davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1921-02-16
HARVE-PAR|S OIL
PIPE LINE HALTED
Great American Project Is
Blocked by Business De-
preston in France.
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, February 15-Work on the
was Indefinitely suspended yesterday
after nearly 20.0OO,000 francs had
been expended on the preliminaries of
construction and plans. The pipe line
which is an American project, was to
be built at an estimated cost of
100.000,0O0 francs.
The chief reason given by promoters
for abandonment of the work is the
general financial and business de-
preston. The Atlantic and Gulf Re-
fining Company of America is the
principal financial supporter of the
project, through a French holding
company. The Stewart Construction
Company of New York was given the
contract for building the line and
brought a large staff of engineers to
Paris and Havre. Three shiploads OF
materials are now at Havre, and
number of digging machines have
been erected.
1t was said at the offices of the
Stewart company that the plans
would be completed with the hope of
construction being resumed in ninety
days.
Henry Johannet, vice president of
the French holding company. said to-
day that the promoters planned a re-
vival of the enterprise when the
financial and commercial situation in
France improved. The tremendous
drop in the price of coal in France. NJ
Johannet added, was one of the fac
tors in. the situation, inasmuch as
the fundamental purpose of the pro-
posed pipe line was to supply cheap
fuel to the industries in Paris and to
aid in comm ercial rehabilitation.
Evening star., 1921-02-16
COMMUTERS ASK
BETTER SERVICE
Berwyn, College Park and
BranchviIIe Representa-
tives Appeal to Ham.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star,
BERWYN, Md, eFbruary 1s.-Rep-
resentatives of communit organiza-
tlons of Berwyn, College Park and
Branchville appeared before Presi-
dent w. F. Ham of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company in the
latter's Washington office yesterday
in an effort to have the car service
from Washington to these points i'm
proved during certain parts of the
day. Members of the committee stated
that children attending school in
washington and those attending the
high School at Hyattsville. as well as
students at the University of Mary
land who committed to college,
We're being seriously inconvenienced
through the recent change in schedule
on the City and Suburban road from
College Park to Laurel
1t was pointed out that many of
this number were dismissed from
school from one to two hours before
the evening rush" schedule was start
ed. and, as a consequence, frequently
had to wait an unreasonably long
time for a car. President Ham assured
the committee that he would advise
the citizens later as to what could be
done. Improvement in the express
service in the evening rush" period
also was asked. The citizens stated
that people living inside of the Dis
trict line and in Mount Rainier fire.
quently took the express cars when
they could reach their destination on
cars marked Mount Rainier" 1t was
suggested by the citizens that when
passengers boarded an express car
in Washington they be required to
pay two fares.
Idea Called ImpractfcabIe.
President Ham stated. however. this
IDEA was impracticable in his mind,
as the company would have to OBJ
tain permission from the public serv-
ice commission and for other reasons
The citizens then suggested that ex-
press cars not stop at Mount Rainier,
but continue to Brentwood or. some
nearby point. According to the citi-
zens this suggestion favorably i'm
pressed Mr.. Ham, and he expressed his
Willingness to look. into it's practi-
cabillty, perhaps try it out. The citi-
zens asked for a car to leave Ber-
wyn about 8 o'clock in the morning
President Ham told the citizens, it
is stated. that the company some time
ago was seriously considering aban-
doning its line from Berwyn and
Laurel because, he said the returns
ere unsatisfactory. After carefully
company decided to curtail the serv-
ice and see if this would help. The
citizens suggested that the company
run one car back and forth from
Laurel to BerWyn. 1t was suggested
that the car might be of the one-man
type. President Ham appeared to be
favorably impressed with this idea
Evening star., 1921-02-16
BRITAIN bEkTSALL
RECORDS FOR SHIPS
Builds 618 Merchant Vessels
in Year-U. S. Output
Shows Decrease.
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, February 16.-All rec
ords for the construction of merchant
vessels were broken by the yards
Of Great Britain during 1920, when
61S vessels of 2,O55,624 tons. were
completed The total of 1919 was
exceeded by 435.1S2 tons, and the pre-
vlous record figures of 1913 by 142.-
81 tons. says Lloyd's Register of
Shipbuilding.
On the other hand. the figures given
Tor the 1920 output of United States
yards-509 vessels of 2,476253 tons
snow a decrease of 1,599,132 tons
compared with 1919. this decrease ac-
counting for over 90 per cent of the
ABROAD during 1920.
Decrease in Other Countries.
The report calls attention to the
lact that in other countries a steady
decrease took place during the whole
OF !92o in the work in hand. At the
Deglnn1ng of the year the tonnage
onuer er construction amounted to A.
SOILS tons, and at the end of De-
cemoer the total was 3.470,S62 tons,
OF decrease of 1.396.252. due to the
enormous decrease in the shipbuild-
ing industry in the United States.
me worlds output for 1920 was
a'.9S vessels of 5,S61,666 tons, against
1,4S5 vessels of 7,144,549 tons in 1919.
ana a. 1850 vessels of 3,332,SS2 tons of
Turbines Grow in Favor.
feature of the year has been the
launching of 1,S25,000 tons of vessels
70 De htted with steam turbines, these
ngures representing e-third of the
totai worlds output of steel steam
tonnage.
me tonnage launched by Japan,
Norway and Sweden during 1920 also
SHOWS decrease, but the output of
otner countries incdeased in com
parlson with 1919.
Evening star., 1921-02-16
GOV. HARDING URGES CAUTION
TO CONSERVE u. S. CREDIT
Declares In Annual Federal Reserve Board
Report That Solvency of Many Other
Countries Depends on America.

