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GETS ONE YEAR IN JAIL
FOR S175,OOO THEFT

Charles o. Clevenger, twenty-five
years old, world war veteran, who
stole $4,000 worth of bonds while
employed in the Office of the register
of the Treasury, in October, 1921, was
sentenced today by Justice Stafford
in Criminal Division 1 to serve one
year at Occoquan. Urcel o. Walmsley,
about the same age, who roomed in
the same house and who pleaded
guilty to receiving some of the bonds,
was given four months in Jail. Walms-
ley has already been in jail for ten
months awaiting disposition of the
case. :
The honorable war service of the
boys and the fact that Clevenger has
a wife and child and has been work
ing te support them since the dis
covery of the theft moved the court
to impose short sentences. The bonds
were all recovered and the govern
ment sustained no loss, 1t was stated.
The bonds were a portion of a large
batch returned for cancellation, and
the canceling machine failed to
perforate the last eighteen. eleven
ger noticed this and took the bonds
home with him. He gave some to
walmsley, who tried to sell them to
a man in Clarksburg, w. Va. The
larger portion Clevenger concealed
under the flooring of the attic In his
home. Clevenger. 1t was shown, had
been twice gassed in the service.
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Officials Here
Expect New
Proposals.
NO SYMPATHY
WITH TACTICS
Britain Is Reported
to Have Rejected
Italian Offer.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Mediation between France and
Germany by one of the allied powers
is the next step in the reparations
controversy
Officials OF the United States gov
ernment fully expect 1t. The exact
moment when good offices will be
rendered depends upon the effect
which the invasion of the Ruhr shall
have on opinion in France and Ger
many. AS one official expressed it,
nothing can be done until both sides
recover their sanity and recognize
the futility of what they are doing"
No Sympathy Felt Here.
There is no sympathy here either
with the passive resistance of the
Germans or the coercive tactics of
the French. Both are expected to
yield nothing for their respective
peoples One member of the cabinet
said today that he believed the net
effect of the invasion of the Ruhr
would be to prove to the French that
they cannot collect what they went
after and to convince the Germans
that they must cease evasion of
obligations and make a bona fide
statement OF what they can really
pay. Then a settlement will BE pos
Sible.
The United States government is
anxious to be helpful, but 1T would
seem more likely that Great Britain
or Italy would attempt the mediation
between France and Germany, as they
are in closer touch with developments
on both sides of the controversy.
though it would not be surprising II
hint came to the American gov
ernment from one of the interested
parties to mediate.
Must Wait on France.
Germany has already attempted 70
persuade Great Britain TO mediate.
but the likelihood is that until France
shows a readiness to listen to me-
diation none of the allied govern
ments will make any formal effort to
bring France and Germany together.
People in the government here who
know the European situation init
mately feel that even from the
French viewpoint the invasion of the
Ruhr will prove of doubtful value.
They concede that II will bring the
German government to a realization
of Its obligations. but they fear that
since France will have used the one
club she has always been talking
about. the Germans will not be intim-
idated in the future as much as they
have in the past. In other words, eco
nomic pressure was a stronger weap-
on unused than used, so far as psy-
Geological effects are concerned.
Cannot Hope to Get Coal.
AS analyzed here. the French can
not hope to get coal out of the Ruhr
even by arresting the owners of the
mines. In America the coal operat-
ors have their own system OF dis
tribution through agents and dealers,
but in Germany distribution is GEN.
tralized and when the Germans with
drew their distributing machinery
from the Ruhr they left the french
in a hopeless situation. <The Ruhr
area is very small and the productive
machinery is very complicated The
Germans will be miserable and will
suffer exceedingly, hut officials here
think they will probably thwart the
French effort to get coal.
War of Exhaustion.
1t is, threfore, a war of exhaustion.
When the pinch of hunger begins to
be felt and the entire productive ca
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MAY QUIT
SICK ROOM BY MONDAY

President Harding has improved
sufficiently from his attack of grip to
raise the hopes of Brig. Gen. Sawyer,
his physician, to have him at his
desk in the executive Office on Mon
day.
The Executive, however, is today
confined to his room by, DR.. Sawyer's
orders. although there is no trace of
fever and his appetite has returned.
