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. ‘WEATHER. Cloudy and unsettled morrow fair; moderate t. Temperature for tw ended at 2 :l 2 mty-four hours lowest, tonight; to- emperature. Highest, 71, 39, at Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. Entered.as second-class mat post office Washington, D. | GAS LAMPS IN D. C. STREETS "|MAY BE DONE AWAY WITH | Commissioners Favar Better Lighting in | All Sections to Prevent Cr¥me and Acecidents. No. FOCHT OUTLINES HOPES FOR MODEL WORLD GITY HERE Will Resign War Claims Body to Head New District Committee. 28,081. FAV_ORS U.S. OWNERSHIP OF ALL BUILDINGS USED Wants Best Power, Gas, Water Supply, Fire and Police Depart- ments for Lowest Tariff. To make Washington the world center of commerce and finance, civil- ization, humanitarianism, education and science is an ambition to accom- plish which the District Commission- ers and District residents should co- operate in a big. broad way With Congress, Representative Benjamin K. Focht of Pennsylvania, the new chairman of the House District com- mittee, feels. Representatiye .Focht has a broad- sauged view of the future-of Wash, ington—is cager to take a leading part in making all of its institutions, hools, police and fire departments, water ~ system, parkways, play- -grounds, etc., models for the entire country. He wants to have all of the government activities housed in magnificent government-owned build- ouse in every Ameri- He belleves that this development should not be left to an uncertainly distant future, but should be under- itaken at once and pushed persistently {with the Commissioners, the resi denats and Congress working hand- in-hand. Because he feels” thus strongly Representative Focht has idecided. to relinquish the' chairman- sEip of the war claimis committee \and 1o accept the chairmanship of i 3 ’ 5 L <that out and that stage is Washingt Sees New Emerxy Here. be right befere us. There and revitalized and quickened here, otherwise 1 would not care to be the chairman of the District commit- tee, for without the assurance of earn- est co-operation from those who haws the real glorification of the District a heart rather than sordid personal in- terests and selfish ends, there can be no hope for steps of advancement. “I vision a’ truly new Washington in the sense of a more nearly completed city on the lines long ago contem- plated—in fact., a world’s model city in architectural beauty and parks of on, educational facilities, in safety and freedom, generous allow- ances for service rendered and low costs for public utilities. Every human abede should be a home and not a tenement, with well supported institutions of ad education. In fact, everything which might be em- bodied in the scope and conception of Christian civilization on which the arches of the republic rest. It is not “ to see all this climaxed and apexed during the existence of the present generation. Pleased by Appointment. “I am glad that President Harding so promptly said ‘Let's go' when he named two representative business’ men on the commission, for there is now truly Detter prospect than ever for the District of lumbia to once again be on its wa: ‘The new chairman of the House Dis- trict committee, in” addition to his ride in the gress of the National Capital, wishes to see Washington in every icular the modél city of the world. After long gervice in the Pennsylvania legislature. house and senate, he was elected to the Sixtieth Congress, and has therefore served ‘whil Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson were in the White House. During.the Sixty-third Congress he wa: nt,” g?m‘ down to defeat in consequence of the M‘ split in the republican party. but he came back to the Sixty- fourth Congress, and on March 4 of this year entered upon his seventh 2 erm. Before he was eighteen years of he founded a newspaper !nd D\Iblllfi ing plant in his home town, which, under his direction, has since been in continuous and successful operation. Like President Harding. Represent tive Focht’s “rabbit's foot” is a prin er's rule. which he used in the years before the advent of the linotype. Linked With Pemrose. He was a member of the Pennsyl- vania assembly, when Senator Pen- rose was leader of the state senate. From then until now Representative Focht has confidently linked b political fortunes with the senato: triumphant leadership, and with him has worked for regularity in party ivities through every trial which beset the republican cause