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warmer. ended at 2 p.m. 3 p.m. yesterday today. WEATHER. Falr and slightly warmer tonight. Tomorrow increasing cloudiness and ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 35, at lowest, 22, at § am. Full report on page 26. Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. No. 28,061. Entered as second-class matte post_office Washington, C. r D. C The WASHINGTO ’ HARDING CONFIRMS - HOOVER SELECTION FORCABINET PLACE President-Elect Says He Is in Accord With Former Food Head on Policies. WALLACE ALSO ASSURED FOR AGRICULTURE POST Harding Motors to Jacksonville for Day and Is Guest of City at Public Luncheon. By the Associated I ST. AUGUSTINE, “Ebruary —President-elect Harding's selection of Herbert Hoover to be Secretary of Commerce in the coming administra- tion finally w confirmed by Mr. Harding tods velopments that at one time seemed likely to lead to cancellation of the appointment. Mr. Harding announced that he had found himself in “perfect accord” with the policies urged by Mr. Hoover as a condition of his entering the cabinet, and that the entire incident had been closed with a definite acceptance from the former food administrator. Selection of Wallace. At the same time the I'resident-elect virtually confirmed also the selection of Henry Wallace of lowa 1o be S tary of Agriculture. The selection of Mr. Wallace has been well known for some time, although previous Harding had declined to discus: Mr. Harding finally broke his ‘si- lence regarding Mr. Hoover after re- peated efforts had been made without result to secure confirmation of the statement issued by the former food administrator in New York last night. No formal] statement was issued here, Mr. Harding simply saying that the! whole question had been closed satis factorily. Asked about the conditions laid down by Mr. Hoover. which included indorsement by Mr. Harding of a def- inite policy for reorganizing the Com. merce Department, the President-elec! Teplied: “We are in perfect accord about what the department ought to be made. 1 wouldn't want Mr. Hoover or any other Secretary to take a de- partment unless he intended to do things with it He 'added that he saw mothing out of the ordinary about the case except the publicity given it. Every other prospective cabinet appointee, he said, had discussed with him the matter of permanent department policies. “Has any other laid down stipula- tions as Mr. Hoover has”™ he was asked. “I dom’t like the FQur ques- tion,” was the reply. uldn't calk - them stipulation; “Surprised by Statement. In the course of his comment, Mr. Harding also expressed surprise that Mr. Hoover had made a statement on the subject in New York last night. e rresident-elect said he had in- tended to announce the appoint- méent here today, but that his pros- pective Secretary had acted entirely within his privileges in taking the initiative. The reference to Mr. Wallace's ap- pointment came in reply to a chance question relative to am article the lowa editor recently published on policies he might putsue as Secre- tary of Agriculture. “Unless there shall be some un- looked-for development,” was Mr. Harding’s only comment, “I have a strong suspicion that Mr. Wallace | will be serving in, that capacit: Guest at Jacksenville. Mr. Hardlig took a holiday from cabinet making and motored to Jack- sonville today for a visit of courtesy. He will return here tonight. In Jacksonville today, Mr. Harding ‘was to be a guest of the city at a pub- lic Juncheon early in the afternoon, and was to spend several hours after- ward at a Masonic meeting. He will make no formal addresses. The S. R. 0. sign did not deter Pres- ident-elect Harding last night when be ‘determined to make what will probably be his last visit to the thea- ter before inauguration, accompanied by Georg: and Dr. C. E 1 tle St. Augustine playhouse and stood for more than an hour laughing at the minstrel show, in which one of the features was a take-off of the front- porch campaign. During intermission many people recognized him d came back to offer him their places, but he declined and rem: until the show was over. HOOVER SEES BIG FIELD. Believes Department Can Be Made of Greatest Importance. v after a series of de-! - i calling upon e E_Christian, his secretary, | afned standing ADEQUATE NAVY FUNDS AND PRESENT PROGRAM BOOSTED BY HARDING By the Associated Press. President-elect Harding _ sent word today to Senate republican leaders that he desired adequate appropriations for the Navy and favored continuing the present build- ing program without material reduc- ion, With this definite statement of what was regarded as the new ad- ministration's naval policy, Senate republican leaders declared today that they would insist upon the Senate increases over the House to- tals in the naval appropriations bill, even at the risk of defeating the bili at this session. INVASION STIRS RIOTIN PANAMA Costa Rican Consulate As- sailed After Occupation of €oto District. ssociated Press. AMA City, February 25.