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pening ’ Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEATHER. Fair. colder tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended 2 p.m. today: Highest, 60, at 10 p.m. yesterday; Lowest, 52, at 7 a.m. t Full report on page 22. an (ispatebes herein are also reserved. rights of publication of special be WASHINGTON, NEW RESERVATION “Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 99,063 27, 1920—THIRTY - PAGES. TWO CENTS. SPARTACISTS OF GERMANY - WEDNESDAY, No. 720. DS °C: {ARCH 17, DR NEILL CHARGES ‘LOSS ON TAX REBATE | : SLANDER AIMED AT EDUCATION BOARD “Campaign of sentation,” He Says, Pro- testing Denial of Counsel. Misrepre- | PLACED AT 25 MILLIONS The total loss to the government as a result of the United States Supreme Court's decision that stock dividends are not taxable will not exceed $25 000,000, in the opinion of most Treas ury experts. ‘etary Houston wrote the House way and means committee today that the “immediate” in uncol lected taxes and refunds*would ap- proximate $195,000,000 for 1918 and 1919, but that ‘much of this would be regained through the sale of stocks and subsequent taxes on them. “Most of the experts of the depart- ment.” Mr. Houston wrote, “are of | | | | | if FOR FREE IRELAND TABLED BY SENATE St. Patrick’s Day Debate Is, Halted as Final Action on Treaty Is Sought. STRIVE FOR SOVIET RULE; KAPP DECIDES TO QUIT WORKMEN TAKE CONTROL AT ESSEN Number Killed in Fighting Mounts Into Hundreds. the opinion that the entire loss re- Hastening to clear the w for, final MEMBERS “ON TRIAL” iit" "io ‘isan $800 |Noaay choke om’ a Pasrwrk= aay AND OTHER CITIES es DEAD AT KIEL; rene. wey = \debate the Irish question by EER COMUNE | sae rsa ea «ete ae en pete) eae, | 100 AT DRESDEN Mrs. Gerry as Witness Tells About to be refunded and that a similar amount would be lost on 1919 taxes. | Britain should proclaim Ireland free. | |_ The motion to table. which under |Senate rules was not debatable. | |made by Senator Kellogg, republican ‘Proletarian Dictatorship for Lower Rhine and West- 100 Victims in Berlin. : _ . . {Minnesota. who denounced the pro-| i. a Financial Transactions and |posal as “polities,” and declared the | Clashes in American Trish vote never would be de ved by) . Vote on Superintendent. WOOD SUPPORTERS su ch nonsense. Thirty republicans and phalian Regions Planned. Zone. cs twenty-four democrats voted for the Charging that a campaign of “mis- ! motion, while fourteen democrats and inted Proce: aK representation and slander” against even republicans opposed it HAC Stavchoag = avaelesn ee Aeria Press. the board of education was under} | Offered by Senator Shields. lgram from Essen says that at the! So cemueenes March 17— way in Washington, Dr. Charles P. |. The Trish declaration was proposed first sitting of the revolutionary | Qustrner singe 's, the tm r to be considered a war measure only. dispatch, “to ure common action Saxony, with a Neill, a member of the board. today / b: nator Shields, democrat, Ten- workers’ council hel: y Neill. : 3 y s . ers’ council held on Monday aft- z nieceecueaal anes ne | Populatio: 200,008. protested to the Senate committee in- | Leese cian ccisenstne Oman denier ernoon a committee of thirty-three) sayy a rep a aie ee ki ; vestigating the schools, because the : jerat, Oklahoma. declaring that the, took over the conduct of affairs. BS np ee eee committee had not agreed to allow British protectorate over Egypt was “Efforts are being made.” adds the sh an been proclaimed there. 1 A “committee of action” han been members of the board to be fully rep- resented by counsel at the hearings. Senator Sherman, chairman of the committee, and other members of the committee pointed out that the com- mittee had not refused to allow the i | Opponents Thought They Had : Him “Stopped,” But Find The vote to table carried down the reservation itself and all proposed amendments, including that relating to Ireland, one by Senator Thoma democrat, Colorado, for Korean inde- pendence, and one by Senator King. jof all three socialist parties for the ilower Rhine district and Westphalia jon the basis of a prolearian dictator- ship.” Seventeen Casualties in Hamburg. The demonstrators whose activities formed, comprising ten comm: ints, six Independent socialists, four majority socialists and one ucme- crat. The Kapp administration at Berlin, board members to have counsel beside a Sta i é ; them to advise them. but that it ha:l| ‘ dome ronnie seEIpstieee bors Ries have resulted in clashes with securi- |Tealizing the futility of attempting te Getermined not to permit such counsel | He Only “Paused.” ihe Vicgiin lstamion ana eia call, BR\ TAN SEES DRY PLANKS guards in Hamburg are apparently |hold the reins of power, has decided to question and cross-examine wit- | The King proposal, its author said. jSpartacans, according to dispatches !to give up its short-lived dictator- nesses. Insists Board Is on Trial. Dr. Neill insisted that the board of | “Gen. Leonard Wood has his second BY N. 0. MESS: |was offered Gi | because he to show how ithe Senate was making itself and not! expected any one would ridiculous | IN THE 1920 PLATFORMS FIRE EARLY IN DAY from that city. In yesterday's hostil- ities the casualty list totaled seven- ; |teen in killed and wounded. A ispatch from Oldenburg _ says jShip. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Ber- jlin time, Chancellor Kapp decided te resign, 4 wind,” the politicians are saying to one | support ij | ji according to official advices education was “on trial” in this in-| another. A while back they had him|. The following senators voted | : lorvtne: ee neercre mrttindenwas from the German capital vestigation. He expressed the opin-|«stopped": now they say hh, "| against the motion to table: William J. Bryan, who arrived injdential nomination,” said Mr. Bryan. “goubtfal ab 400—were arrested | The fore : H E ey say he only| “Republicans — Borah, Brandegee, | this city this morning, prophesied that |“I do not want the nomination. 1 eu ee cas | apace os wei Ven! s are asserting themselves in various jon that members of the Senate com- } mittee would be absolutely fair to, paused, and is on the track again, go- ing strong. The result of the primaries | France, Gronna, Jones of Washington, | La Foliette and Norris ‘have stated that over and over again. I have refused to allow my name to both political parties will put hibition planks in their platforms and | pro- Everything is quiet at Chemnitz, ac- cording to a telegram received today, German centers. There are increas- the board. But. he said, a trained | ; : { : : pias |p. ats — As . son. |W candidates pledged to! as a ca ; 1d ‘ ; ; lawser” would Know what “questions |in Minnesota has been a wonderful |itchcock, Johneon of South Dakota, enforce the laws Mr. Bryan suid he prevent it. “In Michigan It was Aled which” says workers. continue to |ing Spartacan disorders and growing pene ar oa eos © |heartener to the Wood supporters and/ McKellar. Nugent, Overman, Owen. expects to be a delegate to the demo- | without my knowledge or consent. i eee ee Bane eres PA ele as Re radicals of the pos s = is causing th "{ Phelan, Reed, Sheppard. Shields.|cratic national convention to work telegraphed the secretary of state and { vices are ning. sibility of utilizing the present dis- lara aeranet oe) Coclarsae. that the ie the friends of other candi- Writ or Massachusetts and Wolcott, in behalf of an ‘acceptable platform jasked him to withdraw it. He an- ‘A committee. of twenty-one mem-!turbed conditions to establish soviet committee wanted to get at the whole | dates to sit up and take notice. H | qnd-candidate | SecceenbHte cane anipees ible eTnave pol ec ON |bers has succeeded the provisional | rule, facts in the case, asked if there were} Tho old-time politicians at the Capi- | S¢!f-Determination for Small Nations.|~ As to his own suggested candidacy|refused to consent to clubs being committee of workers’ councils. In/ "phe tist of killed reported from the industrial region of Erzgebirge certain members of the board who were afraid they “will tell some- thing.” Dr. Neill entered an emphatic denial to this suggestion. In support of his charge that a gampaign of misrepresentation about members of the board is being carried on, Dr. Neill said that a report was being circulated that Mre. Margarita tol say that the Wood campaign is be- ing conducted in the only way it-could | be, in the circumstances, and the re-| sults follow form. He is going to Chi-j| cago with a group of delegates, selected | to favor his candidacy to the end. He! |will have a definite political entity, something that can be counted, tabu-{ lated and totaled. States which send these delegates are | Idaho. “Self-determination” for all small|for the nomination, Mr. Bryan said he or subject nations is proposed in ajis not a candidate, does not desire the new reservation to the peace treaty|nomination, put will not in advance offered today by Senator Borah of|say that in ‘no circumstances would he accept the nomination. Under the reservation offered by | Mr. Bryan strongly urges demo: Senator Borah, a plebiscite in a sub-|cratic support in the Senate for rati- ject nation resulting in a vote of 60) fication of the treaty with the reserva- | per cent favoring independence would | tions to the league of nations, which be sustained by the league of nations. |have been added by a majority of the (called “Bryan clubs.’ |. “A few ‘Bryan democracy clubs’ have been formed. and I have consent- |ed to that because the word Bryan is | used to describe principles for which the clubs stand, and i: | in an impersonal sense. “Only one thing I have not said and that is to declare in advance that in | no circumstances would I consider the therefore, used; | Twenty Companies Fight and in Vogtland a similar arrange- ment has been made and the commit- tees have assumed entire political and economic authority. | $50,000 Cenflagration at 13th and C Streets. | Sweeping the lumber yard of W. T.j Galliher & Bro., incorporated, at 13th | | Kapp’s Regime Crumbles. A telegram from Hamburg quotes the following message from Stuttgart: “Dr. Wolfgang Kapp’s regime is on the point of collapse. Its influence now ex- numerous German towns and cities I clashes between demonstrators ani troops is mounting into the hundred! There has been no direct confirma- tion of last night’s reports of 400 killed in a bombardment of Kiel by a warship, but there are reports of 100 killed ‘and 300 wounded at Dres- den, probably more than 100 killed in Berlin suburbs and the —killing of from a half dozen to a score of per- S. Gerry was unable to vote her hon- | ¢, Th ti vides th: the | Senat . if i ted in th : lor Wood, for President. Othe, _The reservation provides that the | Senate. | nomination if it were presented in the ‘ poids only te parts of Berlin and east i s Bear ot the posrd. heli a morreane| mitted to any candidate. Among them |Chant of the league of nations aS| «1 am not a candidate for the presi Column 1) _|did about $50,000 damage. Thejises to entice independent socialists to|T2Ve heen reported. a EAC | will be delegates who prefer this ot that {Meaning that the right of self-deter- loss is covered by insurance. It|his side. Reports of negotiations be- E on her house. “This story is absolutely untrue,” said Dr. Neill. Mrs. Gerry a Witness. Dr. Neill was on the stand but an/ hour and a half, and was followed by | Mra. Gerry, who asked to have the matter of her financial standing hearg by the “geary is ‘af anaes. he: ine troduced evidence te show that the ‘ashington Loan and Trust, held a deed of trust fof" a sma! amount against her heme, but that at | no time di a Be Van Schaick have any conriect! ith: it. ‘ Mrs. ty sala she supposed . the rumors originated from the fact that in 1917 Dr’ Van Schaick, knowing that she was in some financial dif- ficulty had offered to indotse a note for her, and she had accepted the offer, with the result that he had in- dorsed such a note for $500. Mrs. Gerry read into the record a letter from Cuno H. Rudolph, presi- dent of the Second National Bank, individual now an admitted candidate— or some one whose name may be pre- | sented hereafter. Then there will be avowed Johnson delegates, Lowden dele- gates, Harding delegates and Poindexter delegates. Each of these will have| friends in the uninstructed delegations, a5 well. ut, while mightily encour; db: the early spring's gna, the Weal mane agers are not unmindfyl of the possi- ies of frost. The returns thus far. ‘are good, but they recall the old say- ing that “one robin does not make spring.’ Moreover, . these jegates are ine , States which hereto- fore havé not been decisive in the naming of présidential candidates. The big question is whether the pri- mary showing in Minnesota and the west is a safe forecast of sentiment to prevall in New York. Pennsylvania, hio, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. The politiclans are looking forward with exceeding interest to the pri- maries in Michigan April 5, which are expected to furnish a very instructive {population of a subject nation or a} mination shall not be denied to any people. Whenever one-third of the} defined territory shall petition the | league for independence the league ! council must provide for a plebiscite. | Upon the result of the ensuing elec- ; tion will be determined the question * whether these people shall be inde- | pendent or centinue under the old government controlling them. The voting would be limited to all! persons who have attained their ma- | jority. Women as well as men would; be allowed to vote. Present New Heservation. The téxt Of & general declaration of | international policy, under which thé| United States would view with “grave concern” any future upheaval threat- ening the peace and freedom of Bu- rope} agreed on by republican Senate leaders and presented as a new reser- vation, follows: “It shall be the declared policy of | this government that the freedom and adopted : papers, daily and weekly, be The News Print Paper Situation At a special meeting of the Board of Directors and