Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and colder, tenight and tomor- | ow. T Femperature for twenty-four hours [ L ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 70, at || 1 pam. vesterday; lowest, 0, at 8§ a.m. toda ' Full report on page 11. | ¥ Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. E j Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. i No. 28,067. WASHINGTON, | Member of the Associated Press | . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispstehes | credited to it or vot otherwise credited t» #hls |7 aper and also the local news publishod berela, || : | All rights of publication ef specisl | ’ . dispatches herein are alse reserved. !‘ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Net Circulatlon, 97,019 THURSDAY, M D. . o 3y ARCH 1921 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. s TWO CENTS. HARDING HERE FOR INAUGURATION; | SELECTS DAVIS FOR LABOR POST; CHRISTIAN TO BE HIS SECRETARY Announces Final Cabinet Choice at Baltimore. FAIR AND COLDER. 1dpecial Forecast for Inauguration Day Issued by Weather Bureau. Fair weather, with the temperature close to freezing, will prevail here to- morrow during inauguration. according to a special forecast by the weather bureau today. { “Practically flareback.” was local forecaster. “The outlook eoldar HUNDREDS GREET | HIM AT STATION chance whatever for the opinion of th: no s for fair and consid weather, with femper:- se to freezing and fresh wes . i New Executive Gets|y: vy Wit I wigtnsio Welcome as He SEESU.S.INLEAGUE by a hundred million Americans If-l preside over their destinies during the next four years, arrived in Washing- Believes New Administration Must Act—Wilson Tenure Has Somber End. ton at 1 o'clock this afternoon, ready BY DAVID LAWRENC to enter tomorrow upon the most re- sponsible and stupendous task ever consigned by a nation to an indi- vidual. As his special train departed from Baltimore the President-elect defi- nitely announced the selection _of James J. Davis of Pittsburgh to”be Secretary of Labor and George B. a Christian, jr, to be sccretary to the| With flags and bunting hanging President. . ction fnally com. |!imP in the drizzle of a dreary d Mr. Davis' selection finally com- 4 g ; o proin, Ravis Selection finally &M |the administration of Woodrow Wil- W6 chafce T noeratood. o Davosom fcomes’ tal‘al momber) énd: | Death been reached some days ago. DU jcasts its melancholy shadow over the complications arose w cast the | o T : final decision intp doubt until the last [ C3Pitol. where Champ Clark, who minute. might have been democracy's leader Mr. Davis is a former steel work- |in the trying years since 1912, lies in er, who still carries a union card, al- though he now devotes most of his | attention to affairs of the Moose | Lodge, of which he is the ranking eofficial in the United States. tireeted at Union station by the Vice President-elect and Mrs. Cool- idge and the District Commissioners. the President-elect and Mrs. Harding state, mourned by all irrespective of party. a broken figure at the White House is in the minds of passers-by as they look curiously at the Executive Man- sion, where by the mandate of the peo- ple & younger and more vigorous man takes up within a few hours the awful who knew him, ! were escorted to_an automobile and | with driven to the New Willard Hotel, | Fesponsibilities of government at a Where they will oceupy the presiden- | critical moment in American history. tial suite until the beginning of thc| Jealousy and bitterness over the inaugural ceremonies tomorrow jdefeat 1. autumn have mellowed Welcoacd e Hilaavii and the atmosphere of the closing 2 hours of the Wilson administration hrongs o 4 al visitors 1 : h"'"’ = of inaugural visitors and|is e of depression not unmingled 'ome folks gathered in and around |with the sincere hope that the great Union station and gave the next chief | desire of Woodrow Wilson for a part- executive and first lady of the land nership of nations to preserve peace an enthusiastic welcome. The sta-| Will be achieved and vindication. tion concourse was jammed. while MUCh more satisfying than clectoral {votes or political offices will come others not fortunate enough to get with the passing of time. indoors braved the rain to get a; Perhaps more significant glimpse of the President-to-be. The poiice made a lane through the ! than any administration is the absolute confi- crowd ‘that filled the station, and;dence of the outgoing officials that along this tae presidential party!when President Harding and Secre- passed from the train shed to the|tary of State Hughes begin to ex- presidential room. jamine first hand the facts of our in- Surrounded by five motor evcle of-! ternational relationshi, ;W ¥ e p they will flc‘ers from the police department and | find themselves confronted on every fmln:bd by automobiles bearing the!gide by a compelling hand which wiil members of the official welcomingpoint the way to American entrance delegation, the Vi v i i Fia 2 s jonly way to stand on an equal foot- n:'h“:,";“‘:"df;'r they entered by the ;.7 with other countries in the try- o .