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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
Rail Conference
On Pay Begins
Representatives of Roads
r And Employees Meet
"Around Table"

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Eficacy Of
getting around the table" as the
BEST solution of the railway wage
controversy was put to a test at a
meeting of representatives of fifty-
two Eastern railroads with a dele
cation of conductors and trainmen,
which began here today.
The gathering is the first of the
regional conferences, the restora-
tion Of which was suggested by Sec
retary Of Commerce Hoover as a
short cut toward settlement of wage
disputes. A similar meeting of the
managers with engineers and fire.
men will be held February 20.
The main issue. 1t was pointed
out, lis the demand of the roads that
train service wages be reduced to
the scale existing prior to 1920.
This would mean a general cut Of
from 10 to Is per cent. The work.
ers declare that living costs entitle
them to a further increase of paw.
The managers. headed by p. F..
Crowley, vice president of the New
York Central. represent roads en-
ploying so per cent of the 100000
men employed in the Eastern class
ification district.
The twin delegation from the
train service brotherhoods was led
by L. e. Sheppard. president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, and
w. 9. Lee president Of the train
men.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
CHURCHILL LAUpS
MICHAEL COLLINS
In TREATY READING
Derides De Valeraites
s And Calls ChiIders
Renegade,

LONDON, Feb. 1s. - Winston
Churchill. secretary of state for the
colonies, at the opening of the de-
bate on the second reading of the
Irish treaty bill in the house of
commons today pledged his reputa-
ton as a politician on the good
faith of Michael Collins. chairman
of the Irish provisional government,
Tor whom, he has developed the
highest regsrd since the meetings
in Downing Street.
That government, he said, was
not sanctioned by a law of any
kind, or by act of recognition by
the crown, and the British minis
ters' situation was unprecedented
in the history of the British En-
pire. The government was estab-
lished without sanction either of
the British Parliament or the Irish
Republic. which, although not rec
ognized by Great Britain, was rec
ognized by the great majority of
the Irish people. declared Mr..
Churchill. Arthur Griffith. chief ex-
ecutive of the Irish republic in the
eyes Of the Irish. had declined to
Jolh tht SOfcEuHncHl, DuI was sup
porting IL.
The, object of the bill. said Mr.
Churchill. Is to give the Irish a
government at the earliest possible
moment, the sanction of British
law to enable 1t to hold an elec-
tion which would give 1t the sane
tion of the Irish people and enable
Mr.. Griffith and his associates to
dissolve the Irish republic.
Mr.. Churchill referred to Erskine
Childers as that renegade English
man who is doing his best to poison
the relations between the Irish
people and their leaders"
He poked fun at the De Va
leraites, comparing them with the
signatories of the treaty. who. he
said, were now practically on trial
for betraying the republic. TT is
starng that these men were the
most effective fighters and. are now
on trial by the more talkative sec
tion, whom the British government
thought so harmless that 1t was
convinced they should not be ar
rested. and when one or two were
arrested by mistake they were or
dered released as you would return
an undersized fish to water"
fCopvrirht 1927
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17

Tokens to Sell at Six for
40 Cents, or Seven
For As.
EXPECT TO KEEP
SAME CASH RATE
Public Hearings Will Be
Held Today on Gas
: Charges.

Carfares will be reduced March /,
reliable information at the District
building indicated yesterday.
The new fare rate will be ap-
proximately 6k cents. Indications
are that the tokens will be sold
either six for 40 cents OF seven for
IS cents.
No change in the cash fare rate
is expected
The reduction, therefore. will
benefit regular patrons of the lines.
The Public Utilities Commission is
known to be opposed to n different
fare for each of the street car
companies. and their decision in re-
gard to this point will leave the
Capital Traction Company earning
more money than the Washing ton
Railway and Electric Company until
such time as a merger Is effected.
No zoning Yet.
No coming of the city is to be
ordered by the District Public 'Utili-
ties Commission without a further
public hearing. This was announced
at the last hearing and confirmed
yesterday. The schedule soon to be
announced, therefore. will not ar
range a zoning system at this time.
The new schedule will go into
effect March l. 1t is expected that
the commission will follow the
precedent set in their decision on
telephone rates and order the new
schedule continued until such time
as the commission thinks changed
costs and earnings call for new
one.
bus Decision Expected.
A decision on the matter of re-
quiring the bus companies to give
bonds as a protection to their pas
sengers and the public in case Of
liability is also expected within a
few days. The Public Utilities
Commission stated yesterday that
no action on their part sHculd be
as an effort to drive
these companies out of business.
1t is expected that the bus COM
panies will be allowed 70 substitute
Indemnity, Insurance in place OF
bonds. should the commission de-
eide to require bonds the amount
will be cut to a figure that a re-
sponsible company can meet.
Hold Gas Rate Hearing.
A public hearing on gas rates
will be held today in the Board
Room Of the District Building. The
Washington Gas Light Company
and the Georgetown Gas Light
Companies will be heard in regard
to the earnings during the past
year. Both companies feel that
their earnings do not warrant a re-
duction in rates
Representatives of the Federation
OF Citizens Associations and of the
public are attending in an attempt
to obtain rate cuts. The decrease
in costs will be emphasized by the
citizens in their argument
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
Mexican Rebels
Brother Facing
Court Martial
Uprisings Reported IN
chihuahua and Else
lcEere.

