Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1921, Page 1

” WEATHER. I Rain changing to snow this after- ' | or tonizhi: colder tonight; to- oudy and colder. ture for twenty-four hours today: H 4 esterday; lowest | on page 28. ighest, 43, at , 36, at 3:30 ! @he heni ny Star. The Assccinted the use for rep vaper and ai Al rig Saturday’s Member of the Associated Press to it or no* otherwise dispatchies herein are Press is e lusively entitled to £ all mews Qispatehes dited in this ished berein, ablication he local news § of publication of special Net 'S. Closing New York Stocks, Page 28. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S N e 6. 28.036. omite e s et WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1921-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. o 'l'\}'() CEN "PANIC MAY RESULT FROM BANKRUPTING ROADS, BOARD TOLD, Jmmediate Abrogation of Na- tional Agreements Essen- tial, Atterbury Declares. WILL DELAY WAGE CUT S0 DAYS, HE PROMISES New Increase in (Passenger and Freight Rates Said to Be Only Alternative. By the Associated Press. " CHICAGO, January 31.—Bankruptey threatens the railroads of the United States unless they are assured imme- dite means for a reduction in operat- jng expenses, the Railroad Labor Board was told today by the Asso- ciation of Railways Executives. Gen. W. W. Atterbury, chairman of the Jabor committee of the roads’ organ- ization, made the prediction. The railroad executives assured the federal officials that if there was _im- mediate abrogation of the war time national agreements, involving work- ing ries and conditions, they would not seek a reduction of basic wages| for at least three months after thel order becomes effective, sayins the| interval would be used to test out the efficacy of economies which might be instituted free from the limitations of | Present agreements. Ultimately, however, it was stated,| there wouid be need for a reduction | in ba wages if the cost of operat- | ing thie roads is to be cut to a point where rates may be*reduced. | " As a measure of immediate relief the roads asked the board to abrogate at once the agreement fixing the basic| rates of unskilled labor at 39 to 4813 | cents an hour. They argued lhal_ t'l'ls' was a higher rate than was paid in other industries and that it operated to the disadvantage of other employ- ) ers, eparticularly farmers. Rate Boost Is Alternative. The roads propose that rules and working conditions in effect Decem- ber 31, 1917, be re-established. Many railroads are not now earn- ing, and with present operating costs i and traffic have no prospect of earn- ing, their bare operating ex- Atterbury. “This net return | their fized | even said Gen. leaves them without any and unable to meet charge He 4 that the emergeney might| be either by an advance in fre d passenger rates or a re- duetion in operating expenses, adding unl prompt action affords. relief to the rorls many of the lines of the country may be forced into insolvency. “Theé_labor board can preveht this catastrophe.” Mr. Atterbury said, “by | deciaring that tie national agree-| ments <z and working conaitions coming over from the war period are terminated at once; that the question of reasonable and ecomomical rules and working eonditions shall be re- manded to negotiation between each carrier and its own employes: and that as the basis for such negotiations, the azreements, rules and working condi- tions in effect on each railroad as of December 31, 1917, shall be re-estab- Jished.” Touching upon the question of wage reductions in connection with the re- quested action by the board, Mr. At- terbury said: “If the board will do this, the labor committee of the Association of Rail- way Executives will urge upon every +ilroad company a party to decision 2, that no proposal for the reduc- | tion of basic wages shail be made | within the next succeeding ninety days. This will afford an opportunity to! gauge the economies which can be ac- | complished through more efficient rules and working conditions. It will also | places another brake on the progre: FILIPINOS WANT GOV. HARRISON “ADOPTED” AS SON MANILA. P. L. January 31— The city council has adopted a resolution requesting the legis- lature to pass a law which would make Gov. Gen. Burton Harrison an adopted of the ilippine Islands. 1e resolution, in part, Francis son people “The Filipinos, being a that know h to appreciate whatever is done for the advance- ment of their country, and Gov. Gen. Harrison having labored con- stantly to ti ever since the memorable day that he stepped for the first timé upon our shores, should express, in a permanent way, their gratitude toward Gov. Harrison. The Filipino people de- sire to have an undying memory of his personality. inasmuch as it is not possible for him to stay with us as iong as we should like. The best manner to show to Gov. Gen. Harrison our appreciation and admiration for him is to make him. by law, an adopted son of the Philippines. b RECLASSIFICATION BILL GOES OVER Held Up, as Seven House! Civil Service Committee- men Are to Retire. Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey definitely announced today that hearings on his reclassification bill, expected to be held this session, would be held over until the next s sion. on account of the fact that seven of the thirteen members of the House committee on reform in the civil service would not return after March 4. Postponement of the hearings. for which government employes have been preparing for several months, came as a disappointment to mem- bers of the National Federation of Federal Employes and others inter- ested. Purpose of Mr. Lehlbach. It is understood that Mr. Lehlbach does not desire members of his com- mittee who will not return to Con- gress next session to sit ut the he: ings on the reclassificaiion bill and then not be able to take further ac- tion in the matter. Employes consoled themselves today with the thought that since the hear- ings had been held off until so near the end of the short session it is best that they be postponed until after March 4. This procedure, however, it is held, of reclassification legislation, and puts farther off than. ever the realization of adequate salary increases for govern- ment workers. Whole Year's Delay Seen. Even if hearings on the Lehlbach measure are held early next session, it_is *not anticipated now that the mdasure could be made effective for the next fiscal year except by the most heroic work. Organizations working along edu- cational lines in connection with the reclassification measure will not give up their work, it was announced, but will bend every effort, with the added time given, to perfect their arguments in behalf of employes of the govern- ment. CHIEF CLERK KILLS SELF. Charles F. Du Bois Despondent Over Financial Affairs. Despondent over financial matters, Charles F. Du Bois, forty-four years old, chief clerk in the auditor's office of the Navy Department, killed himself this morning in the afford additional time in which to real- ize the benefits of a further declinein the cost of living.” 1 Causes Gross Waste. “The national agreements, rules and working conditions forced on the rail- roads as war measures,” the statement “cause gross waste and ineffi- | says, Iway oper- es at least $300,000,000 per nnum. It would be far better to save s sum by restoring conditions of ef- ¥ and economical operation than lice wages “We believe that as the wages of | ruilroad emploves were the last to go | up. they should be the last to come | down, but we do insist that for an | :mpln wage an honest day’s work shall | n “The public has a right to insist | that this must be obtained. The pub- | 150 the right to expect that Wway executives, with the co- | ration of the regul is rapidly as possi- | cost of railway opera- | _ €0 as 1o eventually insure a re- | duction in rates, Ultimately, a read- nt of basic wages will be re-‘ itime, it is to the inter- ! concerrled. including labor, | basement of his home on Ravenwood avente, Riverdale, Md. four bullets into his body. According to his wife, Mrs. Mg Du Bois, her husband went into cellar- this morning. A few minutes later she heard the report of pistol shots an a neighbor. When they went into the cellar Du Bois was dead. The body was taken to an undertak- £ establishment in Riverdale. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Du Bois has been employed in the auditor’s office of the Navy Depart- ment since 1899. He was married last October to Miss Maud Fallowell of this city. Today’s News in Paragraphs President to sign March 4. bills at Capitol on Page 1 ory bodics and | Paris agreement likely to be accepted | despite criticism. Page 1 Bandits loot and set fire to bank, cape with $106,000. Page roads may be bankrupt and the nation menaced b that the rules and warking conditions | A ft,panic. Atterbury tells Vall b made conducive 1o the highe| the Railroad Labor Board. Page 1 S8 aMictanicy T OuEItE o {Rich woman, reported misséng, found “The railroad commitice presenting | imprisoned’ on a ranch mear Los evidence for the abrogation of the | Angeles. age 1 natio agreements, have far from | Senator Harding finds se 3 exhausted their evidence on this sub- | Florida key once used by Bioes onesor) jeu Hut it will be dangerous to! one of the last known pirats h cont the consideration of these syereements rule by rule. If the board ) lows its present procedure, months Pill_eiapse before it can render its decision, wxibility of Paniec. “The urgent financial necessities of the ruilroads will not permit them to wait any such length of time for re- Jief. Long before the present detailed concluded the board : - by appeals from in- dis ailroads from all parts of count ) ry for reductions in basic 1t will be impossible for the troand dispo of these rases upon their merits in void numerous receiverships possibility of a national s of railway net oper- are cpirable. You : retroactive tomorrow savinzs that should hi ve been today our board cannot possibly write the rules and working conditions of e | tes of the | Carribeon. % Page 1| S oty Simave mubme” Tahat Secretary ; with' Japan. T Pag® 2 Taitied 10D C. Do todaye e a0 e oD Ginle (9 Ot edaredion W ew B. & A. terminal sta L e Anal N e iation opened to publie. 