in his The new District committee chair- man brings to service more than long experience In politics and as an editor and publisher. When in the assembly and state senate he served on the appropriations committee, and wi chairman of the committee on ban| ing. He is author of much labor legislation, and wrote the ballot law of the state. which combines the stralght voting .apd Australian sys- tems. During the two years he w “absent” from Congress he served as water supply commissioner of Penn- sylvania. This experience will be of Apecial value in legislation regarding < | Federation’s ‘Couneil Offers, r Replacement of all street gas lamps in the District 'with incandescent lamps is the policy that probably will be advocated by the“new board of Commissioners as’the most /economi- cal and effective means of increasing fllumination in Washington. In interviews given The Star today all three Commissioners declared thgmselves in favor of better lighting and in preventing traflic accidents. Developed sections of the city as well jas suburban and outlying areas Will be included in whatever improvement program may. be adopted. Public Ownership in Mind. There is aiso a probability” that the C8mmissioners will consider the ad- installation of poles and cables With the view of having the street Hghting systenr eventually owned by the mu- nicipallty. Engineer -Commissioner Kutz is known to have thisiplan in mind. . . The local government, under ‘the may erect poles lay cableés ‘a own expense or it may ‘order the Poto. mac Eléctelc Pawer Copipany to do this work., As' a mistter of fact, o incariNscent lighting. system owned by the “District and power. corportion. arisen as to whetheriiie rate of return the corporation would. be permitted to jearn on its investment in. poles and cabl uld_not_be -greater than the I:;n'e the District would have io pey t agsumed the expense of installing future equipment tura:undemm street lighting., B o At present Washi law, t it is now by the question has ted FEDERAL WORKERS - - NEET PRESIDENT , ave. 8,125 in- President. pmn today. gréetéd at thé White House the meémbers of the of ment oo of_the United dent. “This we know. would put ‘heart’ into the service,” continued Mr. Stew= rd He: sxpremsef the hope - that legisiation tending to reclassification ‘wifl be enacted speedily by Congress. “For the reorganizatibn of the.exec- utive departments of the government. as well a# for reclassification. we as employes in all occupations and in all branches of the service, through our orgamization, offer you our fullest co-opdration in the undertaking to readjust the varfous Services,” Presi dent Steward sald. ke g He told Mr. Harding that the na- tional federation would take pleasure in naming a committee to co-operate with the administration’s reorganiza- tion ‘program. . President Harding told the dele- gation that he and the members of his cabinet would be at their serv- ice at-all times. and he invited'their ©0-0] fon. The ent said he particularly desired co-operation of the employes during the -coming re- organization of the government ma- chine. Increased efficiency, and not 80 much attention to Mcreased com- pensation at the present, was par- ticularly desirous, he id. Follewing the conference, the Presi- dent went with the p to the lawn In rear of the ite House, where their pictures were taken: Other members of the council re- ceived by the President were John Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Charles L Wiega! Baltimore: ss _Ger- trude M. McNally, Washington, D. C. Richard Nash, East St. Louis, Mo. William J. Sleep. Boston; 8. n Kinsell, Philadelphia; J; Hines, Leavenworth, Kan. ward W. Tobin, St. Louis, M G. Dauphine, Dayton, Ohlo. and ermyer. ‘Washington, D. C. Meets Foreign Envoya. President Harding continued today his conferences with fo receiving Baron Shidehara, the Japs. llQl? ambassador, at the White House. The' discussion is understood to have had to do with several intérnational subjects of mutual interest to the United States and Japan. Tarift requirements of the south will presented to the ways and means i committee of the House during the j first week of the special session of Congress, ahlc‘h Convasan April n, by representatives of fifty-seven indus- tries affillated with the Southern Tariff Association, John H. Kirby of Houston, Tex., president of the asso- ciation, said, following a long talk with Preside: Harding yesterday. Following this conference, Mr. Kirby issued a call