Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1921, Page 1

e WEATHER. Rain this afternoon and tonight; warmer tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 53, esterday; lowest, 43, at ! Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. Che WITH SUNDAY UORNING EDITION bening Sfaf. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively eotitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to 1t or ANl rights dispatches paper and a1so the local news publish>d herein. ot uthorwite credited o tble of publication of speetal | herein are aiso reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, »96,‘717 » Tintered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,088. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, CARDINAL CIBBONS, HEAD OF CHURCHIN IS, PASSESAWAY. | | Reverend Prelate Dies at| i Residence in Baltimore i Shortly Before Noon. * HE WAS FIRST AMERICAN BISHOP TO GET RED CAP Lover of Peace and Noted Author, His Views on Public Questions Were Widely Published. Br the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., March 24.—James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Balti- more and primate of the American Catholic hierarchy, died at the archi- episcopal residence here today after a prolonged illness which mainly affect- ed his heart. He was in his eighty- eeventh year. The end came peace- fully at 11:33 o'clock. Unconscious for 24 Hours. Cardinal Gibbons had been uncon- &cious and in a dying condition for the last twenty-four hours. A slight hope was raiced among his friends and associates last evening, when his Pulse grew stronger, that death might be deferred, but this rally was only temporary and was merely an evi- ONBERLIN REFUSAL German Failure to Pay Rep- witality. . . He mias, Dereeptibly enkeraiisea| arations May Bring Further morning and it was then realized| that he would not live the day out. ALLIES SEND NOTE <. A touching incident in connection - - “witn the last hours of the cardinal | Occupation. ‘was the Pope’s benediction upon . By thie Asociatod Frome vhi v bl X the : N e e oo PARIS, March 24.—The German from Rome. The city hall bell was tolled in respect to the cardinal's memory when word of his death was sent to Mayor Broening. Beside the cardinal's bed stood every | member of his household, and when | it was seen that the distinguished prelate had passed away the priests| fell to their knees and began reciting the prayers for the dead. government was notified by the allied reparations commission to- day that the total amount of 20, 000,000,000 gold marks due under Article 235 of the peace treaty must be paid by May 1 or addi- tional penalties will be inflicted Telegrams were at ounee sxent to 5’0'?; upon Germany. ict at Rome, Monsignor_John | Bt A stetie delegate at Wash| PARIS, March 24.—The allied repa- ington. ‘and to’ every preiate of the | rations commission delivered to the American Catholic hierarchy, | German delegation here today a note rmin ey = Rndred B Rimer, WioMUE | o nying to (ha. German refusal to them of the cardinal's death. As it is expected that most of the!pay the 1.000,000,000 marks gold on | reparations account, which the com- church dignitaries in the United States will attend. it is probable that the |, .ion yag demanded be handed over yesterday. funeral will not take place much in- The Germans were asked that the side of a week. Suffered Relapse. Cardinal Gibbons, who had been'nole be transmitted to the German showing pronounced signs of im-|&overnment tn Berlin as quickly as provement in health ever since hi.lponiblm B g return_home about January 1 last,| The action of the allies, provided from Union Mills, Md., where he was taken seriously ill early in Decem- ber. suffered a relapse Palm Sunday evening soon after returning from an automobile ride. The sudden change of weather, which brought unsea-! sonably high temperatures. had & °de- pressing effect upon him. His faint- ing spells returned and he was put to bed, from which it was realized by! those closest to him he probably never | again would arise. Was Organically Sound. Cardinal Gibbons’ physicians said re- peatedly in the earlier stages of his fll- ness that he was sound. organically. as could be expected in a person of his years, but that he suffered from the effects of his age. from fatigue that re- | sulted from the prodigal expenditure of | his_energies in the performance of his | duties as senior prelate of the Catholic | hierarchy in this country. 