Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 1

Member of the Associated Pre: The Associated Press is exclusively entitled o the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not uthorwite credited in this paper and also the local news publish»d herein. WEATHER. Partly cloudy, with mild tempera- and with ers. for twenty-four hours ture tonight tomorrow, probably sho Temperatur ended at p.m. today: Highest, 69, at . yesterday; lowest, 50, at 4 a.m. Full report on page 13. Closing New York Stocks, Page 29. @he 98, =0, 079. Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. SEE GAS PROFITS IF COMPANY KEEPS UP PRESENT PRICE Utilities Commission Experts Report Return for 1921 Will Be 11.74 Per Cent. CUT IN CHARGES TO PUBLIC DEPENDS ON COST OF OIL Attorney at Hearing Sees No Chance of Reduction in Retail Rate Now. Accountants of the Public Utilities Tommission have estimated that if the present price of gas should be con- tinued and the Washington company ehould be able to buy oil for the bal- ance of the year at the Kebruary Pprice, which was 9.97 cents per gallon, the company's rate of return for 1921 would be 11.74 per cent. Col. Charles W. Kutz, chairman of the commission, made this announce- ment at the hearing today on the ap- plication of the Washington Gas Light this morning. Company, for itself and the George- town Company, for continuation of the rate of $1.32 per thousand cubic feet for gas, with lower rates for wholesale users. The Engineer Commissioner said the ‘estimate of the District accountants is based on the assumption that the company will sell the same amount | Session of Senate Beginning March 4, Comes to an End The extra session of the Sen- ate, which began March 4, end- ed xhortly before noon today After confirming a few ad: tional nominations by President Harding the Senate adjourned sine die. ‘he lant nesxion of the Senate was convened at 11 o'clock in expectation that the President ight be able to send in the omination of Shipping Board members. The White House no- tified by telephone Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, repub- lican leader, that there was de- lay in selection of the board members, and Senator Lodge then moved wsine die adjourn- ment. NEW HEADS OF . ¢ BECIN THEIR DUTIES Several Hundred See Ru- dolph and Oyster Sworn In as Commissioners. In the presence of several hundred residents of the city and Distric employes, Cuno H. Rudolph and Capt. James F. Oyster were sworn in as Commissioners in the boardroom of the District building at 9:30 o'clock | Exactly one hour after they took the oath of office the new city heads found themselves engrossed in their first big task—a hearing on the rates to be charged for gas after this week. Both men pledged themselves to give Washington the best service of which they are capable, and asked for the co-operation of the city em- | | of gas as in 1920 and pay the same for labor and all other items of ex- pense except oil. which since Febru-| Renews Pledge of 11 Years Ago. ary has been deciining in price. Mr. Rudolph said he had not been Col. Kuts, before adjourning the|able to find time since his confirma- hearing until 2 o'clock this afternoon, | tion yesterday 'to prepare an -in- requested Robert O. Luqueer, consult- | augural address.” and that all he| ing_engineer for the company, to|wanted to do was to renew the pledge | study the estimate of the commis-|he made eleven years ago to serve | sion’s accountants that he might Te- | the people of the District to the best Py 1o it this afternoon if he desires. | of bis ability. Hinges on Price of OiL ‘apt. Oyster said he realized the re- It became evident before adjourn- [Ronsibility ~and = appreciated the honor of being District Commissioner. ment for lunch that the commission's | Capt. Oyster recalled two mottoes decision in the gas case will hinge|which he said he would endeavor to largely on the price of oil, of Which | by three We—To wark, 1o win e mied it takes about four gallons to manu-[The other consists of three Hs— The facture a thousand cubic feet of gas. |head, the heart and ihe hand. Mr. Luqueer, in his testimony, stat-| Engineer Commissioner Charles W. ed that the average price of all the | Kutas, the third member of the board, oil to be bought by the company for | presided, and pinned upon the lapels the twelve months ending this May |of the new executives the little gold will be a fraction more than 11 cents | badge of District Commissioner. per gallon. “I feel sure.” said Col. Kutz, “the| In view of the fact that the mew |new Commissioners can rely on the | commission has only two days left in | employes of the District government ! which to decide the gas case—the|to give them the same faithful and present rates expiring on Friday—efficient service they have given in William McK. Clayton asked that the | the past. - street car rate hearing set for to- Board Room Packed. morrow be postponed until next week.