—Vio- lent anti-Costa Rican demonstrations occurred in this city last night, { reaching their culmination in an at- i tack upon the Costa Rican consulate. The coat-of-arms was torn from the By the ldoor of the consulate ana was trampled under the feet of the crowd. | th, cheering crowd appeared before the national palace and called upon | President Porras for a speech. | President made a pariotic address, “loyal Panamans” to | present themselves today for the for- | mation of military forces in case such a step should be necessary. te in the evening the presi- dential office made public telegrams confirming reports that Coto, a dis- trict at the Pacific end of the Pan- 1 aman-Costa Rican frontier, had been occupied by . Costa Rican - forces. Tomas Jocome, Costa Rican consul, who is a native Panaman, has re- si The demonstrations began early in aw of President Porras, who have been holding offices in the Panaman =dministration, also have resigned, being Costa Rican by birth. The dispatch of an armed expedi- tion to the district of Coto was or- dered, as far as can be ascertained, without notification being sent to the United States. Since the United | States guarantees the integrity of {Panama, this disregard of the good erable comment here. “Costa Rica has occupied by force the district of Coto, on the Pacific boundary, which we have possessed under the status quo,” sald an un- official _statement issued here last night. “She claims this territory in accordance with the award handed ! who w: named arbitrator. deglined to accept his decision.” Speghl the Atla | Bocas del™oro. |CUBAN MINISTER TO U. S. CHANGED TO ARGENTINA Cuba at Inauguration of Pres- ident-Elect Harding. € evening, and a short time later a | down in 1914 by Chief Justice White | ment. of the United States Supreme Court.! tutional seat of government dt Panama | change the law, the brief says, 10" the force of sixty|ing and other economic rélation: national police sent to the Coto dis- | significance they would not have trict, therg are unconfirmed reports| Where. : that 300 more men have been sent to| ington must live, end of the frontier near | Washington. such Delegates Appointed to Represent | popul RIGHT OF CONGRESS TOFIX RENTS HERE Government Answers Suit to Kill Ball Act and Sauls- bury Resolution. DUTY OF GOVERNMENT TO GIVE CITY HOUSING Lawyers Cite Experiences of Wash- ington During War Rush. Glassie Is Signer. The government today filed with the Supreme Court of the United States its brief in the case of Julius Block versus Louis Hirsh, involving the con- stitutionality of the Ball rent com- mission act and the Saulsbury reso- lution. Henry H. Q4assie, specia]l assistant to the Attorney General, signed the government brief, with the soiicitor general, William - L. Frierson. The brief upholds the right of Congress to enact such legislation for the regu- lation of rents in the District of Co- lumbia, and says: “In conclusion it is respectfully submitted: 1. That, undér the circumstances recited in this statute, Congress has The | undoubted power to subject rents in the District of Columbia to reasonable regulation, and that the procedural provisions’ for that purpose lack no element of due process. It is hoped that whatever disposition may be made of the controversy between the parties on the record, the central op- eration of the act may not be left in doubt. : Speaks of Evietios “2. That continuances of occupancy until expiration of the act, conditioned ned his post, while two brothers- | upon fair compensation, is not open to serious question with respect to sub- sequent leases, and that, with respect to those made before but explring| after the act, the protection of a ten- | ant paying the regulated rent is an appropriate means of attaining the main object of the legislation, in that it precludes eviction for the purpose of extorting unjust and unlawful rents. “3. That the latter feature of the offices of Washington was subject of | act is in any event so clearly separate from its regulatory operation that it should not, for any reason, be per- mitted to Invalidate it.” In support of its contention that the government has a right to regulate rentals in the District of Columbia, the government brief- describes the unique relationship of the District of Columbia and the federal govern- The fact that it is the consti- not ut it gives to matters of population, hous~ s~ The government at Wa: “live, and At must live at Dangerous to Health. “When the government is forced, as it was forced, by the exigencies of war, to coneentrate in this limited area new army of civil employes out of proportion to the District's permanent population and beyond the oxpectation of any normal increase, a great and sudden influx of lation necessarily places the whole body of <ivil employes at the mercy of those who possess the avails able facilities for shelter and habita- tion. o sid) “The tempting raise in rents there- HAVANA, Cuba, February 25.—Dr.