9 | Plan to revive trade over C. and ¢ o between Cumberland and Washingion, Page 11 st for con- or increased i | Civic bodies. unite in reque: ! “sideration of provision f water supply in D. C. 1 ! 4s an emerge, { proposition. perent Russians at Paris anference unite n oppoxition: to red rule, dec shevism a failure. News bricfs of ol- 13 States ge 15 { Bruce writes Van Schaick that he wiy | { 1 Nrilng by | United the every railroud in this country and e adjust them ecquitably to varying |, POt retire. Page 16 ®oozraphical, operating ‘and . seciaj | The nine Alabama soldiers indicted in \ Conditions | connection with the lynching of It rests entirely with your boarq | miner will face trial tod Page 17 to determine Within the next few |The sum of $15,000 was raised at Belasco duvs whether this whole situation | Theater mass meeting for relief in Irq- ®hall drift pilto chaos. and ‘orderly| land. Page 17 yrocedure become impossible cxcept | Aus &t the price of railroad h:mkrupu»'y Au“??'d ":w?;tmn SEBter-ndolngiire financial shock, and still wider unc | > e Pagd 17 EmploymehE. “F Un-|canadian parliament to discuss vital “The course which We are recom-| Problems next month Page 17 nding is not only imperative, but | Argentine erchants warn American uitable shippers a:z:‘expo‘rxerrs that the United o g - tes may lose its forelgn trade ad- ' Jusdieo e OiRave ! Vantage if present policies are con. fon of the extraordinary | tinucd. . Page 17 of the war perigd as the | pe, ] o Mons. It the port on suicides in country shows (Continued on Pags % Cx 6,171 in 1920, Page 21 v = shot and | Du Bois fired | nd notified William A. Brooks, 1t If present pational agreements are much longer continued the American rail- PAIS AND BERLN T0 ACGET TERS, BELEF I ELRDPE Conference Agreement Will Meet Criticism, But Appro- val Declared Likely. |COMES BEFORE FRENCH | DEPUTIES TOMORROW | | | i | | {German Hopes Based on Possible | Future Economic and Politi- cal Changes. PAL MOWR to T Licago Dl 621 R. News. BY I By Cable SCoTT <rar and | Che | PARIS, January 31— Paris con- ferénce agreenent on reparations and | German disarmament doubtless will | be laid before the chamber of deputies | i {tomorrow. The French legislative body, which herctofore has been a| {citadel of uncompromising firmucss, | i [probably will accept the agreement, though not without bitter criticism | The agreement. indeed, though it is | {too soon to ju as to what it will {be in practice, is the abstract ex- | ceedingly ingenious. Reduction in Fixed Indemnities. | | In the first place it reduces the total of the fixed indemnities figure to 226,- 000,000,000 gold marks ($36.500,000,- 000), which represents at present a capital of less than 106,000,000,000 goid marks ($25,000,000,000), and is | the lowest figure ever contempluted. | The Germans themselves proposed 1100.000.000,000 ol ence. will doubtics arks at the peace Th be a source of ction to every one concerncd «x- {cept France and Belgium. The an |nuitie under thi Trang wiil |be paid partly in cash, but largely in | ‘man merchandise, which other | |things being equal. would tend to compete dangerously with French in- {Qustries. This, indeed, has always been Britain's principal objection to xacting large indemnities from Ger- many. It is just here where that 121 per cent export tax enters in so nic {on the one hand insuring French : British manufacturers against da gerous rivalry, and on the other ope ing to France the possibility of prof ing if Germany's cconomic recovery is more rapid than is expected Beginning of New Entente. As regards France and Britain, the present agreement should perhaps be considered less as a prolongation of their war-time alliance than as the beginning of a new entente built on the debris of the oid. Both countries, | as the writer pointed out on the first day of the conference, were practi Iy forced by their internal situations o reach an agreement. The docu- ments exchanged two days ago be- tween France and Britain are prob- ably a greater menace to the G pocketbook than anything e has happened since the ar Germany's Reaxons. | Star and Chicazo Daily News. | e s L D EU it was said, they had demanded i s O dnears il £20,000, { BERLIN, January 31.—Germany will | Y54 "" fi.pnone operator's quick-wit- accept the Paris indemnity demands tod d to the discovery of Mrs. | |for two reasons: First, because she Wi 1 and the Carrs: st. The | i 2 ¢ AR S cived = call from a_pay Jopes that the tr of Versailles | g0 "tor the Yesidence of O, S, With. and all the subsequent agreements STOP A STREET CAR OPEN THE MAIL BOX DROP IN 4 LETTER S \ N Open-top mail boxes will be placed WHAT AW, TR \ DR on the cars of the Washington Rail- WAS ' T DONT gy . N RN way and Electric Company running . n 3 Iy betwer: FEOTEeTOW Rockville ; YoUR FRIEND {between Georgetown Am«lv ockvil Z 282 SAID ABOUT | beginning Wednesday, Postmaster = 6 M. O. Chance of the Washington city LMY THIRTY post office announced today . MlLL(ON \\ he boxes which will allow the \ | mailing of 'rs, papers and sma L JSLUSH QN ! parcels. but which wili not allow / \\\ rain to wet the contents, will be NN | | placed on the sides of the car \ rons along the line may mail letters ars pass. The experi- ment eing tried out with th co- | operation ¢ the railroad compan LB | the Post ofice Dopartment and the inventor of the box. 7 \-\ARDN(:W Letters for Washington will be e LD CH mailed on the southbound ears, and % 1AE. | COULDEA {those for Rockville on the north- Y pound cars. The re four cars | running regularly bhetween George town and Rockville, and exch car will be equipped with 4 letter box ICH WOMAN HELD CAPTIVE ON RANGH Mrs. Witherell Rescued by Leos Angeles Police—Ab- duciors Arrested. By the Associated P 2 LOS ANGELES, January 31.