| Flowers of many varieties were! Street Car Hearing Tomorrow. | banked high in front of the platform Chairman Kuts announced at noon |UPOR Which the new Commissioners | a were sworn in as testi that the commission considered the|the friends of Mr. Ru:lolr;;:":"nld. (l:;l:;: request and decided to proceed with | Oyster. | the strect car case tomorrow. The boardroom was packed to the | T doors. and it was evid Testimony taken at the opening of | applause and comment of 'mf,'.i'“pr'e': the hearing disclosed that the Wash-|ent that the new Commissioners are ington Gas Light Company does mnot | éNtering upon their duties with the expect to pay more than 85 cents per|&00d Will and backing of the oity. gallon for oil to be bought between 2“{ employes of the city govern- ::w and May for gas-making pur- 'lg'n Rxmhel:;e%;& the ""“hmi“ ses. - . Temem This is 4 cents cheaper than the rate | D8 record of service fromm January, of 12% cents per nnohn wl;'ich the | 1910, to July, 1913. % company was paying when the com- Sworn In by Pion mission fixed tFe price of gas to pri-| Commissioner .Rlzlol h s v-'t: o?n::meu at $1.32 per thousand | the cath of office by g wnn‘:m‘-fi;" cubic fe ¢ = Attorney Benjamin_ A. Minor, in|oall ihorhan epamcial arer e QMBI for, the Washinton 'and.| missioner since.the. prosct Tar o ht town Gas Light Companies, de- | government was established. Tt w, clared he saw no hope for & reduction |at Mr. Rudolph's requese- thi "y in the retafl price of gas if the com- | Tindali read the cathe C % panies are to earn a fair return on the! Dr. Tindall has been in the District ‘value of their property. service for forty-eight years, havin Later in- the session, when Mr.|{served as secretary to ome nonS Luqueer was. testifying for the gas|two governors and nearly all of (rs company, he estimated that for the|Commissioners since 1875 % twelve months ending with May of this| Daniel E. Garges. present secretar: year the compauies will earn $691.-(to the board of Commissioners s 4221, or 5. r cent on the value | ministered the oath of CIELR L : cape Oyt Commissioner Needs 1, Gallons of Oil. am Williams, -acting clerk of the District Supre; Chairman Kutz asked the witness if [ istered the oath ot pfig}“? B et the Washington company, which appears | commissioner to both appointees o also ter the Georgetown company, has .Amonr those present were former Durcased Il of 1ts ol for the peries | Commissioners Henry B. ¥ Motfar: trom now until June 1. {land, W. Gwynn Gardiner and J il Mr. Luqueer said there is still about man Hendrick. 1,500,000 gallons to be bought. BUDOLPH HEADS BOARD. The chairman asked the witness what “is the average price the company ex-|p ¢ Peets to pay for this unpurchased ol |D- C- Commissioners Have Not De- Mr. Luqueer said he ¢stimated tn average price of this oil would be 8425 cided on Individual Duties. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph was cents per gallon. Sat lu the lowest price You have |ejected president of the board of Com. | missioners at an organization meet- | paid for oil?"" the colonel continued. “Seven and one-eighth cents per g-.l.{ 1 ing following the inauguration of the two new members today. ' said the witness. It the commission last year had adopted the suggestion for a sliding Col. Charles W. Kutz, Engineer Commisioner, continues as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, scale of gas rates the price of gas would have gone down with.this drop having been elected in Januar. | stated term. FEICE in oil. would it not”’ the chairman The new Commissioners, beca, continued. Mr. Luqueer replied that it would if the gas hearing, did.not have time | this morning to select the branches the company should buy any large amount of oil at 7% cents per gallon. Kuts Comments on Reduction. Chairman Kutz then said it seemed | of tW® government which they will ©dd that tiere should be no possibil- 1‘!9?{""{0- e 1\;\"1 continyss as | » s e head of the engineer dej ity for areduction in the price of gas| which includes street and road re | with the price of oil declining pairs, collection of garbage, ashes At this point Howard Reeside, pres- |and refuse, street cleaning, sewer de. ident of the Washfngton Gas Light|partment and water department. Company, told Commissioner Kutz| Such branches as police, fire, health | and playgrounds departments and | the offices of the auditor, collector that he would take the stand later and explain the oil situation. He add- of taxes, assessor and weights and | measures department will be divided | ed that the company has not yet re- ceived any oil at 7% cents per gallon, or i ‘ between Messrs. Rudolph and Oyster. | (Continued on Page olumn 8.) | but has ordered some at that figure gor this month. PresidentHardingVisitsBasement In White House to Examine Files President Harding, before the rush “Come along. George; let's take a of callers started today, acted as his|100k!” the President started” toward | 2 4 g | the door. Accompanied by his secre- | own file and record clerk and inci- | iy and one of the older clerke the | dentally made a personal tour of the | tour was made. During the ten or basement of the executive offices,| fifteen minutes Mr. Harding was en- 1 ployes. | use of | e Eos N e e | kaged in the basement he took much ‘where are located the greater portion | jnterest in' the arrangement of the | of the oftice files and records. While | various rooms, sheives, tables and discussing with Secretary Christian | 9ther equipment, and P had no difi- | a 2 Lo | culty in finding ‘quickly the real ob- o program for the day's routine and | et of his pmigsion. Nelther aia he | er matters requiring his immediate | appear tc mind in the least the dust ention, certain information was! Which he encountered while fumbling | IMbcessary before they could proceed ooy 'h: ;‘:‘.