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New-York tribune., 1922-10-11
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER ii, 1922

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New-York tribune., 1922-10-11
The Antique Shop

In this chair Julius Caesar mused,
Before he crossed the Rubicon.
And great Napoleon waved this sword,
The day he captured Ratisbon.
With this quill William Shakespeare
turned
His verses for the worlds delight,
And here's the very violin
That Nero played one flaming night.
This pipe Sir Walter Raleigh smoked,
When he was England's brightest
name,
And this old gun was Captain Kidd's-
The gentleman Of pirate fame. ~
Elizabeth once wore these rings,
When she was queen of land and sea,
And this, Priscillas spinning wheel,
A heritage Of history.
The door is open--welcome, friends
Step in and purchase while YOU! may,
We've all the latest antiques made
We get new shipments every dayl ,
MORRIS ABEL BEER.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-11

Our lives are so largely sDhut our
creditors make them.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-11

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Evening star., 1922-02-18
OLD CIVIL SERVICE
| HOME CONDEMNED
Building on Northwest Corner
of 9th and E Streets De-
cIared Unsafe.

The former civil service building,
on the northwest corner of Sth and L
streets northwest, now in course of
reconstruction, was condemned as be-
ing unsafe by Building Inspector
Healy today.
The building inspectors Office
served the following notice on Ru-
dolph B. Behrend, owner of the
building:
IAN examination made this morn
ing of the building being remodeled
at the northwest corner of Sth and E
streets northwest showed that a
dangerous condition has arisen due
to breaking of brick piers on the frs,
floor and supporting this structure
and breaking apart due to the ex-
cessive loads and are considered in
imminent danger of falling
You are hereby notified that this
structure has been condemned as un-
safe under the provisions of section
Is of the building regulations of the
District of Columbia, the same being
an act OF Congress authorizing the
Commissioners to remove dangerous
or unsafe buildings or parts thereof.
Proper and sufficient snoring shall
be Immediately provided to relieve
the brick piers of the dangerous load
pending the final disposition of the
building under the provisions of the
above section"
Under the building regulations the
owner of building that has been de-
clared unsafe by the building inspectors
office is entitled to ask for the appoint
ment OF board of survey, one member
of which board the owner may select,
another to be appointed by the Commits
sioners and those two to select the third.
The report of such a board settles the
final disposition of the building
1t is understood that the building ;p-
spector's office has been closely observ-
ing work on this building since the re-
modelling was started, several months
ago.
After the condemnation notice was is
sued the police de artment roped off
the sidewalk in front of the building.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
Today's News In Brief
Public Utilities Commission expec

Public Utilities Commission expected
to announce new trolley fares next
week. Page /
President signs cooperative Market
ing bill. PAGE
500 get divorces in Alexandria In mast
eighteen months. Page /
Judge Lands resigns bench to rive
full time to base bail. Page
Citizens ask utilities board for reduc.
tion in gas price. Pare 2
Mexican official says U. s. border fears
are absurd. PAGE 2
New delay faced in opening new East.
ern High School. Page
Better education urged Of noun.
talneera Page 3
U. s. trade balance shows great In
crease. Page 8
Gen. Harbord urges Army program to
mt funds. Page Z
Ku Klux Khan initiates large class in
snow-covered neld. Page 8
Cafeterias in government depart.
ments declared to offer unfair COM
petition. Page 8
U. S. declared to have surrendered
rights in Pacific by four-power
pact. Page 8
Cranes former wife defends right to
custody Of their child. Page 5
Italian cabinet decides to resign
again. Page is
Food show closes tonight. Page "a
Evening star., 1922-02-18
Smoot Scheme of Fixing Du-
ties Adopted by Senate
Republicans.
INCREASES BEING MADE
ON MANY COMMODITIES
Would Provide for Flexible Rates
and Deprecated Cur
lrency Basis.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The adoption of the Smoot plan Of
assessing tariff duties on the basis
Of the foreign value Of the imported
articles is understood to have been
practically agreed upon by repub-
lican members Of the Senate finance
committee
The rewIiting Of the ad valorem
rates in the Fordney bul on the basis
Of this plan was started today, sena-
tors said, and since the original rates
were predicated upon American val
uation, it was said that increases
were being made in many instances.
Contains Flexible Rates.
The Smoot plan would provide for
proclaimed American valuation and
flexible rates and also contains a
deprecated currency provision. SEN
ators said final vote on the plan
awaited more specific information
from the State Department as to
whether the currency provisions
would be in violation Of the ia
vored nation" clauses of existing
commercial treaties.
Under the Smoot plan the Presi-
claim American valuation II this
were deemed necessary to protect
American industry, and to increase or
decrease rates within the radius Of
so per cent of the ad valorem duties
fxed III the bill. but no proclamation
could issue until there had been an
investigation and opportunity for
both those favorIng and opposing the
changes to present arguments.
Other Plan ON U. s. Basis.
The other plan which the commit
tee had under consideration would
have provided for the assessing Of
duties on the basis of the wholesale
selling price of the imported article
in the American market. It carries
with it all of the other provisions in
the Smoot plan. Customs officials
opposed the so-called American val
uation principle on the ground that
its administration would be difficult
and that the wholesale selling prices
would vary in the different markets
Of this country: The other plan was
drawn by members of the tariff com.
mission and the customs court Of
appeals
Evening star., 1922-02-18
GERMANS NEGOTIATING
FOR LOAN FROM u. S.