of the increased volume of business
transacted.
Rediscount operations between fed
eral reserve banks. including bills
purchased from other federal reserve
banks during the year. amounted to
s3.676. 729. 900. as compared with ST.
65S,254.000 in 1919. and s660,63S.000
during the year 1918. Adding to these
transactions the bills purchased and
allotted to other federal reserve banks
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. the governor said the total in
terdistrict movement of bills during
the year aggregated s4,4G3. 5000. as
compared with s3.397.753,000 for 1919,
and $S35,49S.000 for 1918.
The board has no further amend
ments to the federal reserve act to
suggest to Congress at this time, Gov.
Harding announced. 1T desires. how
ever" he concluded, ito express it's
opposition to any legislation which
would impair the ability Of the fed
eral reserve banks to exercise the
proper control over their credit trans
actions"
Evening star., 1921-02-16
COMMUNITY WORK
j. IS VOTED $4,000
House Hears Denunciation
and Defense of D. C.
Center Activities.
REPORT ON DISTRICT BILL
Conferees Present New Items
Adopted in Senate, All Being
Approved in Separate Vote.

After community centers in the Ma
S%hotbeds of anarchy" by Representa-
tive Will r. Wood, republican, of In
diana, and defended as the best agen-
Gle for assimilating aliens, wedding
ouL propaganda and developing
patriotism by Representative Mann of
Illinois, Reed of New York. Cramton
of Michigan, Begg of Ohio and Bu-
chanan of Texas, the House, by SO to
SO, yesterday voted $4,000 for Such
activities during the next fiscal year.
The House action was on an amend
. ment by Representative Mann. The
House bill had originally contained
$4,000 for the community centerS,
but it was stricken out on point of
: order. The Senate inserted $4,000,
tional work. Mr.. Mann'S amendment
would make the 5,0O0 payable
wholly from the revenues of the Dis
trict, and puts limit of 60 per cent
on the amount that may be spent on
salaries.
Principal Change in Bill.
This was the principal amendment
by the House yesterday to the confer
ence report on the District approprla-
ton bill. The fifty-three amendments,
including new legislation laid on the
bill by the Senate on which the House
was obliged to take separate votes
under the new rule, We're approved
practically in the same form as re-
ported by the Senate.
The House conferees have to report
these amendments back to the Sen
ate conferees, but the District appro-
priation bill will stand as approved
by the House yesterday.
The House agreed to the senate
amendment which appropriates $500
for expenses of maintaining pub
lie employment service for the DIS
trict of Columbia. Chairman Davis
laid stress on the fact that tenn
porary employment service has al
ready actually filled 1904 places, all
in private employment. he said. in
reply to a question from Representa-
tive Walsh of Massachusetts. When
objection was made to this item Of
growing paternalism Representative
Cromton. one of the conferees, said
that this is day of unemployment.
that the states have such agencies,
and 1--WE who legislate for the District
ought to allow this small item for
such service here"
Other Changes Accepted.
other new legislation put on by the
Senate and agreed to by the House
by separate vote included:
Reducing from $4,000 to $4,000 the
appropriation for printing annual re-
ports Of the District government ami
granting authority to the Commits
sionerS to discontinue the printing of
such report as may be necessary to
keep within the proposed sum of $5.-
900
Granting authority to close that por-
tior of Rock Creek Ford road between
Broad Branch road and Rittenhouse
street.
Transferring the jurisdiction and
control Of the Highway bridge from
the chief of engineers. U. S. A, to
the Commissioners of the District.
Giving the Commissioners the legal
remedies necessary to collect the tax
of " cent per passenger for each per-
son carried over the High bridge by
any street raflway company. Chair
man Davis told the House that the
Evening star., 1921-02-16
DANIELS WANTS FEDERAL
OWNERSHIP OF WIRELESS