‘::""""f closets. i Intelligently. 2 r's Request. Upon inquiry the President was told Miss Grace Young of Columbus,| Ohio, who is em 2 that the book containing the informa- PISYSE tiithe Trcas tion he sought was tucked away in ury Department, and who paints pic- | one of the dark corners of the file tures, mostly landscapes, i room in the basement. He was as- during her | oft kours, has requested Secretary sured that a messenger would at be dispatched to make a searc! Christian to grant her permission to | g6t up her easel in the grounds of the e TR temant L you te House that she might paint| President asked. “I would like to see the basement, also have a glance at several pictures of the natural beau- | ties found within these grounds. She | is especially anxious to make at' the files. 1 didn’t know there wa furnaces and coal and the like. Show | other _strubbery are blossoming. | me the way and I will make a search| Miss Young was told that her re myself” A quest would be answered by letter Jumping to his feet and with a within a few daysa & | Ration which the treaty imposes upon | working orchestras "are kept busy | will be impossible to fulfill the re- ‘WASHINGTON, CALL ON GERMANY 10 PAY 20 BILLION MARKS DUE MAY Renarations Commission No- | tifies Berlin to Carry Out Treaty Article. RADICALS AND SOLDIERS FIGHT AT DUESSELDORF Stinnes Makes Plans to Become In- dependent of French Iron Ores for Industries. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 15.—Germany was| yesterday called upon by the allied | reparations commission to carry out article 235 of the Versailles treaty. which stipulates Germany must pay before May 1, 1921, the equivalent of twenty billion gold marks. The treaty provides that this payment may be| made in gold, commodities, ships, se- curities or other valuables. and that out of this sum the cxpenses of the armies of occupation are first to be met. * The commission also took steps to carry out article 233 of the treaty, which provides that Germany must be notified before May 1 next. the to- tal amount of war damage imposed upon her by the treaty. “If Germany persists in refusing to make payment” says the Petit Parisien, in discussing the actlon of the commission, “she will force us to impose upon her the integral execu- tion of the treaty. That was the sig- nificance of yesterday's meeting.” Appeal to League. In discussing the protest made to the league of nations by Germany against the penalties being enforced by the ailies on Germany. because of her refusal to carry out her repara- tion obligations, the Petit Parisien re- marks that the Germans are “losing time and troubl “The supreme council,” it continues, “has _decided upon advice of French and Erglish experts that the penalties will be applied not only because of Germany's evasion of reparations payments, or her refusal to carry out the terms of the Paris agreement, but because of all evasions of the obli- i | | her. Germany is not qualified to de- mand arbitration from the league, as she is not a member of it.” Negotiations Fail. Negotiations between France and Germany concerning the transfer of funds collected for the purpose of pay- ing disability and old age insurance to residents of Alsace znd Lorraine have failed, and France, it is declared, | is prepared to ask that article 77 of the Versailles treaty be enforced. This_article provides that the Ger- mafl government shall undertake to pay over to the French government a proportion of all reserves accumu- lated by the empire or by public or private bodies dependent upon it for the purposes of disability and old age insurance. - REVELRY IN OCCUPIED AREA Corks Pop as ‘Allied Soldiers Min- gle With Germans in Cabarets. By the Associated Prese, % DUESSELDORF, March 14.—Night- long revelry, in which German civil- ians, German police and French, Brit- ish and Belgian soldiers freely fra- ternize, holds uninterrupted sway in Duesseldorf's cabarets, dance halls and wine restaurants. The curfew regulations imposed by the French commandant have been lifted. The popping of champagne corks, the screeching of jazz music, the strident volces of girl entertain- ers, the beating of heavy boots on the dancing floors drown out the sounds| of the French bugles blowing taps, and continue until after the soldiers of occupation roll out of their bunks for, reveille. The chief body of soldiers is still held in barracks, but many of the men manage to insure nocturnal gayety with their officers, who are trammeled with few restrictions. The occupying forces vie with each other and with the Germans for dances with pretty girls or permission to purchase re- freshments for them, and the hard- satistying appeals for favorite na- tional dance tunes. The German “blue” police view the merrymaking from the rims of bub bling wine glasses and make no sign of interference, if as happens on rare occasions, misunderstandings threaten disorder. The night crowds appear to take the occupation and the occupiers in cheerful spirit, and the proprietors of the amusement places, with most elaborate courtesies, are unable to conceal their delight at the steady piling up of profits. FIGHTING AT MEETING. Radical Germans and French Sol- diers in Uproar. By the Aswociated Press. heming WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. All rights dispatches | | of publication of spec 1 herein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 97,297 D. C., TUESDAY, FIGHT ON TARIFF PLAN IS FORESEEN Basing the Duties on Prices of Goods Here Stirs Opposition. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. It is evident at the outset that the agreement of the republicans of the House and Senate to essay to put through a tariff bill basing duties on the wholesale price of goods in this country, instead of the price abroad, will be vigorously fougnt. While the understanding is that the agreement was practically unanimous in thej conference last evening, its effectua- tion is classed as fraught with diffi- culty. { ‘The first objection to the plan, which will be urged by low tariff republi-| cans as well as democrats, is the charge that the new tariff legislation is in the hands of the New England coterie. representing the extreme protectionist ideas prevailing in this country. It is alleged that the plan looks {o the interests of the Ameri can manufacturer solely, witheut re. gard to expansion of foreign trade, and with no thought of the ultimate consumer. In a Temporary Measure. The fact that it is to be but a tem- porary measure pending later scien- tific revision of the tariff is held to be no amelioration from the claim as- serted that the change in policy will] enable the high, tectionists whert| they. get to work on the permanent bill to. Put into effect rates which though no’ higher In sum than the Payne-Ald- rieh’ rates, will, in fact, be much higher in ffect; a “camouflage proposition,” it is charged. The statément is made that the jn- 'ase in the actual protection wiH in s run as high as several hundred cent, owing to the difference in ex- inge copditions. The new plan will heayiest: against imports from: Germany, less oppressively upon Eng- land and France and still less oner- ously upon Japan, according to pres- ent exchange conditions. Consumer Will Pay. The consumer will pay, it is stated| as an undeniable fact. In support of the proposition it is likewise contend- ed that if the consumer is not taxed American induustries will be over- whelmed, will languish, throwing men out of work, and in the extinguish- ment of American shops put the coun- try finaily at the mercy of foreign manufacturers. One instance in support of this pro- posed protection of American indus- tries is cited in the case of American- made suede cotton gloves. During the war this home industry was built up extensively. Now, it i3 testified, Ger- man-made gloves ‘of this type are sold at retail cheaper than the cost of manu- facturing them in this country, The New York importers are expected to oppose the proposition. In this con- nection it is recalled that in the tariff hearings the board of general apprais- ers was not favorable to it. It is urged against it that it will make a difference whether the rates are fixed on the sell- ing price at the port of entry or the price at interior points, and whether the rates are fixed as of the date of entry or the date of purchase. Months might elapse, it is urged, between the date of purchase and the date of delivery, with consequent important market fluctua- tions. The proposed new plan has the ap- proval of Thomas O. Marvin. secre- I i ] el < DUESSELDORF, March 14.—Radi- cal communist carpenters invited a number of French soldiers to assist at a union meeting her soldiers, because of :h:r(:‘f'olfi:;f&ngg; character of the addresses, refused to stay, and it became necessary to call in the local police to assist in | quelling the fighting which ensued. | None of the soldiers was injured. i The city housing department has been thrown into consternation be- cause of a request by the occupa- tional authorities for 300 two-room auartments a sixteen-room house and a number of flats, all furnished. It quest without serious hards the populace. Bipsgtoy ; ol PLANS TO CUT FRANCE. | 1 |Stinnes Expects to Get Ores From | declared to be of great importance to Other Sources. BERLIN. March 15.—Plans for mak- ing Germany independent of French frontiers have been perfected, it is stated here by persons explaining the assumption of control by Hugo Stin- nes, the German industrial magnate of the Siemens Schuckert Company of Berlin and the Trans-Alpiné Corpora- tion, an Austrian company. = The Trans-Alpine concern has a capital of 250,000,000 marks, and the interests of German corporations in the properties taken over by Herr Stinnes are esti- mated at five times that amount. Under working agreements, Stinnes plans, with the aid of Aus- trian coke, to convert German iron ore into stéel. This he expects to sell in Italy, and then buy foreign coal with the procesds under more favor- able conditions than would be possi- ble if he were operating as a German concern and meeting the difficulties of exchange ratea. Herr s o (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Toda;’s Ne;vs * in Paragraphs Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the murder of Jake Hamon of Oklahoma, went on the