used In the effort to convince the
United States government that the
loan should be made. One argument.
which Foreign Secretary Rathenau
and others conducting the negotia-
ton are using, Is this:
1.-THE coming into the war of~the
United States was the chief cause of
Germanys becoming a republic.
When the United States liberated
Cuba and made her a republic she
extended q loan to her in order to
tide her over the first few stormy
years under tbs new form Of govern
ment. why should the United States
hesitate to do the same thing Tor
Germany"
May BE Elective.
It is expected that an argument of
this nature will be far more effective
in creating popular sentiment in the
United States for giving Germany a
lift" than long winded statements
of the economic and other more or
less technical reasons for the step.
If these negotiations should be sue
cessful by the time that the Genoa
conference opens it is thought here
that Germany would have good
chance of improving her position in
dealing with her former enemies,
especially France. and of finding
some solution of the reparations
tangle.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
PRESIDENT SIGNS
MARKET|NGb|[L
Capper Volstead Measure
Legalizes Farmers Coop
erative Associations.

The Capper-volstead cooperative
marketing bill. which legalizes coop
erative associations of farmers and
producers for marketing purposes and
exempts them from the Sherman anti
trust law, was signed today by Presi-
dent Harding.
The signing of the bill, one Of the
measures especially sponsored by the
agricultural bloc, was witnessed by
Senator Capper and Representative
Volstead. its authors; Senators Nc
Nary Of Oregon, Lenroot Of Wisconsin
and Kellogg of Minnesota; Charles s.
Barrett, president Of the National
Farmers Union. and other heads Of
farm organizations. The pen with
which the President signed the bill was
presented to Mr.. VolStead.
The act limits the profits Of coop
erative associations to per cent, and
stockholders to one vote each, no mat
ter how much stock they may hold in
such organization. The administration
is under the Secretary of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
labor PESS|M|S1|C
ON NAVY OUTLOOK
Secretary DENLY Soon to Re.
ply to 15-Point Program for
Yard Unemployed.