—Mrs. Gl Witherell, who disappeared | from her home here last Tuesday, was found carly today a prisoner in a smail house on a sheep ranch in Riverside county, about nty miles southeast of Los Angeles, ac- ing to telephone messages to the ciated F Mrs. Witherell unharmed y their na as A. J. and cousin arrested. The - Witherell and thg arrests were ef- fected by Los Angeles police and dep- uty sherifis, who arted for Los Angeles with the woman and the two arrested The offcers s the rrs con- fessed they had feeling toward the woman's father-in-law, A. J. Witherell, because of a transaction nd that they kid- I. both to obtain Winga boat, iny fpe rs. With n, re revenge and ransom money, of which, ercll and delayed making the call un- will be revised, and, second, because |15 b g Leen sent 1o s | she expects that tht political and eco- gration. whe arrested A. J {nomic conditions of Europe and of | (uyp just as s concluding a de- {the whole world will be 80 thorough- J3ved conver<ation, which he had {1y changed long before the forty-two | bty CPRUERRLUOM. WOHCR 12 ent i‘yp:‘rlfl of ;;,»-r !y‘x;lnmn;!y payments are ST < t h i Irom gor and other articles in his auto- | several persons of high position in Sobt [German diplomatic and financial cir- i analtos ataflibns roass rolies cles. 3 5 “Flova r ¢ In order to appease, the public, and e e el partic arly the righi wing polit 1 €010 Mrs. Witherel A oy parties, Germany will make some pre- 0 red. | Z tense of insisting on certain modifics. had been juR, e antoniobiTe tions of the demands. But on the “¢¢ident and Er whole the view in inner circles js | [Klovd Cale, according to the that there is no reason to fret over ; 45corted her to an automobile. an indemnity that must be paid 5 * Sl o walne: elignishe heteieenazationghence Feth aclile ey took her 1o a Sma | “Germany wiil be a healthy and pro- 0use on a sheep ranch and put her ductive country again long before that!In # room with only u cot and two time,” said or financier. “Of course, our secret hope is thyt sboner or later the entente will be beoken up and land will no longer side with her present continental allies. We expect that th new President of the tes will come out in favor ing the treaty of Ver < N blankets. MALL CRAFT EI\’IPfiSIZED Their Importance Compared With Capital Ships, Sims’ Subject. \ wctionary newspapers have jagain dropped iito a hymn of hate SPRINGFIELD. Mass. January 31.— phraseology in :ir comme, 3 = | Paris conference. Their aniteq e The importance of smaller naval | mand is that they refuse even to dig. Craft, as compared with capital feuss’ the indemnity” demands, ships, was emphasized in an address | i : by Admiral William . Sims, at a gGerman Representatwe Y. M. C. A. meeting here. Admi. . . Sims ed that if Germany had | Receives Reparation and 5. us Ty siimar e T b Disarmament Decisions PARIS, January 30.—The document signed by the supreme council of the allies last night, by which the repara- tions and disarmament decisions of the allies will be conveyed Ger- many, was delivered today to Charles Bergmann, German undersecretary of state for the treasury, and head of the German delegation in Paris, with a letter of transmittal marked Sonfidential.” The letter, with two notes on repa- | rations and disarmament, totals 2,500 | words. to etter of Transmittal, The letter of transmittal, which is | dated January 29, reads | “Sir: The allicd conference which | in Paris. from the 24th to the 29th | 1521, has taken the fol- lowing decisions: H “1. As regards the disarmament of | Germany, the aliied governments have | approved the conclusic formuldted | in the note attached hereto, 1 “2. As regards the question of repa- | rations, the allicd governments hive unanimously approved the proposals formulated in that document, also at. | tached hereto. | “The allied governments have on former occasions and again today, in consenting to fresh delays in the mate ter of disarmament, had due regard to the difficulties that surround the (ere | man government in the execution of | the obligations which have resulted | from the treaty of Versaill They | | have formed the hope that the Ger- | | man government will not place the | allies, who confirm their previous de. | Cisions, under the necessity of en- visaging the grave situation which will be created if Germany persists in failing to meet her obligations “Qualified delegates of the German government will be invited to a meet- ing London at the end of February with delegates of the allied govern- ments.” Reparations Message. The reparations note bears