stand today and_denied she intended, to shoot him. Page 1 Builders of hidden caches to conceal liquor face arrest. Page 1 New District Commissioners take oath of office. Page 1 Diplomatic post for Mann urged. Page 1 G. O. P. tariff bill faces fight in Con- gress. Page 1 Vitiani's coming visit to. Washington world peace. Page 1 Chamber_ of Commerce gives Commis- sioner J. F. Oyster an ovation. Page 3 Associated Charities now have 3,264 con- tributors, but need 7,000 more. Page 3| Automobile show attracts thousands to Convention Hall. Yage 31 Senate confirms promotions for 5,000 ‘Army officers. Page 3 ! National Council formed to push Ameri- | vantage at this time. canism. Page 9 Hidden Swiss-German tunnel used by smugglers is discovered, Page 16 Council of Social Agencies perfects or- ganization and elects officers. Page 17 New\hearing on District representation +0 be asked of next Congress. Page 17 Northeast Citizens’ Association urges reduction in cost of gas, electricity and cur fares. Page 19 Secretary Wallace opens amaryilis show. Page 20 Patkers’ men voting on eight-hour day in west, Page 21 MARCH 15, 1921-THIRTY-EIGHT Everything at Halt While Mr. Harding Drafts Tax Return Mighty affairs of the nation directed from the White Houne - paused a moment today Job hunters and patronage seckers cooled their heelx in the ante- rooms at the exceutive manxion. “Laddle Boy,” the White Houne mascot and presidential pup, dropped hix stump of a tail to half mast and xorrowfuily sur- veyed the dismal outlook. Sen- ators, representatives, men high in the affairs of a nation, were Kept Impatiently waiting their audience with the President. And the President himself, | closcted in hix office, made out | his income tax return. President Harding, like xome millions of his fellow Ameri- can citizens, delayed until the last moment making out hix re- turn. Only thoxe with the most important misxion xaw him un- til_he completed telling the in- come tax man all nbout him- | self, hix family, hix businesy | and hix means of livelihood. | | | | | | | | i | | | | | | | DIPLOMATIC POST FORMANNISURGED West Virginians Advocate Selection—President’s List - of Carifidates Grows. The name of Tsaac T. Mann of West Virginia and Washington was placed before President Harding today by a| delegation of West Virginians as a candidate for some important diplo- matic post abroad. Members of the delegation intimated the office of am- bassador to Spain was preferable, al- though they state the niatter had been left in the hands of the Presi- dent, and their advices to him on the matter were considered more or less confidential, Mr. Mann is well known in Wash- ingtor. He owns a handsome resi- dence at 1133 16th street. which was occupied by Elihu Root when he was | Secretary of State, and afterward when he was a member of the Sen- ate. He is a wealthy coal operator. In_the delegation which called at the White House today were Senators Sutherland _and Elkins and Repre- sentatives Bowers, Goodvkoontz and Rosenbloom. List Growing Rapidly. The name of John H. McDermott of Morgantown, W. Va., also was pre- sented in connection with appoint- ment as collecior of internal revenue. Victor C. Heintz, former representa- tive in Congress from the second Ohio district, was another one recommend- ed to the President today for this place. The President’s collection of names offered for diplomatic appointments is growing rapidly. but there is no in- dication at the White House that he is_considering making any of these appointments, especially the more im- portant ones, any time soon. Among the latest being considered in this connection is Walter Brown of Toledo, Ohio, who is prominently identified with the party organization in that state, and who is known to be a close friend of the President. Mr. Brown was a Roosevelt follower in the carly days of the bull moose party. but he soon came back to the old party, and during the last campaign did con- spicuous wor': TInformatic the White House does not v particular impor- tance to tic r norts of the last few davs that President Harding is con- sidering the selection of several high- ranking Army officers for important diplomatic posts. These reports are to the effect that Gen. Pershing is to be the next ambassador to France, and that Gen. Enoch Crowder. former adjutant general of tha Army, be ap- pointed minister to Cuba. This spec- ulation may be attributed to the President’s selection of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for an important mis- sion in the Philippines. Confers With Bennon. 1t is intimated also at the White House that there has been nothing to indicate that Myron T. Herrick of Ohio would be returned to Paris as American_ambassador. It is known. though, that friends of the former ambassador have urged his appoint- ment, and that hisexperience from former service would be of great ad- President Harding conferred for a short time today with Rear Admiral W. . Benson, chairman of tho Shipping Board. during which the present man- ner of functioning of the board was explained to the former and matters concerning its operations until a new board is_appointed were discusse Admiral Benson will be continued as the head of this'body temporarily, and it is _considered very likely that he will be given a permanent place on it when the President finally makes up the new list of men to compose the board, - PAGES. ¥ TWO CENTS. MAY ABANDON CAMPAIGN [ | FOR U. S. MOVIE CENSORS | If Producers Curb Sex and Crime Pictures Crafts Bureau May End Fight. 