MEXICO CITY. Feb. ls.-coi.
Jose Pruneda, alb rother OF Gen.
Pruneda. who was court-martiaIed
and shot this week. Is in the Gus
tody Of the military authorities
here and is reported he will be
court-martialed tonight Certain
civil authorities are trying TO save
him. Col. Pruneda is accused OF
conspiring with his late brother
against the government
II is reported from Chihuahua
that Col. Cantu. former governor
of Lower California, Is in arms
in the state of chihuahua with q
considerable number of followers
of the late President Carranza,
Several bridges on the Central
Railway are reported to have been
burned by the rebels A train was
held up and robbed at the station
In Samalayuca but the passengers
were not molested. Gen. Rod
riguez also is reported TO be op-
Grating along the northern end Of
the Central Railway. All trains
leaving Mexico City and Laredo
are carrying heavy guards from
the regular army.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17

Seventh street. The western half
of the city will be under Charles
+. Evans. Inspector William H.
Harrison has been placed in charge
of all equipment. and takes the
place OF Inspector Francis e. Cross
on the police retiring and pension
board.
shelby ON OAee Duty.
with the shifting of Inspector
Evans to outside supervision. Capt.
W. Shelby took over the detailed
direction of the administrative Of
fees. Inspector Albert J. HeadIey
remains in charge Of all the inforce-
ment OF traffic regulations. and In
spector Clifford L. Grant continues
rs head of the detective bureau.
Maj. Sullivan has specifically di-
rected his forces to discover and
arrest. with sufficient evidence to
especially those forms looked upon
by a part of the public with a
lenient eye, such as bookmaking
and bootlegging.
A report from the detective bu-
reau for January shows that there
were In all 2s3 arrests made by
that bureau. OF these there were
1s4 convictions, sixten discharged
and ninety-three pending. The bu-
reau during the month recovered
worth of stolen or lost
property. A great part of this WAS
taken from the ruins of the Knick
erbocker Theater.
The detective bureau report also
shows that Timothy a. Fitzgerald
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
DENIES FOOD RELIEF
WILL STOP SEPT. 1

That September has been placed
as the final date for, giving famine
relief to Russia is denied by Secre-
tary Hoover.
Although the Relief Administra-
tion expects to conclude its work
with the next harvest, Secretary
Hoover said. the workers will not
be removed until they have made
sure Russia, can live through the
winter of 1923 on her own harvest
This years harvest had been stunt-
ed by drought, the Secretary added.
and that might be a determining
factor In next year's>crop.
Coupled with foodstuffis, the Rus
sians have received Approximately 3. :
100000 bushels Of seeds from the
American Relief Administration for
planting this spring. and 1t is ex-
pected this will materially aid in pull
ing the famine areas safely through.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
3, 600 Doughboy
Troops on Rhine
Ordered HON e
Reduction win LeoUe
I6s Officers, 2,2I7 Men
In Germany.
Johnny is marching home"