} ing problems of world reconstruction. ard Hotel Ihe¥4 "Most of the cabinet officers and offi- wherearoed oY another large crowd, | cials are happy to be relieved at last Seulty in Reeping & ‘i"ln'elo‘pan ad dif-) ¢"the peculiarly harassing difficulties After his arrival ot the hotel Mr. | which inevitably go with a war admin- Harding prepared to hold ;1 istration. and which were, perhaps, immediate | conferences ‘with Nenator Lodge of |Mmore burdensome than at any other Massachusetts, the republican Senate | time in history. because of the colossal leader; Senator Knox, chairman of the | "ture of the Huropean war. and congressional inaugural committee, | AMerica’s signal part in winning the and others. victory. The special ear Supérb, on which Mr. Tamulty's Farewell the President-elect and Mrs. Harding made the trip from Marion. brought also members of their immediate | family, including Dr. George T. Hard- | ing, sr.. 1ather of the President-elect; Miss Abagail Harding. his sister; Dr. | | | Weli-wishes for their successors czme from the lips of the Wilson offi- cials. Typical, indeed, were the part- ing remarks of Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, as he bespoke the co-operation of the news: paper correspondents with the new secretary, George B. Christian. “Be good to Christian,” said Mr. Tumulty, “it's a hard job. and you fel lows can help him as you have me. }1 have enjoyed every minute of the | eight vears. I have had fun and heart- breaks. Rich and poor alike came to the White House for aid, and as I look back over it, the most gratifying mem- ory of all is that I have been able to help distressed individuals.” There was a touch of emotion Secretary Tumulty's voice as George T. Harding. jr.. of Columbus, his Lrother, and several members of his family, ‘and Mrs. Frank Longshore of Marion, a niece of Mrs. Harding. In making up the party for the trip on the Superb Mr. Harding excluded all but relatives. cven his secretary, George B. Christian. jr., and his physi cian, Dr. Sawver, who traveled in an- othcr car with a number of personal triends from Marion. I Holiday on Train. As he approached Washington Mr. Harding took « final holiday aboard the in the car. putting work and worry | "®W8paper men crowded around him aside and visiting with members of | 10 ake hands and to ! him he his family as though he were an | had “acted on the square” in his re- erdinary ‘traveler making a casual | lations with them. With true op- trip across the country timism. however. and with charac in the busy monihs sinee he was|€ristic humor, Mr. Tumulty turned nominated Mr. Harding has seen lit- | the conversation to a reminiscence tie of any but his nearest relatives, | 0f the political side of the admin- and he seized upon this occasion to | Stration. - . renew ties that in former days had |, -1t 18 true” he said with a smile, Leld the members of his family clos. | (that 1 have played politics, but | €5t together. have played it everywhere except in Mr. Harding this aftern cas | the White House. My office assistants familiarizing himself with the detaiy | 1ave been dealt with absolutely on their merits. ©f his inauguration on the eas ptor ar O the east front | N\ghae Mr. Tumuity said about the of the Capitol at noon orrow. | resident prom of course, . for when he came S ool been koo he simplest | {o the White House he made Pra & tically no. changes. He kept almost Address Only Pledge. everybody who had been attached to Mr. Harding has gone about his|the White House under the repub- Jreparations for entering the White [lican administration. House in the sam simple manner he HERLEOugHETOn i s Dtivate ssccres has lived his fifty-five vears. He com- |tary and a clerk. The rest of the pleted h augural address only ve eIl Honse staft Sis Ayl tuilly s it terday afternoon. and it promises to| (Continued on Column 5. Bt anew mark for brevity and sime plicity of styje In a word, the ad- dress will be little more than a pledge | !mrrn Mr. Harding to give his b St oef. forts to “)4 work before him ¥ ty anc varnest desire to bring N Yo ut & better feeling in the country | t b tl b marke M. Hardows . eatooee 0 vee the oin UPon the dutics of the nresidencs The President-elec first enga rst engage- ment in Washington today was mxn‘ Eenator Knox of Pennsylvaniu. chale BY RING W. LARDNER. ;';-::m'l"f””v Mr Hinegnonal inaugural| Well, the boys wanted this inau- e. B arding wanted 1o 50 | gurs g or- Bver with the senator al| ot ”",‘“;;' guration to be pulled off with Jeffer 1ails of the ceremonics planned sonian simpllcity and it looks like Romorrow. His quarters the Wil Jard Hotel were besicged today Jong Betore his arrival. = they arc going to