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Evening star., 1921-01-19

Several score of important govern
ment officials-chief clerks of depart
ments. assistants to the secretaries and
chiefs of bureaus-will tender their
designations shortly after March 4. when
the new cabinet members assume office
The designations will be almost uni
versal and will involve nearly 100 men
and few women who have held re-
sponsible positions in the government
service for many years.
But the big point is-they won't mean
1t.
The designations to be handed to Mr..
Harding's new cabinet members soor
after March 4 will be the continuance
of an old custom prevailing among gov
ernment employees for many years-tnat t
of permitting the new Secretary to ex-
press his own wishes in the matter OF
the executive heads of his department.
For many years past on the occasion
Of change of administration it has
been the custom in the government de-
partments for the administrative official Is
to submit their designations. But in
Evening star., 1921-01-19
COAL LPROF|IEER|NC
DENIED At HEARING
Associations Vice President
AssaiIs Methods of Calder
Committee.
PAPERS TAKEN, HE SAYS
Argument for Coal Men Against
Federal Regulation Made to
Senate COMMITTEES.
PAPERS TAKEN, HE SAYS

Opposition of organized coal opera :
tors to the Calder bill proposing fed
eral regulation of the coal industry
was voiced before the Senate manu-
facturers' committee today by ]. d.
\. Morrow, vice president of the. Ma
ional Coal Association.
He prefaced his argument on the
dill with the statement that mine
operators generally had not taken ex-
'ess profits during the coal shortage
last year.
We have collected statistics upon
1oO.000.000 tons of production made
prior to October L. he 81 id. which
show the average selling price at the
mine to have been $3.47 ton ant
the cost of producing. s2.76. Tha
left margin of II cents. which doe.
not represent profit. because the over
head costs. depletion charges and take:
have to come out of it
The witness told the committee thai
the figures would have been more
complete except for the action OF
he Calder committee in sending its
agents to take papers out of our office
with attendant publicity. causing our
members to cease reporting" He
added that the Department of Justice
he'd also objected to the collection OF
method of price fixing
yet system Of collecting and
publishing coal cost statistics is ex-
actly the thing which this bill aims
TO bring about" said Senator Reed
democrat. Missouri.
Calder Bill Indorsed.
Endorsement OF the Calder bill for
federal regulation of the coal indus
try in certain particulars was given
before the Senate committee on manu-
factures yesterday by Edgar E. Clark,
cha irnan nf tho Inferatafo Csnpn roo
Commission. and Dr. George Otis
Smith, director of the geological sur
vey. both of which agencies together
with the Federal Trade Commission.
would be called upon to enforce the
regulatory provisions. They told the
Senate manufactures committee that
the bill as drafted would be workable.
Evening star., 1921-01-19
TUBERCULOSIS WARNING
SENT TO DAIRY OWNERS
Department of Agriculture Ad-
vises Uniform Herd Plan
Be Adopted.

The extent to which tuberculosis OF
cattle is transmittable to human beings
is emphasized in a recent communica-
ton sent to owners of herds of cattle
accredited as having passed one free
tuberculin test from J. r. Mohler, chief
of the bureau of animal industry, De-
partment of Agriculture.
After calling attention to the ad-
vantages of the uniform accredited herd
plan. the economic benefit due to the
rapid increase in such herds and the
necessity for the final eradication of
tuberculosis in both swine and cattle,
the letter declares that the bureau has
received reports from many states of
tuberculosis among children on farms
where the cattle were found to be af-
fected by the same disease, the infec-
ton being carried in the milk. At the
outset of the campaign very little was
said about the effect of live stock tuber-
culosis on public health. emphasis being
laid rather on the economic aspects of
the problem.
Children under five years of aen az
quite susceptible to tuberculosis Of
bovine origin. Therefore the program for
the determination of the disease among
live stock must take into constipation
its effect on the public health.
Evening star., 1921-01-19
ARMY FINANCE SCHOOL.
Enlisted Men Being Trained in In
stitution on Potomac.