for the delega of his association to ieet in Washington on April 15. - CRISSINGER IS SWORN IN. D. R. Crissinger of Marlion, Ohlo, took oath today controller of the currency, and as serve Board. He was sworn in in the presence of members of the board. the District of Columbia water sup- i ply. He has had experience as a bank director, in steel manufacturing and raiiroad construction. Mr. Focht has been before the people for vavious offices twenty-eight times and was twenty-five times elected, and has never had a week's VI;IIDI in his| lite. 9 . as an aid both in preventing crifme | visability of the District financing the | the ¢ 48| he Zbenin ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. andlepower illumination, and Col. Kutz believes that this is sufficient. / There is great need, however. all three | Commissioners_agree. of increasing the i Mumination afforded by the gas lamps. There are two ways of accomplishing this. One is to rearrange the spacing of the' poles, the other to operate two mantels instead of one Favork Incandescents. Commissioner Kutz." who exercises supervision over the District electri cal department, believes that neither plan will be economical in the long | run, and that a better policy would be | to- replace all gas lamps with incandez- cent lamps as rapidly as Congress wiil provide funds for the work. The last board of Commissioner: practicall licy when, in the supplemental esti- mates sent to the Senate for improve- ments”to be paid for out of the sur- District funds in the Treasury. it asked an appropriation of $50,000 with which to start the replacement of gas with electric lamps. The Sen- ate approved the item, but it was lost in conference. For several years the Commission- {ers have been requesting larger ap- propriations for street lighting than Congress has allowed. In their esti- mates for the fiscal year 1921 the Commissioners asked for $450,000 for street lighting and got $415,000. Last year they requested an appropriation of $478.000 in addition to the $50,000 item included in the supplemental es- |llmlle!!. The appropriation finally authorized was $430,000. There is no doubt the Commission- ers will ‘ask for a very liberal light- ing appropriation in the next regular budget. In the meantime they will ! make every possible use of the funds becoming available July 1 in lighting up spots where insufficient illumina- jon is held to be a menace to the safety of the citizens. DEFENSE IS FORCED TOPLEADFORGL Ci ourt Overrules Effort 1o . Rest Case of Clara ' Smith Hamon. pledged itself to this poy- | DROP IN GAS RATE Decision to ‘Be Made Late Today and Be Effective After Tomorrow. |THREE-YEAR UPWARD Recent Drop in. Price of 0il Gives Chief Basis for Reduction From 0ld Rate. 7 The Public Utilities Commission \?'ill render a decision late today, in which the price to be charged for gas in Washington after tomorrow will be reduced to $1.25 per thousand cubic feet to' private homes and other small consumers. This rate will continue in effect until the end of the year. That is the rate which was in effect prior to last November, when the commission established the present rate of $1.32 per thousand cubic feet, and would be a reduction of 7 cents per thousand. . The geduction in the price of gas will be the first break in utility rates since the upward trend began three years ago, following increased oper- ating costs as a result of the war. The Washington Gas Light Com- pany, for itsclf and the Georgetown company, asked for continuation of the présent rate until September. ! Recent Drop in Oil. A recent drop in the price of oil, one of the largest items of expense in gas manufacture, is the principal factor in thé reduction in price. When the company was given the rate “of $1.32 last November it was paying 1214 and 12% cents per gallon for oil. In Fel ary, however, oil was bought at a fraction less than 10 cents a gallon, and since that time the company has contracted for small quantities -at 81 and 7% cent: It has been held by the commission oil are used to a thousand cubic feet of gas, a change of a cent in the price of oll should tfiake a change of 4 of gas. Justified by February Frice. According to this reasoning, ARDMORE, - Okla., March 17.—An ort of the’ defense to waive its Hamon, go_imin was ruléd out by Judge W. Champiorf’ this morning and, defense eounsel begati its plea’ for acquittal defendant.’ ¥ tate and ‘defense, it dppeaved that most. of the’day would, be taken up with rgunients and the case be given to the jury late in the aftermpen. When efforts of the defense to walve arguments weré held up yes- n y afterncon, W: P. McLean, chief junsel for Clara Hamon, and 8. P. ‘eeling, state’s attorney general, in the; e ey prereny Wasld my y spoke probably would go deeply into th:’ vidence adduced at the s sessions and analyze it to jury in detail. e6 H. Mathers, county attorney for Carter county, who was retained Clara Hamon.before he assumed flice, was to follow Mr. Champion iand Mr. McLean was to make the de- nte’s closing, srgument, after which Attorney General Freeling will sum up for the state. - The at spoke without a time 1imit, agreement te.five hours for each side having been abrogated. “ Champlon Opens for mT Joe Ben Champion, twin brolher of the judge, ned for the defense. Mr. Champion in opening said the case had been delayed by the state, and re- ferred to the speech of H. Brown, special prosecutor as mnot having touched on the evidence. He referred to the participation in the case of Attorney General Freel: ing as “a high state official sent down jere to prosecute a poor,. innocent mlmn ry girl for shooting -g million- aire. < Clara Hamon's eyes filled with tears at this reference and she sat with downcagt face. “When Jake Hamon met her, ' Cham- plon said, ‘she was a brown-cved girl; when he lured, coaxed, wooed and won, he was a powerful lawyer of forty years, a master mind. ‘“He took her, an innocent country girl, educated her, sent her to col lege, not that she might serve him as stenographer, but that finally in the e;ul e might yield to his brutal pas- sions.” Tries to Step. Speaker. L. C. Mullen, a friend of Jack Hamon, who sat near Champion, lea: ed over and, taking the attorney's arm, tried to stop him when he ferred to J. S. Mullen, his brother, as having been one who ‘“countenanced ten years of open and notorious adul- tery in the life of Jake Hamon. Sheriff ‘Buck Garrett, sitting imme- diately behind Mr." Mullen, touched Mullen on the shoulder. and told him to_remain qu! - Walter Scoft of Fort Worth, Tex., of defense counsel, ‘took a seat be-. tween Mr. Mullen and Mr. Champion, wi up and down gesturing “The people may not question his fight to send the attorney gemeral here,” Mr. Champion said, referring. to Gov. J. B. A. Robertson, “but they will question his judgment.” Mr. Champion said: “He was im- posed on by those who wanted to keep thelr clutches in the Hamon mil jons.” Enacts the Tragedy. Champfon called Mr. Mathers be- fore the jury, laid him on a table and used 2 law book for a piflow. “Jim, you are Jake and I'm Clara.”] he sald to Mathérs; “you've been dr;lxnktll:(dahy. e took the pistol and il his 1dea of the Shootlng as saiacd from state testimony, and which h ué? was l:lp:') le. ] ara and her mother cri | wolere cried when | assoch { tion who referr: “an old woman” = “If the grave coul open |dead man have a TeproRth” of ane sclence, he would tell you that he is the one most to blame,” Champlon el like th ; “Girls like this have ever. be - quitted: girls like this ever will be acquitted 50 long as the spirit of- God lasts,” Champion said in closing, er baving asked if “Breathed ths” ; “ (Continued on Page 2, Coluw dA = February. price’ of approximately ‘10 cents a gallon for oil would justify the reduction to $1.25 in the price for gas. & 5 The commistion’s accountants founa that to e the basis of m’-h. of of its property for the year 1921. BEER AT SODA FOUNTAIN ALONE, ASSERTS PALMER Declares’ Buling Will Not Permit Sale Qyer Saloon Bar or in Dining *Room. PHILADELPHIA, March § 17.—The fountain,” but never again beer over the saloon bar or in the hotel dining room,” Baid former Attorney General A, Mitchell Palmer here today. “The law has fixed one channel through which may be obtained for medicinal oses,” ' sald Mr. Palmer, in speakfiig of his ruling on beer, recently ¢ public after he left office. “It says plainly®rewers may manu- facture, wholesale druggists only may gell it wholesale and it can be re- tailed only by registered pharmacist: on physicians’ - prescriptions. That cuts out the beer parties and the growler.” “The prohibition law.” said Mr. Pal- mer, “will never ‘be fully effective until sciousness of wrong doing in violati; it. I think the majority of the phyi cians will treat .this beer matter one involving professional ethics. LAY-OFF IS AVERTED OF PER DIEM LABORERS The neyy Commissioners, by action taken at Rheir first board meeting, have averted the