1 Although not of robust build, the car- | dinal enjoyed remarkably good ‘health, | and his close associates often marveled | at his capacity for work. his tireless in- | dustry and recuperative powers. But| about six months ago a change began | 10 be noticeable. He grew a little thin- | ner; he became less active in his move- | ments. and other signs indicative of 7 | breaking up appeared. As a member of his household expressed it, “His emi- satisfaction is not given by the Ger- man government, is expected to be an extension of the penalties already applied by the -occupation of further territory east of the Rhine, or of some German port. It is not thought likely that the allies will take into consideration the German proposals referring to the estimated value of the payment already made by them in kind. % Is First Specific Refus: The incident is regarded here as not changing the situation between the Germans and the allies, as violations of the treaty in other respects are regarded as justifying the applica- tion of all under the treaty. This, however, is the first specific refusal of the Ger- | mans to execute .a. provision of the treaty within the time limit fixed by the treaty. Premier Briand has informed senate committees on finance and eign affairs that he exp man propositions in connection with reparations, particularly - concerning industrial participation by Germany in reconstruction in the devastated regions. With reference to the question of the payment of 20,000,000,000 gold | marks before May 1, and more espe- the payment’ of nence seemed to grow oid suddenly.” | A7 e . Centinued Daily Routine. | due “yesterday, M. Briand declared Nevertheless. the cardinal continued | that if the Germans did not pay, the his usual daily routine, interrupted | treaty of Versallles would he ap- only by visits away from home toplied to the full limft. Paragraph church functions, the most notable of | 18, annex 2, of the treaty covers such these being the pan-American mass failure to pay. at Washington on Thanksgiving day. —_— He was suffering from a cold, but ap- parently felt no ill effects from the rip, and a short time afterward went | to_Emmittsburg to participate in a| p religious celebration. where he again | exhibited ' symptoms of weakness. | Then, in pursuance of u plan for a | rest, the cardinal went to the home of his lifelong friends. the Shrivers, at | Union Mills, Carroll county, where | ' he had spent many of his holidays, ! particularly his birthdays. . Instead of. staying there only a few | All papers in the War Department days. as he had originally intended, | relating to the case of Grover Ci St was a full month before his medicai |1 e o pac of GroveriCleve advisers deemed it prudent to permit | !and Bergdoll, escaped American draft the journey home. Twice during his | evader, now in Germany, were trans stay at Union Mills he collapsed. and | pitted to the State Department today £0 grave was the crisis that the last!.y the direction of Secretary Weehs ?3"3;“”"““[‘:";‘.‘ administered dur"wllh a request that they be consid- ing the fiest spell. iered from an international view point Faint After Comfirmation. i The Secretary said he had made a The attacks of weakness which first | careful study of the papers and found brought realization to the cardinal's| nothing to indicate that any formal household that he was aging rapid-!request for return of Bergdoll had 1y began with a cold. While preach-|peen made of the German govern ing at Havre de drace on Sunday|ment. -The war status between th Jast. November 6. after having con-:yjied States and Gefmany had a firmed 130 children, he suddenly be-| o\ ") Uifect on diplomatic relatio came faint. but was able to continue ' 1\ S TG N aneg o his dizcourse in a few moments. M- 5 These seizures became more frequent Bergdoll had violated a British pass . . . Cnd i P ptained in Canada, and that ax time went on and usually followed Port, obtained § . #ome overexertion in the line of his!as Great Britain was at peace with diocesan dutie Germany. it would be possible for her The cardinal's mental faculties | to ask for delivery of persons who d Wwere no wise impaired by his ph 1| had passport laws infirmities; on the contrary, his mind| There no intimation. however, seemed to become keener as his body | that the United States would suggest viol w GOTOMR. HUGHES: REDS IN CONTROL OF LARGE GERMAN Communists’ Disorders in Central Part of Country Still Spreading. RADICALS OPEN PRISONS ! AND LIBERATE CONVICTS IAmu'v:hy Declared Financed by Soviet Gold—Fifty Killed in Hamburg Riots. By the Associated Press LONDON. March 24.—The communist revolt in Germany, financed, it is de- clared, by soviet gold, is spreading throughout the industrial districts of middle Germany, threatening the great ammonia, potash, anthracite and cop- per works, says a central news dis- patch from Berlin today. trong police forces have been dis- patched to the centers where trouble has grown out of the recent demand and the arming of the proletariat— Dresden, Eisleben, Freiburg. Leipsic, Halle, Mansfeld and other towns, the message reports. Efforts of the authorities, adds the dispatch, have only resulted in the communists strengthening their posi- tions. Communist disorders in Central Germany are increasing and large sections of industrial regions are ac tually in the hands of the insurgent says an Exchange Telegraph Compan dispatch from Amsterdam, which quotes telephonic advices from Ber- lin during the night. More Buildings Blown Up. Reports from Saxony state that more buildings have been damaged by dynamite in various towns, and that at