Secretary Christian, who was with the
President for more than an hour to-
day, announced afterward that he
noticed a great Improvement in his
chief and that he felt sure the latter
would be on the job early Monday
morning. .a -...,..
He stated that no ensagsments,
however, had been made for the Pres
ident for next week and that none
would be made until Mr.. Harding
resumed his active business.
The President and Mrs. Harding sat
together in the formers library In
the White House last night and en-
joyed a radio concert for more than
an hour. The End of a Perfect Day."
The President Harding March" and
other selections were on a program
furnished by the United States Navy
Band Orchestra, transmitted from the
naval radio station at Arlington.
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CITIZENS STATE CLAIMS
TODISTRICT SURPLUS
LYING In TREASURY
Brief Filed With Joint Select
Committee Recites Equities in
Accumulated Funds.

Presenting the claims of the District of Columbia
surplus of District tax lying in the Treasury
amounting according to the lowest estimate $676465
citizens joint committee has filed with the congressional joint
committee fiscal relations created under the provisions of
District appropriations act approved June % 1922 brief that
sets forth the which the fund was accumulated
and the reasons why should be placed full the
OF the District for appropriation purposes The joint
publication.
The citizens joint committee advances basic conen
tons
l. That there is surplus to the amount stated to the
Districts credit in the Treasury
dha there are offsets to this fund the shape of
Cted tate credits but that the contrary if United
OF Columbia 1874 restated cover
ing both legal and moral ndebtednese the surplus will
be largely increased. P "
The interest provisions of the act of June 2o 1922 H
applied equtab will not reduce the Districts surplus
incorporated in the brief is the Alonzo Tweeda1e
OF the subcommittee accounting auditing
nenng on the report of Haskns and Sells official account
- - ~ ACCOUNT
WITH the exception OF Mr. Tweedaes report which will be
lows: o' ioi-
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Joint Congressional Committee
Defers Recommendations on
Surplus in U. S. Treasury.
PROPOSED NEW AUDIT TO COVER
PERIOD FROM 1874 TO 1911
Reports Submitted by Various Experts
Made Public After Decision TO
Delay Is Reached.

The Districts right to surplus deposit in the fed
eral Treasury amounting to approximately $oOOo probably
will be determined until the Congress Decem
Der.
The joint congressional committee appointed to investigate
what surplus any, due the District at meeting
today decided ask for further which report
cusion to Congress
Furthermore it the of the committee the meet
today that audit should be made of the of the Dis
trct with the federal government back to 1874.
The adult which recently completed and reported by
employed by the joint committee covered only
the period from 1911 up the time Obviously will
require months make the audit proposed if the old
audit made decade ago used by the making
their checks.
At the conclusion of odays meeting Senator Phpps chair
of the committee announced that the committee would
again week and determine finally what its procedure
would be- Senator Phpp authorized by the committee made
public the reports which have been submitted by the citizens
committee the Department Of Justice the general accounting
for the years 1911 to 1922, inclusive
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ESSEN BANKS CLOSE.
Shut Doors in Reprisal for Reichs-
bank Guard.
Ry the Assocla Ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ESSEN, January 20.--All the private
banks in Essen were closed today as a
result of the Reichsbank branch here
being put under guard. They announced
Elat they would not reopen until the
measures against the Reichsbank were
keScinded.
1t was reported here this morning
that Marshal Foch would arrive in
the Ruhr valley during the day.
The postmaster OF Essen, whose Of
Eco handles all telegraphic messages
filed here, was arrested today on the
charge of "willfully delaying tele-
grams destined for Paris
Threaten to Quit Work.
The personnel of the postal. tele-
phone and telegraph services held a
conference at noon on the question of
whether to quit work as a result of
Postmaster Juenger's arrest.
The director of post office construc-
zion, Herr Zehme, also was arrested,
on the ground that he had refused to
nerve the occupying forces.
Director Schultz, in taking over the
administration of the office after the
arrests, advised the French author
ities he intended to abide by the or
ders of the federal government.
Pay Day Brings Crisis.
Pay day In the Ruhr brought labor
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The Citizens Joint Committee on
che Fiscal Relations between the
United States and the District of Co
lumoia was organized in 1915 to aid
in presenting the Districts case at
hearings before the Joint Select Con-
gressional Committee, appointed pur-
suant to the Act of March 8, 1915.