possibility of a lay- off of per diem laborers in the en- gineer department, it was learned to- day. They adopted an order permit- ting the highway department to ude the regular day-labor force of th city in®the resurfacing of Bladen: burg road northeast from L street to the District line, instead of attempt- ing to get contracts for the job. Congress appropriated $51,000 last year for the paving of this road, but at that time no contractor could be Induced to bid for the job at the amount named. % It became apparent recently to of- ficials of the engineer department that a shortage in the appropriation for general repairs to suburban roads would make necessary a reduction in the force of men on that work before July 1, when the new appropriation becomes: available. By putting these men at work on the Bladensburg road job, however, it is belleved the city will be able Lo them all at work for the bal- ‘ance of the fiscal year. Work will start immediately on Bladensburg road. READY TO SIGN TREATY. WARSAW, March 17.—Polish, Rus- sign the treaty between soviet Russia. and Poland at 7 o'clock Friday even- ing, it is officially announced here. Negotiations on- the treaty which will establish peace jetween Russia and this country Have been completed at ]1]1., where the ceremany of sign- ing will take place. President Harding has asked At- torney Geperal Daugherty to review the case af Eugernie V. Debs, socialist predidential candidate in 1920, and now serving & sentence under the jonage act in Atlanta penitentiary. Ehe President is understood to have acted in response to repeated appeals for another study of the evidence on which Debs was convicted. A simi- Jar review wag made several months wgo &t th¥ dirgligton of it Wil- OFGITETOS1.2 WILLBE ORDERED UTILITY TREND BROKEN | in the past that since four gallons of | Tate on| The state sas iy STATE ROPS CASE AGAIST W Is Charged by Prosecuting Attorney Crowe. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 1| “Corruption of Witnesses” Thg, state to- cents in the price of a.thousand feet|day dropped the cases against all of the Chicago White Sox base ball players indicted for the alleged throwing of the the 1919 world’s series except Chick Gandil. The gction ‘was taken after Judge Willlam E. Dever-had refused to_grant 2 continuance of more than sixty days In the case. of time to viction. Will Seek New Evidemee. demendsd six wolkiths o the | - 10 1t would take that length gather evidence which would give the prosecution a chance of con- Immediately after the action had been taken Robert E. announced , state’s attorney, that an attempt would be made to gather new evidence and that new indictments ‘would be sought against the men. The players whose cases were dro) ‘were , Joe 3 Snd:.l?.l-hm. Eddle Cicotte, Weaver and Fred McMullin. The cases of Gandil, Felscl those who had surren- Buck Hal Chase, Rachel Brown, Joseph'J. Sullivan, Abe ruling that physicians may prescribe | Attel and Bill Burns were stricken beer “may mean beer at the soda|off the court call by Judge Dever. Were charged with being the who arranged the alleged con- king the cases off the call They men spiracy. T prevents calling them up again for six months. “Witmesses Corrupted.” Mr. Crowe in his announcement that the cases were dropped, said that he “was convinced that a crime had been committed, but that cor- ruption of the state n with the case.” “Joe principal wit- esses made ‘it impossible to go on Jackson, Eddie Cicotte and Claude Williams, the men who con- fessed to the g corrupted,” he declared. and jury, have been “With their evidence available, we the public becomes possessed of a con- | would have a clean cut case against these men and e sure of obtaining convictions. Without their evidence our case is hopeless. “This case is not finished. however, fand these men have not escaped pun- ishment. We are going right after the evidence that will cquyict and we know where to get it. “When this evidence has been pro- cured I shall personally go before the grand jury and seek mew indictments, here will’ be no. mistake next and time,” Censpiracy Charged. P “A peculiar donspiracy has stripped the state of its three chief witnesses.” Mr. Crowe continued.