Mansfeld prisons have been lopened and their inmates liberated. | Complete anarchy is declared to reign | at Heststadt, where all banks have | been raided, and from which the pop- ulation is fleeing in @ panic. An account of the troubles at Ham- | burg, telegraphed by the Berlin cor- rospondent of the Central News, says that more than fifty communists and police are reported to have been | killed in the fighting last night at | Heiligengeist field, in the Altona sec- | tion of Hamburg. The message adds | that fighting is continuing in Ham- | burg. where the police were defeated at Steinwarder Island, in the free harbor territory. after a fierce battle. Other reports stated that the Ham- burg communists were calling upon | workers to fight behind barricades | and the people were fortifying their homes. Ak EXPLOSIONS WRECK BANKS. 'nldl in Prussian Saxony Focus Attacks on Public Buildings. BERLIN, March 24.—Great property {damage and the loss of upward of a | score of lives marked communist dis- | orders in various cities and towns in { Prussian Saxony and in Hamburg yes- | terday. The trouble in Prussian Sax- ony seemed to center about the Mans- | field district, and it appeared that those | leading the movement focused their at- | tention on banks and public buildings, penalties provided for | many of these edifices being badly shat- | | tered or completely wrecked by high ex- plosives. ories of violence, robbery and y | tual anarcny continued to arrive last night from this region. Town halls at | Plauen and Rodewisch were destroyed | and_county buildinzs at Leipzig and Freiburg were damaged, one person being injured at Freiburg. The county court building in Dresden was quite badly damaged by an explosion and three persons were injured. A similar attempt against the town hall at Auer bach was frustrated by the police cap- turing a man carrying a bag of dyna- mite. A party of armed men, riding in a motor lorry, attacked two savings banks in Mansfield vesterday morning and suc- | ceeded 1n .securing about 200,000 marks | from the institution. The savings bank at Helbra was also robbed during the | day and strikers in that town compelled | the Helbra Anzeiger to suspend publi- tion. A large crowd surgounded the police barracks at Hettstedt and demanded the surrender of arms stored there. A | deputation entered the building to th the police, but the result | negotiate leys has not been reported. {of these pa 16 KILLED IN HAMBURG. | {Police Fire on Mob Trying to Dis- | arm Them. HAMBURG, March 24 —Fifteen | civilians and one police officer were i killed and six persons were wounded !in riots here late yesterday after- ! noon. 1 The mob attempted to break the | police cordon about the Vulcan ship- { yards and to disarm the police. The | police ordered the crowd to disperse, and when this order was ignored, the officers opened fire and threw hand srenades into the mob. 17 The Blohm & Voss shipyards, about which there was considerable fight ing yeste have been, closed by the masagement ‘ommunist leaders tried to hold a mass demonstration in Reiligengelst Field, in the Altona section of the . ‘but_were unable to obtain pos- sesgion of the ficld, as the police had crected a barbed wire entanglement round it and had stationed armored cars at strategic points. #rew weaker. He realized that his|that Great Britain perate in an | foiled in its attempt to hold a meet. cnd was approuching and prepared | effort to get Bergdoll back to this|ing, stoned the armored cars. Sieeot for it fearlessly. country. 3 j car service was virtually suspended Pope Sends Blessing. ! Mr. Weeks said there was nothing in | during the day and some streets have P enedes nts A {the files to indicate that Brig. Gen. | pean harred the course of Cardinal Gibbons” i | Allen. commanding the American oc: | “'fiie communist Volkszeitung of this mess with the deepest interest and | (OPAGTNC ed’To act either In the casa | (1LY, a8 called upon whrkers to arm e egram Ireaing In the ! o Bergdoll or that of the two soldiers | MHenorte of serlous rioti following cablegram from Rome | detained in Germany for attempting | per Prasstan cious Floting at Eiste- Ceived at the archicpiscopal residence | (g kidnap the draft evader. ceived. Communists thers ateremed R ne toly Father, invoking heaveny | Secretary Weeks said that In trans- | {5i" Socurity police. " forming, Attacked Dlestinge and comiorie on hia omY | mitting the papers 1o the State"De- (1, ULY DUICE; forelng them to nence, Cardinal Gibbons. sends to nim | J"Jdvived of the result of 4 study of | 410, attacked ‘and it is sald several from b bottofe, or, Wisheart the | TE L T O un Ternational views | Eerioms, Were, Killed and ‘wounded he message was signed by Cardinal | POIPt | Eave Leen looted by mobs: % Gasparri, papal seeretary of state. A sketch of Cardinal Gibbons' ca- recr wil be found on page 2. TIGHTEN_ALIEN EXODUS. | QUEEN OFF TO BUCHAREST Rumanian Monarch Accompanied to Phaleron by Greek Royalty. —_— |U. S. RESCUES REFUGEES. Transport Brings Several i Hundred From Batum. . S. Takes St al | ATHENS, March 24.