get their wish. The old town is filling up with simps and by tonight they ought to be as many B SMNISNN selienal Hcve: of them here as during the war time. Surrounding Mr. Harding «t the| Amongst the visitors ex- Millard is a little band of faithful | pected today is Sammy Pass of Chi- friends who came to Washington with | cago, the boy that showed up the him to witness the fruition of the | 1919 world serious scandal. He “is hopes of four long years. It ix not [ comeing to see that the inauguration generally known, but in 1916 ther. | is on the square and that Mr. Hard- Was a decided movement on foot to|ing is really trying when he makes nominate Senator Harding at the time | his specch. But don’'t think I n Charles Evans Hughes, the pew | includeing Mr. Pass in the list retary of State, carricd away the | simps. Sammy is unmarried and is Lono nobody’s fool The farcwell ceremonies at the fro ans for riday's simple cere- porch in Marion vesterday afternoon | % s practically complete The Mr. Harding an opportunity te] committe from Congress will pick express in feeling manner the appre- | up Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge at €iation he felt in starting for Wash- | the New Jess Willard 2t 10:30 fnicton und the perilous duties of the | and take them (6 the White House: 10 presidency as a man with honor injget the rest of the party. They will his own community. Mr. Harding told | be six or seven automobiles in the his neighbors that on the day of his| parade from there to the Capitol. inauguration he would address the | Messrs. Wilson, Harding, Knox and people of the entire nation in the|Canmon will ride in the first, but same mple manner that he spoke to| Philander and Joe is still scrapping his fellow townsmen. If he were|over which one will drive. Boys Wwanting in confidence, Mr. Harding | will be boys. gained it in large measure from the The 2d. car will carry Mrs. Wilson outpouring in hix home town. He de-fand Mrs. Harding. Messr Marshall Qared he had a theory of government | and Coolidge will be in No. 3 and that_if you do for the nation what|sirs. Murshall and Mrs Coolidge in Copunued on Page 2, Columa 3.) ) ;|Oldest D. C. Residents | The tragedy of | other thing about the ending of this! ¥ The civic cla: No, 4, Mr, aud Mrs, Lardner, hows City in Readiness, for Induction of New Execqtive. THRONGS ARRIVE FOR CEREMONY to See Strangest ‘ March 4 Here. Washington today is in readine: | for the strangest inauguration ever witnessed by the oldest residents of the city, the changes wrought dur-| |ing the last four years and the de-| | sire of the President-elect to elimi- nate all ceremony com- | unnecessary bining to make the occasion unique. It is the first time that a saloon- s capital has awaited an incoming { executive, but missing also is | the “kick” that the inaugural parade. | with its bands and uniforms and | houting enthusiasts gave to the oc- | )\nsunn in other years. But therc will hardly be bed or cot in the city tonight fl»V‘} | Washington has been “the mecca of | {travelers from all parts of the coun- | ltry during the week, and today's ar- irivals exceeded those of any previous | ay. Hotel men commented on the fact | thai the visitors included many faces| that had not been seen in Washington for eight years, or at most only in- frequently” during that time. Harding Completes List. The arrival of President-elect Hard- ing early this afternoon practically completed the list of members of the Inew administration who will take up ithe reins of government tomorrow noon, Vice President-elect Coolidge and most of the members designate of the new cabinet having reached here two or three days ahead of their chief, in order to get “acclimated.” With the absence of all official dis- play, citizens of Washington are ful- | filling the duties of host in a creditable manner, without aid from the fed- eral government or of political or- | ganizations that took an interest in the inauguration when a parade was one of the big features. Flags have | blossomed from buildings all along 1 Pennsylvania avenue and on many |of the side strects, as well as through- out the residential districts, and there will be an abundance of color to greet the eg'e '-:l the retiring cl;:ef execu = when s e ehef it e Tiae from the | White House to the Capitol. | Indications today were that thou- | sands of persons throughout the | | country refused to give up a trip they ! had planned to Washington just be- | | an empty | | | | | cause the President-elect had put a ban on an official celebration, and the | {Unjon station today was filled to ca- pacity with the incoming tide and| residents of the capital who went | there to meet friends. ! Cox to Honor Harding. Former Gov. Cox of Ohio, who was | jthe democratic candidate for Presi- | |dent. is coming here for the inaugu- | |ration of his fellow Ohioan and is; | | 1 i Ischeduled to arrive at Union