The latest development in the Army
educational and vocational system is
the establishment of a school at Fort
Washington on the Potomac just below
this city, for the training of young
men as bookkeeperS, stenographers,
file specialists, office managers, ac-
countants. auditors and in other occu-
pations necessary to the disbursement
of funds for the maintenance of the
Army.
To attend that school it is necessary
to enlist for the finance department of
The Army. in which there are at pres
ent about 500 vacancies. For first
enlistment the pay ranges from $50 in
the grade of private to $3.50 for a
quartermaster sergeant, senior grade.
That amount is increased when the
soldier attains the rating of specialist
in any particular line Of finance work.
Besides taking the courses at the Fort
Washington school. the students are
trained in the basic duties Of soldiers.
Evening star., 1921-01-19
CUT IN WOMAN'S WAGE
BRINGS STRONG PROTEST
Trade Union League to Fight Leg
islation as Discriminating
Against Sex.

Action Of the House in restricting
salaries in the woman's bureau of the
Department of Labor is regarded as a
blow to the wage-earning women Of the
country. in a statement issued today by
the National Women's Trade Union
League.
"The tradition of the government
service that a woman because she is a
woman should not be paid more than
still dominating the House." says the
statement of the National Women's
Trade Union League.
1.-THE highly trained woman specialists
who have directed and made the investi-
cations for the woman's bureau have
been paid $4,000, $2.240. $4,000 and one
OF them $1,000 a year, which the House
seems to have regarded as extravagant.
Yet the congressional joint committee on
reciassiication Of civil service recon-
mended for these positions salary
change OF $2,400 to 5000"
Evening star., 1921-01-19

With a view to extending trans
portation throughout the state in
order to open the markets. of Wash
ington and Baltimore to the produc-
ers of southern Maryland, joint
pilgrimage Of business men of the
two cities. headed by Gov. Albert E.
Ritchie of Maryland and members of
his official family, toured lower
counties of Maryland yesterday.
The trip was made partly to in
spect the facilities of the tidewater
lines system which now conducts
bus routes between southern Mary
land and Washington.
All along the route citizens crowd
ed the schOolhouSes and post offices
to greet the first officer of Maryland.
and at nearly all stops Gov. Ritchie
u .ske.
Leaving the company's Washington
terminal at $3.50 q. m.. the party.
which included, besides Gov. Rit-
chic and his aides. representatives
from the Baltimore Board of Trade.
the Advertising Club of Baltimore.
and the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' Association of Washington. stop
ped first at Clinton. Nd. where
large crowd welcomed the tourists
At the Surrattsville schoolhouse. a
few hundred yards further. Coy.
Richie was received by Eugene Bur-
rows, county superintendent of
Prince Georges county schools. and
Joseph H. Blandon, member of the
state legislature.
The party proceeded to T. B., where
the school children from Brandywine
welcomed the visitors by singing
Maryland" At Waldorf and La
Plata the same scenes were enacted.
Gov. Ritchie was introduced to Judge
Leigh H. Switzerland. the Oldest resi-
dent of the county. and the first man
to enlist in the Confederate army in
1851.
From La Plata the visitors were
driven to Mount Victoria, the resi-
Evening star., 1921-01-19
LOCKED IN VAULT,
NAN is 81 WE'D BY
TELEGRAPH CODE

PHILADELPHIA, January 19. =
Locked for nearly six hours in an
hermetically sealed concrete
and steel vault in the city treas
urer's Office. a knowledge of the
Morse telegraph code probably
saved the life of Arthur Bremen,
assistant city treasurer. A mouse.
locked in at the same time failed
to survive, and when Brenner was
rescued it's body was found.
Brenner entered the vault five
minutes before closing time yes
terday hunting for warrant.
While he was there the big steel
doors swung shut. He shouted for
help without attracting notice.
The lights went out automati-
cally. Brenner pulled open every
drawer and piled the books on the
floor to get the maximum amount
of air possible and then slept for
a while. when he awoke his hand
came in contact with a wooden
slat, and, remembering that
Charles Hockwald. night watch
man, also could telegraph. he
pounded out in Morse: Il am lock-
ed in
will get help" came the answer
from Hockwald,~ who instantly
telephoned for a man who knew
the combination of the vault. and
released Brenner.
Evening star., 1921-01-19
WORCESTERSWEPT
BY$1,0D0,0)OF|RES
City Spotted With Confiaqra-
tions-BoSton Asked to
Send Aid.
ORIGIN Is UNDETERMINED
Hotel Guests Prepare to Follow
Tenement Dwellers Into Streets
in Zero Weather.
ORIGIN IS undetermined
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press
WORCESTER. Mass. January 10
This city was spotted by fires early
today. with loss that ran upward
of $1.O0O.OOO.
Two business buildings on Main
street. heavily st0cked with mer-
chandise. were burned out few
of tenement structures We're overrun
by sparks that caused roof blazes.
and guests at the Bancroft and New
Park hotels. situated between the
business and the tenement district.
prepared to follow the tenement
:lwellers' into the zero temperature
of the streets.
While this epidemic of flames en-
gagged all the city's apparatus. an
other fiery spot developed several
blocks northeast of city hall. at North
Foster and Union streets, where the
woodworking plant of the NJ. X.
Smith Corporation was burned. with
a loss of 100000.
The origin of the principal fires
was not definitely determined. but
the police said they had only the
faintest suspicion of incendiarism.
The fire area Y as too great to be
adequately covered by the city's fire.
fighting forces, and Poston. Cli~rn.
Millbridge and Westboro We're called
on to send additional apparatus
The flames skirted the building Of
the Worcester Evening Post but were
kept away by a curtain of water.
The consequent cellar food puf the
papers pressroom out of commission
and spoiled large quantity of news
print.
The first fire started in the Knowles
building. at Main and Chatham
streets, two blocks south of city hall.
A high northwest wind picked up
the embers and scattered them over
the cehter of the city
Evening star., 1921-01-19
COLD WAVE NEAR END.