—Queen Marie | CONSTANTINOPLE, = epe to Halt Rush by | . *Fornia " lert Atheus yesterday | severab hundred refumecr stom Quarantine. | afternoon for Bucharest. She was ac- | Ratam. now occupled by slem ooy 1S companied to I ron by King Con-. of the 11th Russian Bolshevik Arm. ARIS. March 24, —Beginning March | stantine and Queen Sophie, with whom | have arrived here on bosraBiti the American federal health au-'she exchanged ardent’ farewells. | U'nited States transport Ohos They thorities will tighten the restrictions | Prince Carol of Rumania is remaiu- | report that Batum was aeist whc «lu. u‘.u ! in the direction of the. ing here. owing to the fact that his | they left ) o “nited States. | bride. formerly Princess Helen of | The Russi ‘i ; All persons from the Baltic states! Gre is suffering from an attack | cupted "smtuen B e and the eastern tier of the Balkans, | of influenza. had been entered into by the Turks a8 well as the near and far east. will| Princess abeth of Rumania, the [ with — the Moscow authoritigs, in Ve placed in quarantine for twelve | bride of Prince George of{which the #aya before their departures Ll ) ireece,-is also-severely dll, with mumpa,® Turks walved al claim. o citys i b s wlthn INDUSTRIAL AREAS, of the leaders for a general strike | The crowd, . YOU PICK UP THAT KING HARDING HAS BUSY DAY WITH CALLERS Will Receive Central Confer- ence of Rabbis in April. May Visit Alaska. The central conference of American rabbis will be received in the east room of the White House by Presi- dent and Mrs. Harding the afternoon of April 14. Announcement to this effect was made at the executive joffices today to a delegation com- posed of Rabbi Abram Simon of the Eighth Street Temple, Simon Wolf, Lee Baumgarten, president of the ! Eighth Street Temple congregation; IAlexlnder Wolf and Harry Franc, who ‘called to notify the President of | the coming copference. 1" The conference will meet in the iEl th Street Temple April 13-18. | ¥ McNaméra. ¥ice president and national leginlative representative of the' Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Enginemen, and W. L. Mc- Menimen, deputy president of the Brotlicrhood of Raliroad Trainmen, paid their respects fo the President at the exccutive offices today. They also made known that their respective a railroad employe appointed to the Interstate Commeree Commission. | They had no candidate to offer. May Visit Alaska. Confidants of President Harding who have cailed at the White House dur- | ing the past few days intimate that | they have reason to belicve that the President has practically decided to visit Alaska this summer. It is their opinion that the President will take this long trip late in June if Congress has adjourned by then. Aside from a desire of long standing to visit Alaska, Mr. Harding since his_inauguration is known to have expressed a wish to visit that section as a means of obtaining first hand information of actual conditions and better to acquaint himseif for future consideration of matters pertaining to that territory. It is considered likely that, among other high of- ficials, he will be accompanied on this expedition by Secretary of Interior | Fall. Further discussion of the tariff {question as it particularly affects the isouth was again entered into today by President Harding and John Kirby of Texas, president of the Southern Tariff: Association. Justice Day of the United States Supreme Court called at the White House today to invite President and Mrs. Harding to attend a speclal meeting of the Ohio State Society to be held here late next month. ! Gets Disarmament Plea. Senators McCormick of Illinois and Moses of New Hampshire saw Presi- dent Harding in the interest of the candidacy of George Carter, Tk of the joint congressional committee on_printing, for appointment as pub- lic printer. A petition for international dis- armament’ was placed before the President “yesterday by a delegation representing the Sodiety of Friends of Philadelphia. The resolution sets forth that the time s ripe for dis- rmament and the United States thould take the lead in the move- ment. The resolution deplored the tendency in some quarters of the United States to “continue building up the machinations of war.'" i The :President, while making no i promises, said the petition would re- jceive the most sympathetic consid- i eration. 2 | “More than 600 girls from nine pre- paratory and high schools in the | eastern states visited the White House i executive offices vesterday and shook thands with President Harding. The various delegations are spending their Easter vacations in Washington. The girls are from Adelphi College, | a prepdratory school at Hastings-oi {the-Hudson, and high schools at Brooklyn. Pittsfield, Mass; New Haven, Conn.; Kearney, N. J.; Philadelphi and West Pittston, Pa. JAPAN RULING MAY BAR U. S. MISSIONS ON ISLANDS Missionaries in Mandaie Group Re- | ported Confined to League i Countries. ! { By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. TOKIO, Japan. March 24.