|by ocoasioned imperiled the security i pointed minister to Argentina, announce- the Official Gazette yesterday. Appointment of Francisco Vega y Cal- deron and Brig. Gen. Jose Marti, tary of war and marine, as delegates to ‘| represent Cuba at the inauguration of Warren G. Harding, as president of the United States, was also made public. Report that Minister Cespedes had been appointed minister to Argentina could not be confirmed at the Cuban le- gation here today. Appointment of the delegates to th einauguration ceremonies was confirmed. —_— RED FLAG IS RAISED. Workmen in Big Electrical Con- cern Near Paris Defy Lockout. PARIS, February 25.—The red flag |was raised today over the big elec- Gennevillers. just north of Paris, by workmen who refused to quit the place. in spite of a lockout declared by the company. A large force of police and a small detachment of troops were called out to maintain order. The company had reduced wages, and the workmen, it was claimed by NEW YORK. February 25—Her.|the employers. had let down in their bert Hoover toda, his statement o bhad accepted "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) y declined to amplif; £ last night that he President-elect Hard- efforts. Therefore the lockout was de- cided upon. Louis Loucheur, minister of liberat- ed regions, is interested fn the com- pany. Harding-Hoover Negotiations Unique in Cabinet Making Special Dispateh to The Star. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 25. —The negotiations between Presi-| dent-elect Harding and Herbert C.| er. He is engaged in some world- wide projects, and naturally had to consider these mattdrs. At the same time it was necessary for a chief ex- {Hoover were unique in the history of | €Cutive to adjust matters, and xo we {the make-up of American camne“’“dlscux:ed the matter from varfous' Mr. Hoover, in deliberating the ac-| lceptance of a portfolio in the Hard- | ing official family, had asked that he to just be Informed in advance as what the Harding policies were to be. Mr. Harding found this not altogether but the pressure tor the appointment of a man of the| Hoover stripe in the cabinet was so strong the President-clect was will- ing to stop and consider the right of to his liking, Mr. Hoover to ask the question. ‘This has accounted for tig: numer- ous telephonic conversations between | arfirll:!l;‘l r. Harding did not begin t. - gotiations with Mr. Hoover v}‘l‘:h::l some misgivings. Some of his closest friends in the Senate served notice they did not like the idea of Hoover becoming a member of the cabinet. | One of these was Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania. | superior to the Penrose dom in tendering Mr. Hoover the "aoct folio of commerce, and, according to latest advices received here, Mr. Pen- rose capitulated and announced that while he does not like Mr. Hoover and will not have anything to do with Mr. Harding and Mr. Hoover. The ne- | him, he will not stand in the way of gotiations were not one-sided by any | Mr. Harding, since the latter insiscs means. “Naturally,” said Senator Harding. in discussing the matter, “many con- | siderations enter into a question of | upon having Hoover In the cabinet, It is significant, in this connection, that the two “strong men” invited into ‘the Harding cabinet—Messrs. Hughes and Hoover—both have an | this sort. It is necessary that a|; =055, TU0 [ROYero-both ar President and his cabinet’ members | jjeve that the United :"’m‘:e:“ozlé should be in eomplete accord Mr.| hear the burdens of the world at large Hoover wanted to know a number of | rather than lead a seeluded and 180 things and I too, wanted to know a There are consid- took number of things. erations on both ‘sides and it time to adjust a matter of this sort. “I have 2 high regard for Mr. Hoov. lated and selfish life. This influence upon the President-elect is certain to be of far-reaching consequences in the next four years. Copyright, lrns ment to this effect being made public in| government, But Mr. HardIng has shown himself | Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban min- | of all employes who do not happen ister to the United States, has been ln-l to be protected by long leases. On the other hand, the newcomers, whose services are equally necessary to the ar_ oconfrontd with the alternative of declining to come or of bidding against one another to the point where the proportion of income required for shelter threatens seri- ously to reduce the amount left for the other necessaries of life. “It is a matter of common knowledge that the high rents paid by war workers resulted In conditions of overcrowding dangerous to health, and, during the influenza epidemic, even to life. The obvious result of such a situation here is an immense dislocation which impairs, and may even imperil, the success of the ad- ministrative mobilization upon which may depend the very safety of the country.” Today’s News in Paragraphs trical works under construction at|Harding confirms selection of Hoover as Commerce head. Page 1 Officials will close the Hamilton S for tubercular children if .m.u:f*z'fl,'}.' proves charges as to insani £ dition. = u;”';gceonl Riots in Panama follow invasion by Costa Rican troops. Page 1 Maj. Gessford says more people go about D. C™streets armed than’ et bev fore. Page 1 Secretary Colby sends new note to al- lles demanding rights of U. 8. on former German territories. Page 2 Telegraph soon will be flashing photo- ‘graphs and kentire sections of weao- papers at once, inventor declares, = e Page 2 rosecuting attorneys are near th of the state’s evidence in unzfecvl:;e . Va.; murder trial. e 2 Hoover letter important factor § - ning cabinet place. 