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Evening star., 1923-01-23
HOME
/. FOR WOMEN URGED
Grim Stresses Necessity for
Place to Send Prisoners
Guilty of Federal Crime.

Alarming conditions OF drug and
narcotic addiction which exist in
the United States was emphasized
by Assistant Attorney General Grim
at a hearing today before the House
judiciary committee.
He was urging immediate favorable
action upon the Goodykoontz bill
which provides for the establishment
OF an Industrial home for women
at Mt. Weather, Bluemont, where
women convicted Of any federal
crimes and sentenced to one year or
more could be placed.
"EyerythinE Is Filled"
In his contention on the necessity
for such an establishment Assistant
Attorney General Grim said that in
four months from now there Will not
be an institution in the United States
where such women can I've placed.
Department of Justice is having re-
quests from these institutions now
to take the women out
Most of the women who are now
being incarcerated. he said, are mar
cotic addicts. Describing the condi-
Grim said that the situation is grow
ing worse rapidly. The government
is making "a game effort he said.
to meet the conditions.
The world must look to the medical
profession. Mr.. Grim said, for So
luton of the problem.
Says Problem Enormous.
Mr.. Grim told the committee that
he did not see why the problem OF
providing proper institutions in
which to incarcerate these girls and
women was not considered sooner
1T has now become an enormity." he
said, "and an adjustment must be
made Immediately"
Speaking particularly of Mount
Weather. Mr.. Grim advised that this
government property could be turned
into an Industrial home for women
without great expense, as the exist
ing building could be remodeled for
such use.
H. II. Votaw. superintendent of
prisons. also addressed the commit
tee and described in detail the adap-
liability of the Mount Weather prop
erty as an Industrial home for con-
victed women as a solution OF the
problem which now is being faced
by federal and state prisons through
out the country
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Commissioners say they believe the
Engineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict should be the executive officer.
The Commissioners further believe
that 1t is unnecessary to burden the
President with the duty of approx
ing the designation of land for park
purposes as provided for in the bill
Referring to the portion of the legis-
lation dealing with the amount of
money to be spent, the Commissioners
say:
rect the commission to acquire land, and
authorizes an appropriation each year
in the District appropriation act of a
sum not exceeding l cent for each in
habitant of the continental United
States.
"It is provided that three-fourths
of all funds appropriated shall be
used for the acquisition of land with
in the District of Columbia. The
terms of the measure would author
ize q possible appropriation OF about
81. .OO0, 900 a year, of which three
fourths would be spent in the Dis
trict, and of this sum so per cent
would be paid from the revenues of
the District derived from taxation
and 40 per cent from the United States
Treasury.
ized without any definite plan being
before Congress indicating the land
to be acquired and the cost thereof:
THE Commissioners venture to sug-
gest that before embarking upon
such a large project 1t might be ad-
yisabIe in this bill to provide for the
preparation of a plan which might
be submitted to Congress not later
than one year from the passage of
the legislation. and an appropriation
of $4,000 for the employment Of
services in making surveys and maps.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
QUARANTINE "A PUPILS
IN D|PHTHER|A FIGHT