the Paper Committee of the American Newspaper Publishers’ Association, held in New York on Friday, March 5th, it was decided that an immediate reduction in the use of news print paper was impérative, and the following resolution was ‘ “RESOLVED, That publishers of all classes of news- urged to make immediately a was the largest ‘fire in the District for some time. One hundred and twen- ty-three members of the fire department, representing fourtcen truck companies, |six engine companies and the water tower, responded to the four alarms turned in. So great was the headway gained by the flames that the members of the fire department, working under the direction of Acting Chief Sullivan, were competied jto use ‘immense quantities of water. They fought to save the lumber plant and adjacent property. Street sewers s00n became choked and were unable to carry off the water, which caused the flooding of B street and the lumber yard, requiring the firefighters to wade through water a foot or more deep. Blaze First Seen at 4:35 A.M. It was just 4:35 o'clock when Special Policeman Benjamin Klopfer, who has performed police duty in that section the past forty years or more, discovered |regime at the capital, says tween the Kappists and the constitu- tionalists false. Regular army in west and south Germany and in Saxony loyal. Members of the national assem- bly must come to stuttgart as quickly as_possible.” COPENHAGEN, March 16.—President Ebert, head of the German government driven from Berlin last Saturday morn- ing, stands firm in his determination not to have any relations with the new short tele- gram received. here from Stuttgart. Ebert's Declaration. The telegram says that in the course lof an interviéw President Ebert de- clared: “I am in complete accord with the im- perial government. |deviated from the declarations we made jon Friday night as to reply to the in- ‘surgents’ ultimatum. There can beeno {question of an understanding with the \perjured enemies of the German consti- | tution.” Pre ent Ebert is quoted as asserting Spartacists Are Feared. PARIS, March 17 (by Associated Press).—News from Berlin’ and other German points, telling of Sanguinary clashes at Kssen, Dortmund, Leluzig, Mannheim, Frankfort and Brunswick, together with a report that a council of workmen had assumed power at Chemnita, has given the impression here that there is more ‘be fear from a revival of the S| in move- ment than from the aetivities of the Kapp government in Berlin. According to the latest -dispatches, the military thevement haa resulted in bloodshed in twenty-four German tewns. The Spartacans are reported to have risen in Dresden, where # We have not so far} clash with troops is declared to havé resulted in a casualty list of 100 dead and 300 wounded. Fighting in Bre lau, Hamburg and Kiel also is re- ported. ‘A dispatch from Berlin timed in that city at 10:30 o'clock this morning says the report that Chancellor Kapp has showing that the note in question test of popular feeling. Michigan was De eee ee eee uationtet | reduction of 10 per cent in consumption of news print, and to a blaze on the lower floor of the office |matters were shaping themselves in! resigned is false. had been renewed twice. the second | one of the strongest Roosevelt states, | powers, the United States will regard request all advertisers, both local and foreign, to reduce their building, where, it is stated, there was | favor of his government | Disbrders at Treves. time on October 1, 1917, and thar shortly thereafter it was taken up. It developed that in July, 1917, when the note was outstanding, Mrs. Gerry had voted to re-elect Mr. Thurst@— as superintendent of schools. although Dr. Van Schaick ‘had voted against him, and that it was after the note had’ been liquidated that she voted with the president ofthe board against retaining Mr. Thurston. Questioned by Senate: Dr. Neill was questioned by Senator and the substance of the Wood strength throughout the country is the support of the old progressive ele- ment. | Michigan is described as being bad!: split over Gen. Wood, however, Many of the old Roosevelt men have left the | Wood camp. Senator Johnson has made inroads on the Wood support. and Senator Poindexter will make a | tty for a share, while the Lowden peo- |ple are busy.’ If Gen. Wood should |“clean them all up,” as former Sena- tor William Alden Smith predicts he! will, the result would be regarded as such a situation with grave concern, | and will consider what, if any, action; it will take in the premises. | Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin! drafted the reservation in consulta- | tion with other republican leaders and introduced it in the Senate yesterday | at the end of a day of debate on the Irish question. Some senators pre-} dicted that it might have the effect | of softening the resentment of the! administration over the republican | article X reservation and win over | enough more democratic votes to rati- manufacturers, in response to space 10 per cent during the present emergency. advertisers will not co-operate to the extent of this suggested reduction, the publishers are urged to raise their advertising rates sufficiently to bring about the percentage of reduction.” The News Print Service Bureau, representing the paper In case an inquiry, has stated that the paper situation is temporarily in its worst phase, and that the resolution of the Paper Committee should be complied with absolutely, further saying that if the merchants will fire in a stove, but just what caused the fire probably never will be determined. An alarm sounded from Box 153 (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) 1.C. TEACHERS CITE brought _a_number of downtown com- | “Wurttemberg adheres firmly to us,” he said, “and Baden, Bavaria, Hesse and | Saxony, as well as the whole of north- west Germany, al: jhere to us. jany following, but this following is be- jing recruited from the old Prussian re- actionaries. Great indignation over the situation prevails in south Germany.” ‘CHARGES FALSE ARREST i i Fifty-nine persons have been killed and upward of a hundred wounded in take their stand on |disorders at Treves, in the American the imperial constitution and loyally ad-!zone of occupation southwest of Cob- Only in provinces east of the |lenz, according to advices received Elbe have the insurgents so far found | here. Revised figures for the casual- ties in the fighting at Dresden are said to show that more than 100 were killed and 300 wounded. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp. the ‘new Ger- man chancellor, and Gen. von Luett- witz, his military lieutenant, have de- cided to retire from the direction of German governmental affairs uncon- Harrison regarding the Monday Even- F 5 ae tap. Club ae Ghee say have had |Significant of conditions in other |fy the treaty. | curtail their advertising 10 per cent, based on the average of ditionally, according to a dispatch re- to do with his appointment as a meéem-} es | the last five months, the results ought to make the situation |ceived here from Frankfort quoting ber of the board of education. The witness said that after George | Make Claims Worth While. The aim and object of the Wood Follows Senator Knox Plan. The new reservation follows the | comparatively safe. OTHER CITIES PAY advices to the Gazette of that city. It is said this decision was reached after a : neral outline of a declaration which | , a ee . H ai an ge wa campaigners is to go to Chicago with | was contained in a resolution. intro- The Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association of AND ILLNESS FOLLOWING Doe e eee ay War Gone teres = Gaucation, bad ‘asked him to ‘Susgent |s4eh formidable agray of delegates | duced soveraWmon the Bee by Renato | Washington, at a recent mecting, adopted the following ‘ i latter had threatened to attack the i it -li nox, re can, Pennsylvania, an 2 5 i . Co re Seeetaenel ee eee, mRBSECHS: | never acted on by the Senate. ‘Those | resolution : Central Salary Committee} chartes a. Grocks today filed suits) OOM mevernment totees rat Rapes that Dr Van Schaick had asked him|year, will have to ceonbucnemenetn ee ee Eee Se Neate CEO Ls Wi AS Cie Asks | if 80 Ghare to upacover Paseebun astinees eer riees aE oer to write to the justices of the Su-/them.” The popular expression among | Would leave the United States free | IAcconin ionic baWashingtany dieccby agrees Lonscceot any. sks Increase 0 Court to recover $50,000 damages| 4 wor bureau dispatch from Ber- preme Couft in regard to the matter. “I did not write to them, however, said Dr. Neill. He himself wi asked by Dr. Van politicians is that the states wl |Gen. Wood's strength is supposed ro | be greatest do not nominate Presi-| dents. Every day one will hear the| from any definite promise to intervene | in European affairs, it also would give evidence of the nation’s vital inter- est in any future war, such as the one | recommendation respecting the curtailment of advertising space in Washington newspapers during the present news Per Cent Here. {from the Associated Charities of the | District of Columbia for alleged false larrest and imprisonment. lin states Col. Bauer, confidential ad- viser of Gen. Ludendorff, has been as- ssinated. The general strike is ef- Schaick if he would accept the ap-|remark: “Wait until we see what New | Just closed. print stringency that may be proposed by the Washingtom | That substantial salary increases} 4 alleges that an agent of the| fective over nearly 3 y “ ” me e allege ly all of Germany pointment. York. Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and|_.Th€ Words “grave concern,” one | : ‘ oe z , are being granted in many large cities| 4.¢— 2 2 Meanck teana “ ” i = i News ishers’ Association endant caused him to be arrested| A mob has stormed French headquar- I said that I would not.” continued |Minois want, and we will see what is |8¢Rator pointed out, usually carry Newspaper Publ of the country is shown by informa-|elruary 18 1910, on a charge of |ters at Bonn and pillaged stores and Dr. Neill. {ter Mr. Larner’s resigna- tion Dr. Van Schaick again asked me if I would consider the appointment, ' ily Mkely to be done.” je Wood managers are thor: - cognizant of this situation and of deep significance in diplomatic usage and frequently have been employed to describe an attitude contemplating Statement of the Washington tion gathered by the.central salary committee representing all the teach- ers of the five white failing to support his four minor children, and as a result he was de- tained for a period of eight hours private houses, says a Berlin dispatch to the Journal. The disorder began by an attack on a French military auto but I replied that I would not. Com-|the preponderating inf possible action. Supporters of the nigaicsencole’ a 1 of , jas Mas missioner Brownlow also asked me if states mentioned. tn any nominating |Feservation deciare that in its moral with Harry English as chairman absthe éleventh| précinet pollee (sta |e eee yt Teseaaae meee, I would accept the appointment, and convention and feel that their play |effect such a declaration would be S ’ ei pie) Inquiry into salary conditions in, ton. after be had fitn trilie in aliynched. Police officers were obliged 1 said that I would prefer not todo so |!8 to come to the convention with |@ Powerful deterrent should any na- Publishers Association seventy other cities shows that every-|#,UiSt@0ce 0) “tthout being permit-|to fire upon the mob, the dispatch He said that men of my caliber should | such an array of delegates from states |tion again purpose to despoil Europe | where schools are passing through a Siveleeat > He ealdithe seas: 6 be willing to go into public service. jat large as to make it worth whil “Finally Judge Siddons talked to me | the President makers to consider fnere | as Germany did. It is expected that it also will be “The Association of Washington Publishers expresses its period of adjustment. From several the report com quently dismissed sub and he wa 2 Kapp Decides to Quit. Ce OC A eee argued that the. reservation would’ Jeng) appreciation of the interest of the Merchants and Manu- “The latest increase is not sufficient |#™0 00 “ti tre to the winter|, BERLIN, March 17.—it is oftcially over again that I should accept, that 1/ Gen. Wood is not expected immediate moral support to thé! A 3 i F ; Sie to hold teachers. Many are leaving.” Sale Lite announced that Chancellor Kapp at 1 should consider myself drafted into commanding strength MeeaNere yore \struggling new nations of Europe and facturers’ Association in the pressing problem of news print Believing that only an, adequate fa- | nea He ea eae o'clock this afternoon decided to re- the public service. In the end I said/or Pennsylvania, nor in Mlinois, but | Would be reassuring to France, whose conservation, as demonstrated in the resolution adopted at crease in salaries to teachers will) DTOMCMS! Aue heen obliged to expend | Sis”. I would accept as drafted.” his managers are fighting desperately | defensive treaty with this country stil BE aieaRcsOGation remedy the present difficulty in ob-|i\rve sums of money in efforts to be Strike Spreads in Berling to bring delegates from such other | awaits ratification here and faces a bi! the recent meeting z 3 taining and holding teachers in. the! Gired. i BERLIN, March 16.—There were Not Asked of Thurston. Senator Harrison asked the witness if anything had been said to him in fegard to Supt. Thurston when he was approached to go on the board. “President making” states as Ohio jand Indiana. In both these states a contest of unexampled vigor is un- | der way. The old-line leaders in Indiana, in- ter fight if it is called up for action. | Other Reservations Presented. About a dozen other reservations pre- | sented by individual senators remained | “The Washington Publishers holding the consumption of news print to the lowest practi- cable point, especially in oMer that the smaller papers of are keenly desirous of local schools, the central salary com- mittee has asked for an increase of 80 per cent for all teachers. ! Some Large Increases. j HOUSE