The cold wave here will be broken
tonight. s"corf:nC to officials AT fhn
weather bureau. and by tomorrow
night the District NAV expect rain.
Cloudy and warmer" tonight was
the official pred c.ior for the National
Capital This is in line with the
marked rise IN temperature taking
place over the Mississippi valley. the
plains states and the Rocky noun
tain region.
Eleven degrees above zero. the low
est point reached this winter. was re-
corded on official thermometers early
today. This was 3 degrees lower than
had been expected.
Evening star., 1921-01-19
Attack. Dry law Ruling.

LOUISVILLE. Ky.-Suit as filed.in
United States district court here to
day attacking tie re-ulai on of Pro
hihition Commissioner Kramer. issu q
October IS last. forbidding brew ers
to use synonyms for beer. ale or por
ter. In its petition. the Oertel Bev-
erage Company of louisville. whicl
filed the suit. reanested an order u
restrain United states District Alto.
ney ". V..Gregory and other fedora
officers from enforcing the ruling.
Evening star., 1921-01-19

Makes Women Eligible for All Omees
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.-Women
would be made eligible for ali state
Offices, including governor. by joint
resolution introduced in the lower
house Of the Oklahoma legislature. .
Evening star., 1921-01-19
DOES NOT NEED LOAN.
Swedish Government Denies It Con
= templates Negotiations Here.

STOCKHOLM, January 1S-The
Swedish government authorizes a de-
niAl of the report that Sweden con-
templates negotiating 4 loan in the
United States or elsewhere. Empha-
rs is laid on the statement that the
government does not require a loan.
Evening star., 1921-01-19

Ell CENTRIC, Calif.-The first rain in
the Imperial valley in 113 days is
falling. Five-hundredths of an inch
fell here yesterday and at Brawley
and .O4 inch fell at Calexico
Evening star., 1921-01-19

Canada has the largest forest in the
world. 1t is the Hudson Bay region
and is roughly 1000 by LOO miles.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
BOTH HOUSES
TO RECEIVE
AUDIT REPORT
Bishop Brissman Company Can
not Bring All Accountants

The report of the audit of the state
industries will be made to the senate,
as we'll as to the house of representa-
tives.
Lieutenant-Governor Howard Wood
this afternoon received a telegram
from Bishop-Brissman company, of
St. Paul, the accounting company,
stating that the order Of the senate
to submit a copy Of the report TO
president of the senate had been re-
ceived and would be complied with.
The auditing company, replied
however, that it could not see the ne
cessity of sending all the persons en-
gagged in the work to the senate, be-
cause of the difficulty of doing this
and the great expense involved, but
stated that one expert would be sent
to- explain the report.
Bishop, Brissman and company also
acknowledged receipt of an order
from the new auditing board to turn
over all records to the new board. 1t
was this action of the new board, it
is said, which prompted the intro
duction of the resolution in the house
calling for the audit board report.
AS the matter now stands, it is ex-
pected that the report will be made
both to the senate and the house.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
DISARMAMENT
CONFER ENCE
DANIELS PLEA
Appearing Before House Naval
Committee Outlines
Plans
POINTS FOR HARDING
Secretary of Navy Outlines
Advice to President
Elect
POINTS FOR HARDIN G