the title “An Agreement Between the Allied Powers for_the Settlement of Certain Questions Relating to Execution of (Continued on rage . i ginning of the war as she built dur- thes wan would now be king German in this country.” dmiral urged the need for in- sent interest in the military 5 by civitians, and cloid his ad- s with the statement: We have lived without the pres- sure of the probability of war. 1 do not know what is zoinz to take plac in the immediate future, but we might as well have our hands on our guns.” In a tement following his talk. the admiral said that his recent ‘e marks on the Irish question are based on historic facts and that he would repeat them when occasion offered. Complaint recintly was made Secretuty Daniels regarding an dress made by Admiral Sims. R $15,600,000 FOR RAILWAYS New England Lines to Be Reim- bursed for Carrying Freight. Railroads of New England ‘proba- bly will be offercd $15,600,000 to meet this year's fixed operating charges in licu of the proposed redivision of joint freizht rates With carriers west of the Hudson rivér by forma- tion of a pool at a mecting of trunk line executives in New York tomor- row. The offer was England lines at last week, and made to the New a conference here was accepted by a majority of the presidents at the mecting. E. J. Pearson, president of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford, alone was unwilling to accept the offer, but said he would consult his board of directors FURTHER CUT IN CRUDE OIL. PITTSBURGH. Pa., January 31.— The principal ofl purchasing agencies today announced a further reduction in price of crude oil. Pennsylvania crude was cut 50 cents, bringing the rew price to $5 a barrel. Cabell was reduced to $3.71; Somerset light to $3.75; Somerset to $3.50 and Ragland to $1.75, a reduction of 25 cents a bar- xel. nat he del, | Nation on Upgrade to Prosperity, Harding Prophecy justment, but we have reached the crowd public dining room LANDLORDS AR HIT HARD IN RENT BILL PASSED BY SENATE House Without Formality of a Roll Call. OLDPIRATES'ISLE waves sezune o woue HAVEN TO HARDING. 1 i | Is i) | ‘\‘:.l'\.::.l.}u:, e b iand Cites Right of Rent Board to De- war without n period of read- temine Jn!t Amo“nt Temnts lowest step and are now on upgrade,” President-clect an interview ternoon news- | Should Pay. The Ball bill amending the code of law for the District of Columbia so as to provide a new method of obtain- ing possession of rented property. was The President-Elect Fishing Where Black Caesar Once Stored His Booty. in | | ional or political affairs, but spoke voluminously of the s e s N passed by the Senate today without hts of this climate. pecial Dispateh to The St Harding sxpent most of his i & D Ehe:Star. debate and without a roll call. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January 31— ! Senator Harding is in real seclusion at last. some thirty miles away from civilization. His abiding place for a few daysais an old pirates’ retreat on Adams key, about him are re resting, but before he motored to the Miami % beach and sported In surf for an hour ax one of severnl hundred He bad lunch in the of a hotel endar, is designed to make it more difficult for landlords in the District to oust tenants who at this time re- fuse to pay increased rent. Bers. . and | | and hagt afternoon tea at the | licmories of Black Caesar, one of the Hardly had the bill been passed by | Bome Cor Wittiam demmingn | MO RO ek flag to the Semate when Senator Poindexter | Bryan. The vixit to the Bryan | |1as = of Washington, who has opposed the - rexidence wax in return for | [be driven from the southern waters Dasants ot | Mr. Bryams call of courtexy | {of the Atlantic. r?:uu:,e' i n:"nm::z (:z'lrlew“- | on Mr. Harding Saiurday. e 3 i sider the vote py whicl e bi was ¥ | While far from the turmoil of the!jicceq This motion may be called up | 1 | ) Esca an Spec stroyed been s !)‘l'):t!:wn. \l.; ;ouml of the explosion, | that plan if it seems feasible. | possession before procgedings to” the which would have resulted in open- | : Vot (G | Municipal Court can be‘Instituted, such ing the vault. ind safe. doors, was| -, . Ponm sl Not Concerned. | otjce to be served in the same man- heard. About half an hour after {he! C°W- T. Coleman du Pont of Wil-{rer as provided for the services of fire_was discovered an automobile | mington. Del. who arranged some of , Notices by scction 1225 of sald code of sed througl rsaw, abo v- e $ | f it |1aw for the District of Columbia: Pro- 5 miles Trom Lot 9t 2 biol ), | 1o fecelits for tlle matinm commall (050 G Sieinie: itivat i iy cass oF of speed. Whether or hot it Wiy nady(tee. also talked with Senator Hard- | failure to pay rent after due as pro- by the burglars is not Known. “!|ing, here: 1t is agreed by all that it | vided in subdiision (C) the notice to; Hilden vans, deputy collecto . ing - uit shall be in the alternative and re- of customs here, discoverd {.,..“‘(?.