+ “I don’t know just how this conspiracy came about, but I know it existed and that, through it the testimony given by Jackson, Wil- liams and Cicotte was-lost to us. “Also, & news syndicate in some un- derhanded way obtained copies of the grand jury testimony and offered it for sale. Thus it has become plain that the defense was in full possession of ali of our evidence, and to proceed ‘would be usel Mr. Crowe's anfiouncement that the cases would be dropped came after Judge Dever had set May 2 as the date for trial. & , Mr. Crowe .at .first . announced he would nolle pros. all of the cases, but was prevailed upon by Judge George F.-Barrett, American League. attorney, to drop.only the cases against the men who had surrendered and given bail. : 5 Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, base ball commissioner, refused to comment on the action of Mr. Croye. *They've wha! e shouted, when told that the cases had been dropped. “I can't say a.word,” he continued. Players Discharged. The seven former White, Sox play- ers have been ‘formally and com- sian and Ukrainjan delegates will [plately discharged Afrom_the team, President Charles Comisk nounced. The contracts of all but two expired last year, while George (Buck) Weaver's had one year mor to run and Joe Jackson's had two years more. - . A . *Additional information received mtinued on umn son, but Mr.' Wilson degided against clemency. s The question of a pardon for the socialist leader was agitated repeat- edly during the last campaign, Mr. Harding receiving sevemal requests for general.amnesty to political r prisonera. *To-all of these he replied that he could not spprove -qulm-lu amnesty program, but woul ‘my consider on its merits an: auguratiol case called to his attention after in- n. by ) \Review. of the Debs Case | ~ Asked by President Harding BIG TNT BLAST AT FIELD MIRACULOUSLY MISSES OTHER HIGH EXPLOSIVES A twenty-pound can of TNT went off with a roar in a small ware- house filled with high explosives and airplane bombs today at Bol- ling Field. And the luck of the Army, coupled with prompt and cool action by the men hurried out on “fire call,” prevented serious consequences. Two men were In the warehguse at the time. They ieseaped With burns not considered serious. The building is located at the lower end of the flying field. Why the bullding was not blown to splinters through the ignition and explosion of the other bombs is declared inexplicable. Damage was ! inconsiderable, it was said. - The “fire out” call had sounded be- fore the District fire department equipment from Anacostia had ar- rivi although it was a matter of of the l l )ard of inquiry will meet to- gy to determine the causes of the BOLSHEVISTGUNS BATTER KRONSTADT Open Strong Fire on Fort- ress—Four Big Fires Along Coast. By the Associated Press. RIGA, March 17—The Russian mission here asserted today that the bolsheviki captured Kron- stadt from the revolutiopists ‘Wednesday night. COPENHAGEN, March 17.—The bol- shevik batteries on the Karelian head- land opened a strong fire against Kronstadt yesterday, says the Hel- singfors correspondent of the Ber- lingske Tidende today. The bombardment ,from Kronstadt caused four extensive fires along the coast toward Petrograd, the warships at Kronstadt participating in the bombardment, the correspondent adds. Finnish refugees from Systerbak re- port the bolsheviki are making. ex- tensive preparations for a new attack on Kronstadt, four artillery divisions with fqrty-eight four-inch and six- inch guns being concentrated. - REDS BALK ON RETURN. Repatriated Object to Going Back to Bussia—Four Commit Suicide. LONDON, March 17.—Dispatches to the London Times from Riga say that red ‘soldiers-who have reached there from German internment camps do not want to return to Russia, four of them committing suicide in’ pref- erénce, .A special bolshevik mission is ‘now in Riga for the purpose of repatriation. The Russian-Polish peace terms| © 1 been ¥ prepa; n three lan- o Blan, Polish and Ukrain- signatories are tale a rmy in Maj. SUB PRESDENTLIELY TORELIEVE RDLEY Expected to Name Successor to Aid, in Charge of D. C. ' Buildings. Maj. Clarence S. Ridley, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, prob- ably will be relieved of his duties in charge of public buildings and grounds of the District of Columbia. and also as chlef military aid to President Harding. considering the selection of his suc- cessor, who, under the law, must be a member of the Army Corps of Engi+ neers. To make Maj. Ridley eligible. for future detail Corps, he has been ordered, with about two hun§red officers of the Army, to ‘ear’s course of instruction #t the school of the line, at Leaven- worth, Kan. to report to the commandant of the schocl September 