Washington, Jan. 11.-An interna.
tlonal agreement with all or prac-
tically all the nations which will
guarantee an end of competition in
navy building was presented as che
only alternative to the building by
the United States of navy powerful
enough Ito command the respect and
the fear of the world" by Secretary
Daniels in testimony today before the
house naval affairs committee.
The naval secretary, who appeared
before the committee in connection
with its consideration of the subject
Of disarmament dismissed as unwor-
thy of discussion third proposal
for an American navy less than equal
to the most powerful sea power in
the world, because it is waste Of
money to spend money on an agency
Of war which would be helpless if
needed"
Outlines Advice.
In presenting his views to the COM
mittee Mr.. Daniels took occasion to
outline the advice which he would
give to PreSident-elect Harding should
he be asked for counsel on naval
matters. This advice took the form
of a suggestion that Mr.. Harding i'm
mediately upon his inauguration in
vite the nations Of the world to meet
with representatives of the United
States in a disarmament conference
Characterizing the conversation be-
tween the United States, Great Brit
ain and Japan provided for in the
pending resolution introduced by Sen
atOr BOrah, of idaho, as a "half way
measure Mr.. Daniels reiterated his
opposition to this country's entering
into such an agreement.
Naval Holiday.
"A naval holiday for one year or
any period is like applying a poultice
when surgery is needed" declared
the secretary. 1T is little, if any
better than the suggested halfway
agreement between the United States
and two nations which have a treaty
of alliance. An alliance limited to
the United States, Great Britain and
Japan would make for suspicion and
distrust and would be followed latel
'by a counter entente Of the nations
Jealous of what they regard as an
Anglo-Saxon and Japanese alliance
to dictate to the world"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
TAXPAYERSIN
PROTEST. OVER
BOARD ACTION
Board Reduces Valuation of Pat
terson Property Subject to
Approval
ALLEGE DISCRIMINATION
Head Of County Board Answers
That BoarG Action Is of
No Importance
ALLEGE DISCRIMINATION

A number Of taxpayers in the city
having learned that the board of
county commissioners had granted
the reduction in the assessment prop
erty OF E. G. Patterson, proprietor OF
the Mckenzie and president OF the
board OF county commissioners, sub
ject to approval by the state tax COM
missioner, announced that they would
make similar petitions to the board
and that if they, were not granted
would take the matter into court on
the ground that they and all other
taxpayers of the city We're, discrimi-
mated against.
The board Of county commissioners,
the minutes show, on Dec. adopted
this provision: ''The application of
Edward G. Patterson for reduction
of the assessed valuation of lots 21,
% and % Of block 46 o. P. and lots
S, 6, 7, s, 9, 10, II and IL of block
As O. P. from $31S,1S5.0O to $685.
10000 was granted for the year 1919"
This provision OF the minutes is in
cluded with others, with the state
ment appended that all of it is sub
ject to the approval of the state tax
commissioner. At the meeting at
, which the Patterson reduction was
made Commissioners Malone, Palms,
Swanson and Patterson were present
Retain Law Firm.
The law firm of O'Hare and Cox
was retained at a meeting held today
by several taxpayers, and it was stat
! ell that similar petitions would be
filed with the board of county COM
missioners, and if the state tax com
mission granted the reduction for
Patterson on the ground that the val
uation was excessive and failed to
grant a similar reduction on their
property, action would be taken in
the courts to obtain redress. The re-
duction they will ask, it was said, will
be proportionate to that granted Pat
terson. Otherwise the property of
the taxpayers, representing the most
valuable property in the city, would
be Disseminated against, as would
the property of all other taxpayers,
it was said. Y ~ n. -. &.s g,..
The reduction the commissioners
recommended for Patterson was $l9,-
685. 90 on the valuation which would
give a tax reduction of about $4,000
it is said.
PattersOn's Answer.
The taxpayers who retained O'Hare
and Cox to represent them included
the First National bank, c. B. Little;
Bismarck improvement company,
Henry Tatley, f. A. Hughes, M. II.
Hughes, A: W. Lucas, F. w. Murphy,
John Homan and Roy Logan, and it
is said that other property owners,
who could not attend the meeting,
will join.
Answering the contention, E. G.
Patterson said:
"We (board of countv commission
ers) have no power to grant reduc-
tions. Most everybody that has asked
that we place their case before the
state tax commissioner has had the
request granted, under the new law.
Only two or three have been rejected.
The board granted mine just the same
as it has granted others, hundreds Of
others, and just the same as it will
grant any others that appear to have
any merit to them. The matter is de-
termined by the state tax commits
sioner, not by this board"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
Blue Sky Body
Hears Many Cases

