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World Saving Bank Deposits
Would Giue Every Soul 1888

$571.9S, and the average deposit ner
inhabitant $61.s5. According to
the figures of the association more
than one-tenth Of the people in
this country have accounts in
either mutual, stock or postal
savings banks. In the twenty
three foreign countries reporting.
with a combined population of
993,2S0,000. the average deposit ac-
count in savings banks is S12234
and the average deposit per inhab-
liant is $3.50.
Germany leads the world in point
of numbers Of savers in any one
country. There. $1,000. 900. or 40
per cent Of the Inhabitants, have
savings in public or corporate saw
ings banks. Japan stands second,
with more than 25,000,000 de-
positors in postal and private saw
ings banks. Great Britain is third,
with 1900. 900. or 40 per cent of
the population savers in trustee
and postal saving banks. Fourth
in volume Of depositors Is Russia,
where, according to the last official
figures. there are 12.4sS.ooo savers.
representing almost per cent Of
the total population Of It's. .so5. 800.
The United States. which stands
NTH in the volume Of savings de-
positors, leads the world Except
ing .Tunis. a French province) IN
the average deposit account
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$500, 600, 600 CUT URGED.
Rail Executives See Possible Re
ducdon in Employees.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January 2s-Railroad
executives. after a two-day conference
behind closed doors. tonight had out
lined tentative plan Of action de-
signed to make such readjustments
as the railroads consider necessary
for efficient and economical operation
The labor committee of the American
Association of Railway Executives
was still conferring tonight on
program involving the associations
III member roads.
No announcement was forthcoming
from any member of the committee.
Executives in close touch with the
conference, however. declared that
failure OF the roads to gain expected
earnings and the present decline in
business had forced them to take i'm
mediate action. An officer, who re-
fused to be quoted, stated that the
whole railroad action was aimed at
the present national agreements be-
tween the roads and their employees.
1t was indicated that the first step
proposed by the railroads in reducing
operating expenses would be i'm
mediate abrogation of the national
agreements.
The agreements now are under FIRE
before the United States Railroad Labor
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y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 29.-Every
man, woman and child in the
world would receive $13.5S from
an equal distribution Of all the
money on deposit In mutual, stock
and postal savings banks of the
globe. it was estimated today, by
the Savings Banks Association of
the State Of New York.
There are 146.277,3s4 holders of
small savings accounts in the
world, the associations estimate
shows, who have on deposit $685.
12a,285,677. a sum greater than
the combined wealth of Germany.
Austria, Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria. The average deposit
account the world over is $l58.08.
OF the total amount Of world
savings, Inhabitants of the United
states possess moro than one
quarter, according to the figures.
In this country. aside from de-
posits in postal savings. there are
11.427.55S deposttors in mutual and
stock savings banws. with total
deposits of Ss.53s.47o.o 900. or 2 per
cent Of the country's wealth. This
marks . gain Of approximately
3s34,oo0, 900 in mutual and stock
savings banks in 1920.
The average deposit account in
tho mutual and stock savings
banks in the United States II
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i. S. NAVY IGNORES
RIGHTS TO U-BOAT
Noted German Inventor Of
fered New and Nearly
IndestructibIe Vessel.
tBy Cable to The Star and Chicago Tribune.
Copyright, 1921

(By Cable to The Star and Chicago Tribune.
Copyright. 1921
BERLIN. January 29.-The German
submarines during the war. and
whose pupils built the commercial
submarine Deutchland, which reached
America during the war. declaredlto-
day that he has offered the American
government a set Of plans on the
newest type of submersibles.
The offer Was made to Reaf Ad-
miral Taylor, in Washington. through
the Berlin american mission. Receiv-
ing no reply from Rear Admiral Tay-
lor. the German offered the submarine
to the British government. The
British responded Immediately. In
the correspondence which followed
one Of the major points under discus
sion was the question Of world
rights. which the British shfpbuilding
firm wanted.
Meanwhile Japanese interests learned
of the invention and approached the
inventor. NO OHcI mas yet USeH &C.
cepted and there still is a chance for
the American Navy to obtain the
rights The British offer expires in
forty days.
The plans offered are for submarines
carrying fifteen centimeter guns in
the turrets and a deck torpedo ap-
paratus, which enables the submarine
to FIRE without maneuvering into posi-
ton.
The inventor claims to have solved
the vexing problem Of armament.
giving the craft protection against
depth charges and direct hits from
small guns such as are carried on
merchantmen. He claims the SUBJ
marine will not overturn. which has
been the fate Of all armored models
heretofore.
The inventor lived in America for
some years and avows that his friend
ship for the United States prompted
his offering the United States the
first option.
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3.uTTLE GIRLS DIE
IN FLAMES CAUSED
BY OIL EXPLOSION
Two Others Are Burned in
Seat Pleasant Tragedy.
Victims Brought Here.