Fourteen pupils of the Petworth
School, on Shepherd street between
Sth and 9th streets, have been quar-
antined either as sufferers from diph-
iberia or carriers of the disease.
Seven of the cases were recorded to-
day as a result of cultures taken yes
terday.
Medical inspectors from the District
health department, headed by DR..
Joseph A. Murphy, supervising medi-
cal inspector, today fumigated one
room I'm the building, and are taking
cultures from all other children in
the school in order to isolate as quick
ly as possible any that may be found
carrying the germ. 1t is understood
that as soon as the children have
been examined steps will be taken to
fumigate the entire building.
All of the cases, it is said, are In
the lower grades, principally the kim
dergarten and first grade classes. The
first case was discovered Friday, and
the medical inspectors Immediately
began taking cultures, which revealed
the additional cases.
The health department is averse to
closing the building, believing that
by keeping the children in school the
medical inspectors will be able to
keep them under observation, while If
allowed to run rampant in the streets
they would be more likely to spread
the disease.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
SENATORS BOOST
FUNDS FOR DISTRICT
IN FISCAL MEASURE
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were taken up Senator Robinson of
Arkansas wanted to know why the
committee had inserted an amend
ment providing that the expenses of
the Fairgrounds and the bathing
beach should be paid for on the sixty
forty plan, instead of being paid for
wholly out of the revenues of the
District, as provided in the House
bill.
Senator Phipps called attention to
the fact that the 60-40 plan of making
appropriations for the District had
been made permanent law in the last
appropriation act for the District and
that the Senate committee had felt
that these appropriations should be
made on that plan. He called atten-
tion also to the fact that government
employees and the children of govern
taxpayers in the District, but coming
to Washington from the states, used
the Fairgrounds and the bathing
beach.
The amendment was finally agreed to-.
Agree to Lighting Increase.
An item increasing the appropriation
for lighting Of streets from $450,o00 to
S472,000 was agreed to.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas, when
the public school appropriations were
reached, asked: rs some colored high
school here to have face powder and lip
sticks provided by appropriations in
this bill?''
Senator Phipps replied that If there
was anything about face powder and
lipsticks In the bill 1t was 30 concealed
that the committee could not find II.
The first amendment for the
schools provided for three assistant
superintendents, instead Of two, one
of the superintendents to have
charge Of the business affairs of the
schools.
Senator McKelIar of Tennessee
made a point of order against. this
amendment on the ground that It
was new legislation in an appropria-
tion bill. Senator Phipps replied
that the additional superintendents
had been estimated for by the budget
bureau and recommended by the Sem
ate committee and therefore was in
order. The point of order made by
Senator Mcclellan was overruled by
the chair and the-amendment was
adopted.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
D. c. LEGISLATION
GETS CLEAR PATH
Passage of UnderhiII Bill in
Place of Fitzgerald Meas
|ure Removes Barrier.

The way is now cleared for District
legislation IN the House. The Fitzgerald
workmen's compensation bill, which has
been unfinished business, blocking all
other District bills since last June, wa
removed as a barrier late YESTERDAY.
when the House substituted the Under
hill industrial insurance bill after p
bitter all-day fight, and then passed
the Underhill bill without q record vott
This measure affects 108, 900 employee
in the District outside OF the govern
ment employment. Those excepted from
the provisions of the bill are domestit.
servants, farm laborers. those engaged
IN commerce between the District and
any of the states, persons in casual EN-
ployment or those engaged in any o.
cupation not carried on by their en-
pioyer for pecuniary gain, and those IL
eieemosynary work.
Employer May Choose.
Compensation is compulsory for dis
ability, either total or partial. under
the employer whether he will insure
his employees with an insurance company
or carry the risk himself. The sched
uie OF compensation is as follows:
In case Of death. not over $1,000, TO
be paid monthly at rate equal to
two-thirds of the average salary
In cases of permanent total dfsa-
bflity two-thirds of the average
weekly wage shall be paid to the en-
ploye, not to exceed S25 a week, and
not to be less than 81 week, unless
the employees established weekly
wages are less than 81 a week at tn.
time OF the injury, in which event he
shall receive compensation in ar
amount equal to his average weekly
wages, but not TO exceed a total OF
$1,000.
Others Provided For.
For loss of an arm, compensation
for 200 weeks; loss of leg, 175
weeks; loss of foot or hand, $50
weeks; loss of an eye or hearing Of
both ears, 100 weeks; loss of hearing
of one ear. fifty weeks; loss of O
thumb. fifty weeks; loss Of fingers
from fifteen to thirty weeks. and loss
of toes, from ten to twenty-five
weeks.
For mutilations and disfigurements
not provided for In the act, compen-
sation would be allowed in the dis
cretion of the compensation commits
sioner for not less than ten nor more
than 100 weeks.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
GET 400 CASES OF LIQUOR
Armed Bandits Gag Waterman and
Drill Through Vault.

CHICAGO. January 23.-,Twelve
armed liquor 1hieves, raided West
Randolph street building early today,
bound and gagged a watchman and
newsboy, drilled through vault and
stole cases of whisky, according to
police reports.
Albert Short, the newsboy. told the
police he was walking through the
alley at the rear of the building and
saw the men loading the whisky on
to covered truck. They demanded
to know what he was doing there. He
told them he was on his way to work
They then bound him and took him
to the basement to Join John Gsveng,
the Watchman. One of the bandits
gave Short a So bill, explaining 1t
was to recompense him for absence
from work
The whisky was the property of the
Sunnybrook Distilling Company. The
manager said the vault contained 46l
cases, valued at S14.752. although the
bootleg value would probably be FIVE
times that figure.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
AVERT COAL STRIKE.
AT GOTHAM PARLEY
Operators and Mine Chiefs
b. in Tristate Field Reach
'po an Agreement.
BY the Asso,.ia ted Press.