In plea for federal ownership of
all high-power radio stations, Secre-
tary Daniels in a letter to Chairman
Page of the Senate naval committee
Yesterday declared that ''if there is one
thing in which there should be
monopoly it is monopoly of the air.
and this monopoly should not be Civ
en- over to private interests"
Mr.. Daniels letter was in answer to
a request from Senator Page for an
opinion on the resolution introduced
ny Senator Poindexter. republican,
Washington. to regulate the operation
and foster the development of radio
communicat ton
Evening star., 1921-02-16

Wartime expenditures and the pro-
found notifications of the country's s
economic system make it imperative,
Gov. Harding informed Congress to-
day in the annual report of the Fed
eral Reserve Board. that "the utmost
care be taken to conserve our credit
and preserve the basis of our pros
perity' to avoid the extreme condl-
tions prevailing in other countries.
Upon the United States, in large
measure" the governor declared. the
solyency and financial stability of
many other countries depend. This
fact greatly increases the responsible
ity which rests upon the American
banking system and calls for the eX-
ercise of sound judgment and the
and economic principles"
In readjustment of business, the
country, Gov. Harding asserted. is
generally recognized as having pass
ed the crisis and in looking to the
future "a spirit of greater confidence
said, there were many indications that
business generally was beginning to
adjust itself to new conditions and
was preparing to proceed on a
sounder and saner basis"
Overflow Of Securities.
Because of the accumulation of
foreign commodities, however, for
which there is no market" Gov. Hard
ing continued, countries which have
been sending us their surplus prod
ucts find they have nothing market
able with which to pay for their i'm
ports from us.
I'VE find ourselves, therefore," he
maintained, with large export trade
lit \, II c~f
by great portion of the world, and
this trade is fast approaching point
where it may be cut drasticaily to the
most vital essentials unless the nor
NAL credit and buying power of Eu-
rope can be restored"
This restoration he added. is only
possible if American raw materials go
forward steadily over an extended
period against longtime credits.
Foodstuffs, he said, should be prompt
ly paid for, as they go into immediate
consumption.
Need Longtime Credits.
I'VE are, therefore, brought face to
face" Gov. Harding continued, with
the problem of how we can best ex-
tend longtime credits to European
countries in order to enable them to
reconstruct their industries and how
we can extend credit to other coun-
tries in order to enable them also to
make shipments to Europe which
otherwise would be made to the
United States and glut our domestic
mark
BY means of corporations organized
under the Edge act for financing for
eign trade the governor conterded
longtime credits may be granted to
finance exports not only from the
United States, but from foreign coun-
tries as well. All of these operations
he described as necessary for the So
luton Of the present world problem.
Financing exports to Europe
through credits extended by the gov
ernment was considered by Gov.
Harding to be a wartime expedient
Gross earnings of all federal reserve
banks combined, the governor re-
ported. increased from $102 900, in
1919, to S1S1,000,000. 1920. Over 50
per cent of these earnings came from
paper discounted for member banks,
the average daily holding of which
aggregated $3.50. 900 during 1920,
as compared with S1,90S,000,O00 in
1919.
Expenses Show Increases.
Operating expenses of the member
banks continued to increase during
the year, he explained, chiefly because
Evening star., 1921-02-16
FIVE BOYS FROM U. S.
MLOST" while MAKING
AIR FLIGHT IN GERMANY