1 NEW YORK, March 15.—-The cam- | Paign led by Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of | the International Reform Bureau for | | | the establishment of a federal mcunui | picture censorship law will be aban-; doned provided motion picture pro-| ducers place a ban on all p (llu‘.\! | which deal too broadly with sex and | {erime. This announcement was made | i here following a conference between & up of reformers headed by Dr afts and a body of film producers | headed by William A. Brady, president | of the National Association of Motion Picture Producers. { _Three proposals, offered by Dr Crafts, as part of the bargain, were ceepted. They include the l‘)r;:lll’\lz;i~i | tion of women clubs to boycott theaters which offer objectionable pic- | tures, the granting of police power to | revoke licenses of theaters showing | | pictures included in a list of thirteen sorts characterized as objectionable and the creation of arbitration boards 1o pass on disputed qu ions. | The move for local moving picture | . nsorship now rests in the hands of | the District Commissioners. At the | conclusion of the hearing on censor- | skip week before last the Commis- | sioners reserved their recommend and delivered a lengthy appeal on the subject at the hearing. He has not York. VIVIANI 15 COMING returned to Washington from New | BOLSHEVIKS LOSING GRIP UPON ARMIES, TURN TO WORKERS Rebels in Kronstadt, Con- trolling Situation There, Re- ly on U. S. Food. ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS SEES MENACE IN WAR Firm Resistance to End “for What ‘Was Gained Four Years Ago™ Is Advocated. LONDON, March 15.—Distarh- ances arc reported to be occurring hourly in Moscow, and the moviet authorities, in rounding up sympa- ! tions for some future date. It is un-| thizers with the revolutionary |derstood that should ‘this recom- | movement, have miawaacred several mendation be made the moving pic- ture men here will protest on the| hundred persoms with machine grounds that the present board of | Runs, sayx a Helsingfors dispatch | (ommissioners is not famillar With | (o the Central News today. A ma- | the situation. and & new hearing i jority of the reports rexarding t Dr. Crafts was a moving spirit in| situation in Moncow are m the censorship plan for Washington.| gloomy, the teh adds. It ix reported the wmoviet troops of the Rumanian front have been ordered to the Ukraine extennive uation in Odesna fcal, the garrison, with the exce tion of two regiments inolated ne DONTEOTODOIT SAYSCLARAHAMON Testifies That She Had No Intention to kit 0il Man. COURTHOUSE. ARDMORE, Okla., March 15—Clara . Hamon, charged with the murder of Jake L. Hamon, took the witness stand in her trial here today. The defendant was composed and spoke in a well controlled voice. She said she was twenty-nine years old She said she had known Mr. Hamon “for many years, T don't know Jjust how many, ever since 1 was a school sirl in Lawton.” The defendant’s voice broke as she told that Col. Hamon cursed her on the evening he was shot and tears came into her eyes. Her voice dropped low and she said: “He was drunken and crazier than he ever had been in all the years I had known him.” When the defendant reached ths point in her story of the actual shoot- ing she left the witness stand and, taking in her hand the pistol -with which Hamon was shot, she illustrat- ed how the shot was fired. “I didn't go to do it," she said. “The pistol went off when he struck it or I pulled the trigger or something: I know not what.”’ When Clara tried to tell how Col. Hamon after he was shot had said. “I am hit” and had showed her the blood spot forming on his shirt, she broke down and sobbed into’ her handkerchief. It was after a few preliminary ques- tions in which she said she knew Col. Hamon was married and that he had educated her 8o shé might work for Ihim. that she was asked, to tell the jury her story, " “in_the morning?” she asked. and was told to “begin that morning.” “We had = breakfast about 11 o'clock,” “she said. Mr. Hamoi" left ‘me; I presume he went to his office; he usually did on Sunday morning. I went back to my room. and in _the afternoon about 2:30 or 3 o'clock, T don’t just remember, he came back to the room and we had a very pleasant conversation. Judge Clears Courtroom. A .demonstration of approval by spectators “when W. P. McLean of counsel for the defense took excep- tion to a yemark made by H. H. Brown. state counsel, in which Brown referred to the “mother of the de- fendant as. “an old woman.,” caused Judge Champion to order court ad- journed for'an hour. When applause greeted Mr. Me- Loan's retort. Judge Champion or- dered _the “courtroom cleared. but only a few of the spectators moved from their seats. An cffort also was made to_exclude ‘newspaper men, but the judgo ruled they might remain. The adjournment for an hour was| ordered after the attorneys made ex- | planation of their remarks. Clara Hamon, with her mother and sister, left thr rnurtroom in tears. Mrs” V. D. \.iling, sister of Clara