Recent developments at the Navy
Department have caused organized
labor leaders to assume a pessimistic
attitude over the forthcoming reply
OF Secretary DENLY to their fifteen
point program of relief for the TO-
600 unemployed navy yard workers
According to reports in labor cir
cles today. Mr.. DENLY is expected to
respond to the proposals submitted
to him Wednesday by Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor. and a committee
of union officials the early part of
next week. Machinists union of!icers
anticipate nat rejection Of the entire
program. 80.
Told IL Was Necessary.
Labor leaders have received word
that Secretary DENLY contends that
the wholesale furloughing Of navy
yard employees was necessary In order
to avoid unwarranted extravaganza.
Gradual release of the employees. Mr.
Denby is attributed as saying. would
have been more Humanitarian, but 1t
"ouAO AdSC lAtO4SCu CApSuulIuI0 Oh
from 100000 to 100000 a day on
useless work.
On the other hand, naval officials hold
that any plan Of general relief for the
furloughed navy yard workers will
have to come through congressional ac-
ton.
Thirty-one More Furioushed.
Other plans for relief Of the navy
yard employees which labor leaders
have in the process Of formation will
not be carried out until a reply Is re-
ceived from Secretary DENLY. Mean
time. the machinists' union officials are
making an effort to determine the
amount of government work turned
over to private establishments which,
they claim, can be done. in the navy
yards.
The furloughing Of thirty-one addi-
tional employees at the navy yard yes
terday afternoon was the last of a gem
eral reduction in the force, it was said
today by officials of the yard. A few
more workers, according to the off,
cials, will be weeded out before the
end of the month when it is ascer-
ta1ned they are not needed.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
RIOTS THREATENED
|NFLOR|DA Town
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February 1s.
The sheriff of Baker county ap-
pealed shortly before noon today to the
Duval county authorities for help in
coping with a situation at McClenny.
thirty miles west of here. which he
said threatens to develop into civil
warfare as the elimination OF the
shooting to death there this morning
of Jake Wilkinson, the kidnapping
last week of a man named Williams
and the recent mysterious disap-
pearance Of T. r. Henderson, former
banker and wealthy naval stores
operator.
One citizen Of MacClenny stated
over the telephone shortly after l
o'clock that "Hell will break loose
here tonight" and that he was pre-
pairing to move his wife and chill
dren to a place Of safety: Gov:
Hardee at Tallahassee said he had
heard nothing from the Baker county
authorities. but declared If troops
were requested he was prepared TO
act Immediately.
Must Await Orders.
cosnsz shsy .aa asrfits IT wodSd bs ssis
for him to send deputies into another
county without orders from the gov
: Reports from MacClenny state that
the trouble apparently is an out
break Of a feud which has existed be-
tween two pioneer Baker county
families for twenty years.
Henderson disappeared ten days
ago and q reward Of $1,000 offered by
hfs wife for the discovery Of his body,
if he is dead, prompted thorough
search of the country within q wide
radius of MacClenny.
His automobile was found WedneS-
day in the bottom Of the st. Marys
river. which forms the Florida-Geor-
ria boundary, and since that time
searching parties have dragged the
river, in the hope that his body might
be recovered.
Residents Of MacC1enny telephoned
for details Of the trouble were reti:
cent, but several Stated it was be-
iieyed that kidnapping Of Robinson
and the shooting Of Wilkinson were
the work Of friends Of Henderson,
who acted in the belief that Wilkin-
son and Robinson knew something of
his disappearance. Sheriff Rowe could
MOI be reached, it being stated that he
was conducting q search for Robin
son.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
NEW TROLLEY FARE
ORDER NEXT WEEK
Public Utilities Commission
Expected to Make An
i. nouncement Soon.