Johnny Is marching home"
Three thousand strong, In charge
OF 2o3 officers. the doughboys who
have been keeping an eve on Ger
many since the signing. of the armis-
tice are ordered to return to Amer
lea on the earliest available trans
port.
Mai. Gen. Henry T. Allen, at
Coblenz. has received the orders
which will deplete the American
forces an Germany.
The reduction will leave ls9 OFF,
GERS and 2.2I7 enlisted men. as COM
pared to 4sS officers and $4,000 en-
listed men before any reductions
were made in the occupation forces.
The last reduction leaves only the
Eighth Infantry, in addition to the
troops and the neces-
sary auxiliary and supply troops
for the independent infantry reei-
ment.
Sad are the hearts of the frauleins
who will be left behind, but glad
are those who will accompany their
to their new home In the
new country.
The troops returning to this
include the Brigade Head
quarters ID: Fifth Infantry; First
Battalion, Sixth Field Artillery
Qett Battery Al; companies A and
b. First Engineers; detachment, Air
Service; detachment. Signal Corps
detachment,N Quartermaster Corps;
Motor Transport companies Nos. go
and So; Hospital Company No. 81:
Company No. SIS; detach-
ment, Medical Department; Ord
nance Company No. 60 (ammuni-
tion); headquarters troop.
Those remaining in Germany are
the Eighth Infantry: Battery A.
Sixth Field Artillery; Company D.
First Engineers (combat); Company
A, Sixteenth Engineers (railway);
Service Company. Sigma;
Corps; Motor Repair Section, No
100: Ordnance Company No. Is
tmaintenance); detachment, Quar-
termaster Corps; detachment. Medi.
cal Department; detachment, FL
nance Department.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
YANKS ON BORDER
READY FOR ACTION
U. S. Troops Are Ordered
Held Prepared for Any
Emergency.

Growing unrest in Northern Mex
leo has caused orders to be given
for all American troops along the
border to be held in readiness for
any emergency, il was learned al
the War Department yesterday.
While Secretary of War Weeks
is watching the situation, matters
thus far have been left entirely
in the hands of Maj. Gen. John L.
Hines, commanding the Eight
Corps Area, and Brig. Gen. Robert
o. Howe in command of the bor-
der patrol of cavalry.
The order was issued following
representations by Americans Iiv-
ing along the border who have
expressed alarm over an ii.creas-
ing tendency to lawlessness by bor.
der gangs.
Authorities in El Paso have been
especially watchful since February
s, when armed men. believed to have
been Mexicans. crossed over from
the American side and burned three
railroad bridges and attempted to
hold up the Mexico City express.
American property holders in Tex
as, Arizona and New Mexico urge
that the number of soldiers assigned
to the border should be increased
Immediately.
With the reduction in the Amer
ican Army OF Occupation in Germany,
1t is thought likely that some of those
troops will be sent to the border
as rapidly as they become available
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
New Police Head Launches
Warfare on District Vice
BooLmakers and Bootleggers First to Hunt
Cover As Campaign of Arrests Goes
Into Effect With Rea.signments.

Lawlessness will not be tolerated
in the District of Columbia. accord
ing to Daniel Sullival, major and
superintendent of the Metropolitan
police, who yesterday launched a
campaign against every form OF
vice.
The crusade began Immediately
after the new chiefs Reorganization
of the police forces went into ef-
feet Within a few hours of the
opening of the drive bookmakers
and bootleggers were seeking cover.
frightened by the number of early
arrests.
Inspector. Henry G. Pratt, recently
to that rank, has been
assigned to direct the police forces
for all Washington lying east OF
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
BERLIN ESTIMATES
INDEMNITY COSTS
AT s937,OOO,OOO
Reparation Expenses for
1922 Summarized by
Ministry.