VOTES LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY HER jfusillades during the day and evening in various parts of Greater Berlin, par- ticularly at Schoenberg and Halensee, at the Halle Gate and before the Alex- ander barracks, but no details regard- jo,” replied Dr. Neill. added, cluding Senators New and W: he count be able to secure a necessary supply. To Th Its of the investiga i ty - : 2 ‘atson, | when the Senate met today to be dis- the country may ess he results of the investigation into ing the number of killed and’ wounded had Seer grag at Public mdi Ae | endlthe mechineloresntssConserelte-1| posed of, joneyot temirelalice |(o the that end the Washington papers have eliminated all waste salary conditions have been lald De-| 4 new holiday for employes in the] were available. ee ‘Supt. stor G josed to Gen. Woods’ | Egyptian protectorate. } : ae j 3 ation and the! jew henge, BP iparovad BY, ne strike was spreading rapi@l the reorganization program proposed candidacy. while the most influential Eres in connection with this reser- | in the form of returns, exchanges, free copies, etc., and they District subcommittee of the House | District of ¢ columbia Waassing a. dill|today and threatened to extend papi “expressed my surprise to find the | believing that the rank and aco | ation. presented by Senaior ea “re: | have economized in the use of space given to special features. appropriations commitice, | It was Vmichi declares Lincoln’ birthday (a | Dali clevss) sae science) vorcenie es 3 4 an le of Jahoma, that yesterday's re- 3 . a cities adequate in-| i District of Co-| erally. urning in * fiet” ‘said Dr. Neill pare Gone ee ae precipitated. Senator ehielae, CO than one edition daily. , nats nasieiven aotpee cent ae {With the unanimous recommendation egg ieee tents ee pul neven . ees = | nagers are .d up the subject by * 5 ee alt ed As Pitts- + e judiciary ittee that it . uildings, Wee eats ae SOU eal eae ecu ctorca totbremic inte | Rennesser, cha a declaration that the “They feel that steps looking to the further curtailment burgh, is paying, high school teachers) OF tne nea a : which had private plants. No trains went on the board I knew only in a|Senator Harding cannot 20 terri tf | United States wee ee eeen of news print consumption necessarily become a question of ralse this to: $1.200-82,600 for nest sea, | The effect of the ot ene meee of, ther dager Dut AU twasrandcre ont Keneral way of the controversy be- with a solid delegation from will declare Ireland free. See 5 'd th : Oe year. | p60 it was pointed out by Representa i is ‘i n the part of each paper, and the papers To pay these salaries Pittsburgh st | Ure é New Yi : that the railroad men had agreed to tween the board and the superintend-|state the other own] A declaration of freedom for Korea individual method o P Ps pap page presen, igevel te bunen mane tive Husted of New York, who made | ermit chal opexation; ore ae alenten ent. I knew nothing of the oj tion in the board to the re of Mr. Thurston in 1917. that the controversy was only over Pposi- election 1 thought! “President makers” | will look askance at him. ore | In Iowa, another potential state in! candidate naming contests, Gen. Wood | is said to be far from assured of jand Senator Borah, was presented as a further amendment | ‘tor Thomas, democrat, Colorado, | pia republican, Idaho, | *s friends to put the | end with the members of the challenged the treaty’ Association.” ‘iptes of the league to the test by | individually will be glad to work out an understanding to that Merchants and Manufacturers’ a vigorous campaign is on to obtain | legislation increasing the city’s taxin power. In Other Cities. | the report for the committee, would be the observance of Lincoln,’s birthday in the National Capital in the same way as Washington's birthday. He pointed out esent time legislatures number of food trains for the relief of the capital. Workers Wander Restlessly. Lacking newspapers and unaware questions of policies. I never had an| i the state. rinci i i | that up to the pre fdea that the board questioned his! “atessachusetts and possibl jadopting a reservation declaring flatly , Other increases which have been | {twenty-six states have passed laws |of the general strike order. thousands fitness for office. I went on the bourd | along with New Hampshire. areigc: |that the league council must establish erated are ; |r kine Lincoln's birthday anniversary |of workers trudged miles ‘this morn- without prejudice or feeling against pected to favor Gen. Wood” £X- | ond maintain self-determination among | onan en increase of 15 per cent, !. legal holiday. ing to their places of employment. b y 1, 1919. y Mr. Thurston. “My personal intention when I went | on the beard was to bring about a settlement of the controversy by at tempting to bring the board and Mr. Thurston together. Mr. Hamilton Asked of “Time.” “Mr. lismilton gave me two hours of Fersey is still debatable ground. ct though the Wood men claim the jead. The situation is expected by old- line politicians at the Capitol to change from week to week as the various states declare through pri- maries or by state conventions for candidates or to remain unpledged, as in the case of the New York delega- all subject people. —_—_—__—_—- } ARLINGTON COUNTY BILL SIGNED BY GOV. DAVIS | \CHMOND, Va., March 17.