The decision of the Public Utilities
Commission in the street car rate
case will be made public next week,
ing today.
The individual members Of the
commission have given considerable
thought to the street car problem
since the hearing, but they have been
too busy to meet and agree upon the
rate which must go into effect
March 1.
Commissioner Oyster. it became
known today, has not given up his
belief that an equitable solution of
the question would be to order a
substantial reduction in fare on both
street railway systems and give the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company the additional revenue it
would then need by adjusting the
electric light rate.
10 Per Cent Earning.
The Capital Traction Company will
earn about 10 per cent on its fair
value this year If the present fare is
continued, while the same fare will
yield the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric only about per cent.
The commission has allowed this wide
difference in earning power to- continue
for more than year in the expectation
that Congress would enact legislation
either to bring about merger or to re-
ouire the Capital Traction Company to
pay back in the form Of excess profits
tax nearly all of its earnings in excess
Of Z per cent on the value Of the prop
erty.
There is apparently little hope Of such
legislation being enacted at this time.
however, and for that reason it Is pos
sible that the commission will hesi-
tate to continue a rate of fare that per-
mits one company to eaIn 10 per cent
while the other gets only about per
cent
fare would bring down the earnings
of the Capital Traction Company to
what the commission regards as rea.
sonable, but it also would reduce the
return Of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company where it would be
maintaining its property.
Cut ON Both Systems.
Since the Washington Railway and
electric owns the stock of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company and
gets whatever return the latter COM
pany makes. Commissioner Oyster
contends that the fairest, solution Of
the problem is to cut street car fares
on both systems and adjust the elec-
trio light rate So as to give the
Washington Railway and Electric q
reasonable return on its valuation.
Although the commission reduced
the electric light rate in 1917 from 10
to cents per kilowatt hour, the
public has never felt the benefit Of
the reduction. The legal battle over
that reduction has been in the courts
for five years, during which time the
people have continued to pay 10
cents, the company keeping 8 cents
and impounding the balance.
Commissioner Oyster probably will
lay his plan before the commission
once more when 1t meets early next
week to settle the street car question.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
TELL COMMITTEE
OF BUILDING PROBE
Commissioners Report to
Senators on Steps to Pre-
vent Other Disasters.

The District Commissioners today
gave members of the Senate District
committee a detailed account of what
they have been and are doing to i'm
prove the building regulations and to
prevent further disasters similar to
the Knickerbocker Theater.
The Commissioners gave the sena-
tors information regarding the spe-
cial report on the theaters in Wash
ington which has been prepared by
a committee Of five outside engineers.
They also told the senator's that.
in their opinion, the Commissioners
places Of amusement which were
deemed unsafe. They are preparing
a special regulation dealing with
this matter.
The details Of the report on the
conditions of the theaters are still
closely guarded. The understanding
has been, however, that the report
would recommend closing of one or
two threaters until additional safe.
guards for the protection OF the
public could be made. The senators
and Commissioners refused to affirm
or deny this report.
Fire Protection an Issue.
The question Of proper fire protection
as well as structural safety has been
dealt with IN the report, it is understood
The Commissioners informed the SEN
ators that they have been going over
the building regulations for the purpose
Of revising them, and as far as possible
to make it impossible for the collapse
Of any buildings authorized. Rudolph
Mi1lnr hn vavl cffv oYnarf
building regulations, 1t is understood.
has been requested to give advice in
the matter of the District building regu-
lations
Tha Commissioners said that the Dis
strich has been greatly Handicapped in
inspection, because of tne number OF in
spectors authorized by Congress.
The Office of the building inspector
has been handicapped. 1t is in. this
connection that Congress will be
called upon particularly to help out.
flee of the building inspector will be
urged.
The District Commissioners also
took up with the senators several
bills upon which they are anxious
to have action. The question of a
merger Of the street railways was
discussed at considerable length.
oSA"toA ooAlS VudlIu Ol IAC LIS.
trict committee, following the meet
ing. said that as soon as the District
Supreme Court had finally fixed the
valuation Of these street railway
companies legislation will be
pressed to bring about the merger.
He favors a bill permitting the
merger and. in the event the COM
panies fail to take advantage of this
position, the imposition of certain
taxes, which would make it a busi-
ness necessity to merge. Other bills
discussed provide for blue sky law
and also make it necessary for any
corporation seeking to engage in
banking business in the District to
obtain the approval and consent Of
the controller of the currency.
Attending the meeting this morn
ing were Commissioners Rudolph and
Oyster and Engineering Commission
er Keller. The meeting was held in
the ONCE Of Senator Ball. Senator
Gooding of Idaho and Senator Calder
Of New York were present also Sena-
tor Calder is no longer a member Of
the District committee, but is keenly
interested in the establishment of an
adequate code of building regula-
tions.
Evening star., 1922-02-18
QUIET NOW RE|GNS
|N'N0RTH IRELAND
Peace Descends for the
Moment-0niy Two Shot
During Day at Belfast.
By the Associa ted PresR.