—Accord- ing to newspaper reports here for- eign religious activities in the class C group of mandates will be confined to ‘missionaries from countries which are members of the league of nations. If this- interpretation -is confirmed, from the islands in the Pacific now 1 OF organizations would be pleased to see | mnder.the mandatory. given-the Japas-Austrians alarmedsbythreat-of 1921 —-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. WHY COULDNT FELLOW AND BRING HIM FOUR-AND- NO MONEY OWED FRANCE. !Secretary Mellon Speaks Final ‘Word on Allegations by French. Secretary Mellon today spoke an appadently final word for the Treas- ury concerning allegations in France that this government still owes France money on the Louisiana pur- chase and other old transactions. | A further search of Treasury rec- | ords was made, he said, and failed to reveal any evidences of unpaid obli- gations or anything to indicate that the records themselves were incom- plete. e — ASPHALTUM BLAZE ENDANGERS MANY 1 !Federal Heating Plant at 310 13th Street Damaged. Loss About $6,000. Fire originating in the warehouse and workroom of the Federal Heating Com- pany, 310 13th street northwest, dam- aged thousands of dollars' worth of property and materials stored there, shortly after 10 o'clock today. Authorities in the fire department after a thorough preliminary investigation said that appearances did not warrant an estimate of more than. $6,000 dam- age—$4,000 to materials and $2,000 to the building. Caused by Overheated Furnace. The cause of ‘the fire has not been finally determined, although it is be- lieved to have originated from an over- 1 heated furnace. Matthew Myer, an em- {plove of the firm, was the first to dis- jcover it. He rushed a blazing can of {asphaltum, an inflammable material used for painting plumbing equipment, to the rear in an endeavor to get it from the building. When he emerged his face-was covered with blotches of black asphaltum and was slightly burned. Lives of the persons in the building were endangered by the possibility of an_explosion of asphaitum. barrels were charred by the flames, but did not burst. Mrs. Anna Horn, living in an apartment above the plant, was in her room when the fire started. She was not injured. ¥iremen Prevent Explosfon. Firemen worked with all possible speed primarily to prevent an explo- sion of the asphaltum, which it was said, would have caused serious re- William Coghill, an employe of turned in the sull the heating company, alarm. | SHIPS LONG OVERDUE. Three Steamers Left Hampton Roads for England February 2. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 24. —Three British steamships, the Ot- tawa, Esperanza de Larrinaga and Camdello, which left Hampton roads February 2, are thirty-five days over- due in England, according to advices received here today. The steamers struck the February gale, in which the Bombardier and another ship were lost. Hope has not been aban- doned entirely for the three ships, but British maritime agencies are re- questing information concerning them. Today’s News ! in Paragr. n toting rapped in killing of girl at Harpers Ferry. Page 1 13th street damaged by fire. Page 1 Cardinal Gibbons dies at Baltimore this morning. Page 1 President praises peaceful settlement of packing controversy. Page 1 Reds control large industrial areas of Germany. Page 1 High praise paid to President’s secre- i tary, G. B. Christian, at G. O. P, men's { dinner. Page 3 Greeks put 120,000 troops in fleld against ‘Turks. Page 9 Aviator breaks world’s parachute rec- ord, dropping nearly five miles Page 10 Precautions taken (o prevent more mur- ders in Uppor Silcsia. Page 10 Irish pass $60,000 in drive for $100,000 here. T'age 12 Explorer _ Stefansson declares school geographies contain a great deal of fiction about “frozen morth.”” Page 14 Germans to start mercantile war on al- Hes next week. f Page 17 Chamber of Commerce starts new cam- paign to remedy school needs. Page 17 Strike in packing industries averted by |bers of a Lithuanian military com- | conference. Page 17 Mr. Hays hints War. Department may take over air mail service. Page 17 to socialists. Page 18 Czecho- Page 20- THS- Several | aphs, Federal Heating Company’s plant at 310 | MILE DROPS. DOMESTIC QUESTION INREDRECORNITION iCommentators Ask How U. S. ! Can Acknowledge Bolshe- | Vism Abroad and No* Here. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. How can the United States recog- stantly seeking to keep it down at home? This is the question asked by commentators today upon the petition of the all-Russian committee for be- ginning trade gelations between soviet Russia and this country. Also, are not the German communist up- risings, bell&‘lled by many to be in- spired by e Russian bolshevists, calculated to warn against hasty ac- tion upon the petition? There is considerable curiosity in official and congressional circles as ito the apparent conflict between the | attitude of Becretary Hoover and the State Departmést over entering_upon trade relations with Russia. Secre- jtary Hoover's statement of last Mon- day was construed to mean that he regarded it as physically impossible to trade with Russia now. The State Department’s position. by inference, at least, though not openly expressed, was deduced to be optimistic_about the possibility of trading with Russia. Depends on Leain. The whole case, however, is said to depend upon the scope, extent and sincerity of the ‘“reformation” of Lenin and the actuality of the change in methods which he is reported to have explained to the tenth com- munist congress in Moscow. In official and congressional quarters, it is held that this will have great weight in determining the attitude_to be taken by this government toward the Rus- sian position. It was noted that the State Depart- ment was very cautious in_ putting out its announcement, but public men generally got the impression that the administration is “warming up” to the side of those who advocate trad- ing. Uneasy Over Britain. It is thought that unquestionably large commercial interests in this country have become uneasy over Great Britain's progress toward re- suming trade relations with Russia, iand are fearful that she will get an advantageous running start over United. States business in this sup- i posedly rich commercial fleld. But there, is division of opinion even upon the question of how rich this field is. The testimony given be- fore the House committee on foreign affairs at the last session upon this | Subject quoted distinguished authori ties as casting doubt upon its opu- lence and the practicability of ex- ploiting it. Business men jump to the conclusion that there must be some- thing there or Great Britain would not ‘be 80 earnest in going after it. 1 France Remains Dubious. _ France remains dublous about deal- ing with the Russians, although she may be led to take advantage of the terms oftered. to England, which can hardly be monopolistic as against the rest of the world, especially as the i United States is now practically in- vited to share them. It is belleved here, however. that the German communist outbreaks.| will undoubtedly serve as a warning. to stop. look and listen before sccepts ing soviet Russia's offer and yielding to its request. It was noted that ! throughout the petition the expres. ision “soviet Russia” was stressed constantly, as indicative of the fact that the government has not basically changed. The subject is a i ventilation as ue for a thorough S00n as Congress as- sembles, it was said today. The preas- ure from business interests will be lrevealed and at the same time the deep-seated opposition to opening the way for bolshevist communication Wwith this country will undoubtedly be voiced. —_— POLES AND LITHUANIANS CLASH AGAIN NEAR VILNA LONDON, March 24.—Fighting has forces and Pollsh “irregular” troops commanded by Gen. Zellgouski, says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex- |change Telegraph Company. Polish “irregulars” crossed the bound- ary line near Vilna on Saturday an the neutral zone established by 'the {allies, says the disputch, which quotes fan announcement by the Lithuanian préss agency at Copenhagen. Mem- mission sent to investigate the situa- ‘tion were taken prisoners and exe- cuted. it is declared. Polish regular troops opened artil- American missionaries will be barred | Italian ministry legves session as rebuke lery. fire against the Lithuanian posi- tions at Druskienski on.Sunday, the dispatch: states, :and .seyeral: Lithua~, -pian goldiers were-wounded, . By inize bolshevism abroad while con-| again broken out between Lithuanian | The | attacked the town of Schirvintai, in | - for our-benefit” . . ¢ - etatad FIND POISON IN LIQUOR. TU. S. Agents Will Ask Right to De- stroy 5,000 Cases of Wet Goods. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 24— Federal officials announced today that 20 per cent of the specimens of liquor from the huge lot stored in the fed-| eral building here examined by chem- ists has been found to contain in- | Jurious coloring and drug substances. | A large quantity of the liquor was! eized from bootleggers who had im- | | ported it from Cuba and the Bahama | and it was stated that virtually all| of it was misbranded. | _Prohibition enforcement officials and {the collector of internal revenue an- |nounced -that the district attorne | would seek an order from the federal court to destroy all liquor now he here. The liquor includes all of th: popular Scotch, Irish and French brands and the various domestic rye | whiskies. The lot includes more than 5,000 cases. . EGUN-TUTING RAPPED * INKILLING OF GRL | Pastor at Funeral of Kathe- From a Staff Correspondent ! PRESIDENT PRAISES LABOR-PACKER PACT TOHEAD OFF STRIKE Representatives of Em- ployes and “Big Five” Call at the White House. GOMPERS HOPES FOR NEW ERA OF UNDERSTANDING Chief Executive Foresees Time When Differences Can Always Be Adopted Peacefully. ntatives of the packing in dustries and its employes who reach- ed an agreement here erday 1o avert a threatened were con- gratulated today by President Hard- strike, > rine Littleton Says Law |05 ) () dmicabie secciement of the {new administratio Should Be Enforced. | "uireina the soint committee, 1 sident Harding said “I have HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., March! ked you in solely for my 24.