Explosion Of an oil stove and kero-
sene can. which was placed upon it.
cost the lives of three children and
serious injury of one other yesterday
afternoon at the home of Leslie Wat
kins, Seat Pleasant. Md.
The dead are Ethel Roberts, eight
years old. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James M. Roberts; Alice Watkins
five years old. and Mary Watkins,
nine years old. Earl Watkins, aged
two, was in a critical condition late
last night at the Children's Hospital.
in this city, suffering from severe
burns.
Thelma Roberts. nine years of age,
slso was burned about the body. but
not seriously. Arthur L. Ward. a
motorman on the Washington. Balti-
more and Annapolis line. who oc-
cupies the lower floor OF the house.
was badly burned shout the hands in
is under care of physician at his
home.
Ckf1dren Alone at Tine.
The Roberts children were visiting
the watkins children and had been
left alone in the upper part of the
house early in the afternoon. Mrs.
Watkins was absent and Mrs Ward,
downstairs, had gone out on a short
errand. Mr.. Ward was sitting on the
rear lower porch when he heard the
explosion.
He ran upstairs and found the
children in flames. Their clothing
had ignited and Alice Watkins was
suffocated almost instantly by inhal-
ing flames. Mr.. Ward rolled blankets
about the children and extinguished
flames in their clothing.
In the meantime. Sam Fowler, who
was in the neighborhood and heard
the explosion. notified the local vol
unteer fire department. Within a
short time, the blaze in the room was
extinguished.
Fowler placed the children in an
automobile and rushed them to Casu-
atty Hospital. where first aid was
given. They were Immediately
transferred to Children's Hospital for
specialized treatment. Ethel Roberts
and Mary Watkins died there before
1880 o'clock last night. Coroner hewitt
issued certificates Of accidental
death. The bodies are in the hospital
morgue. awaiting orders from the
parents for disposition.
The body Of Alice Watkins was re-
moved to the Gasch Undertaking es-
tablishment at Hyattsville. Judge
John E. Weast of the Seat Pleasant
district, acting as coroner. summoned
jury in the case of the Watkins
girl. A verdict was rendered late in
the afternoon ascribing death to ac-
II tried my best to save the chill
dren." Mr.. Ward said last night. II
would gladly have had both hands
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NEW YORK, January 29.-King
Albert of Belgium has offered a
cup for an ocean race from Sandy
Hook to Ostend, Belgium. open to
sailing yachts of the world, Baron
de Cartier, Belgian ambassador to
the United States. announced here
today. The race. under the pro-
visions laid down by the king. is
to start July next.
The race will be without handi-
cap, Baron de Carrier announced,
as the king desires an open con-
test for the championship Of the
high seas. All sizes and types
of sailing yachts, with any rig
and from all. nations are eligible.
as are also auxiliary yachts, pro-
vided the propelling machinery
is properly sealed or neutralfzed.
The start is to be at noon. with
out postponement. regardless Of
wind or weather conditions. and
the starting point is to be be-
tween Ambrose Lightship and the
committee yacht, to- be named
later. A warning signal is to be
given at ten minutes before noon,
and. the starting signal will be
given at noon sharp. Yachts un-
able. by reason Of calm. fog.
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FIX GERMAN DEBT
At 56 BILLION AND
A TAX ON EXPORTS
Occupation of Ruhr One OF
Four Penalties for Nom
Compliance.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 29.--Full agreement
on reparations. German disarmament
and all other important questions was
reached by the supreme council of the
allies when it adjourned at $40 o'clock
this evening, to meet again in London
February 21.
The greatest result obtained was. as
Premier BRAND expressed after the
closing session. maintenance by the
allies Of front as united in making
peace as 1t was in making war" Count
Sforza, the Italian foreign minister.
and M. BRAND said the conference had
ended satisfactorily to everybody con-
cerned.
A protocol was signed approving the
reparations scheme as agreed by the
special committee appointed by the
council to consider the subject, and
also the report on the disarmament of
Germany as presented by the military
committee. Under the latter arrange
ment Germany must disarm by July
1, disbanding all civic guards not pro-
vided for in the Versailles treaty.
a Prsteetioa 10 NeiEhbors.
Germany will be called upon to pay
In forty-two annuities, on q sliding
scale. s1s. coo. .o0e, 800 gold marks, or
approximately $ss .ooo, goo. .ooo. Her ex-
ports will, in addition. bear an export
duty Of Il per cent, that will go to the
allies. This would give the allies
about 1.250, ,O0O. 900 gold marks. or IL
per cent Of whatever money in which
the exports are paid for. Thus. it is
estimated, the first payment made by
Germany will be 3.2so.ooo,o00 gold
marks. the export tax being paid en-
tirely in cash.
It is pointed out that, besides being
a sure method Of collection Of the
reparations, 1t will act as a protective
tariff in countries that are neighbors
of Germany, which are likely to be
flooded with goods made in Germany
at a very low cost Of production. be-
cause Of the relatively low value of
the mark and which consequently can
be offered in foreign markets at very
low prices in foreign money.
The penalties agreed upon by the
council for violations by Germany will
apply to all the agreements alike
reparations. disarmament and coal de-
liverfes. A strong feature of the
-reparations plan, from the French
point of view. is that 1t associates the
allies in the benefits Of Germany's
prosperity.
Seizure OF German customs was
added as fourth on the list Of penal
ties adopted by the council. The
other three are: Extension Of the area
OF occupation; occupation Of the Ruhr
district: refusal to admit Germany to
the league Of nations. The proposal
to apply penalties to the reparations
and other agreements was presented
by Premier Lloyd George.
According to the terms of the ar
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BATTLESH|P TESTS
SHOW BOMBS LACK
POWER TODESTROY