LONDON, February 1s.-Peace seems
for the moment to have again de-
scended over northern Ireland. the
release Of the remaining kidnapped
unionists, announced yesterday, tend
ing to ease the tension. Nevertheless
both sides still hold prisoners, and 1t
is understood the south is determined
captured at Clones until the Mona
CHAN foot ball players are freed by
the Ulster authorities, the south con-
tending that If the latter are guilty
because they carried arms. the Clones
captivss % are equal equally guilty: ..
the four Sim Feiners held at Rath-
fryland. charged with "tumultuous
assembly," this growing out OF disor-
ders in connection with a republican
funeral two weeks ago, and also that
Of the arrest of the three Irish repub-
lican army officers at Newry. De-
spite repeated northern assertions
that the footballers will be- held un-
less they apply for bail, there Is a
rumor that they may be freed as an
''act Of grace" within few hours. A
joint liaison commission is expected
to function over the week end and to
lined up along the Ulster border.
Canada Suggested as Neutral.
Resumption Of the British evacua-
ton has not been officially declared,
but number Of troops left Dublin
yesterday. others left Limerick and
some are at Cork stations ready for
embarkation.
Regarding reference to the chair
manship Of the boundary adjustment
commission provided under the treaty
by J. Austen Chamberlain in the house
OF commons yesterday. the Times says
the government seeks neutral whose
impartiality and judgment shall be
universally recognized. It declares
this search is now directed toward
Canada, and suggests that Sir Robert
Borden, former Canadian premier, may
be asked to accept the place.
Dispatches indicate that last night
was the Qufetest In Belfast for nearly
a week. Only two men. named DUNN
and Donnelly, were shot and wounded
before the curfew.
Winston Spencer Churchill, secre-
tary for the colonies, in acknowledg-
ing a message from Michael Collins
head Of the provisional government
of several children in Belfast "is the
land for three years." The secretary
saws he has sent another telegram to
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier
who already has denounced the Incl
dent as "a dastardly outrage"
Evening star., 1922-02-18
NUNS RESCUE CHILDREN.
One Hundred Removed to Safety as
Sisters Fight Fire in Home.

CHICAGO, February 1S.-Nuns at
st. Joseph's Home for the Friendless
here early today fought a fire under
direction of the mother superior,
while others took out one hundred
children, ranging from two to four
teen years. -
Many of the children were carried
out sleeping and the older ones were
awakened and marched out in order
~ lines.
The mother superior detailed
twelve nuns to work the chemical
apparatus and a hose from a bath
room faucet, while the remainder
looked after the removal of the
children. The fire was confined to
fhA atflc -
Evening star., 1922-02-18
BY GEORGE ,wITTE.

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1922.
BERLIN, Germany, February 49,
The German government will take Of
fetal steps before March 8, the present
date for the opening Of the Genoa
conference, to negotiate a loan from
the United States government, the
amount of which has not yet been
definitely decided, according to in
formation the writer received from a
high diplomatic source. Unofficial
discussions have already taken place
and are still going on.
Ready to Offer Security. .
The new angle to the old subject of
an American loan to Germany is that
Germany's biggest business men have
forgotten their political differences
and agreed to underwrite any secur-
ity Germany may have to give for
such a loan.
Thus. if the loan project material
ICES, Hugo SHINES will sign his name
next to that Of Walter Rathenau, his
arch-enemy, on the agreement that
will secure repayment to the United
States in ten or twenty years. Chan
nels other than diplomatic are being
Evening star., 1922-02-18
Profteering in Wives
Hard Blo,o for Sudan;
Price NO,U Seve1, CO,us

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 1S-Lord
De War, at a meeting of the
Leysian mission hsKe, said that
proflteerinE had spread every.
where since the war, even into
the Sudan, where 1t had extend.
ed to the price of wives.
"In the Sudan before the
war;" he said, ''a wife could be
got for four spenrheads. Now
the price has doubled; one has
to pay eight. In the cattle
country 1T used to be four COWS;
now the price Is seven."