station jat 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. Gov. | Harkness of Vermont arrived shortly | before noon today with a party. | S of Washington and | Jefferson College arrived here on | special cars at 7:30 o'clock this morn- ing from Washington, Pa. There ! were twenty-five in the party. The Detroit Republican Club of De- ! troit, Mich.. arrived at 9 o'clock, | along with the National Educationai | {"Association from Detroit. A party headed by M. A. Hanna from Cleveland, Ohio, came in this | morning and the Ohio Buckeye Club. | from Columbus, Ohio, i8 scheduled | lto arrive in_special at 4:40 o'clock this afternoon. Many arrivals of various parties on special cars attached to regular trains | are scheduled to get into the city to- morrow morning. The Republican Club of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., with twen- | ty-five in the party, is scheduled to ar- rive early Lomorrow morning. Among Visitors Expected. Among the arrivals scheduled for carly tomorrow morning are the fol- cars {lowing: The Bkely D. McCaughan | | Marching Club of Pennsylvania. des | ignated as “the Penrose party.” in- | | cluding some 360 persons; the Illinois lowa, Kansas. Wisconsin and Minne- | sota republican delegations, filling two special trains: the Civie Club of | Marion, Ohio; eight coaches filled with | United States Marines from Quan- tico, Va.: the American bureau of | New York city, and the M achusetts State legislature. In ar ion, there | are a number of special cars coming | in from large citics filled with mem. | bers of the National Educational As-l sociation. A number of special cars are parked in the New York avenue railroad vards and will be used as sleeping quarters by the parties occupying them during the inaugural period. Five or_ six special trains “(Continued on Page 2, Colu be | “Well, the Visiters Is All Here iple Ceremonys™ ever. is still on such terms that they | can ride together in the same ._2:!()! They will be still another machina for the “secret serviee and a good many of the guys that hangs around Washington in officers’ uniforms is fighting for places in this car on the grounds that if they ever seen service it's a secret | jyhe parade will go from the White House to the Capitol escorted by the | ||. S. cavalry. which hasn't had no outing since the civil war. Mr. Hards ing will be sworc in on the east portico. The orixinal him take the oath inside the jbuilding. but Gen. Dawes used all they had there. Both Mr. Harding and Mr. Coolidge will both - make i | [ &peeches and 1 called up Mr. Burleson [ to find out what th going to | talk about, but ' Know nobody's addres auanit Protty near all the Varding cabinet is Mr. Weeks calls on Newt yesterday and sked him all about 2 u“:‘l)l’ dept. and will go to work next Sut. urdiy with an' open mind. 1t was gencrally supposed that Chas. Hughes Was going to be s till it come out in the papers’ this morning that he had moved here with his family and took a house, %0 it looks like he intended to go Into some business in Washington. Mr. Hays was on the scene early and him and Mr. Burleson was show. ed through the P. O. dept,. where. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) d he members of the town all ready. | 1 idear was to | i | \ | | | cretary of mau‘ mittee is to meet again within that time to act on the southern rep- | resentation proposition and at that | T. Adams of Towa, v LEADERS HOPEFUL F RAISING DEFICIT “Why Worry About $1,500,- 000 When We Had 7,000, 000 Majority?” Says Hays. | BY N. 0. MESSENGER. If that time-honored inquiry, “Who killed Cock Robin?" should be applied io the defeat of the democrats in the last campaign, a chorus of “We did!” would go up from several score and odd members of the republican national committee, assembled at the New Willard today, for these are the men—and women—who conducted the campaign, who bore the heat and burden of the day, who did the plan- ning and oversaw the carrying out of the_.campaign . which. Jilled demo- cratic Cock Robin with a volley of 7,000,000 arrows—that being the re-! publican majority. Here 10 Talk Over Future. So. they came on to Washington to jubilate with each other and with the candidates they elected: to talk over plans for the future, to discuss the sad verse—meeting a deficit of a million and a half of dollars in the campaign fund and to take up other ! business. _Speaking of the deficit, Chairman Will Hays was rather dis- posed to treat it lightly. “Why worry about a little thing such as a million | and a half. when we had seven mil- | lion majority?” he said. Some of the members of the na- tional committee, and others engaged | actively in the campaign, found them- selves today more prominently in thei public eyes than when last they as- sembled. They are prospective cabi- net officers. There is Will Hays. who | is to be Postmaster General; John W. | Weeks, who is to be Secretary