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 15.-Five of
the twenty-three farmer boys from
Texas and Kansas who came to Ger
many on the steamer West Arrow
with American cattle were appar-
emily lost while making an air flight
from Bremen to Berlin, but were To-
Gated in the town of Stendal after
twelve hours. in which the Berlin
reception committee and newspaper
men anxously telephoned to the va
rious towns through which they were
to pass. The Americans were forced
to make landing at Stendai, where
they were entertained at a hotel by
citizens.
In their enjoyment they forgot to
report to the Berlin committee,
which. together with other watchers,
remained on the landing field for half
a day in rain and cold.
The other Americans who reached
Bremen on the West Arrow are now
touring Germany as the guests OF va
rious cities. They have been every
where received officially and with
great cordiality.
Evening star., 1921-02-16
CHINESE TONG WAR
OUTBREAK IN WEST
Fierce Gun Battles and Murs
ders Usher in New Year I
Celebrations. /
SHOOTING IN THREE CITIES
Merchants Slain-Feud Leaders
Reported to Have Declared (
Armistice. |:
SHOOTING IN THREE CITIES
BY the Associated press

bS the Associated Press.
San FRANCISCO. Calf. FebruarS
1s--Guns of Chinese tong men usher.
ed IN new war of tongs coincident
with the Chinese new year today. leavs
ing three dead and five wounded ID
Los Angeles. San Francisco and Stock.
ton.
Two Chinese merchants were killed
IN Los Angeles. Another was wound.
ed there. In San Francisco one mar
was killed and three wounded. Al
STOCKTON one man was shot three timex
in the head, but it was said he win
live.
In San Francisco the feud broks
loose in room at 924 Grant avenua
According to stories told police. 81 =
men in the room, taking ADVANTAGE a
the crackle of firecrackers and roar ol
the celebration. drew revolvers and
began hring at each other.
StagEers Out. Falls Dead. 5
Go Foin staggered from the builds
ing with a smoking revolver in his
hand and fell dead. Four bullet wounds
were found in his body
follce hurried to the scene and found
three wounded men on the floor of the
room.
Two chinese merchants. members of
the Hop Sing tong. Chinese secret orr
sanization. were shot and killed and
another merchant wounded in the Los
Angeles Chinatown district last night
pF other Chinese. who. the police de-
clared, were members of the Biaf
Kong tong.
Shot Dead Behind Counter.
Lem Gooy Fong was shot desN tN
hind the counter of his store 500 ES
Long was killed as he sat at a card
game AT another resort Low Ha.a
was shot through the leg. The sho ~
lngs occurred within fifteen min =
OF each other, according to the Los
Angeles police, and the assassins u
each case drove away in automobiles. :
Three Chinese were held by the IsN
Angeles police for questioning. OH
was arrested here.
Two Bing Kong men were fataT2
shot in Los Angeles December g., laiyy
legged the shooting was done by Hoo
Sing gunner. 1t was reported lat.S
an armiStice had been arranged u
the two organizations, effective over
the coast.
Where last night the Chinese frs
habitants of San Francisco, Los Al
geles and Stockton We're celebrat:r1 r
Chinese New Year, today finds then
intrenchesd behind closed doors, shu6
sShSN . dHu QStp lTOIR
possible enemy attack Police d&
partments of the three cities serS
many additional armed men into Chi
nese districts to guard against neg
attacks. =
Several arrests have been made, but
the police are handicapped. Chinese
witnesses and others who might teh
the reasons for the killings will not
The police say they fear they, TOD
would be marked by gunmen if thef
divulged information.
Evening star., 1921-02-16
GUEST OF ARTS CLUB.

Clifford K Bergman was guest of
honor at the Tuesday dinner of the Arts
Club last night. at which DR.. and Mrs
Mitchell Carroll Were hosts. Following
the dinner, which was attended by over
fifty members of the club and guests,
Mr.. Bergman gave an address on the
history of cartooning, illustrated by
sketches. before an audience which COM
pletely filed the parlors of the club.
Evening star., 1921-02-16

Groves is the Only Genuine
Laxative BR0M0 oCINlNE tablets The Z
and original Cold and Grip Tablet (Be {
you get BROM0.D 30c.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1921-02-16
RESIGNS AFTER 81 YEARS.

After almost twenty-one years in the
government service, George V. Newton
of Sedalia, Mo-, deputy commissioner
in charge of the income tax unit of
the bureau of internal revenue, has
rendered his resignation to Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue Williams.
Mr.. Newton will enter private business
shortly after leaving the government.
Evening star., 1921-02-16

AS chief clerk to the mayor of Bos-
ton. Miss Nora O'Callaghan receives
a salary of $2,700 year.
Evening star., 1921-02-16

ExpenMeH Show Encreases.
Operating expenses of the member
banks continued to increase during
the year, he explained, chiefly because
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-03
.E-RECORDING OF STOCK
BRANDS rs RECOMMENDED