This joint select committee was to
submit to Congress "a statement of
the proper proportion of the expenses
of the government of the District of
Columbia. which shall be borne
by said District and the United States,
respectively, together with the rea-
sons upon which their conclusions
may be based"
The Citizens Joint Committee was
made up of representatives of the
Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
m cree. Retail Merchants Association.
Federation OF Citizens Associations,
Committee OF One Hundred, Builders
& Manufacturers Exchange, Bar
Association, Columbia Heights Citi-
Zens Association, Northeast Citizens
Association and Georgetown Citizens
Association.
On the death OF Mr. H. B. F. Mac
farland, chairman of the joint COM
mittee, in 1921, he was succeeded by
Mr.. E. F. Colladay, and to the con-
stituent organizations were added the
City Club, the District of Columbia
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Bankers Association, the Real Estate
Board the Rotary Club. the Kiwanis
tan Club. po'i-
The Citizens Joint COMMITTEES an
peared and argued in support OF
nnanclal equity for the District at the
hearings before the Joint Select Con-
gressional Committee In 1915, the
House District Committee in Deceno-
Der 1919. and the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee In April, 1920.
BY the act OF June 90. 1922. Con-
gress enacted a new organic fiscal
law for the District and answered the
question of 1915 by declaring that the
proper proportion Of the expenses of
the government of the District which
the United States. respectively. is
sixty per cent to be paid by the Dis
States
The same act appointed a joint
committee to examine into the
amount Of the Districts accumulated
tax surplus, and in effect to state the
account between the United States
and the District Of Columbia since
. (The brief at this point rec,t.s .p
text of the Act of June go 1922 cra me
attng the Joint select committee ana
recites the functions of the commit u
tee. 1t then proceeds:)
WAsHINGToN's BASIC CoNTEN-
TIONs.
We seek to demonstrate three haste
propositions:
Part I-There is now. an accumu.
!ated tax surplus, approximately
S4.056.467.6S. to the credit of the Ms.
trfct In the Treasury.
Fart I1-There are mo offsets i'm the
shape of United States credits. either
In the period since 1878, or the uer:od
between 1874 nnd 1873. to make N net
reaucuon OF the amount of the Dis
tricrs present tax surplus. On the
contrary, IL the account between the
District and the United States since
1874 fs restated, covering both legal
and moral indebfednesses from one to
the other, the Districts present sur-
plus VIII be largely increased.
Part III--The provisions concern
ing interest I'm the act of June 70,
1922, IL applied In n spirit of equity
and In accordance with terms of law
to moral as well as legal Indebted
nesses, Will mot redace the Districts
net surplus
Part 4.
District tax surplus is not a myth
but n concrete fact, raising n distinct
obligation mot to be waved aside.
Proofs of this Proposition.
1.rAnaIysis of the conditions
creating this surplus demon
strates its. concrete existence
and the definite obligation, le-
gal and equitable. attached to
1t.
2. Analysis of the District au-
ditor's figures of net surpluses
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TWO TONS CANDY
ARE CONDEMNED
Destroyed by Health Depart
ment as Unfit for Con-
sumption.

Two tons of candy were condemned
by the health department as unfit for
consumption and destroyed this week,
Health Offlcer William c. Fowler an
nounced today.
The sweets were taken from a. man
ufacturing concern in the northwest
section, transported on trucks to a
dump on the outskirts of the city.
where they were saturated with kero-
sene and covered with dirt
Owner to BE Prosecuted.
DR.. Fowler stated he would prose-
cute the owner Of the establishment
and that a warrant probably would
health officer alleges the candy was
exposed to rats.
Several pounds of the seized choco-
lates were retained at the health de-
partment laboratory for use as evil
dence.
VIII BE Given Hearing.
The health department from time
to time condemns quantities of candy
and other foodstuffs regarded by the
inspectors. as inedible. but this Is
believed to be one of the largest con-
demnations made by the food inspec-
tion service, which is headed by DIR.
r. r. Ashworth.
DR.. Fowler said that, under the
federal food and drug act, he must
give the owner of the candy a hear
Ing before referring the. case to the
district attorneys office.
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GRIP WAVE SWEEPS
THROUGH COUNTRY
Unusual Number of Persons
Suffer From Malady,
Reports Show.