of War: Harry M. Daugherty, member ! of the executive committee, who is to be Attorney General. and Senator Fall, | who is to be Secretary of the Interior. Hays to Retire in Sixty Dayw. Chairman Hays is to retire from the chairmanship within sixty days. ac cording to present plans. The com-| meeting his successor will be chosen. The men most talked about in Mm—: mnection with the succession are John | chairman, and | Charles D. Hilles of New York. A. T. Hert of Kentucky, who was | considered likely timber. has placed | himself out of further consideration suing a statement saying his husiness responsibilities will preclude | his acceptance, even if chosen. The decision of the committee will be influenced, it i id. by President ffarding's personal preference for chairman., which will be communi- cated to the committec by the time it is ready to take up the reorganiza- on. YO e meeting, which was held in the red room of the New Willard. was by Chairman Hays, ge 2, Column 4.) Tordzg"'sg News in Paragraphs hopeful of raising Page 1 ve 1. ¢ coal dealers indicted under Republican leaders 500,000 deficit Tntistrust taw Page 1 Allied ultimatum gives Berlin until Mon- day to accept terms. Page 1 Hundreds to aid police tn handling in- ugural erowds Page 2 Success of Child Welfare ball tomorrow night assured. Page 2 District assured of increased water Supply Dby $200,000 appropriation in military bill Page 2 Cavalry squadron selected for _escort duty tomorrow is famous Page 2 Senators assail alleged D. C. coal com- bines. Page 3 Controller _Williams resigns, scoring Senator McLean. Page 3 Committee tenure in Congress is scored by M. D. Campbell before Southern Commercial Congress. Page 9 Landis silent on threatened _action ‘against him in House. Page 13 The Federal Reserve Board today ported business conditions as general- 1¥ unstable, but with a large volume of potential buying in sight. Page 13 Federal employes may subdivide local union No. = Page 13 Shipping Board found honest. but ex- travagant and inefficient by Hous vestigators. Page 1 Flecing store thief attempts to shoot policeman. "age 17 | Rites for Champ®Clark to be held Sat- urday morning in the House cham- ber. Page 19 Bloodhounds trail five negro convicts who shot camp guard dead in Vir- ginia. Page 21 Washington Topham tells Oldest Tn- habitants that Jefferson walked with fellow lodgers to Capitel for -inaugu= ration. Lage 26 ~ < WELCOME MY PRESIDENT, EVEN THOUGH | Was NOT 7 XOPERMITTED ' —— ———= —— - N e W. B. WILSON GETS OFFICE| Retiring Secretary of Labor Ap- pointed to International Body. Willizm B. Wilson, the retiring § retary of Labor, was appointed today by President Wilson as a member of the intecrnational joint commision, to succeed Obadiah Gardner of Maine, whose resignation was requested by the President. It was announced at the White House that Mr. Wilson had accepted the post. i At the same time Joseph P. Tumul- ty. secretary to the Dresident, an- nounced that he had declined appoint- ment as a member of the commission. He said it would not be fair to the NAVAL BILL FAILS FOR THIS SESSION Senators Proceed to Other Business, Leaving Action to Special Session. Hope of passing the naval appro- T 1 st 1), 0 COAL NEN TO JOIN MR. COLBY IN LAW PRACTICE | President Wilson formally an- nounced today that he would “re- stime the practice of law” in a partn. with Buinbr Colby, the retiring Seeretary of State The announcement was made at 5 the Whi House in the following statemen “President Wilson made the an- nouncement today that at the con- : : L o e . Charged With Adopting | would resume the practice of law, | formins o partnership with e | Methods to Halt Small Secretary of State, Bainbridse Colby , The firm wiil have onices 10 xew | Dealers’ Encroachment. ! York and Washington s . Necr r.ulx Tumulty dded that the l i would engage in the general practice. of Taw as well as intrma- SAID TO HAVE CONTROL | tional Law The President’s announ | wholly unexpected, Wil o OF SUPPLIES FROM MINES the pubiic mind one of h i\wmn of attainments—that of reing 4 lawye He was graduated - . T crom the University of Vir- | <crszaded Competitors Not to Cat 2inia in ISS1 and practiced in A . Tanta in TRN2 and ISNZ. In the Prices or to Intrude . laticr year he went to Baltimore 2 to take up post-graduate work it on Leaders. Johns Hopkins University and practiced some in the local courts Alleging a conspiracy in restrain in that city e the ¢ 1 trade in Washington un- | Mr. Wiison did not remain 1ong | der tho Pt & A : I at the practice of law. however, ‘“', s Bueoman Santi -teast Jaw, fhe for in 1883 he hegan his cureer a5 | 2SIHICUErand Jury today returned an | a college profes: taking up the indictment “aK. t w Hamilton | ehair of history and political econ- | omy at Bryn Mawr. From that | time onward until he left the field | Smith. general manager of | the Maury Dove Company: Ward W Grif- | of