Bombing experiments conducted
recently against the old battleship
Indiana have demonstrated the inn
probability of a modern battleship
being either destroyed or completely
put out of action, according to re-
port just made public by the Navy
Department. The report is from Capt.
w. D.. Leahy. director of gunnery
exercises.
The department has accurate fnfor-
nation, held as confidential, regard
ing the number of hits that may be
expected against vessel at sea by
aerial bombs. the report said.
In the Indiana experiment no effort
was made to drop live bombs on the
vessel, but bombs of different designs
and weights were placed about the
decks to determine the amount of
damage that might be expected from
an aerial bomb. the statement said.
Dummy bombs were dropped from air
craft to determine the percentage of
hits.
Naval officers were much exercised
Yesterday over the testimony of Brig.
Cen. William Mitchell. director Of
training operations of the Army air
service, before the House appropria-
tions committee. to the effect that the
airplane had made the navy virtually
useless. Secretary Daniels said he
knew of no development of the world
war or experiment since that would
Justify such a conclusion.
Gen. Mitchell used the Indiana ex-
periment as an example to illustrate
his contention before the committee
and drew from the Navy Department
the statement chat the Indiana data
were referred to the War Department
as confidential and were not intended
for such use as Gen. Mitchell made
Of them.
Naval officers point out that. on
previous occasions the Navy Depart
ment had made representations to
Secretary Baker regarding statements
of Gen. Mitchell before congressi onal
committees. In December, 1919, Sec
retary Daniels wrote Secretary Baker
in reference to statements made by
Gen. Mitchell, that "the improperly of
submitting as evidence to our legis-
lators statements which are not cor
rect or which are incomplete is SELF
evident When such tend to discredit
another department of the govern
ment than that to which the, ipdi-
vidual making them belongs it would
seem particularly trpe4 that such
should not pass unnotfced"
After an earlier and similar protest
in October. 1919. Secretary Baker
wrote Secretary Daniels, it was said
toni ght, that Gen. Mitchell was not
justified in the conclusion which he
reached" The reference, 1t was ex-
planned, was to testimony Of Gen.
Mitchell before the military Affairs
committee Of the Sonata
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RAIL UNION CHIEFS
ASSERT REDUCTION
MEANS WAGE FIGHT
Brotherhood Heads Declare
Proposed Cut in Pay
Is UnWarranted.
BY the Associa ted Press.