‘,;f} Senidite o '”"lfld thing to wipe out | L S0, avment of rent or the sur- phone wires had either heen cut by | the committee loans prior to the in- | fender of the real property detained | the burglars or burned by ‘the fire | auguration, if possible. or at an early | within five days after the service of | when he endeavored to communijcate | date thereafter. While Mr. Harding | such notice. And in the event of the with adjoining places. "He went to!is in no sense responsible for these | payment of tenure of the amount due Warsaw “in_his automobile and tele- it is known he would feel bet- | as rent within such period of five days, phoned to the Washinzton police, re- Aif the campaign expenses all were | no action for possession shall be main- porting the robbery and ‘fire. . cleared up. | tained.” bauk, Which is about eight| The hational committee has no out- | Section'2. “The remedy provided old, is one of the most pros-istanding debts except the big loans | for herein shall not be available to perous institutions in this section. H. from the banks and trust com- | any landlord nst a tenant who Gordon '““nd"'! president of the panies. These loans are guaranteed | r»éulul])’ pays or tenders rent at the |The police. of many of the|by notes. the making of which were | rate at which he is occupying, and | I8 uifhe Seetion were later noti-|authorized by the executfve commit-{who offers to pay thereafter the dif Lot the robbery, and an effort is | tce. Most of the loans, if not all of | ference between the amount thercof heing made to get trice-of the yegg- them, were negotiated at 7 per cent |and any sum which the rent commis- S intorest. and the interest arges | sion. appointed under the act of Con oo alont are wmounting at the present | gress. approved October 22, 1919, shall DEATH LIST NOW 13 time to nearly $100.000 a year. Mr. |find to be just and reasonable rental 5 Upham professes no concern at the | of the premises; provided the rights “ficit and says he could wipe it out |of the tenants. under this title, shall HOB I death | which here The of the investi \ uniden BANDITS LOOT AND. 1 Dispatch to The and securities had been taken. The robbery and. fire are believed to have been committed by profy women and six men. First dep: {inquiry tod#y to determine the cause hotel was conducted. Chief Gilday that whisky bottles were three women friends of missing persons from New York and places throughout this sec- |throng, Senator Harding and his lit- at_any tme. e tle party are surrounded by every . The text of the Ball bill as amended s s SEast o 5 luxury, for the Cocolbo Fishing Club, | [y tne Senate and passed is as fol iat which he is quartered as the guest | “That section twenty of an act to of Carl Fisher, formerly of Indian- | ¢sStablish a code of law for the Dis- poalis, 19 & model in. every respect, trict of Columbia,-approved March 3. and, under a broiling sun, Senator 1901, and the acts amendatory thereof Harding may fish to his heart's con: |and supplementary thereto, in relation tent. The sénator is the first fisher- to forcible entry and detainer, be man elected to the presidency since jamended so that the same shall read the days of Grover Cleveland. Mr. |as follows: 2 Tae Saters: s Lnad them mernapa | Hive Daysitofiey Mewt a ol d L P (2) Whenever any person has even better than Mr. Harding. forcibly entered upon the prior actual Makes a Good Fisherman. » Senator Harding, however, has the | PoSsession of real property of another land obtains the same; or ideal fishing temperament. He is pa- | And obtaing the same: or =~ o - tient almos to a fault. He 8eldom IS {oyy forae unlawfully enters upon the ruffled. If a big fish gets away the |real property of another and unlaw- senator knows another will be com- |fully and forcibly obtains the same i EAYASE : % (c) Whenever any tenant in per- ing along in duc course of time, and | ., o1 'hy subtenants holds over after ET FIRE TO BANK pe With $31,000 in Cash d Securities at Reed- _ ville, Va. Star. REEDVILLE, Va., January 31.—The }-e simply w;fl)ll? t“_‘;'l" ia‘}m“zial{"fi t;j;hlw termination of his lease or ex- ¢ IS 5 : haceo in every form, a always | piration of his term or fails to pay Commonwealth National Bank here | iy the fisherman to lead a con- | hin rent for five days After the Smme was robbed of securities and cash | tented lifd. shall be_due; or cstimated at $21,000 and then sct| There are no telephone or telegraph | «:(4) Whenever any mortgagor or afire: carly this morning. The build- | STed chl" S *c;’;“‘,f‘;k{_“:;;;‘rd;g_‘i.(zmmor in a mortgage or deed of trust auta 7 et - hapece i i S | to secure a debt or any person claim- ing and contents were totally de- |tanec from Adams key to Miami beach | {7 SERTC % P OF AU BRrURn 8IS in an hour. Today one of the senator’s d. No trace of the robbers has aphers was sent to him, and etured. subsequent to the date of such mort- gage'or deed of trust shall unlawful- 1y detain possession of the real prop- Stenogr: jit is cvident he expects to do consid- | It was ahout 2:30 o'clock this morn- |erable work while in seclusion. Sec- |1 detain b £ ings that Miss Tellie Hayne. who lives fretary Christian also has considerable | T e ot :.r:er;n{m‘:—? next door to the bank, discovered | Vgt PO Y 5 | closure of the mortgage; or red W. Upham of Chicago, treas- | 105! L 5 f flames coming from a