collegiate work and became Gov- | fith, trading as W. W. Griffith; Morris crnor of New Jersey, Mr. Wilson |E. Marlow, president of the Marlow did not figure in the practice of {Coal Company: Samuel M. Frazier. law. trading as S. M. Frazier; L. Evans i e T ATER White, president of the L. 15 White ; | Coal Company: Otto G. Raymond. s | retary-treasurer and manager of J ;’ |1 Agnew & Co.; J. Edward Chapman 8 | president of the J. Edward Chapma | {Coal Company: Leonard P. Steuart | {and Guy T. Steuart. trading as L. P. ! Steuart & Bro.: Maynard . Burrell, president and manager of the Alle- | 8heny Coal Company, & William F. | { Hummer, trading as W. F. Hummer & | | Co.. coal dealers | | Joined as alleged co-conspirator is | Johnston R. Zimmerman, secretary of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade and secretary of the board of di- -ctors of the Standard Coal Com- The indictment charges that i Zimmerman “unlawfully has aided jand abetted the comriission by said {other defendants of the acts” alleged. | | |Nations Prepare to Occupy ot i Cities in Rhine Region Un- |yunishment ving timi vd to imp | on- less Teutons Yield | el exde b7 = 2 sl W t Indictment Charges. The indictment charges that from March, 1918, to date, the accused be- ing the larger dealers in coal in the PLAN TO TAX PRODUCTS l‘v?es.lgel‘“‘ for r;:lm u: ;\\ccenélgm‘wfi o | priation bill at this session wa’s aban- | District and having the advantages M i o o et i O BIV€ [ doned today by Senator Poindexter, | l'of being able to purchase coal cheaper & 2 republican, washington. who has AND TAKE OVER CUSTOMS | from i mincs"than smail araiers, S SR e i »f getting the use of dump been in charge of it. and the Senate tresties (Yom railroads under lease proceeded to other busine: | £ {and other advantages. adopted a enator Poindexter said that from Dr. Simons Says Germans Have {ethost for Swrepsnting Hitie Samal) the experience of the past four days. | > 2 ealer from encroaching on their during which the bill has been de-' Been Misunderstood—Will Make | business. bated, he was satisfied that it could It is alleged that the defendants not be enacted before adjournment | Reply at Noon Monday. obtained control of the supplies from willing to hold up other | matters to press it. Attaeks House Measure. Supreme Court Takes Up Block-Hirsh Case—Law’s Constitutionality, Issue. | the measure as passed by the House. Navy." A new mnaval bill will have to be | drafted at the special session of Con- | gress, which President Harding is expected to call for April 4. tomorrow noon, and that he was un-| important | ny 1 } - The Washington senator attacked declgring that had it been enacted it |9¢ weuld have led to the “demoraliza- | ¢il tiow apd paralysis of the American were the mines and of the single wholesale concern—the Standard Coal Company Associated Press. o st n | —to which the local small dealers LONDON, March 3.—Germany was look for their supplies when they today given until Monday noon to:could not get them from the large accept the fundamental conditions h.iu:d";;_""ffl . . a 5 o % £ S Ci hey are also charged with per- down by the supfme allied toun-| gy ading “small denlers fo Jomn the at Paris. The German delegates | Coal Merchants' Board of Trade. of informed by the allied repre-| which, it s alleged, the accused domi- nated the various directorships for the purpose of impressing upon the small dealers the necessity of friend- Iy, fraternal and ethical intercourse | sentatives today that if Germany does | not accept those terms the allies will take immediate steps. The constitutionality of the Ball|®XP 2 | The first will be the occupancy by |in carrving on their business. rent commission act was argued be- | , Sonator Poindexter told the Senate | iy troops of the cities of Duisberg | Small Dealers Persuade: fore the Supreme Court of the United | brought about the failure of the bill. 'and Duesseldorf and Ruhrort, in the | The small dealers were persuaded, States today, when counsel in the m“idfr:xg:::,;iynld:a:i:godd2;‘;!.‘;':;1"’:6;(';— | RuHr region of Germany. :,‘rv“q e motiio out “""::‘;‘}'r‘;'"fi of Julius Block vs. Louis Hirsh were | foroeratic leader, deplored Senatol| second. each allied country will| tach other. expecinliy from. the i Reard i bill, and sald 1t mikht yet be passed, |Place such a tax on German merchan- | dealers. The congern of the big deals Prior_to the opening of the argu-|He criticised Senator Poindexters|dise ax it may deem proper. it Is churged was (0 do every: management -of the bill, adding: now looks as if incapacity and m 1 management would defeat this bill.” Senatar Underwood also attacked Senator Poindexter for charging him with blocking the sundry civil biil because of the Muscle shoals item. The Alabama senator denied respon ment Solicitor General Frierson ask- ed the court to allot the government thirty minutes to present argument in support of