by the ASsoria ted Press.
NEW YORK, January 23-'The sub
committee of bituminOuS coal oper-
ators and labor union chiefs. cOnsid-
rring a new wage agreement to re-
place that expiring on the trf-stnte
competitive field April 4. reached an
agreement today,
The new agreement will be submit
ted tomorrow to the whole confer
ence for ratification. If this Is forth
coming the probability of n strike
will be definitely removed.
Michael Gallagher, an Ohio operator
and joint chairman of the subcOmmit-
tee, declined to make public details
of the new agreement, other than to
say that 1t involved no vital changes
in the terms of the present contract.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January ga burst
OF song coming today from the room
in which union leaders and bitu:ninous
coal operators have been comforting
over new wage contracts in the tri-
state competitive field indicated that
an agreement might have been
AcdEHt'l the Wpulu pt
was on the wane.
Settlement would not necessarily
mean the signature of a contract, they
pointed out. But agreement on wages
and working conditions and on dura-
tion of contract was in sight, they
declared. When il actually was
reached. The ''coal-strike bogey''
mere formality. even though, days or
weeks elapsed before names were
affixed.
AS the conference, now hanging
upon the recommendations of a sub
committee of seventeen, began it's
sixth day, it was generally conceded
that the miners had withdrawn their
demand for "a two-year contract, and
were ready to sign for one year. dat
ing from the expiration of their pres
ent agreement, next April l.
Concessions Secret.
They had been Won over, il was
said, despite indications from Wash
ington that the administrator favor
ed a two-year deal But what the oper-
ators had 10 concede to win this point
remained a zealously guarded secret of
chambers.
They may have granted any one
OF the several demands made by the
miners last Saturday: The six-hour
DAY, five day week, with double time
for holidays. to include Saturday and
Sunday; universal application of the
check off system of collecting union
dues direct from employers; adjust
ment of local differentials and settle
ment of disputes by arbitration in
districts where they originate; opera
ton of certain machines; payment for
tools and explosives used by the
miners, etc.
Upon one vital point both parties
today seemed in continued agreement,
and that was extension of the pres
ept scale of $1.0S a ton for contract
miners and $3.50 per eight-hour shift
for day laborers.
Although Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
known as the tri-State competitive
1ield, are the only coal states in the
negotia tions, they represent 10000
600 of the nations 100000, 600 tons an
nual bituminous production. Many
operators from outlying states are
here as observers" and the con-
ferees believe the contract they sign
will be adopted throughout the in
dustry, with only such differentials
in wages as local mining conditions
and markets warrant
Evening star., 1923-01-23
House Puts Ban
On Poker Chips
Its Oun Store

The miniature department store
in the House office building,
through which members heretofore
were able to buy poker chips and
almost anything they wanted out
of the allotment for stationery,
went on the rocks yesterday.
Before passing the legislative ap-
preparation bill the House adopted an
amendment byRepresentative Wingo,
democrat, Arkansas, which stfpu-
lated that a member should get
through the little store, at gov
ernment expense. only paper and
articles needed for the proper con-
duct Of his office. The bill also
was changed, under the Wingo
amendment, to prevent use of gov
ernment money for keeping
members motor car out of the wet.
Mr.. Wingo declared the activi-
ties of the store had been brought
up in every campaign. and others
recalled the report that a mem
ber's wife had sent her shoes there
to be patched out of her husbands
stationery account. while another
had ordered a ton of coal. In q
recent debate in the House 1t was
charged that pocket liquor masks
were sold under the same roof that
covers the Offices of the men who
made the country dry.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
LEAGUE Intervention
IN RUHR AGAIN TOPIC
London Newspapers Discuss It
With Hope Rather Than
Expectancy.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. January 23.-The possi-
bility that the league of nations will
endeavor to end the strained situation
in the Ruhr is again discussed by a
section of the press today. although
rather with the hope that with the
expectation that such Intervention
will materialize.
1t now is declared that Hjalmar
Branting, the Swedish representa-
tive on the league council, will GER
tainly raise the, question of the Ruhr
at the meeting of that body In Paris,
on January 20, but fear Is expressed
that developments In the meantime
may put the matter beyond the reach
of any influence that the league
might expect.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
DELAY THYSSEN TRIAL.