—Gun-toting came in for a severe|OWn satisfaction. 1 have learncd that arraignment here yesterday at the|You have found a way to avoid a sus- funeral services for Katherine L. Lit-| Pension of activities in the packing tleton, when Rev. J. A. Snedegar. pas- | industry and 1 wanted. in the pres- {tor of the Bolivar M. E. Church, con-| ©n¢e of the cabinet representatives i the practice. and called on]Who have joined you in this matter, | his auditors to take the present trag-| 10 CXPress the appreciation of the jedy as a strong lesson. Miss Littleton | “X<EHINE C came to her death Sunday night from} ., .~ -‘-r.:: m."“'r-"-.'f vhich § e, egard to the e ot Jomcn| controverss that this administration | was carried into her home by James | A. Stevens of Halltown, W. Va. i { There is a law on the books of/ this state now.” said Pastor Snedegar, “which prohibits the carrying of fire- arms. It should be made strongér and more severe, for the practice of car- jrying firearms leads to such deeds as [ vides both & fine of from 350 to $100 and imprisonment for six months for |any one convicted of carrying fire- arms. | Directs Talk to Young Men. He directed his talk particularly to{ the young men, many of whom filled “If there is any young man here now jwho is carrying a gun, let him lay it down now. = Take the lesson of this trouble with which we are now dealing. Lay down your guns, or it may bring another similar tragedy. Such a terrible deed cannot be re peated if you young men follow the! practice of leaving firearms in the| { home.” i Hundreds of people of Bolivar and Harpers Ferry came to pay final re- spects to the dead girl. who was| popular in the town where she lived. The little church could not hold the throng, and many were forced to re- main in the street outside pending the services. i The Sunday school class which the young girl attended and her co-work- ers at the Inter-Woven Sock Mills in Harpers Ferry turned out in a body |y and acted as flower girls, each carry {ing a floral piece. They led the pro- {cession to the Lutheran cemetery at Bolivar Heights, where Miss Little- ton was buried. Ngw Developments Promised. The next chapter in the case will be the preliminary hearing which will be given James A. Stevens. the eighteen-year-old youth of Halltown | who is being held in connection with {the shooting. He now is held under jthe verdict of the coroners jury. | which said that Katherine Littleton “came to her death by a bullet seem- ingly fired by James A. Stevens.” Interesting developments are prom- lised at the hearing which will be | given the young man tomorrow aft- | ernoon at 2 o'clock in the home of | Magistrate D. H. Nichols, at Bolivar, | by Dr. W. E. Perry, state medical | officer, who made an examination of | the body at the coroner’s inquest. Dr. Perry declined to discuss the nature of his findings until he presented the evidence at the hearing. Many Witnesnen Called. A long list of witnesses for the | state have been summoned to testify at the preliminary arraignment of Stevens. They are Maurice Wentzell. Frank Moler, Frank Walker. G. F. | Cox. Lyle Eackles. Vivian Sponseler. | Dr. ' W. E. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. John | Bamsdill, stepfather and mother. re- White, Paul Clevenger, George Hafer, Elmer Peacher. Carl Grubb, Ben| Eackles, J. E. Sponseler, Arthur Lit- tleton, Betty Littleton, John Spon- seler and B. J. Sponseler. The defense has not asked for sub- poenas for any witnesses. Unless there are unforeseen devel- opments at the preliminary hearing. doubt is expressed as to whether the young man can be held for murder in the case. Prosecutor In Incensed. | The prosecuting attorney. John T.| Porterfield , of Charles Town, is in- | censed over the manner in which the town officials handled the case. He {informed The Star's correspondent | that he was not given a fair oppor- | tunity to conduct the case for the! |state, as he was not notified of it until the proceedings had been com- | jpleted and the case had been acted | upon. He was not even given a chance, he says, to conduct the neces- | sary examination of the prisoner. ' which. would have enabled him to bring out all of the facts. At this time, he says further, he cannot de- velop any evidence to hold the young | man on the charge of murder.