1?-':‘": Washington-Virginia railway asks I, C. C. for right to increase rates, and gives reasons, Page 2 Representative Moore presents alluring picture of Potomac river in use to | Board of Trade. Page 3 Argentina’s withdrawal from lea, held by president. f':Ze“D; Veteran Assoclation of Corcoran Cad, celebrates thirty-eighth mlmvermrpnEls d_bandits robl Feyae Four arme n robbed mail near Quincy Junction in Ilinojs, " Page 11 Forestry association holds annual con- vention. Page 14 Commander of crown forces kil Berce two-hour battle in Irelamate ™ Page 17 Germany is ready to put down any re- volt during reparations conference Simons warns “political adventurers Page 17 Atlantic and Pacific fleets separate after joint maneuvers. Page 17 Standard wefght and measures bill for D. C. passes Senate. Page 17 Salisbury and Griswold, who defrauded wounded war veterans by pretending to advance their claims, were given the maximum penalty by Justice Gould, Page 17 Cuban supreme court asked to expedite election appeals; other foreign news. Page 19 Washington business boomers promised close trade co-operation in southern Maryland. Page 19 ISUPHELDIN BRIEF. a |can note en mandates bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. credited 1o it | ! i . The Assaciated Press Is exclusive'y entitied to the use for republication of ali sews dwpatebes ’ Member of the Associated Press i | or ot oiherwise credited I this paper and alo the local news publishod herela. Al rights of publication of special Glapatches herein are also reserved Yesterday's Net Circulation, 95,048 C Co D. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. i AT LEAGUE COUNCIL American Note Temporarily Droppegd by Mandate Board. Geneva Plans Up. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 25.—The resolu- tions of the Geneva assembly of the league of nations 1egarding disarma- ment were taken up by the council of the league at today’s session here. Particular consideration was given the assembly’s recommendation that the powers limit their armament budgets for the next two years to |amounts not exceeding those expend- jed last year. ‘ The council’s session today was a i private one, but was not surrounded with the same degree of secrecy 2as y’s session, when the Ameri- under consideration. rther consi eration of the American communica tion has been postponed, pending the receipt of instructions by the mem- bers of the council from their re- spective governments. ~ ‘There have been forecasts that the whole question raised by the United States in claiming equal concern and intérest with the other principal al lied and associsted powers in the dis i position of Germany’'s Overseas posse: sions must go to the supreme counc the leagu council feeling unable take decisive action on such a ques- tion of international policy, it was said, without approval by the heads of the various governments repre- sented. One Theory Advanced. The secrecy of the proceedings of the council of the league yesterday provoked lively speculation as to the effect of the American note upon the different members. It became known when the full text of the note was made public that the United States, in addition to making reservations with respect to the Island of Yap, at- tributed to Japan as mandatory, claimed an equal concern and inter- est with the other principal allied d associated powers in the di sition of the overseas possessions of Germany. The theory has been advanced that the only possible friendly solution of the question again brought to the forefront by the United States would be for Japan 10 say that she did not insist upon the mandate for the Island of Yap and would be agreeable to the internationalization of Yap under Japanese supervision. Doors Closed Tight. ‘Thus far the Japanese government has not committed itself. and the members of the council of the league are unable in any event to take a decided position on a question of international policy without approval of their governments. ‘The adversaries of publicity in con- nection with the proceedings of the counclil succeeded in hermetically closing both morning and afternoon _sessions yesterday. Very little leaked out through indiscretions as to detalls of the discus- sions, and no official communique was issued. The agenda yesterday called for the