BERLIN, Feb. 16.-The German
ministry of finance today gave a
complete summary Of the repara-
tions costs as figured for the fiscal
year 1922. They total 1850. .0oo.eto
paper marks (roughly $4,000! !ooo).
This figure is subject to change
should German money continue to
fall.
A, summary follows. The marks
indicated are paper:
General reparatfons expenditures.
13s 900 100000 marks (se7s.ooe, ,ooo).
The cost of the occupationary
armies, 5000. 100000 marks ESQ.,
000.0oo. Amounts payable to in
terallied commissions, I,sepoeO. 900
marks $4,000 .00BJ. Fulhllment Of
the peace treaty's multitude Of
reparstion claims. 20.7oO. .ooo. .oeo
marks ts1o3, 200 .eeet.-S The clearing
house system for the payment OF
prewar debts TO the allies. ls.eeo.-
100000 marks Csso.ooO, ,0o0). Inter
nal expenses incurred in fulfilling
the treaty $4,000. 100000 marks
(S12S, ,00O. o0o).
sum Iutrc1tts Fust
The total sum Is $4,000. 200. 900
marks Cs375.Oo0.0 .000) above last
years figure. The hugeness OF the
figure is shown by comparing 1t
with other budget totals such as
16. .000. .OOO. 900 marks $50. 900. .00o) for
general governmental expenses and
5000. 5000 marks G5,O0o, ,o0o) for
the railroads.
Germany claims to have spent in
fulfillment of the treaty and of the
decisions OF the various conferences
during the past three years:
Losses of national property and
the liquidation of German prop
erty abroad. including government
buildings. railroads. and other con-
structions and property seized by
the entente nations-16.o0o.o ooo, 900
gold marks (roughly $4,000. 900. .ooo).
The merchant marine delivered to
the allies 1000, 100000 gold marks
(s500. 200. .0o0).
Cable delivery. s5.ooo.ooo marks:
national property in Alsace-Lor-
raine. $4,000. 100000 Marks total
of 25.oS5. 100000 marks G6.z71,-
25O.o00).
Lost national properties-in the
IL he-
The Saar mines. 1.o56. 200. 900 marks
Five railroad bridges. $500. 600
marks. Railroad property in Alsace
Lorraine. 204, 200. 600 marks. Goods,
not military. left behind in France,
$500. .ooo. 900 - total S,2fs, SOC. 200
marks 42.062.325.oo0).
Delivered to Entente.
Deliveries to the entente TO April,
1891: Railroad rolling stock. L.
Ss4. 100000 marks. Substitute parts.
100000 marks. Agricultural ma
chinery, 1900, 900. Back deliveries
of machinery, 7s.o00.00o marks.
Coal and coke-23,o0 900 tons
$4,000 900 marks. Dyes and chemi-
calls, 81, ,o0o.o 900 marks Cattle, 4o,-
900, 900 marks total OF 2,o22,-
100000 marks (s5o5, 5,s25.ooo).
Cancellation of prewar debts.
owed by citizens of entente coun-
tries soo,o0o.000 marks (s75,-
ooo, ,ooo).
Disarmament-the value of de-
stroyed fortresses. weapons war
ships, airships, airplanes, small
arms, and munitions, 25.0oo.00O,ooo
marks (s6,25o,o0o. .oo0).
Copyright, lsaa.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
MEETING
APPLAUDS B0RAH

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.--Senator
William e. Borah. irreconcilable
against the league of nations, de-
clared in a telegram to the Wood
row Wilson Foundation here Wednes-
day night that he hoped difference
Of view on some questions Of meth
cd" had not blinded him to the
great principles urged and advocat-
ed By former President Wilson In
looking to better and more peace
full world"
The telegram, which expressed re-
gret at Borah's inability to attend
a banquet given by the foundation.
was roundly cheered when read to
the 900 guests.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
Church Wins Stay
On Eve of Hanging
Self-Starvation Pleaded by
Attorneys as Evidence
OF Insanity.

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-As workmen
were hammering on his gallows and
guards were carrying. him to the
death cell. Harvey W. Church. con-
victed murderer who has been try
ing to escape the moose by starving
to death before the trap was
sprung. was granted q stay of sem
tence until March 3 by Judge Kick
ham Scanlcn.
Church was to have been hanged
early tomorrow. Since the day he
was sentenced to hang q month ago
-he has not spoken q word nor
tasted food, except when IL was
forced down his throat with q hose.
He has lain nat on his back In his
cell, refusing to move. and ply
sicians have had to force liquids
through his locked Jaws to keep
him alive until the gallows trap
was sprung.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
Terrific "CycIone" Hits
Old Sol in Huge Spots

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Feb. 1s.-Evi-
dence OF a terrific cyclone on the
surface Of the sun in the form of
one huge spot, approximately 10000
to 10000 miles long by $1,000 to 20,-
900 wide. and a group Of spots with
an area of about $4,000 to 100000
miles, was observed by DR.. Franl<
C. Jordan. assistant director; DR.. X.
Burns. astronomer. and DR.. 2. DAN
iei. assistant astronomer. from the
Allegheny Observatory.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
M'CUMBER FACES
FORMIDABLE FOES
IN NORTH DAKOTA
Complex Political Situa.
tion Keeps State It
self Guessing.
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINc

~ AN tAoN S6iNo TEN MIMI
BISMARCK, N. Oak, Feb. 16.-The
snow is drifted deep on North Da-
kota plains and hi1lsides, the farms
that sparsely dot the landscape are
srowbound and not much is moving
out this way. except politics
Plenty of that. one finds in the
towns and concludes that by the
time spring thaws set in there will
be political situation in this ex-
traordinary agrarian commonwealth
that will attract the attention of
the whole country and hold II, too,
until the last precinct is heard
from on election day.
State Itself Kept Gue..i,x.
What with the Nonpartisan
League OF farmers striving. to re-
gain full control of the State and
extend their program of State so
cialism. the Independent Voters As
sociation. girding itself for another
desperate effort to stamp out Town
ley's Soviet doctrine. Gov. Nestos, a
candidate for reelection on a plat
form of salvaging the wreck of So
cialistic undertakings inaugurated
by the recently recalled Nonpar-
tisan League regime, and United
States Senator Porter J. McCumber,
conservative Republican, running
for fifth term with the support Of
a large proportion of the radical
leaguers, you have a political sit
uation sufficiently scrambled to
keep even the North Dakotans
guessing.
Twenty-three years ago McCum-
her went out from the village of
Wahpeton to serve his State in the
Senate. He has not been home very
often since. and now in his old age.
he finds himself threatened with the
fate of the politician who is un-
mindful of the lesson of Antaeus.
Reset by strong Foes.
The volume Of the opposition has
alarmed the Senator, one learns
from his friends here. They con-
cede that he is up against the
stiffest fight of his political career
He must do desperate battle for the
Republican nomination in the pri-
mary on June 2S and If he wins out
there he will find himself beset by
formidable foes in the election.
The situation has alarmed like
wise the conservative Republican
leaders in the Senate, who fear not
only that they may lose a faithful
conferee. but that into his place in
the Senate hierarchy may step Rob-
ert NJ. La Toilette, who gives them
the shudders with his radical doc
trines and his propensity for voting
with. the Democrats. La Toilette Is
now third Republican in the Senate
Finance Committee. Between him
and Chairman McCumber stands
Senator Smoot, of Utah.
II McCumber should be defeated
Smoot would become chairman, but
not for long in the event that a
vacancy should occur in the chair
manship of the Appropriations Com
mittee, for which he Is also imme-
dlateiy in line and to which he is
said to aspire. With both McCum-
ber and Smoot out of the way,
La Toilette would become chairman
of the Finance Committee. in whose
keeping is that fundamental Repub-
lican doctrine--a protective tariff
and the theory Of equitable taxa
tfon. with La Toilette as chairman
the high priests >of protectionism
and conservatism in tax policies
would become nervous wrecks in
short order.
The chief opponent of McCumber
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-17
Pershing's Nephew Dry Aid.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-James r.
Pershing, jr., nephew of Gen Per-
shing. was named tonight by Balph
A. Day. state prohibition director.
to succeed Col. H. G. Catrow as the
assistant. He probably will take
office Monday.
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In TIE Wsshingtonl
Herald Is q Guide 10 L
Satisfactory Buying. n
Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-01

3 In the churchyard of an English
village is a slab over the grave of a
departed auctioneer bearing the single
word Gone"
Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-01

King Louis XIII. OF France adopt
ed title containing thirteen letters.
and always chose the. thirteenth of
the months for taking any important
step. J,se it n; s3ss- Ell $zs3s{S5s
Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-01
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Data Blsaiins ! 4 II I I !
Biz, s,s' y

Bismarck. n. ~ 'rfhs ststs
railroad commits lon today III began
anSappiication " the Bismarck Water
supply company for an increase in
rates application by some consumers
for a reduction. and applications for
extensions OF water mains. sssE
The case may require two weeks
and exclude from the onsiderationo of
the commission other cases during
that time. 33 Ri 5 q 3
Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-01


machine is has not yet been ascer-
ita.ned but Pittsburgh, on the east,
Ean Antonio on the south, and San
Francisco on the W est have been
identified. & Mr.. Skeels has picked UP
4 number OF stations for which he
has not secured a certain identlhca-
ton, and has one station that he
hears regularly that sends under "a
radio signature that he has not been
able. to identify -5j H (,
Many Towns Heard.
In addition to the distance at which
he has been able to hear stations,
large number nearer home have been
heard, especially from college towns
Madison, Wis; Iowa City, Iowa; Lin-
coin. Neb. and Austin, Texas. are
places where. state universities are
located /, whose conversations have
been caught by the local antennae,
other towns are Pine Blum, Ark;
Indianapolis. Ind; Detroit. Mich;
Mitchell, s. d.: Denver. Colo; Ros-
we'll, New Mexico; st. Paul, MINI.
and Waco. Texas.
Mr.. Skeels is OF the opinion tina,
he has heard Minneapolis, but has
failed to make certain OF the tdenti-
fication. He heard distinctly, one
night recently, an operator VINO gave
ut the end Of a program the name o.