A wave Of grip secondary to the in
fiuenza epidemic of 191S-19 is sweep
ing the country, with unpleasant but
not widespread fatal results, accord
ing to reports to the public health
service.
Surgeon General Cumming. in max
ing public the records of his service
for the week ending January 13. to-
day explained that the disease has
been most severe in the southern sec
tion of the country. although spread
ing SO generally that IL has become
prevalent in all parts OF the United
States.
Influenza Not General.
Influenza proper. DR.. Cumming said.
is not much more IN evidence that
usual. A modification of 1t seems to
be followed by less pneumonia than in
the cases of influenza, but with much
prostration. The common name OF the
wave would be grip" the surgeon
general said. but 1t could also be
called influenza in a milder form.
The epidemic. it was explained, Is
somewhat similar to one which fol-
IOWcO IHe severe lnnuenZd OF 1882 Tor
two or three years. In fact, the grip
now following the epidemic of 191S-19
was said to resemble in a striking
fashion the wave that struck the
country in 1898.
Symptoms Described.
Symptoms at first, 1t was said, are
similar to a severe cold. but they de-
velop frequently into a fever, some
times rising to high temperatures.
When this fever begins, officials of
the public health service said. is the
time to call the doctor. first
thing to do when a victim feels that
his slight cold is developing more
serious proportions is to take no
chances, officials said, but to go to
bed, and stay there until danger of
the fever is past.
The most outstanding symptom of
the wave of grip, DR.. Cumming
point out, seems to be the extreme
prostration, or feeling of weakness
and fatigue, This symptom was said
also to be the most characteristic of
the disease. now prevalent.
Reports Not Complete.
The figures reported to headquarters
here Of the public health service, il
was believed, by no means represent
ed the whole extent of the epidemic.
The figures showed only those actual
cases reported by physicians, and find
ing their way to the public health
records. There were innumerable
cases, it was believed, of persons who
had suffered with the disease, but had
taken home treatment, recovered, and
made no report. Just how extensive
this unreported part of the grip wave
has been officials said they were un-
able to estimate.
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Thyssen Facing
Penalty for
Attitude.
RAIL WORKERS
HOLD UP COAL.
Troops Occupy All
Lines Running Out
of District.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Further drastic steps were taken
by the French today in their efforts
20 enforce reparatlon payments by
their occupation of the Ruhr valley.
Fritz Thyssen, son of August Thys-
sen, leader among the Ruhr coal mag
mates resisting the French coercive
measures, was arrested with five
other leading mine directors.
The French have announced they
would try Herr Thyssen and his as
Bociates by court-martial for refusing
TO obey the orders of the occupational
authorities.
Bankers Continue Resistance.
German bankers in the Ruhr con-
tinued resistance to the French meas
ures. The directors of the Duessel-
dorf branch of the Reichsbank re-
fused to reopen that institution while
French soldiers were on the prem
Uses. Gen. Degoutte declined to with
draw the troops. Punitive action
against the directors is forecast.
While there has been no general
~alkout of the Ruhr miners or rail-
Raymen, considerable unrest is re-
ported among them, and miners in
some of the seized coal pits have quit
work. Five thousand men at the
Reckling Hausen mines are threaten
ing to strike Monday.
Refuse to Haul Coal.
The German railroad workers in
the Eiderfeld district, south of the
occupied zone of the Ruhr, decided to
refuse to transport coal requisitioned
by the French away from the valley.
Paris indicates satisfaction with
the progress made in carrying out
the Ruhr occupation scheme. Conf
dence is expressed that the vast in
dustrial machine in the Ruhr, which
still is functioning, can be kept going
despite the German resistance.
A boycott movement against French
and Belgian nationals Is reported
from Germany. 1t is expected the ex-
ample set by the Berlin hotelkeepers
in declaring a boycott will be fol-
lowed all over the country.
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GalIOway'S Report.