hearing of a representative of the Swiss government on its refusal of permission to contingents of troops detailed by the league to keep order in the Vilna plebi- scite_zone to cross Switzerland, and also Polish complaints that Austria was = not only refusing the naturalization of Galiclan Jews, who had taken refuge in Austria from Galiclan territory detached by the treaty of St. Germain, but was threatening them with expulsion. ‘Neither of these questions appears to have been discussed. SOLDIER BONUS SOON UP. Senate Committee Expect'n to Re- port on House Bill Today. The long-delayed soldiers’ bonus bill, passed by the House last Ma; ‘was before the Senate finance com- mittee today, with leaders planning to report it late today, after elim- imating the provision for special taxes to cover the cost of the adjust- ed_compensation. It was.the plan to let the tax question g0 over until the next ses- |Gion.” The fivefold optional plan of the House bill was to be retained This included the immediate c: bonus for length of service, service certificates payable in the future, vo- cational training, loans for farm or home purchases and land settlements. —_—— NAVY PHYSICIAN DIES. | Lieut. Commander Torrance Suc- cumbs Abroad. LONDON, February 25.—Lieut. Com- mander R. A. Torrance, United States Medical Corps, physician on the United States cruiser Chattanooga, died to- day In a hospital at Gillingham, Kent, atter several days’ iliness. He became ill aboard the Chattanooga and was removed to the hospital. will be held to de- A post-mort. the axp\ cause of death. | termine DISGUSS DISARMING resumably was | | of carrying a_weapon, and empower 1'LL HAVE o SLIP THEM Drastic Measures Indicated by French In Occupied Zone LONDON, February 25—Re- ports from Frankfort that the French troops in the occupied sone of Germany are displaying Kreat activity, such as is alwayn the case when drastic measuTes are contemplated, are contained in an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph today. j MORE GUN TOTERS INDC. THANEVER Police Head Reports Strange Record—Fight for Firearms Law to Be Renewed. More armed persons are walking the Streets of Washington today than ever before, according to Maj. Harry Is. Gesstord, superintendent of police, one of the strongest advocates for legislation to prevent the unrestrict- ed sale of firearms in the District. Footpads, men who hold up the pe- destrian In a dark street and flash a pistol, always go armed, and since the advent of the bootlegger in the capital the ranks of those who carry concealed weapons—and are ready to use them—have been augmented to 2 large extent, the major says. In ad- dition to the lawbreaker who carries a weapon as an instrument of his trade, many otherwise law-ibiding citizens have begun “toting guns” as self-defense, according to the super- intendent. Maj. Gessford does not advocate = law so ‘stringent in its restrictions as the Sullivan law, in New York, which prohibits firearms in the home with- out a permit. He believes in hitting the evil at its source, preventing the sale of firearms unless that sale is transacted under the supervision of the police, who are able to judge the fitness of the applicant for a dan- gerous weapon. As a further measure in supervising the use of all firearms. the superin- tendent has suggested revision of the present law relating to permits which allow carrying concealed weapons. Under the present legislation the ap- plication for such a permit must be made to the judges of the Police Court, who alone are entitled to grant permission. This permit is good for thirty days only. At the end of that time another must be issued. As a result, there has been a laxity, it is said, on the part of those who hold such permits, and many weapons are carried unlawfully whi(k might be carried legally, provided the carrier had taken the trouble to make proper application. Four Bills Before Congress. Hecords at the District building show that four bilis were introduced in the Sixty-sixth Congress which would regulate the sale of firearms in the District. None. of them has passed. All will d March 4, and’ others will have to be jntroduced. One of the pending bills is by Rep- resentative Clark of Florida and,| provides that it shall be unlawful for any dealer to sell a deadly wea- pon without first requiring the pur- chaser to produce certificates from the clerks of the criminal and police courts that he or she has never been convicted of any offense, and also to furnish certificates from two citizens of good repute. A fine of $500 would be levied against any dealer violating P mather of the pending bills would amend section 855 of the District code relating to firearms 80 as to require persons to obtain permits either from a judge of the Police Court or the superintendent of police to possess a weapon and furnish a bond of $500 while holding such a permit. This bill would give a policeman the right to detain any person suspected the officer to take said person to the nearest police station to be searched. If a weapon was found on a person not authorized by permit to carry or possess a gun, the weapon would be confiscated forthwith and the person charged with violating the law. A bill also has been introduced mak- ing it a misdemeanor to sell, exchange or give away a pistol in the District. Still another bill is pending making it a felony to carry, concealed or openly, a pistol or other deadly weap- i allled delegates must devote nex ALLIED PLANS WIN TURKISH APPROVAL Accept Offer of Commission and Arbitration of Su- preme Council. By the Associated Press. > LONDON, February 25.