the rent law, saying that the government feit a keen in- terest in the matter at issue. The Chief Justice granted the request. Whereupon W. G. Johnson, represent- “Te ing Louis Hirsh, owner of the rental | 8ibility, assertnig it lay with the property involved, asked for extra|House side. time, and to this also the Chief Jus-| For these reasons. he continued. it tice assented. was necessary to amend the bill. He ldeclared the Senate naval committee : f had lost no time in hearing the best Jesse C. Adkins of counsel for Ju- |authorities and redrafting the meas- vius Block, the tenant in the case|ure to provide for necessary appro- opened the argument, describing the | priations omitted by the House! enactment of the rent law and the Program in Confusion. emergency in the District of Colum- ! (oo S jnoes v bia housing situation which brought ATy S ahe Davaliblll thres Fn(l»‘; “Justice White to confusion. Leaders said frankly et e ey did not know what would be 2 |done, but agreed that there was no Adkins Opens Argument. inquired pa s laying claim Loline conat e e aent | chance for any other important legis- o e wors 'of (waT emergency |lation being put through. A few minor bills, considered. or merely because of the police pow- it was said, might be ers of Congress over the District. i 1 Mr. Adkins replied that he was con- | oe’ {1 Navy bill would £ive senarocs tending that the emergency created f e iti an opportunity to disc = e of ohllaos and g police i, eRshonley ndsthe Ciaiton e Jowers of S8 10 regulate in | preeron fo i e the District warranted the enactment negasury O e prolect in the sundry civil bill, which. he said. of the legislation. was being defeated in order to hold Recalls Origin of Bill. the Muscle shoals item. although it Mr. Adkins argued that the rentlcarried millions for former service law was brought about by the war|men and their families. conditions in the District of Colum.| Reiterating that the United States bia. Building operations had ceased, | Was “facing a serious situation.” Sen he said, and congestion in the District |ator Poindexter said, “We are unable to legislate,” despite it. enator Poindexter said Great Brit- ain “is today greater in power than any other two nations. “‘She would be the equal of the United States if the 1916 program was tompleted.” he said. “Any impression that goes abroad that she has not made any naval ap- propriations is. misleading. Efforts to Order Vote. Senator Hale of Maine, republican member of the naval sought to revive the naval asked that an agreement for a vote late today be made, saying the naval committee was willing to make “rea- i sonable reductions” in the appropria- tion. Senator oindexter presented a pro- posed unanimous consent agreement for a vote at 4 o'clock. but Senator Borah objected. He said he would ob- ject to an agreement for a vote at any hour. Senator Borah asserted that thers “never had been a time since this bill came up Wwhen it would have Leen possible to pass it.” became very serious. The number of government employes here increased from about 35,000 to more than 90,000, The new employes came in by the hundreds daily. These government employes were packed into the government offices | like sardines, he saids The govern- ment found it necessary to increase its office space by taking over hotels, apartment houses and other proper- se were filled to overflowing and then the government erected ige temporary offices. B concerns and national found it necessary to tives here, which Still further increased the congestion. of thi bill. All . said Mr. Adkins, had a effect ‘on residential property With the demand for space in which to live multiplying and with the supply decreasing, rents rose to high figures, he continued. Hundreds of government employes were victims. 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Senator Poindexter said the removal committee. | He Third. a custom boundary along the{thing in their power to drive out of {Rhine. under allied control, will be|Lusiness all smull dealers “who should stabliched. . _|have the temerity to resist said co- { The German delegation was in-lercion and compulsion or refuse to be |formed that the only modification of |bound by the rules prescribed by the I the Paris reparations dec accused” by preventing them from mitted to Germany would ) rmar procurinz supplies of coul garded conditions of payment, such as| The indictment concludes with the 1@ reduction of the period of annuities | general statement that all this has from forty-two years to thirty years.|resulted in great inconvenience and | delay to consumers in procuring coal Germany’s counter proposals, \\hichl“"od having to e P ‘l'“-"‘ ,“"“ i.d' R {money in excess of what coal wou {were submitted to the allies on Tues- | have cost them if business had been {day, were not susceptible of examina- [allowed to run in normal channels tion, Premier Lloyd George told Dr.