> H The doorknob on the rear door. has| been removed and is in the posses- sion of the state. Tt is covered with blood, and the contention is that the young man made an effort to leave the house by the rear door. Micro- | scopic examination of the finger { prints will be made to determine who made the blodstains. W. T W. White House since the L‘m" ministration. much pleased with the settlement and jwith the statemen: | made by the President understanding between and their employe: SCHOOL USE RULES ARE BEING CHANGED {Miss Norton, Community Sec- { centers, { revised rules were never acte ! They denied that has nearest to its heart at all times any righteous helpfulness that it can give in avoiding a suspension of in- dustrial activities in this country 1 _hxvv: said publicly, and I want to say it to you, if we can bring our civiliz tion to a point where we can meet around the table in advance and ad- just our differences righteously. we have made a long step toward tran- quillity. “Please know. thosc of you who speak for labor and those of you wio speak for management, that the ad- ministration does not want to in- trude unduly on any occasion, but we always want to be helpful in the cause of justice and the harmonizing of f !these " two clements of the little church at which the serv-lactivity. Please 50 away asemerd b jices were held. {the appreciation of the executive that you have brought about a solu- tion of the controversy in the great packing industry. 1 am grateful to you for myself and I know the Ameri- can people will be pleased. The packers’ and employes’ commit- tees were accompanied to the White House by Secretaries Davis, Wallace and Hoover. who acted with them in the negotiations, and by Samuel Gom- Ders, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor. It was Mr. Gompers® first visit to the of ad- He declared* himself of congratulation In the conference with the President, Mr. Gompers described the agreement reached a: cessions,” the result of “mutual con- and expressed the belief hat it would lead to a plan for better the packers retary, Making Revision of List Prepared. Steps to revise some of the rules and regulations governing the use of public school buildings by commugity centers and other organizations have been taken by Miss Cecil B. Norton, gencral community secretary, at the request of school officials, it was learned today. This action follows a protest by the Federation of Citizens' Associations, which has asked xchool authorities to amend the rules so that the build- | spectively, of the dead girl: Mrs.|ings might be used without unnecces- | Florence "Miskinnon. Beatrice Mis- | sary restrictions and without cost. | kinnon. Eleanor McCormick. Lenora| The rule relative to the handling of McCormick. Earnest Littleton. Chippy | fees charged by the community cen- ters will be among those is understood. The others to be changed relate to the use of the chool buildings by outside organiza- tions. amended, it Adopt s Expected. The new regulations will be sub- mitted to the board of education for its action at the next meeting Wed- nesda They undoubtedly will be adopted. as it is said all members of the board and school authorities are in_favor of some changes. School officials last fall, on account of the dis action voiced by sev- eral organizations regarding the gov- erning of functions held in the com- munity centers, took action to frame a new set of rulgs applicable to the use of school buildings by community clubs and societies. These on by the school board. They probably will be submitted to the board with a few additional changes. which are being made by Miss Norton. The board of education held a spe- cial conference behind closed doors yesterday afternoon at the Franklin School. at which school officials said tentative changes and improvements in the school system were discussed. the report of the Federation of Citizens' Associations requesting that the rules and regul tions governing te use fof public schools by community centers and other organizations came up for con- sideration. School System Discussed. —_— i AUSTRIA SENDS THANKS. | i {President of Nation Grateful for | | Relief Work, He Tells Hoover. | NEW YORK, March 24.—Gratitude ; to the European Relief Council {its “unflagging efforts to assist and ut on its legs our little country, which has suffered so much by the war,” was received in a letter to Her- bert’ Hoover from President Hainisch of Austria. made public here. “As the representative of the Aus- trian nation,” the letter sai you to accept my warmest thanks for this latest proef of your generosity, and beg to request you, dear Mr. Hoo- ver, to communicate my thanks to “The matter of revision of the rules and regulations governing the use of the public schools by community cen- ters and other associations not considered.” said Supt. Ballou and Abram Simon, president of the board. “We merely discussed tenta- tive changes and improvements in the school system, and there was no for | gefinite action taken on any of these matters. It is known that the board at its conference discussed its $5.000.000 school building program. which was submitted to Congress at the last session, and considered plans for re- “I ask | Submitting it at the extra session. SHIP ON DIGBY NECK ROCKS. HALIFAX, N. S, March 24.—The those persons who are taking part in|steamship City of Colombo. which the relief work for Austria and are|went on the rocks at Dighy Neck' last sacrificing their efforts and money | week, is pounding to:pieces-and -has, ben abandonedi. ¢ .- .4 b .