window ofhe urcr of the republican mational com- (&) Whenever a judgment debtor institution. She sounded an alarm and | mitcec, joined the Harding party here | O an¥ person claiming under him s00n 4 score of residents were on the | for the fishing end Qf the trip. and | Since the date of judgment shall sol scene. “The flames had gained con- |he has discussed with the senator junlawfully detaln bossession of real siderable headway before they were [plans that are under way for wiping | PIODerty after a sale thereof under iscovered, however, and nothing was | out the indebtedness of a million and | ¢Xcvution issusd on such judgment, it saved. The. walls of the building quaricr dollars incurred during the | SPall be lawful for the Municina which was two stories in height, fell | campaizn.- Mr. .Upham and Chair- | COUrt on complaint in writing under several hours-after the fire had been |man Hays are hot entirely at one | 03th bY the person aggrieved by suid discovered., {as to the manner in which the deficit | UP1awful detention. or by his agent With the Collapse of the walls it was | should be collected. or attorney having knowledge of the ldiscovercd the vault and safe doors | Mr. Upham never has been an ad- | {act: lo issue a summons to the party were open and safe deposit boxes |vocate of the - one-thousand-dollar COMPlained of to appear and show jstrewn about the place. Owing to the | limit, either for the campaign fund | C3use Why judgment should not be intense heat this morning no one had | or for the deficit, and he feels that SiV¢N against him for restitution of been able to enter the vault to dis- | the collections will be slow if this | the Possession of such real property. cover just how much of the money |jolicy is adhered to. Mr. Hays, n.s| May Seize for Own Use. matters are understood here, has not absolutely committed himself to the ! one-thousand dollar limit in wiping | {out the deficit. but he has let it be | understood he would like to follow No Sound of Explosion. under subdivision (C), (D) and (E), notice to quit, exclusive of and holldays, must Ziven to the tenants, subtenant or party in onal i in ten days if it should become neces- ry and if he should be given free be subject to the limitations that the bona fide owner of any rental prop- erty, ‘apartment ‘or hotel shafl have the right to possession thereof for actual and bona fide occupancy by himself. or his wife. children or de- pendents, or for the purpose of tear- ing down or razing the same in order OKEN, N. J, January 31.—The list resulting from the fire destroyed the Hotel Colonial today . totaled thirteen, ‘seven .. (Govyright, 1921.) SEY LOSES PLEA. LIND thirteenth victim, *"Miss Bl:mci'\e Kahier) | age Hicty-elant) lof) Torses e .. | immediately to construct new rental |City, dicd togay in a hospital . Twey |TLighest Court Dismisses Judge’s ! property, hotel or apartments —© men, Ladly burned, are in the instic isd ; E s Bl v e e o | A I-‘rox'n Contempt Decision. laition 13 serious The appeal ot Judge Ben B. Lina-|SETTLE R. R. DIFFERENCES tment officials started an sey of the Denver (Col) Juvenile Court. from convietion on charges of contempt, of court was dismissed to- day by the United States Supreme Court. Reviewing by Committee of Penn- sylvania Adjusts Controversies. The . newly ofganized joint fire, ‘while " police department gated the manner in which the Charges of Fire review- found in some of the rooms caused 2 tt £ e the second inquiry. Judge Lindsey's conmviction, which lns_:I 00:“:‘“02:‘:”»:1“‘. lzenq«ylmn,,—. The bodies of five of the victims, | resulted in a fine of $500, grew out of | T2 0 s pon its work of "adjusting differences between the management Of the road and the engine_and train service employes, R. V. Massey, chairman of the com- nd two men, remained his refusal to divulge to the district Scores of X attorney confidence made to him by Neal Wright, one of his charges, who was accused of complicity in the mur- tified this morning. tion visited the morgue in efforts to|der of a farmer. Judge Lindsey main- | mittee, announced - today. identify them. The bodies were badly | tained that communications made to Thus far the committee has dis- charred and hope of identification |him in his official capacity were priv-|posed of and settled cizht contro- rested mainly on the few pieces of ' ileged and that it would be a viola- | versies which have been pending be- clothing and jewelry found in the tion of law and ethics for him to tes- | tween the management and the train debris. tify as to such information)- e . 2w Ty e N [ Ball Measure Passes Upper | The bill. which came up on the cal- | “Provided. that in all cases arising ! COURT REVERSES BERGER SENTENCE; DEBSLOSES PARDON ‘Supreme Judiciary Holds Judge Landis Should Not Have Heard Case. JUSTICES DIVIDE. 