by fhe aSSOcla Inf f'TeSS.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. January %
Heads of three big railroad brother
hoods in formal statements here to
night, said the railroad men OF tn
country will not peacefully submit
to the wage reductions which Chicago
dispatches say the railways will seek
from the United States Railway Labor
Board in a petition to be presented
Monday.
w. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen; w. S.
Carter, president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, and L. E. Sheppard. president
of the Order of Railway Conductors.
made this declaration in formal
statements. A similar declaration was
made Thursday by Warren s. Stone.
grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers.
All the brotherhood executives de-
clare that reports of decreases in the
cost of living are not borne out by
actual conditions, but are the result of
propaganda; that the wages of rail-
way employees did not increase as
rapidly as did the cost of living or as
much. and that railway men are not
now receiving as high a standard of
duStries.
Mr.. Lee asserted that. in his opinion,
s'some, if not the greater portion. of
the business depression has been
brought about solely for the purpose
of prejudicing the public in the in
terest of reduction in wages gen.
erally."
Mr.. Carter declared that "notwith-
standing all the wage increases made
either by the railroad administration
or the labor board, it can be shown
that because of the great increase in
the efficiency of railroad employees
there has been practically no increase
in wage costs compared with
products"
Mr.. Sheppard asserted that "to ad-
nit that in this country of ours it
is necessary to make an onslaught on
labor at this time. after all the coun-
try has done for the railroads, is abb
solutely un-American."
Messrs. Lee, Carter and Sheppard
also pointed out that the railroad
employees are piece-workers. laid of
and not paid when railroad traffic is
light. They also took The position
that before the railroads could pre-
sent q request for wage reductions
TO the board. they would first have to
present them to the men and, nego-
tiations falling. then appeal to- the
board.
$500, 600, 600 CUT URGED.
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ITALIAN SHIP BURNS,
SURVIVORS PICKED UP

By the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, January 20.
Wireless advices received here to-
night were to the effect that the
Italian steamship Nettuno was burn
ed at sea today with a probable loss
of life. The Belgian steamship Krem-
lin. bound for Hampton Roads. is
bringing the surviving members of
the crew. several of whom are said to
have been badly burned. Quarantine
officials at Old Point Comfort have
been asked to meet the ship with
doctors and nurses. The position of
the Nettuno at the time she burned
was not stated in the first advices nor
was the time of the Glimmar's prob
able arrival at quarantine.
Two quarantine doctors were at Old
Point tonight awaiting the arrival Of
the Glimmar. No further wireless
messages were sent out by the ship,
which officiala believe will arrive
early Sunday.
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JAPANESE DECLARE
OWNSENTRYCUILTY
IN LANGDON CASE

By the Associated Press
TOXIC, January 2S.-The pre-
liminary report of the Japanese
gendarmes to the court-martial in
the case of the sentry who recently
shot and killed Lieut.. w. H. Lang
don of the United States cruiser
Albany. has found the sentry's
action contrary to the regulations
and unjustifiable, according to
Vladivostok dispatch to the Jill
Shimpo.
TOXIC, January ga report
printed in q Toxic newspaper that
the court-martial hearing the case
of the Japanese sentry who early
in January shot and killed Lieut.
w. H. Langdon of the United
States cruiser Albany at Vladi-
vostok has found him guilty could
not be confirmed at the war de-
partment today.
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DoDGER BOASTS OF ESCAPE