By the Associated Press.
MAYENCE. January 23.-The trial
of Fritz Thyssen and the five other
industrial magnates arrested in the
Ruhr, set for today, has been post
poned until o'clock tomorrow morn
ing 1t is understood that Dr. Fred
erick Grimm. attorney for the men
accused of refusing to obey the orders
of the French, has pleaded lack of
Jurisdiction and incompetence Of the
French court.
DR.. Grimm is reported to have
asked that the case be referred to
the permanent court of international
justice at The Hague.
Believe Strike Will Result.
By the Associated Press.
DUSSELDORF. January 23.-French
general headquarters believe that
conviction and Imprisonment OF the
Industrial magnates may mean the
calling of a general strike through
out the Ruhr. Workers in the Thys-
sen plants at Essen and Muelheim.
rwho recently declared that they
would strike if Fritz Thyssen was not
released, have held up their action
for the result of the trial, and 1t is
thought that the general temper
among the working population of the
IL the industrialists receive a jail SEN
tence.
Ready With Answer.
The French are ready to reply to a
general strike with the complete iso-
lation of the Ruhr and the Rhineland
from the rest of Germany. The con-
troll commission, it was said, will
bend every EFFORT toward getting coal
out of the basin and shipping II to
France. where it is already needed,
leaving the Germans to operate rail-
roads and feed the miners and the
population.
Starvation Up to Berlin.
IF Berlin wants the Ruhr to starve,
It's her own business" one Official of
French headquarters told the news
paper correspondents last evening. IF
anyone starves in the Ruhr, 1t will
not be the French. The Germans have
chosen their battlefield; we will fight
them to the finish"
Gen. Devingnes expressed the opin-
ion that the Ruhr valley was the
scene of the last battle of the war.
IF we win this" he said. I'VE shall
we lose. all of our sacrifices of men
and money during the war will have
gone for naught."
Communfsts Turn to French.
The communists and the organized
nationalist syndicates are finding lit
tie in common, and around Bochum
the former are gradually turning to
the French. They have twice asked
French protection against the ma
tionalists in the face of incipient riots
at Gelsenkirchen.
The French have seized approxi-
mately 100000 tons of coal in the
Ruhr and declare that an extension
of the miners strike would not pre-
vent one-fourth of the basins normal
output from going to France.
PROTEST ON SEIZURES.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
PROTEST ON SEIZURES.
Berlin Orders Complaints at Paris,
London and Brussels.
By the Associa ted Press.

by the A9DOclateQ Ere66.
BERLIN, January 2s.-The German
government has instructed its diplo-
matte representatives at Paris. Lon
don and Brussels to protest the re-
cent DEGREES of the interallied Rhine
land commission regarding the dis
tribution of coal and the connscation
of the coal tax and customs duties.
The note declares that the distribu-
tion decree is designed solely to ex-
tend to the Rhineland the competence
and activities of the new interallied
DEGREES seek to divert German reve-
fues from legitimate creditors to
allied powers which are outside the
jurisdiction of the Rhineland COM
mission. The note adds that through
it's DEGREES the commission places 1t
self at the disposal of the French and
Belgian military authorities.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
j. s. FIGHTS HARD
TO MEET DEFICIT
No Prospects at Present of
Total Elimination, However,
Declares Gen. Lord.