The spirit of the entire arrange
ment for appropriation and expenses
of the District of Columbia has been
violated In the creation of the sur
plus of $4,000. 900 of District revenues,
in the opinion of H J. Galloway, the
representative of the Department of
Justice, who has been assisting the
joint congressional committee on the
District surplus. Mr.. Galloway in his
report to thescommittee on the report
of the public accountants, made pub
lie today, said:
'T wish to state thought>which occurs
to me in connection with the balance
which the report of the auditors states
exists in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit OF the District OF
Columbia. So far as / am able to
ascertain in the brief time allowed for
this purpose. do not see how any law
has been violated in the creation of
such a surplus. However: ] do feel
that the spirit of the entire arrange
ment for appropriation and expenses Of
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TEACHERS SALARY
RAISES APPROVED
District Committee Makes
Favorable Report to House.
Early Vote Planned.

Carrying the amendments approved
by the House District committee sew
eral days ago to take care of in
creases for high and normal school
teachers and reducing the proposed
salary of the superintendent of
schools from $4,000 to $500, a
favorable report on the teachers sal
ary and school reorganization bill
was submitted to the House today by
Representative Fred n. zihlman of
Maryland.
Under the rules of the House any
measure must have been reported to
the House three days prior to being
called up. However, as Monday is
District day in the House, Represent
ative Zihlman believes that he can
persuade House Leader Mondell and
members of the rules committee to
give the teachers salary bill privi-
legged status for immediate considera-
tion, as is done in appropriation and
similar important measures.
Proposed Amendment.
In his report today. Representative
Zihlnan says that the House District
committee feels that this bill is pri-
marily designed to benefit the teach
ers of the District. He points out
that the great mass of high and nor
NAL school teachers, '"and they are
the most highly trained members of
the teaching corps" he says, receive
no material increase under the bill as
1t passed the Senate. The amend
ments proposed by the House commit
tee would give these teachers an in
crease OF $500, which would bring
their maximum up to $2,s00. compar-
able with the salaries paid in other
land has a maximum of $4,000; New
York. $4,000; Newark. $4,000: Jersey
City, $3,400, and Cincinnati, $4,000.
This grade and rating would only
be open to those teachers who are re-
Qufred to have a college degree and
pass In difficult entrance examina-
tfons.
The other amendments are for the
purpose of giving all teachers in the
systematic elementary, high and
normal school teachers-full credit
for their teaching experience.
Under the bill, as 1t passed the SEN
ate, elementary school teachers would
receive credit for only three years
teaching experience, and high and
normal school teachers for four years
teaching experience.
The amendments give them full
credit for professional services and
add nothing to the ultimate cost of
the bill, except the amendments rails
ing the basic salary for teachers in
senior high and normal schools who
are classified In group B.
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FRENCH ARREST
MINE OPERATORS
Seizure Follows Refusal to
Aid in Delivery of
Coal.
OFFICIALS ARE ALARMED
Authorities Declared Living in
Constant Fear French Will
Jail Them.
Rr the Assnciated press-

ESSEN, January 20.-Fritz Thyssen
and five other leading mine operators
were arrested here today and taken to
Dusseldorf.
The operators arrested besides Herr
Thyssen were Herren Spindler of the
Query mines, Tenzelmann Of the Essen
Anthracite Coal Company, Wuesten-
hoeffer Of the Essen Mine Association
and Herr Kesten and Herr one.
When these five were brought before
the French authorities last Thursday
and reiterated their refusal to aid in
the delivery Of coal they were advised
to hold themselves in readiness to ap-
pear before a military court.
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REFUSE POINT BLANK.
Bank Directors Face Penalty by
French.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DUESSELDORF, January 20.--A
point-blank refusal from the direct
ors of the Reichsbank branch here to
reopen the banks doors was deliver
ed today to Gen. Degoutte, the French
commander in chief in the Ruhr
The bank will remain closed so
long as there is a single French
soldier in or around the premises"
the directors declared. Gen. Degoutte.
in replying. held the directors per-
aonally responsible, and informed
them that the military guard would
be removed only after the bank had
reopened for business.
1t was expected that penalties
would be imposed upon the directors
during the day.
Military Occupy Rail Lines.
A majority of the private banks,
which were also closed yesterday,
were doing business this morning.
Their managers said they would con-
tinue to do so until the supply of
marks was exhausted.
Every railroad station on the lines
running out of the Ruhr has been
occupied by the military. The pas
sengers on all the trains are required
to produce their passports. This pre-
caution, especially directed against
incoming travellers, is intended to pre-
vent agitators from outside entering
the region in an effort to foment
trouble.