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 11.--Tctal
receipts OF the Securities commission
for the past year were $5S,496.54
while disbursements amounted to $751;
8o8.41, according to a report issued
by Charles E. Andre, executive secre-
tary.
More than 1870 meetings were held
during that period, each meeting ex'
tending over one day, and many ex-
tending a period of two days each.
There were eighty-six applications
received for bank charters of which
thirty -four granted, thirty denied, six
dismissed, thirteen withdrawn and
three are still pending.
The total face value Of the various
issues of licenses to the numerous
stock and kindred firms in the state
was $2,270 ,S08 900, while the face val
ue of securities submitted but disap-
proved for sale amounted to $51 ,55O,-
OOO
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
DEMAND ROOMS
FOR VISITORS
TO THE CITY
Commercial Club Secretary Says
More Accommodations Are
Imperative
G A L LIS ON CITIZENS
With Five Conventions Listed
This Week The Need Is
Usgent
c A L LIS ON CITIZENS

Bismarck visitors need accommo
1ations.
With the legislature in session anC
conventions coming to the city many
people cannot be accommodated un.
ess citizens open up their homes t(
visitors, George N. Keniston, secre
:ary of the Commercial club, said to.
lay.
There are five conventions listec
:or Bismarck this week. They are
County superintendents' meeting
from Thursday until the end of the
week; the Grainmen's Union, to.
lay; state billiard and poolroom
men, today; Nonpartisan league coun
~ convention, today; Nonpartisan
eague station convention, January ID
IN addition arrangements were made
yesterday for a convention Of the Me-
chanics Mutual Benefit association
here on Feb. 2 and 3. Geo. Mantle
mack, Of Velva, is presiednt, and Rep,
}: H. Burns, of Surrey, is secretary
Of the convention.
Mr.. Remission asks every citizen
who is willing to rent room to call
313, Commercial club.
The hotels are crowded. and the
guests have shown an unselfish spirit
n doubling up, Mr.. Remission says. 1t
IS imperative that more accommoda
tlons be obtained. People who make
q business of taking roomers filled
heir places long ago, and it is now
ap to citizens who do not ordinarily
take .roomers to offer to do so, he
added,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-01-11
CUT FRILLS is.
HARDING ORDERS.
ON INAUGURAL
If President Elect Has His Way
There Will Be Absolute
Simplicity
MAY E L IMIN A TIE BALL
Requests $4,000 for Grandstand
Seats Be Abandoned
Also
MAY ELIMIN TEBALL

Marion, Jan. 11.-If President-elect
Harding has his way the Inauguration
on March will be as devoid Of frills
as frontier wedding. Having over
turned plans for revival of the in
augural ball and spectacular inaug-
ural parade he indicated today that
SO far as he consistently could he
would keep away from whatever
crowds assembled in Washington for
the event and make the change of ad-
mlnlstratlOn just a matter of taking
the executive offices under new man.
agement.
Simple Ceremony.
Instead Of taking the oath from a
specially built platform on the capitol
building steps he suggested that it be
administered quickly within the capi-
tol itself and that he be left free to
go to work without more adieu.
The time-hOn0red custom of deliv-
ering an inaugural address which has
been observed since the formation of
the republic is to be retained as
part OF the days ceremonies, but it Is
IoAoAuSASu AAA0Ay lCAc tIldI IL WILL NC
very brief.
By his actions the president-elect
ended bitter row in congress where
several Influential republicans had
protested vigorously against the plans
OF the inauguration committee to
make the occasion one Of the biggest
quadrennial celebrations the capital
has ever seen.
Drop Appropriations.
Not only did Mr.. Harding request
that the $4,000 appropriated for the
grandstand seats .on the capitol
grounds be dropped but he asks that
not cent Of money be spent on his
induction into office. How far the
inauguration officials and public will
let Mr.. Harding have his way remains
10 be seen TO prevent street pa.
rade in honor Of the new president
may be more difficult. Thousands al
ready have made their plans to see
Mr.. Harding ride down Pennsylvania
avenue.
This, however, is a problem which
the inaugural officials in Washington
will have to cope with.
William Hale Thompson, mayor Of
Chicago, and the center Of bitter
fight within republican ranks during
the last campaign, was among Pres
ident-elect Harding's callers today.