The government is fighting hard to
reduce it's quarter of a billion deficit
for the present fiscal year, is pleased
with the unexpectedly large income
from collection of back taxes, but
disappointed over the decreasing rev.
enue from sale of surplus war ma
terials by the War and Navy De-
partments and Shipping Board.
Brig. Gen. Lord. director for the
bureau of the budget, estimsted yester-
day that the deficit had been reduced
at the present time to something
below the s273,ooo,Oo0 figure which
President Harding recently transmit
ted to Congress with the budget.
There were no prospects. however. at
the present time, the general empha-
sized, for entire elimination of the
deficit.
Sales Are Disappointing.
Gen. Lord explained that the income
from collection of back taxes had ex-
ceeded expectations, according to re-
port submitted by the Secretary OF the
Treasury. The estimated income this
year, however lioIl tiC cdic VI surplus
war materials, he said. had been sharp
ly reduced from an expected S97,500, ,o00
to sS6, ,000, 900. Efforts are being made
to have additional materials declared
surplus, it was indicated.
One of the heavy and unjustified
burdens on current expenditures this
year, Gen. Lord pointed out, was the
SIPS, 100000 interest on war savings
stamps. due January 1. 1923, which
have been entirely charged to cur
rent expenditures In a strict sense
Gen. Lord said, not more than s12,-
SOC, 900 of this amount could really
be charged against this year. But
because no sinking fund had been es-
, tablished for the amortization of the
amount, the whole $125.0oo,o0o fell In
lump on this year.
Deficit In Large.
The deficit against which the
| budget and the spirit of economy In
the administration has been fighting
this year, as consequence, Gen
Lord said, had been in reality $780,
| 100000.
| Oficials of the Treasury today were
pleased at the showing made by back
tax collections. pointing to the fact
that more than the estimated $25.-
ooo, 900 a month had been realized. In
fact, 1t was said that $s7,0oo.ooo had
been collected for the quarter end
ing December 81.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
U, S. PROBES BLAST.

within a few days the Interstate
Commerce Commission will make
public a report from it's bureau Of
locomotive inspection on the freight
engine boiler explosion Sunday after
noon at Inlet, Va, killing three men.
A. G. Pack. chief of the bureau Of
locomotive inspection, made a per-
sonal investigation yesterday as It
lay in the yards at Alexandria, Two
Of his men today are investigating it,.
A separate investigation is being
Conducted by the Southern Railway
Company.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
REPRIEVE FOR SLAYER.

noned the execution OF RUFUS Gordon.
colored, who was convicted Of murder
in the first degree in connection with
the death Of Simon Miller, q grocer
Of 1901 Lamont street northwest, In
September, 1919.
next Saturday, but, because his case
has not yet, been presented to the
Court Of Appeals, the date of the
hanging was changed to April 10. !
Attorneys Irving Williamson and
Samuel D. Truitt are preparing the
appeal of Gordon.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
SWiss Decline
To Ask League
Action ir, Ruhr

By the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland, January 23.
The Swiss federal council, after
discussing the possibility of ask
ing the council of the league of
nations to attempt to mediate be-
tween France and Germany. de-
cided today that such action
would be inopportune at present.
The council reserved the right to
reconsider this decision IL circum-
stances later seemed to justify
the step proposed.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN SUES.

Mrs. Pleasant Iowa Virginia Kerns
has filed suit in the District Supreme
Court for a limited divorce from Wall
ter II. Kerns. She charges drunken
ness, cruelty and desertion. Mrs.
Kerns has been married twenty-four
years and has six children. She Is
represented by Attorney j. Ridley
Shields.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
POLICING SUM FAVORED.
Senate Agrees to House Amend
ment to Joint Resolution.

The Senate today agreed to ths
House amendments to the joint reso-
luton providing funds for policing
Washington and providing for the
comfort of the visitors at the time
of the annual convention Of the Mys-
tic Shrine, which Is to be held here
next June.
Senator Ball, chairman Of the Dis
trict committee, called up the reso-
luton and asked that the House
amendments be agreed to. AS finally
passed 1t provides $4,000 for looking
after the safety of the visitors and
$4,000 for convenience stations and
other necessities.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
165, 900 RUHR WORKERS
NOW OUT ON STRIKE
Continued from First Page.)

cupied zone If there is general
strike. 1t is admitted in Industrial
circles here that hundreds of fac
tories will have to shut down and
hundreds of thousands of men will
be thrown out Of employment II the
French succeed in cutting off the
Ruhr coal shipments for more than
ten days. 1t is only one step from
Wholesale unemployment to endless
bread lines. and then bolshevism will
hold the reins. according to belief in
official circles here
So precarious is the situation at
present and so adverse are the gen
eral conditions that many Germans
are willing to listen to anybody in
any country or of any political creed
who promises them fuel and food.
Evening star., 1923-01-23
TAXATION CLOSES THEATERs.

MADRID. January 23.--All the thea
ters in Madrid will be closed from
1t was announced today by
the managers, who declared 1t i'm
possible to continue operations under
the existing heavy taxation. Efforts
are going forward for an agreement
by which tina playhouses can bA re-
opened within a short times
Evening star., 1923-01-23
RUSS ARMIES READY
FOR LAUSANNE. BREAK

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