Having ~ascertained that approx
mately $4,000 of the $4,000 brands
and marks recorded in Montana with
the state livestock commission are
inactive, the livestock commission
has decided to recommend to the leg
islative assembly the enactment Of a
law requiring the ~re-recording of all
such marks and brands. Such brands
and marks as are not ~re-recorded will
then become public property and will
be available for recording in the
names of other persons entering the
livestock business in the state. The
commission believes a fee of % cents
should be charged for re-recording
brands.
About 10 years ago a similar law
was enacted. At the present time
the livestock commission has con-
difficulty In evolving new
combinations of figures or letters
suitable for brands that do not con-
flict with brands of record.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-03

to graft on a new bark, which is
done by grating a tWig across the
place cut out by the worms. The
worms are attacked with liquid gas,
and oon after the gas is squirted
into the trees, the big worms come
%gallOping out.
Superintendent Sherlock had one
in captivity, keeping him in a bottle.
He refused to believe that the warm
room indicated spring, he having
been dug from the center of a cotton
wood tree, and he spun a web around
himself to keep out the light, and
returned to his winter nap. He was
left in the city tool house and during
the cold weather he froze to death.
Sherlock is conducting a war
against the old cottonwood trees,
saying that they are breeders of the
bOrers, which are a ena to the
better trees which line the boule-
wards.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-03
ROUNDHEAD BORER
KILLS MANY TREES
GREAT FALLS OFFICIALS ARE
PLANNING CAMPAIGN TO
CONQUER PESTS
Hundreds of Trees on BOulevards of
Electric City Are Suffering From
Effects of Insects, and Many Have
Been Killed; How Destruction Is
Wrought.

The annual campaign against the
"round-head borers" is to be renewed
with redoubled energy in the spring
in Great Falls, according to ]. B.
Sherlock, boulevard superintendent,
who declared that the borers are in
creasing in number and have killed
hundreds of trees in Great Falls.
These borers, which are related
to a miller that fits around in the
spring, eat the bark of the tree,
making a ring around the trunk.
This cuts off the sap and the top
of the tree dies, especially in the
case of elms and cottonwood trees.
The borers then attack the heart of
the tree and within a few years a
lively gale will blow the tree down.
The fall is the time of year when
1t is easy to tell which trees the bor-
ers have attacked, says Sherlock.
Healthy trees shed their leaves in
the fall. Ailing trees do not shed
their leaves. Thus a tree that has
dried-up leaves remaining is suspect
ed as suffering from the contagion
of round-head borers, and the injury
is located.
In the spring it will be necessary
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-03
IN GREAT FALLS
Statements of Philipsburg Citizens
Are Always of Interest to Our
Readers

To many of our readers the streets
of Philipsburg are almost as familiar
as those of our own town, and we are
naturally interested to read of hap
penings there. The following report
from a well known and respected
resident will be helpful to numbers
of men and women h%ereabouts.
Mrs. A. B. Dixon, Harrison Ave-,
Philipsburg, Mont, says: Until a
short time ago I suffered quite a bit
with my back and kidneys. There
was a dull, steady ache through the
small of my back. My kidneys were
very inactive and annoyed me. AS l
had often heard of Doans Kidney
Pills, I used a few boxes and found
they corrected the disorders and
brought my kidneys back to normal.
I don't suffer with backache now
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dixon had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-02-03

United States did, she would moi
have been open to the charge that
her ambitions were m~iiitaristic, de-
opposition, in the diet recently, at
lacking the governments Siberian
policy.
Berkeley-The mountains of the
coast range in the vicinity of San
Francisco are moving slowly north
ward, causing enormous earth strain
and producing rebounds in one of
which Mount Tamalipais jumped
back Go feet, according to Professor
A. G. Lawson, of the University of
California, in a geological bulletin
made public last week.
New York-Property worth about
$1,000, 000,0 600, the equivalent of
283,275 new houses at $4,000 each,
or more than enough to shelter the
total population of a state as large as
Connecticut, was destroyed by fire
in the United States In the period
from 1915 to 1919, as shown by the
quinquennial analysis of 3,500,000|
adjustments made public by the Ma
tional Board of Fire Underwriters.
New York-Overcome by his emo
tions, Charles M. Schwab broke down
on the witness stand before the
Walsh congressional committee in
vestigating affairs of the shipping
board. With tear-filled eyes, he den
led charges of witnesses that $780,
900 of a 100000 voucher charged
to his account in the office Of the
Shipbuilding corporation
had been allocated to expense of con-
5truction of government ships.