
The companies pay for traffic off
GERS at track intersections" he said
I'VE do not determine where they
are to be placed. The commission
does this and sends the bill to US. -
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01
New System to Supplant
Penalties for Rule
InfractiOns.

The Washington Railway and
Electric Company today begins oper-
alton throughout its traction sys
tenn of a device which officials hope
will reduce the hazard OF danger to
pedestrians and passengers to a
minimum.
This agency of safety-the same
that England develops on her Crick-
ct fields, America in her college and
professional sports, and Germany
with her turn vereins-is called
team spirit.
A schedule of peCuniary rewards
has been drawn up in the w. +. h.
offices to be distributed three
months from today and every quar-
ter thereafter, to every motorman
and conductor who goes through
these periods without an accident.
The prize is IS each quarter, with
the addition of a new uniform for a
years record free of accident. This
recognizes the personal equation.
Prizes for Division Groups.
The team element enters by the
division of the company's system
into departments or divisions. To
the division having the best record
each quarter goes an attractive ban
ueTp To- De retained only SO long dS
that diyision continues its good rec
ord above the performances of COM
peting divisions.
We have investigated the merit
systems of many companies and de-
cided on this one to begin with, as
it appeals TO the employees both as
individuals and as teams" said W.
F. Dement,, superintendent of in
struction.
Within the last ten weeks the
w. r. E. has had two serious
crashes on it's lines. One OF these,
on Ninth and F streets, after in
vestigation was determined to have
been caused by a defective brake,
according to w. F. Ham, president
of the company.
Severe Tests of 300 Cars.
The motorman in this case was
exonerated," said Ham. we i'm
mediately subjected about 300 cars
to severe brake tests. using about
three times the ordinary amount Of
pressure, and only five or six brake
riggings were found to be deficient
I'VE are alive to the element Of
danger on a car system. We are
learning every day. Today's mis-
hap furnishes tomorrow's remedy
and though some persons will say
that it is closing the door after
the horse is stolen such is not the
case"
Ten days ago the second serious
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l. 1921
~ \ N"l l|

Il IL.
This is not an altogether favor
able day, according to the reading
of the stars. Although early in the
morning both Venus and the Sun
are in benefic aspect, Uranus domi-
mates the day with evil power.
The signs seem to indicate great
stress of public opinion in which
there will be a tendency toward a
despondent point of view regarding
business conditions.
Uranus is in a place supposed to
affect the mind in a way that causes
facts to be easily distorted. Decep-
tion during this sway is usually
more successful, than when other
planetary governments prevail.
Women may face many trying
problems at the beginning of the
year, for there will be new business
and political antaEoniSms.
While there will be an apparent
shrinkage of values on all sides as
spring approaches, the seers declare
that the financial outlook Is not dis
couraging. They predict a fairly
good year in business.
warning is given again that the
leading defect in character under
existing economic conditions is self
ishness, which leads to greed and
for this reason there will be many
industrial troubles in 1921.
Political questions will come
much to the fore at this time when
appointment of men in the diplo-
matte service will arouse criticism.
Women may be ambitious to rep
resent their country abroad, but
there is forecast that is distinctly
forbidding.
Agitation concerning educational
policies will mark the year and may
arouse antagonism in church cir
cles.
The King Of Italy has his Sun in
opposition to Jupiter. which seems
to indicate that he will not end his
life on the throne. A republic
seems to be foreshadowed.
Warss are prophesied in the Far
East for 1921, also famines in va
rious parts Of the Orient.
Persons whose birthdate it is NAV
have a troublesome year If they try
to make any big changes. Women
should be careful in making new
acquaintances.
Children born on this day ma,
'e restless and fond of travel. They
should be carefully trained IL they
are to succeed in business.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01