—The Turk- ish delegations to the near east con- 1 erence here accepted today the prof- fered arbitration of the supreme coun- cil between Turkey and Greece, in de- termining the status of Smyrna and Thrace. When the conference assembled this morning, the Turkish representatives made this announcement, and stated they were agreeable to the sugges- tion of the allied governments that a commission of inquiry be eppointed to verify the statistics on population of the districts in question. Notice was given by the Turks that they would- reply at 5 o'clock this :;ternocim tomz:\elolher pc_ll.:u at issue ncerning reaty. e question being asked of both tl Tu?h and the Greeks by the supreme council is Whether they are prepared to accept the result of such an investigation by the allies regarding Smyrna and Thrace, subject to acceptance of the :'e“lplllnlnx terms of the Turkish peace y. Premier Kalogeropoulos of Greece appeared before the conference and expressed surprise that the allies should suggest a commission of in- quiry and a cessation of hostilities, which was one of the conditions on the offer. He said it would be a task of the greatest difficulty for the Greek government to halt the victorious army in_its advance. Nevertheless, he would telegraph to the govern- ment in Athens and submit the pro- posals of the allies, London Papers Astonished. London newspapers were astonished at the Turkish demands which were submitted to the conference yester- day. The Daily Telegraph said: “The IOllnman cnvoys, like the Bourbons, 'hl.ve learned nothing and have for- gotten nothing. We confess our in- i ability to understand what the Turks | expect to gain by putting forward ob- : viously inadmissable pretentions.” Even the Turkophile Morning Post “asked leave to point out that Tur- key did not win the war,” and adde: | “Clearly the Turkish nationalist-dele- gates are looking toward Moscow and are gambling on the chances of a bolshevik success this spring.” The Chronicle said the Turks would be likely to agree to the proposals if they got Thrace and Smyrna, “there being no power to compel thelr exe- cution of other clauses of the Sevres treaty.” ‘The London Times, which chafes at the delay which will result from the’ sending of a commission to the near east, points out wide divergencies be- tween the figures relative to racial populations in Smyrna and Thrace, ‘which were submitted by the Turks, and Greeks. The newspaper remarks | that a Turkish expert claimed that| in the vilayet of Aidin, including Smyrna, 79 per cent of the population was Turkish, and that in Smyrna itself 57 per cent of the people were | Turks. He asserted that 59 per cent| of the population of Thrace was Turk- | ish. On the other hand M. Gounara- kis, a Greek, declared that, even after the deportation of Greeks from Smyrna, the Turks and Greeks in that city were about equal in number, that in Thrace the Greeks outn bered the Turks by 20,000. Both the Turks and Greeks have been told that only this week will be allotted to their affairs, as the t i | I i and | um- { week to the Germans. Venizelos Leaves London. After the Turks at yesterday morn- ing’s session had presented concrete Dproposals for a revision of the Sevres | treaty, the Greeks were given an op- portunity in the afternoon to refute the Turks' claims, and- spent . two hours at the task, The Greek ‘pre- | mier, M. Kalogeropoulos, igade a strong' plea for the enforcement of the treaty In its entirety, quoting at length Eliptherios Venizelos, the for- | mer_premier, who has already left| for Paris, greatly discouraged at the Greek_prospects. M. Kalogeropoulos said that when he came to London he did not believe the conference intended to alter the fundamental basis of the treaty and ! he called on his experts to produce | on. The penalty under this bill would be a penitentiary sentence of from one to three years. To Push Fight for New Law. Senator Shields of Tennessee will in- troduce in the extra session of the new Congress his bill to regulate interstate commerce in pistols and other firearms. It is his desire to put an end, as far as possible, to the in- discriminate sale of firearms, as a measure to reduce crime. Senator Shields has for several years been an advocate of a drastic law jto grevenl the sale of such weapons. Mis i1l not only prevents interstate c merce in firearms, but directly ¢l ers the District of Columbla. X * figures showing that, according o population, the Greeks were entitled to retain what the treaty gave them. He reminded the conference that the Greeks fought loyally and had done what they were called upon to do since the armistice, at Ereat expense and hardship. Greece was willing to adopt the advice of the ‘allies, he added, provided the fundamentals of the treaty were not changed, but fur- ther delay would exhaust Greece. 