Hamon, told of - to her home in Wilson, near Ardmore, the day after the shooting, of re- turning_with her to Ardmore and of seeing Frank L. Ketch, former busi ness manager for Hamon, give her sister a package of money. She said Clara Hamon was in “about her twen- ty-ninth year." Mrs. V. B. Walling, sister of the de- fendant, had just left the witness stand when the remarks of the coun- sel caused the outbreak of applause. The outbreak of applause and Clara Hamon's breakdown came after W. P. McLean, of defense counsel, replied heatedly to Mr. Brown, who had told the court: “Well, we are willing for the jury to know how they took it, lh;}oldhwom':ln and all. y the “old woman” Mr. Brown re- ferred to Clara Hamon's mother. Mr. McLean, prior to Mr. Brown’'s remark had said that he wanted the jury to know how the “entire Smith family took the association of Clara with Col. Hamon, ‘That old woman, as he calls her, will be on the witness stand and can testify, and she is, in my judgment, as good a woman as has given birth to any lawyer in this case.” The handclapping was stilled in a moment, but it had been loud and ap- parently was from all over the court- room. ‘The court ordered the room cleared, but the spectators were reluctant to move. and, after efforts of deputy sheriffts and bailiffs to remove the spectators and news writers, the court reversed itself, first as segarding the newspapermen and women, and, final- ly, the spectators were permitted to remain, although given a lecture and a pointed warning. Resents Reference to Mother. Clara Hamon could not compose herself sufficiently to return to the courtroom and the one-hour recess was ordered. “I don't care what they do with me,” she.said, as tears streamed, “but (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) “After breakfast | visit of the latter| 10 DISCUSS LEAGUE Visit Considered of Vital World Import—To Seek Exact U. S. Viewpoint. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although official statements insist that Rene Viviani, former premier of France, will simply pay a courtesy | visit to the United States, the truth is he has full authority to negotiate with the Harding administration con- erning a modified league of nations. Ambassador Jusserand has reported that such proposals or suggestions would not be unwelcome and would be given serious consideration. From this_incident alone may be derived the first news of the way by which_President Harding and Secre. tary Charles Evans Hughes intend to proceed in carrying out the republi- can campaign pledge which calls for an agreement with Europe to preserve peace. The fact that the initiative comes from KEurope relieves the United States in a sense of the em- barrassment of approaching the European powers with a tale of de- fects in the present league, and sug- gestions for a substitute. While Mr. Harding has certain ideas concerning an association of nations, he has had no way of knowing until he got into office ~whether those ideas would prove acceptable to Europe. European Leaders to Meet. Few people believe that the Viviani visit will have an immediate effect. On the contrary, the expectation is that a conference of European statesmen will follow the return of M. Viviani and that Europe will adopt a course of ac- tion after hearing directly or indirectly from the former French premier just what is to be hoped for from the United States. While the government of Great Britain is not sending any envoy to discuss the league of nations with Mr. Harding, the deepest interest has been exhibited by the British in what may bo accomplished by M. Viviani. The fcrmer premier was one of the bril- liant figures at the Geneva meeting of the assembly of the league of na- tions, and is regarded in Europe as one of the ablest of its champions. It was largely through the efforts of M. Viviani, head of the French delegation at Geneva, and Arthur Balfour of Great Britain. that decision was reached to postpone changes in the covenant until the new administration had come into power at Washington. Viviani to Explain League. M. Viviani, like other Frenchmen, cannot understand why Mr. Harding believes the present league of na- tions is a super-state or why it “sur- renders sovereignty,” because the ¥rench themselves insist that they would never surrender their sover- eignty to anybody. either. The di cussion between M. Viviani and the American government will be largely an expinnation of the actual opera- tion of the league and an attempt to discover just what changes the United States would like to have made to clarify the covenant. i i | i cated on the idea that the present league and treaty must be the fram: work of any mew association. The French decline to believe reports from America that the United States wishes to “scrap” the league or the Versailles treaty. If such proves to be the case M. Viviani will advise Europe and an entirely different pol- jcy will be followed by Europe in her relations to the United States. Diplo- mats here believe that the allied powers are vitally interested in pre- venting any separate peace between (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) 3 There are about a hundred or_so carpenters in the city who are”in great danger of running afoul of the prohibition law. These men, it has‘ been developed, are engaged in the work of building in the homes of | bootleggers effective places for con- cealing intoxicating liquors. They are engaged in a fine class of cabinet work, tearing out floors and wall panels, and making the spaces be- tween them easy of access or difficult etect. Information already ob- b et “shows that they obtain from $50 to $200 for each cache they build, 3% they are waxing rich on the busi- P fow the government is planning to take a little of t is surplus cash sway from them. United States Com- missioner Isaac R. Hitt is examining the statutes on the question, and, while he has not finally determined the matter, he is of the opinion that But the Viviani mission is predi-1 the harbor, having joined the rebelx. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, March 15. — Russian bolshevik authorities seem to be los- irig control of the soviet troops, it is said in dispatches received here from Finland and Esthonia. These mes- sages, for the most part confused and unreadable, were pouring into this city yesterday and last night. ; Artillery fire from the fortress of Kronstadt was directed yesterday along the southern coast of the Gull of Finland between Oranienbaum and Petrograd. Bolshevik artillerymen in | Krasnaya Gorka shelled and destroyed | the lighthouse at Tolibaaben, off Kronstadt, during the day. A man who had just arrived from { Kronstadt was interviewed on Sunday night, and he emphatically denied bolshevik reports that some of the Kronstadt forts had been captured by the bolsheviki. He the revolu- tionary leadership was wholly in the hands of laborers, and he declares the fight for the fortress would be a long one, as the garrison of Kronstadt was relying on getting food stores from the American Red Cross station at Viborg, Finland. Refugees reaching Stockholm from Petrograd say that the streets of that city are strongly patrolled by soviet troops, and they declare that the ordinary bolshevik soldiers are no longer to be trusted. Reds in Plea to Workers. LONDON, March 15.—The tenth all- Russian congress of the bolshevik party, in session in Moscow. hes issued an appeal to the workers of Petrograd to stand “firmly to the end for what was gained four years ago.” says a wireless dispatch from Moscow toaay. The appeal says: “The enemies of the working classes are trying to kindle e of & new civil war and are ving to fii us into endless calanfities by me; risings, strikes and the desttuction of the railways, thus preventing the movement of fuel. food and raw ma- terials. This at the moment when the congress is considering better organ- ization of the trades unions and how their direction can be brought in closer touch with production; how production is to be increased; easing of the fuel and food crisis; redu of the red army, and the arranging of more stable peace conditions with all states. “The leader of the Kronstadt rising. Tyurkin, is a_former czarist secret policeman.” (Previous dispatchss con- cerning the revolt in Kronstad:t have not mentioned the name of Tyurkin.) Will Blockade Kronatadt. - Leon Trotzky, the Russian soviet war minister, according to advices received here today, has decided fo blockade Kronstadt. despite the faet that_this will entail great suffering to tke 8,000 women and children in the town. The reason for Trotzky's unwilling- ness to bombard the town is the pres- ence of the warship Petropavl which he is anxious to retain inl the advices said. REVEALS RED UPRISING. Russian Information Bureau Told Details of Revolt. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, March 15.—A detailed report of events leading up to the ng against the bolshevik admin- stration in Petrograd and Kronstadt | was made public here by the Russian information bureau. ‘The report, which was sent from Petrograd on Februa ys: . “On the morning of February 21 a strike began unexpectedly at- the cartridge works in Petrograd. A fight started between the workingmen and the bolsheviki, in the course of which several members of the com= munist nucleus at the factory were killed. On February 23 the strike spread to the Baltic works. The com- misar, Yevdokimov, who had come to calm the workers, was severely beaten by them. “On_February 24 the Lafer-me cig- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Builders of Hidden Caches To Secrete Liquor Face Arrest these carpenters are accessories in the act of bootlegging, in that they_ are aiding and abetting in defraud- ing the government of taxes. In a recent raid in a bootlegger's house the investigators found only & little liquor, but they received a tip that there was more in the house, and after obtaining a search war- rant they made another inspection of the property and found quarts in the neatly concealed caches. They have information that there are twenty cases more in the build- ing, and are trying to find the other places of concealment without first having to tear down all of the fioors and the walls. Most of the bootleggers are aware of the new hiding places. Several nights ago, according to information in the possession of the officers, one participant in the illegal trade watched the house of another, and, when he was out, entered the houss and emptied the caches of all the * liquor there.