NEW YORK. Jan. 31,-Peggy
Marsh. the London show girl, the
central hgure in scandal that
shook society on both continents,
came quietly to New York and
after moving about for a few weeks
in the gay life of the cafes hooked
a live one"-to use the vernacular
OF Chorus Girls Row. She mar
ried young social blood who has
been looked upon hopefully by many
fond mamas with eligible daugh-
ters.
He admits that he likes to punch
cattle on the ranch, but that in
odd moments he shakes a wicked
foot" and in the dancing haunts
he is considered the Terpsichorean
apotheosis of the late Vernon Cas-
tie. Miss Marsh. too, is an excel
lent dancer and they have been
seen nightly in jazz palaces.
The police expose, housing prob
lem and other familiar topics were
relegated to the back page when
the marriage took place, for New
YORK fairly revels in news Of this
KIND. Peggy Marsh epitomizes the
glorihed chorus girl at which New
York likes to scoff. but whom II
secretly lauds and worships.
She represented the oft-created
character of fiction-the poor proud
young beauty who is ensnared by
a scion of wealth and finally tri-
umphs righteously in the closeup
There is little doubt but that Peggy
Marsh will be welcomed into many
homes that would otherwise have
been closed to her
Her child, who is to receive $780,
600 year from the Marshall Field
estate for maintenance, will be le-
gally adopted by the newly married
couple. and Miss Marsh is to be
purchased 800, 900 castle in either
England or America, as she elects
Miss Marsh is indeed a striking
beauty. l have seen her several
times in restaurants accompanied
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accident occurred at Connecticut
and Florida avenues, at the spot
shown in the accompanying photo
graph. The motorman in this case
was found to have been negligent
and was discharged. He had stacked
his own judgment of what to do
in an emergency against what COM
pany instructions ordered him to
do, according to officials. Eight
persons were hurt.
We have recently worked out
tests with the safety commission
and have adopted a code of action
to be followed in emergency" said
superintendent Dement,. When a
man loses his atr brake he has stin
hand brake and, more effective
still, the reverse lever which he
must use first. Finding his air
does not work he is instructed to
Immediately reverse his current,
throwing the handle to the last
notch.
Describes Tests on Grades.
Tests made of this method on a
2 per cent grade at Fourth and
Bryant streets with the light and
heavy type of cars were as fol-
lows:
"A heavy car going twenty-five
miles an hour was stopped within
seevnty- eight feet in six seconds
"A light car at eighteen miles an
hour was stopped within sixty-five
feet in four and one-third seconds.
An emergency hand brake, Of
course, will not do so well"
On all inClines motormen are in
structed to proceed with caution.
Signs are erected requiring full
stops previous to curves on a grade,
Dement, said.
Having abandoned the demerit
system of penalties for infractions,
the company now has only two
methods to determine inefficiency or
recklessness on the part Of a car
driver. One is by the follow-up
system of inspection whereby in
spectors board cars and observe
how they are handled. The other is
through the inquiry which follows
each accident and develops who or
what was to blame
Asked If he thought the ten days
usually required were sufficient to
turn green" hand into a com
petent motorman, with supplement
tary schooling to qualify him IN
carrying hundreds of passengers
daily, Dement, said:
I'm the average case, yes. Though
the usual preliminary instruction is
ten days, man is not given a car
unless he demonstrates a faculty to
handle his car. He is tried out un-
der instructors and as he progresses
he is given a car on a slow traffic
line, but under supervision"
A mOtorman or conductor apply
ing for a job today would follow
this procedure:
First, the medical examination.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01
Borrowed Husbands
~ Fh AMarriedLif Story 81
NE ~/N Written forT Herald -1\-h
ANAA4GW-(' ByMldrsdk x Barbour /<EWjl
AMarried Life Story
WFIKtrII IOf nc HEN1a12
By Mildred K. Barbour
W.-Tete-a-Tete Breakfast.