1,000 JEWS FALL VICTIMS OF TORTURING TROOPS IN BLOODY POGROMS LONDON, February 25.—More , than 1.000 Jews were victims of | the pogroms carried out by the | troops of Gen. Dalakovitch, for- mer anti-bolshevik leader, in the regions of Minsk and Hamel, ac- ng to a statement issued to- by .he Federation of Uk- rainian Jews in London. E The pogroms were of a terrible cter, the statement declares, | | women being mistreated and tor- { tured and children being mur- ! dered in cold blood. Hundreds of | ehildren were made orphan The possessions of the Jews werc looted, the statement adds, and great numbers of them were madec homeless. leports from Jewish sources in a last December told of pogroms carried out by the troops of Gen. Balakovitch in the Minsk where he adopted an in- course and continued hting after the Poles and Rus- ns had ceased hostilities. The messages declared Jews in vari- ous villages were subjected to cruel treatment before being shot or hanged and that Jarge num- vers of women were maitreate some of the victims being sul Jected to great torture. Other messages announced that the Polish government had de- cided to court-martial Gen. Ba- lakoviteh, who had been wounded in one of the last battles against the bolsheviki and brought_to Warsaw, meantime confining him in the fortress of Brest-Litovsk. WILL QUIT BUILDING IFITIS FOUND UNFIT Health Officials Will Investi- gate Hamilton School—Use of a Roof Suggested. The Hamilton public school for tubercuflar-infected children will be closed if investigation by the health department proves the charges made relative to the unhealthy conditions |at the institution, school officials | stated today. They contend that al- | though conditions at the school are | not ideal it should not be condemned as unfit for use. Dr. Willlam C. Fowler, District health officer, also expressed the same opinion. Dr. Fowler pointed out that health department authorities already have made a survey of the school, and as- certained that the conditions are “not as as the public might be led to believe” He stated that after making the investigation he sent a communication to Superintendent of Schools Ballou, recommending some improvements that should be made at the school. School officials made it clear that they are not averse to removing the school from its present locstion ST cessible in.. and In a Tmoders buhding. ~They et how: ever, that the nece a) tions cannot be obtai i gress for a new building. Use of Roeof Suggested. It has been suggested to school offi- icials by persons seeking the removal P from Con- could be quartered on the roof of one of the city schools. They believe that there are a number of schools in the cular-infected children if the roofs of the buildings were properly ar- ranged for open-air classes. lands schools were children now at the Hamilton School. The roof on one of these three schools, it is stated, could be arranged for open-air classes for the tubercular- infected children, at a slight cost. If building would not be necessary, and travel the distance they now do to reach the Hamilton School. ‘Walter B. Patterson, director of spe- cial schools, who has direct control of| the ilton favor of placing this institution under | hospital and classes held for them in[course it was d “The such an institution by school officials. URGES BABY CARE COURSE Miss Biznell Pleads for New Study in Colleges. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., February 25. —Miss Alma Biznell, assistant pro- fessor of child training at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, in an address before the National Society for Voca- tional Education, in annual conven- the proper manner of caring for new- born babies be included in a course of study for American college boys and giris. She advocated a general course, em- bracing the duties and responsibil of parenthood. ‘“Through sucl course” Miss Biznell said, “the par- | ents would avoid many of the mis- takes which often cost the lives of their children.” STOPS USE OF LASH IN PRISON AUSTIN, Tex., February 25. — The state senate today passed a bill pro- hibiting the use of the lash or of chains in the penitentiaries of Texas. ! The bill was drawn by Senator Hertz- berg. member of a committee which recegnlly investigated reports of cruel- ty to convicts. Dr. Bowerman might have hung out a “standing room only” sigr at the Public Library yesterday if the library had possessed such a sign, for | the largest crowd in the history of the institution besieged it all day . Although every desk had one !;:-n!;wo assistants, the