5 mext. for duty as & student officer. he will be given leave of absence, the fl;n he ‘fv"(.lh’l‘vl; hldtlilloe he took charge of e office of public build-|tion can have mno ings and grounds, September 17, 1917. hich g’ relievea ol P = onstration wi ‘orps of Engineers. who joined th A France, J a at Cincinnati, Ohlo. 3 Leaves Achievements. Ridley performed excellent ';rv‘llee lnutlhe care of the public parks and playgrounds of the District, His nrlnc!ulyl'd-leve- ments were the construction of the Lincoln Memorial, the Arlington me- morial amphitheater, the memorial to the women of the civil wai velopment of East Potomac Par] a public playground, and the im ment of Rock Creek valley and Me- ridian Hill and other parks. In addi- tion to his other duties, Maj. Ridley is ;uperl:l‘i{:llent otdtho State, War and Navy building afid all the buildings erected ey ¢lsewhere during the 1 s is from Tndlana and is @ star §radas | Which the United States i at ‘L;:_o( the Military Academy, class of 5. MARINE ON ROCKS. N-2 Runs High and Dry on Reef. Sixteen Aboard Safe.’ - WESTERLY. R. I, March 17.—The |and sallors to march in a submarine N-2, a coastal type boat, #tuck to Watch Hill reef while ma- neuvering off here today and ran up on the -rocks guards who went out to her reported that Lieut. Claude Farmer and his crew of fifteen men would remain aboard. BONAR LAW QUITS CABINET Lord of the Privy Seal Resigns From British Government. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 17.—Andrew Bonar Ifaw, lord of the privy seal, today re- signed ffom the cabinet. was given as the reason for his resig- nation. e - Member of the Assoclated Press The Associated Press s exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all Bews dispatehe credited to it or not wthorwise eredited In his paper and also the local news publishyd hereln. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. { Yesterday's Net Circulation, 97,114 TWO CENTS. PRESIENT REFUSES TOLETU.S. TROOS - PARADE WITH IRISH ,|Holds Part in Boston March Might Tend to Influence Foreign Relations. 1 CAUSTIC MESSAGE BRINGS FIRM WHITE HOUSE REPLY Backs Up Action of Military and Naval Authorities in Rejecting Demand of Societies. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding has had his first & taste of the Irish problem, and has met the issue squarely by declining to permit the United States government to be drawn into any action that might be construed as a recognition of the Irish republic. ' Mr. Harding received a telegram : couched in caustic terms. He did not an-* swer it in person, but directed his secre- tary to sign the reply. The Jmessage which was sent by John F. Harrigan, state president of ‘the Massachusetts Council o the American Assoclation for the Recognition of the Irish Republic, read as follows: 3 “To Presidcnt Harding: Gen. Ruck- - man and Admiral Dunn, In press state- ments today, say that to permit troops | to march in partisan demonstration, * especially one unfriendly to another ' nation, would be a serious breach of : international amity. Cites Loeal Demenstration. ¥ “Evacuation day, March 17, is a lo- & cal demonstration of loyalty and pa- . triotism that no devotee of toryism, no matter how exalted his position, can stop. Are these officials Ameri- cans or satellites of foreign govern- - ments? Ruckman and Dunn asked the officials of the Evacuation day parade if the American Assoclation for Ree-: ognition of the Irish Republic intends to participate in the parade. When they were told ‘yes' they warmed against the parading with them of men in United States uniform, wi in service or reservists, Arc they autocrats or is this a democracy? ‘They say no authority can revoke thi decree. It is for Washington to say. whether they are supreme. As Amer- icans we demand action In the name of 125,000 citizens of our state now and the revocation of .orders- fi Ruckman and Dunpn.’ ; v g ‘The President is in’ the General Staft repl "‘Y,nu.r’ telegram has o drihe 8, 6 Ryt o Army and -!'Wu u‘-nnun % the forces. authority to com: raises no issue lznt the fitn He has been ordered | their your celeb: In the meantime navs fs as lnfluencing the foreign relats of the republic,” ‘The sendi: sage to Mr. of a _long comference; after which President Harding decided that It was time to make clear the position of his administration on the I g question. He himself feels the warm- est sympathy with the aspirations the Irish people and, were the dividual without official responsib) ity for the conduct of foreign rels. he de- | tions, he would gladly speak hi k intolviews, or even participate as b prove< glenud in any demonstrations in be- alf of the Irish cause. Secretaries Uphold Actien. But as President of the United . States, In charge of foreign relations - | Mall and |&nd.obliged daily to deal with the He | BOvernment of Great Britain, with = . Harts, nd is now stationed d development on the he cannot permit anything to hapj which the British ln{"hl make & l:'l-f Ject of offictal complaint. ‘Weeks of the War De Secre! partment, rom { chusetts and knows the Irish - influs’ ence in_that state, join: with Secs retary Denby of the Navy ment in upholding the action of Gen.: Ruckman and Admiral Dunn, in fusing to permit American soldl ‘where the flag of any um country was flown. - 'Mr. Harding during the last paign was regarded for a time likely to take an active part elected in furthering the aspirations of the Irish sympathizers. = He not hesitate, however, when the issus was put before him In October to state that he regarded the question of Irish freedom as a matter between Ireland and Great Britain, and he. held that it was not within the province of the United States govern= ment to interfere in any manner. Many Voted G. O. P. Ticket. Gov. Cox, on the other hand, said he would agree to take the Irish problem - for settlement béfore the league of nations, and would, if ed, bring it officially to the attenti: |nr the -foreign governments. '1'3 was, however, not regarded the £ Irish as of any importance, because they were ranged against the high and “dry. Coast 111 health itself. Notwiths i, Schtrausberg, Lechovnch.! 9 of “nations Kazuk and’ Vassillevski; the bolahe»lToday s News 7Gov, Cox's statement, the great viki are Joffe, Ganietski, Obolienski and Schumski. The treaty is to be ratified at Warsaw within twenty days and the exchange of the rati- fled papers will take place at Minsk. The Lettish government refuses to allow the importation of Russian rubles, as the bolsheviki have thrown large ‘quantittes into the Riga mar- | =t kes“em thousand Russian emi- Erpats trom: América, who have been B BBad ‘permits to enter Russia, are becoming restive iga and threat- prisals against the Hotel Belle- ‘Where the Russian embassy is Capitulation of Kronstadt Is Not Asked. LONDON, March 16.—Leon Trotsky, the soviet minister of war, is reported in & London 'Times dispatch from Stockholm to be making new over- tures for the capitulation of the Kronstadt ‘fortress. Although it has been reported that he purposed send- ing an ultimatum to Kronstadt that if the fortress remdlned obdurate it Ve, stormed_ and raised, his new ¢ would not require capitu- lation, but the signing;of an imme- dlate: armistice and the assembling of a mixed commjssion, to settle terms eful ment. Accord ‘the dispatch, those holding th are . Sel the communists. nd the G 13 | rade, Army, “ikvy, com: et~ oy s ] ,‘,’.’,:"" refused to o forces dent. in Paragraphs Federal employes’ council meeuPflPreli- Representative Focht outlines hopes to make Washington model world city. Commissioners likely to favor removal Page 1 of street gas parade‘ with Children aid ties. duties. nator masses and drive. Commissioners arrange assignments of Costa Ricans flay ewn government fq terminating hostilities with Pa; Anglo-Russian trade pact is signed. Widower shoots divorcee and kills him- ‘seif after her refusal to wed. South Washingtan citizens object S ections on s Parc of oo ey o newspaper. Members of House and Senate guests at Smaryllis show. St. Patric) a celel b h it N e ing decidedly against deal-|British welcome President’s % armament parley. 3 soviet army which’ Age limit is set on school olum -~ Distriet, T lamps. President refuses to let U. 8. forces fund for Associated Chari- the democratic party and voted republican_ticket. If by their they hoped to influence Mr. Harali into taking a stand when Preside: that he was unwilling to take as candidate today’s statement from ti ‘White House may be construed dashing_ to . the ground any sué Page 1|hopes. Mr. ing . “has made it - clear that he will not depart fi % the policy pursued by President Wils | son of refusing to make an oficial % |issue of the Irish guestion. (Copyright, 1921.) ; ‘U.'S! WATCHES UNIFORMS, . Federal ‘Agents Scan Ranks Marching Veterans. BOSTON, ‘Ma 17.~The celel | tion of the 'ut?uuumn of Boston by the D.li ge 1 e Page 3 Page 3 nama. 4 Page 4 Page =% uko relief | oan Page- hint at di