The maid who brought Nancy's 5
eoffee at $3.50 the following morn
ing indicated a small envelope on
the corner OF the tray.
Mrs. Langwell left this for you.
She went out half an hour ago, and
said I wasn't to disturb you before
you rang"
Nancy tore open the note and read
the few lines written in a precise
hand which bore no resemblance
to the scrswls which had filled Edith
Endicott's school notebooks:
Dearest Nancy: Forgive me for
being so ungracious as to run away
on your first morning with US, but
there is an unexpected meeting of
a charity board of which am
president 1 shall be back for lunch
con. In the meantime, treat my
house as your own and send to the
hotel for your luggage. won't
hear to losing you until after our
house party at the lake. EDITH.
p. S,-Frederick breakfasts at 10.
1t would be awfully good of you
to join him He likes a woman's
bands to pour his coffee. 'E."
Nancy reread the note while the
maid waited. She laughed outright
over the last sentence.
1t summed up the doctor so well
the doctor as she would charac-
terize him after that one brief even
ing.
But there was something pathetic
about Edith's wording. too.
he likes a womans hands to
pour his coffee"
Edith had not written his wife -
or "one Of us" or he does not like
to breakfast alone" she had made
the broad generalization which
Nancy recognized intuitively as a
trait OF the doctors, to which his
wife was not blind
Nancy looked up at the waiting
maid
Mrs. Langwell asks me to join
the doctor at breakfast. Will you
tell him, please, that will be down
in half an hour? And I wish, too,
you'd ring up the hotel and ask
them to send over any mail or mes
sages."
Yes, madame"
The girl went out. and Nancy
hurried through her tub and made
a rapid but careful toilet.
Promptly at 10 she went down
stairs, distractingly pretty in a gray
chiffon morning gown which was
the last word in metropolitan smart
ness There were hints Of violet
in her girdle. and. stopping before
a bowl OF jonquils in the hall, she
CoOlly tucked one in a fold of her
bodice.
She paused in the doorway of the
The Washington herald., 1921-02-01

dinlng-room amuSedly surveying
the man partially hidden behind the
outspread pages of a morning pa
per. Then: Good morning, doc
tor" she said demurely.
The paper came down with a
crash, and the doctor sprang to his
feet.
This is, indeed. a pleasure, Mrs.
Burrard. I can't think what 1 have
done to deserve the sonor of your
rising to breakfast with me-"
"Oh, I'm doing it because Edith
asked me to-" replied Nancy inno-
Gently, sinking into the great carr-
ed desk char he drew out for her.
She wondered il he would be good
sport enough to laugh at her
thrust.
He wasn't. His lips frightened
slightly, and a queer little flicker
that Nancy could not name passed
across his eyes.
Il am punished for my presump-
tion." he bowed a little stiffly and
reseated himself. May I offer you
the morning paper?"
NO, thanks" Nancy delved into
her grapefruit, don't stop reading
on my account. Remember, I'm
married and quite accustomed to
breakfast table conversation, which
consists of grunts. I've learned to
tell the difference between a grunt
of satisfaction, which means that
Crucible Steel has gone up 5 points,
and one of disgust, which means,
Why the devil can't that cook broIl
bacon without parching it%"
The doctor forgot his resentment
while he studied her.
You have no illusions about mat
rimony, I take it?"
Has anyone? Except those who
haven't tried it?"
He leaned a trihe closer.
Forgive me if I am impertinent
you have not found marriage a
complete success?"
Nancy pushed aside her finished
grapefruit and looked him coolly
in the eyes.
Has Edith" she asked
crept up in his clean-shaven face.
He avoided her gaze and laughed
a trife awkwardly.
You say the astoundingly un-
expected. Mrs. Burrard. Another
woman would have asked II I had
found marriage a success"
But" said Nancy softly, suda-
ciously, II am not like other wom-
en-"
I'll say you're not" agreed the
doctor enthusiastically, and before
the bold admiration in his eyes
Nancy felt a sense Of disloyalty
to Edith,