—Gov. Davis today signed a bill passed by | Request to The Star does not wish to or the advertiser in order to and its contract for paper is Advertisers raise rates either to the reader reduce consumption of paper, sufficient to take care of its In January of this year | another increase of $18.50 a month was granted. Chicago granted, in January, a flat | increase of $400 over last July. Cleveland, granted $200 increase last September, 4nd in January made a fur- ther increase of 20 per cent, retroactive from September. During the debate it was brought out that the Lincoln memorial is nearing completion and that it was fitting to pass this measure before the dedicatory ceremonies at the memorial. RAILROAD BUYS FROM U. S. When they learned the situation they | wandered restlessly about the streets until it began to rain, when they returned home. The maids in the hotels joined the strike today, adding to the discomfort of the guests, who were without , water or any facilities for cooking what bits of food they were, able to his time discussing the situation, and hanging th mi business. Nevertheless, it feels that it should do its part to D: ‘Ohio, ha: = ick in ithe:ahi ‘At the Adk tion. But for the day the Ww: the legislature changing the name of usiness. 5 4 ayton, io, has given $500 increase = pick up in the shops. e lon said to me, ‘You are in for a stormy people are in high rapicive ana mee Alexandria county to Arlington county. meet the situation existing generally, and all advertisers are since 1914. Pere Marquette Gets 3,000 Freight a Pongcomnetsoy — papa ee ne agenc wi rot ed time.’ I said that I hoped to be able to bring about a settlement of the con- Jupon pushing the advantage thus |gained to the utmost. ise The change was made so as to avoid confusing the name of the county with requested to reduce immediately their advertising space 10 Des Moines has granted five increases since 1917. Cars and Other Equipment. places of the striking chambermaids. eRe eee era ana tie oe —————— that of the city of Alexandria. per cent, based on the average amount of space used during aieetralt has given 50 per cent increase| TOLEDO. Ohio, March 17.—Purchase| ogalacen eranciicn apa ,- . at a ———_— 5 increase granted i 10,000. wo! of equipment} x a - we you will dou toot service” “| Smallpox Quarantine Off. |p.» arris, Kan., Bank of $10,000 the past five months-—from October 1, 1919, to March 1,1920— | Tunary, adi 41855000 the seeds | rom the eovernmcnt, Was announced | 2°or Cérman Oficate eualved ‘i UFF. N. é — a i" | i i jersey ‘y is paying from $700 to | by officials of ie Pere Marquette rail- = “If I had known the feeling against |_ BUFFALO. N. Y., March 17.—The = | until further advised. 1,300 more than in 1917. vesterday. The equipment|@ meeting yesterday to strike unless mallpox quarantine against Canada| OTTAWA. Kan. March 17.Five/ $1, road here, 350 freight cars, 30 light|the new government retires. The Supt. Thurston by members of the board who had served with him for five | will be removed Friday at midnight thousand dollars in liberty bonds and Newark will pay, in September of this year 30 per cent more than last Septem- | locomotives and 10 heavy switching printers are still on strike and, as ; under orders received by federal|an equal amount in cutrency was . ‘ + FOr siz, years, 1 would never have | health oficers along the border today.| taken from the People's State Bank The Evening Star Newspaper Company ber. engines PRR Or om ee ee together.” © Pia eas teaposdd om November ae ionina | oS eierciny eee nea eee a geeredl ites pee pipes an Increase of 88) (The wit that the. government. will| ‘The officials of all the imperial state ES sf count of a serious outbreak of the dis-| terda: after ey a e . T 5 ‘The membegs o% the board had fixed! ease in Toronto and other Ontariojcushier in the vault. The men es. St. Louis has voted $1,260,000 addi- accept notes from the company to be eeuvicesi Baye, Reonioricied 1023 conned on Page z, Column 1.) cities. ©: in a motor car. tional for next year. cured by a lien on *+a rolling at-—~ = ere: 2 A