|free from the alleged. unlawful re- {Walter Simons, head of the ,J-(.,,“an[xuwm charged in the indictment ugainst | delegation, in substance, after today's| e defendants | session of the conference had assem- Criticises Road eMthods. | bled at St. James’ Palace at noon. The grand jury in a special report ! “After Mr. Lloyd Grorge had finished Bailey in Criminal Divi- | Dr. Simons, for the Germans, said the criticiscd methods of the intentions of the German government | railroads in dealing _with the coal h{iLd been quite misunderstood. The | trade of Washington. The report, sign- German delegation. he xaid, would re- by Chris. J. Gockeler, foreman « 0 at noon on Monday. o jury. reads: | Counter Proposals Spurned. in our opinion.” added the The “grand jurers of the United man foreign minister. “no oc States of America. in and for the Will arise for the sanctions set forth District of Columbia, empancled | by the allied powers.” * [the January term, 1921, set forth thev Dr. Simons said the Germans would | beg leave 10 call attention to the fact ! examine the British prime minister's ' that in the course of investigation specch and the allicd documents most | into coal trade conditions in the Dis- | carefully. trict of Columbla, it has developed | that the railroad companies serving | i cArE s EOPERIng. the Di o not maintain. any It was noticed during the British o Eerminil ERCHINEs s prime minister's presentation of the |1y delivery of c d lots of coal allied decisions that he had left an | 1o consumers. and 1l dealers Gesir- jopening for the Germans to make new | e to purchase coul directly from | proposals, and Dr. Simons, in making | the mines, but do lease all such facii- the reply he did. was prompt to take ties, owned by them, exclusiv | advantage of thi large coal dealers. | Mr. Lloyd George. in the course n(i e believe that such condut of | his long speech, said that if the Ger-|the railroads is exceedingly d mans had come with a sincere desire mental to the consuming puplic to discharge Germany’s obligations |that 1t of necessity increases the the allies would have given their pro- | price of coal to consumers and small | posals fair and patient consideration. | dealers desiring to purchase coal i~ | Tf the Germans, he continued, had | rectiy from the mines id that forty-two yea was too SRR R lengthy a period for the payments to | run. and that « levy of 12 per cent on their exports was not the best meth- od for them to me«t their liabilities or | for ascertaining the amount Germany CARUSO STEADILY GAINS. NEW YORK, March 3 ~Enrico Ca- b & Eiven! nioments wak Capable or/|ruko #insbean Swithouts ¥ever ¥k paying. and that they had better ways twenty-four hours, and is making which would be equally effective in | Steady progress toward recovery | meeting the case. then. added the pre- | said (a :lu ment issued today b mier. “we would have sat down with | his phy s 4 | the (ierman delegation to examine in The tenor suff_e‘rs v\o)pfflln fi;omv!hn | perfect good faith their counter pro- | the third operation he underwent | posals, with a view to arriving at a | Tuesday to remove pus from the B | pleural cavity and has been sitting | reasonable accord ! L o Dr. Simons’ reply that the Germans | UP 10 bed. would examine the prime minister's | e speech, that their intentions had been ixtaken and that no nerasion wouid | YEGGS BLOW FOUR SAFES. | arise for employment of the measures | the allics outlined. is taken 40 mean ST P g that the Germans have further pro- | PARIS, Ky, March o—Robbers to make in conformity with the | 1ast night blew open four safes in SonclFlons o the the Paris post office and obtained loot estimated at between $15,000 and | 25,000, mostly in war savings and attitude | postage stamps. | "Little cash was taken. Ansailed by Lloyd George. Lloyd George said the the German empire regard- tions was. in addition. Mr taken by | erave violation of the oblizations of | Garmany toward the allies. He re- | minded the German renresentatives | lthat their government had not ful- l S | f1led the tr of Ver<aillos rela- Eal' y tar {tive to coal deliveries distrmament the pavment of 20000000000 marks old and the punishment of Cer- | Oomorrow officers and soldiers accused of durine the war. 3 rman Adll?d the 'r‘.rn-sn nrin;l- The Inaugural Edition of ster refusing to aceept the % e conce proposed bv the anix | The Star will be issued at with regard to reparations. had by | 0 the same act renounced the ad.| 1 °°'°‘fk on lmauguration antages granted her at the previous Day, Friday, March 4th. conference with the allies’ |~~~ Mr.-Lloyd George then. on behalf o f < the allies, announced the ultimatum. Al advertising /for this edition must be received at The Star office tonight. Awaits Harding's Attitude. The Laborite Herald stated today a time limit_was granted the Germans Lme T BAt B4 (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ’ R