book-hungry populace crowded the library so in- en ’u!ler:iay a line was formed, extend- Jar through the front door. Many persons were forced ' to wait many, minutes to get to the deska. The librarian attributed the demand for 4,000 volumes during the day to tlL.ree main factors. In the. first place the people of Washington like to read, and they wanted yesterday. Second, the library bas been forced to close each Wednesday at 3 o'clock p.m. owing to the inadequate force, in ‘When the decision of the supreme councll was 1ead to them the Greeks expressed disuppointment, but were not prepared to state whether they would accept. The Turks are jubi- lant, as gylay is what they wanted. int of numbers, which it possesses. %‘:fl'l"d, the P'l‘lbllc Library has not rough branches 2 "‘ll":fu factors tended to make yes- terday a banner day in the history of book demands at the library, sad The_ second tion ‘on | anti-strike hfim It the Bladensburg road to a more ac- |ize the strike in sk The | educational campalgn West, John Eaton and Randall High- | principles 18 regarded as ome of cited as some of | most important the schools which could care for the ! ference. Two official this were done, it is claimed, a new |3hoP versus the children would not be forced tofterests along “open-shop” limes. tion here yesterday, recommended that | stated, ities | h a | Crowd at the Public Is Largest in Its: LABOR T0 CARRY FIGHT FOR UNIONS 10 NEW CONGRESS Will Submit Amendment to Clayton Act, Now Termed - Workers’ “Curse.” “BILL OF RIGHTS” ASKS LEGAL RIGHT TO STRIKE Federation Chiefs Want Law Up- holding Solicitation of New Union Members. A new “bill of rights” for labor Wwill be framed for presentation ia the next Congress, in accordance with |a decision by international and na- tional union representatives whose conference at the American Fedema- tion of Labor adjourned yesterday, " it was learned today. From the conference the proposal passed to the executive councll of the American Federation, where modifiens tions may possibly be made. It is & garded as-certain that the N‘:I.-fl be approved by the executive | with the main features of the com= ference report intact. The bill would supplant the C.z- ton amendment to the Sherman’ astl~ trust act, which, to quote one inter- national president. “has turned from 4 supposed blessing Into a curse.” . According to reliable authorities, immediate action will be takem to frame a piece of legislation which will supersede laws now being used in an indirect manner to obtaln in- junctions against labor unions and - to function in a way which, labor offi= clals said, was never intended by their framers. What Werkers Demand. The new bill will set forth: 2 The rights of labor orgunisations to solicit members. The right to work and cease work- Ing collectively. The right to bargain through representatives the unions. The right to “peaceful. Z S e ST ic] egalize in ce % the “picketing” of “unfair’ es. ! collectively, ®elected by Slabor 1 terms O her Rt Sichoaiion. buttiiia o, - Tembérs, labor oMiciats % s Duplex-Machinists case tn Detroit, which became a test of the Clayton amendment, as regards the “secon- dary. boycott.” The clause would nullify the of the operatien of the Hamilton School that the | Clayton amendment by allowiag labor | thirty-four children enrolled there|: appeal for help a “third Party,” in addition ‘to ‘legalizing the Ppractice of “picketing™ & shop by Bav~ ing a -uhlon agent outside: the door city which could care for the tuber- | t¢lling-the public of its plieged un- fairness to. labor. The decision om the publicity or “union " acth of the conm- of the federa: tion will be in charge of the cam- paign, which will -endea educating the public and in ¥ ranks of labor in the matier of “open. union shop,” to-offset the adnti-lador in- propaganda of i Mr. Gempers’ Remarks. * “It ‘was ‘the view of the wonference. acting upon the recommesdation of the School, is strongly in|executive council,” Fresident Gompers sald, “that every -possible efort should the jurisdiction of the health depart- made to maki to every ment. Under this arrangement, he :;. ‘the (:xun 1:tm‘;~ul the |said, children could be placed in a!work and aims ized labor. This :éd:wm - mdws. i fur- ", ‘con! A ¥ Sociacation yesterday and in the interest’ A t te Mmfllo most ,flnvl:v : iy il for every one Tations, their their purposes, ble for any The executive it a proposal quest Congress 5 mhlmam:ahm:::ln'! it - Principles Seat Out. ‘While the council was cial " notification and coples’ *¢f - declaration of -principles sday’s confer}nee Journéd ye ost important Rietory of the organized m'e':vlé feel confident that pus ps : 2 ~(Continued.on Page %, % E = Library 0 ch is beljevel o ‘'was in’ the: had in h her: a sight*as* standing, ll;lhp.',mq tow created a’sight whi citjes can boast One woman' declared that eh cities, ‘but never pessed such a great city 1ts_books. "« "Ona nil.l.h National Capl Raba Tor: the e 1 1y that between 4 and 6 o'clock | 1t8 J