6 TO 3, IN DECISION ON APPEAL { President Declines to Commute So- cialist's Sentence Favored by Palmer. | The conviction of Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee publisher, charges of violating the war-time | espionage act was reversed today by the Supreme Court on the ground that Federal Judge Landis should not have | presided at the trial after his eligi- | bility had been attacked in an affi- ‘du\'ll filed by Berger and charging | prejudice. { Within a few minutes after the “\'uurl's decision had been announced ! President Wilson refused to commute | the ten-year sentence imposed on Eu- socialist on gene, V. Debs many time socialist andfdate for President, for a viola- tion of the sume law. The court divided, 6 to 3, in Berger's Justices D: Pitney and Mc- entin Aflidavit Held Sufficient. The majority opinion held that the Midavit of prejudice filed by Berger against Judge Landis was sufhicient to have cuused his withdrawal from the case and that Judge Landis him- self Was not justificd in PASSING UPen the attidavit. Justice Day, who filed a dissenting opinion. héd, owever, that the mere ling of un aflidavit shouid not be ac- cepted as sufficient evidence of the unfairness of the judge. The Berger afijdavit showld not be taken at “fuce value,” he said, because the “facts’ therein had been made solely on “in- | formation and belief” and o attempt was made to sybstantiate them. Mr. McReynolds added to the dis- | senting opinion a stroug approbation of Judge Landis’ sentimenis as mer 1y shawing his detestation of the | “Hunnish warlarc which was being | backed by compatriots in Amer.ca |undcr our too indulgent laws Ten to Twenty Year Sentence. It should not be of any wiwostan to any judge that he sit in any b ! ticular the opinion said, and only affidavit of prejud-c would remove the protection the law gives the dofendant in such, cases. Berger and the four oiher men were | convicted under the Sec.iws proa. ing attempts to cause insulmr\flnzlinu {and disloyalty in the navai aid it tary forces, and each was sentenced jto from ten to twenty years' imprison- ment. The appeal was brought to the Su- | preme Court on the ground that Juds« Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who pre- ! sided at the trial. had siown ‘e | sor.al bias and prejudice” against tae | defendants because of their nation- ality. The effect of the majority opinion Mr. Day said. would be to place the federal courts at the mercy of the defendant and “certainly will greats ly retard the machinery of justice * “The case secmes to be traught with danger of intcricrence with iic order- ly conduct of the business of ti courts,” he continued. Barred From House. Next to ‘that oi Kugenme V. Debs the case of Victor Berger, publishe: of the Milwaukee Leader. a socialist | paper, attracted more attention tuan |any other brought by the government | under war-time espionage all. wed- | ger was acpused of disloyaity and wa Convicted 4t Chicago on January 1919, Subsequently he was twice de- nied a seat in the House of Lepre- | sentatives\by that body and the taird time he offered for re-clection he was defeated. e Four other leaders of the socialist party were convicted with the Mil- waukee publisher. A movement to bar Berger from the i seat in Congress. to which he had just | been elected from a Milwaukee dis- trict, was at once started. Representa- tive Mann, former republican leader. being one of the few influential men bers of the House who came out behalf of the socialist editor. A new clection having been ordered, Berger was again returned aud again the House voted to bar him, 3235 to 6 | \within an hour after he had presented himself to be sworn in in refusing to commute the sentence of Debs, President Wilson turned down a recommendation from the De partment of J e which was plac before him this morning. LABOR FIGHTS HIGH FARES !All Unions in New York- War | Against Increased Street Car Rates NEW YORK, January 31.—Organized labor in New ‘York has declared war on any effort to increase fares for traction companies. The exccutive council of the State Federation of Labor announces that ay peals had been sent out to every union man and woman in the state, also to members of the state assembly and senate, urging them to do their utmost with influence and votes to defeat any proposal for higher far John Sullivan, vice president of the soclation, said that labor also urged ddvancement of a resolution asking Congress to allow New York to “legal- ize the manufacture and sale of light wines and beers.” OFFICER SHOT BY SENTRY Lieut. John C. Taylor Said to Have Ignored Chalienge. Lieut. John C. Taylor, naval medical officer at the operating base, Hamp- ton roads, Va., was shot by a sentry last night. A naval court of inquiry has ‘been ordered to investigate, the shooting. Meantime Secretary Daniels has asked the commander for fuller re- ports, the one received merely stat- ing that the officer had been shot after he had failed to halt when challenged by the sentry. | j MRS. HARDING SHOPPING. i NEW YORK, January 31.—Mrs. Warren G. Harding, wife of the Pres- ident-elect, was here today for what she described as a few days' rest She will devote some of her- time to purchasing part of her White House wardrobe. She arrived in New York yesterday ifrom Wgshington, accompanied by Mrs. Hffrry S. New, wife of the |United States senator from Indiana, fate aars, bwaward B. Mclean of Wash- Hinet After her visit she will rejoin ssed i the soath. | 7 W 5 X & <