PHILADELPHIA, January 20. -
Grover BergdoI sent telegram to
his mother yesterday to inform her OF
his latest spectacular attempt to put
it over on America" The cablegram
was similar to the one the Philadel-
phia draft dodger dispatched to the
editor of the Public Ledger. With
bravado and pride it fippantly stated:
1--WE captured six department OF
Justice agents and threw them into
prison. We are safe and sound. See
the Associated Press report"
At the Bergdoll home this morning
Mrs Emma C. Bergdoll refused to
comment on the cable or on the spec
tacular revelation of Growers move
ments since he slipped through the
fingers of American justice BY feeding
military authorities at Governors
Island, near New York. fanciful lit
tie story about searching for pot
Of gold"
The fact that Growers pot of gold, -
after a silence of eight months, turn
ed out to be the little town Of Eber-
bach, in Germany. does not particu-
larly fill the buxom mistress Of the
Bergdou castle" on Wynnefield ave-
nue. with glee. In fact. the mother OF
Grover and Erwin seemed more OF
less worried this morning.
Frau Bergdoll was up and busy in
her kitchen. At the coffee pot was
clattering and there was an outward
semblance Of cheer emanating with
the tempting aroma. But that was at
far as it went.
IT have nothing at all to say" sait
the mistress of the coffee pot ant
the kitchen, and summarily the blue
aproned figure would betake hersel
back into the safe sanctum Of thu
kitchen, where reporters were not
On the back door were idly penciles
the words, "Gott Hilf Uns." and it wal
fateful motto for this particula
Kitchen door. Things are not wha
tbav used to be in in the castle OF
Wynnefield avenue.
Grover is in Eberbach, Erwin is IL
nrison and Mamma Bergdoll canno
get to Germany herself, authentical
" stated, because she is loath t.
tr,st her real estate interests to an!
| one in America
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THREE BURNED TO DEATH.

HOBOKEN, N. j., January 29.-Three
persons were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the upper floors of the
Palace Colonial Hotel here early today.
The flames cut Off escape Of many pat
rons. Thirty persons were rescued by
firemen, who brought them down on lad
ders.
on the top floor searchers found the
unidentified bodies Of man and two
women,
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DEMANDS GERMANY
GIVE UP us. AGENTS
Army Judge Advocate Claims
BergdoII Pursuers
illegally Held.
By the Associa ted Press.

EBERBACH, Baden, January 29.-
Judge Advocate Maj. Kyle Rucker of
the American forces on the Rhine to-
day called on the prosecuting attorney
and the police authorities and de-
manded the release of Carl Neuf and
Frank thinner, who are being held
here for attempting to kidnap Grover
C. Bergdoll, the American draft
evader, and his chauffeur, Eugene
(Ike) Stecher.
The surrender of the men was re-
fused by the German authorities, and
Mai. Rucker then announced that the
American authorities at Coblenz
would make a formal demand on the
Berlin foreign office for their release.
The major informed the authorities
here that Neuf and thinner were en-
gagged in the legitimate pursuit of
deserters and fugitives from justice
and that their detention was illegal.
German citizenship papers for
draft evader. for which he applied
a number of days ago, have been made
out and are ready to be issued as soon
as the technical state of war between
the United States and Germany has
been ended. His chauffeur, Isaac
Stecher has already been granted
citizenship papers.
DoDGER BOASTS OF ESCAPE.
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Protest Tariff Delay.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. January
2s.-The National Wool Growers As
sociation and the Utah State Wool
Growers Association today tele-
rraphed protests to Senator William
King of Utah against his reported
action in delaying the vote on the
Tordney tariff bill
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MAY INVITE UPHEAvALS.
Fear Expressed Here Over Effort Of
Paris Council Scheme.

Without question the Justice Of the
enormous burden placed upon Germany
by the allied premiers. American ex-
perts who have considered the question
of reparations were inclined yesterday to
regard the agreement as q possible basis
for political upheavals whose disturbing
effects may be far-reaching.
The Americans at Paris held out for
fixing a definite amount Germany should
pay. but they did not favor making
that amount greater than she could pay.
Whether the 100000. ZOO. 900 gold
marks. plus the annual payment OF IL
per cent on her exports will prove an
unbearable burden was for the former
American advisors only a speculative
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