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change in temperature. nded at 2 pm. today: H pom. today: | day. | Full | WEATHER. Partly cloudy. with local showers || 1ate tonight-or tomorrow; not much Temperature for twenty-four hours lowest, 31, at 6 a.m. report on page 25 ighest, 73, at to- New York Stock Market 28,089, No Closed Today Tntered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. COMMUNIST RIOTS . BLOODY, BUTBERLIN - CHECKS OUTBREAK Unless Industrial Areas Are Tied Up Reds May Be Curbed Soon. | | | i ! EISLEBEN IS SCENE OF HARDEST FIGHTING $100,000,000 Wage Increase Boosts Somebody apparently made a hun- dred-miliion-dollar error last July in | figuring the amount of the annual| wage increase to railroad employes. The increase was approved by the Railroad Labor Board in the belief | tFat it would raise wages $617,000,000 A year. Instead, according to a tabul tion made public by the Interstate Commerce Commission. the award Red Army Being Reinforced by Peasants Arriving Afoot and on Bicycles. ted Press. LIN, March 25.—Belief was ex- pressed in government circles today that unless the communists succeed in tying up mid-Germany's industrial areas in a general strike the govern- ment will be able to cope with the rioting prevailing in Eisleben, Mans- feld. Hettstedt and Leuna. Asso The local communist organizations thus far have not been given open support by the national communist; aders. most of whom are away from Ferlin or are in seclusion here. The majority and independent so- and the independent labor s continue their vigorous con- d-mnation of the present communist revolt. warning organized labor against Ziving the communists moral or physical Tt “he kas and water works in Halle are tied up, although the other mu- nicipal plants voted against striking. e communists also are making an effort to shut_down the Goethe power plant, near Bitterfeld. which supplies a large section of Berlin with cur- rent. Technical auxiliary troops are in readiness to keep the public utii- ities in operation should the employes walk out. Communists Well Armed. Advices from Halle state that the communists there are well equipped with arms and that the workers in the big Leuna nitrogen plant® have 6.000 rifles at their disposal. They also are maintaining motor cycle scouting patrols, which are riding through the districts commanding communist party members to report for armed service. Eisleben again is in the hands of the security police, although complete order has not yet been restored. The present outbreak revealed the Fiding _place of communist arms, which had been stored away in de- serted shafts in the Mansfleld mining districts. Most of the rifles discov- ered are reported to be brand-new. The situation in Hamburg is report- ¢d to be normal. although the elements there still are attempting to provoke a general strike. London Hears Reds Checked. LONDON, March 25.—Although the rituation arising from the communist cutbreak in Germany is still dangerous, the communists are being overcome by the forces of law and order, according o reports from the different centers, s a Central News dispatch from Ber- lin today. At Eisleben, where the situation yes- day was reported most critical, "the solice, the reports state, have driven out the communists, who have intrenched themselves in the neighboring hills and ars directing machine-gun fire on the/ police sirongholds. The _troops are | marching on Eisleben over the highways, | as railway communication has been de- stroved. There has been no repetition of the isorders in Hamburg, where the police | are masters of the situation, the reports | add. Tnvestigation. of the reported com- munist attempt to blow up the statuary in thie Sieges Allee in Berlin is declared to have revealed the existence of 2 wide- spread conspiracy of violence, which was t> have been started today, Good, Fri- day. i | Fear Further Outbreaks. Governmental authorities today con- tinued their efforts to avert further com- munist disorders in Prussian Saxony and in Hamburg. Following the first out- break of violence in many Saxon; towns, there came yesterday a period| of comparative quiet, but officials pro- ceeded on the theory that new out- breaks might come atany time. Forces of security police were near! Eisleben last night, and it is believed 4 clash with the communists, who vesterday were in virtual control of that city, is imminent. Loval forces were holding a part of the town, but; were being besieged by the com-| munists at reports. Organized labor seems not to have lent itx support to the revolutionary| movement, and, although there have| Leen a few threatened disorders in| Berlin, the authorities have been too| vigilant to permit anything approach. ing an organized strike to develop. Communists who occupied the Blohn| and Voss ship and dock yards at Ham-, burg have been ejected. EISLEBEN STORM CENTER. 12 Fierce Fighting Half-Mile Front—Advantage Even. :BEN. Germany, March 25, 9:30| am —Fighting between the commu-| nists and rity police for posses- on | sion of Eisleben had extended this morning to a half-mile front in the western section of the town, with; the positions of advantage changing | hands from moment to_moment. The | pist army of 2500 was being| ed steadily by peasants and agers coming into town by un swn roads on foot and on bicycles. ried army anding the They of surre zuns, in the hope | 000 security po- | Yice and destroving them. | ¥ machine guns, grenades and dynamite, which were heard con tinuously throughout the night, had: hecome 4 continuous rumble, resem- | Ning dramfire. | From the post and | craph building the combat was| visible. and above the roar of firing | could be heard calls of encouragement | o both sides and the cries of the wounded. lying where they fel | WRIGHT FOR INDIAN POST. J George Wright of Chicago was reported today to been chosen i Secrctary Fall of the Interior De- ment for Indian commissioner. Wright has been in the Fomany vears of th, Osage e i TAFT AT MEETING. Board of Trustees of Geographic | | As the appointment of a successor | to the archbishopric here involves no issue or question of rank or seniority, any clergyman in the hierarchy's do- Society at Luncheon. ¥ or President Taft, who is 2 mem- board of trustees of the Na Society, attended a heon of the board of trustes of the ty today at the Cosmos Club. Following the luncheon the members of the board held a meeting at Hub- bard Memorial Hall, 4l Geographic raised wages at the rate of $720,000. 000 a year. The commission's tabulation is an analy of the board’s wage award as applied to July business. It shows | that the award actually increased wages $59.946,608 for the month. That is at the rate of mearly $720,000,000 a year. As a matter of fact. however, the raise was greater than the figures show, for the tabulation does not in- | clude’ switching and terminal com- panies and their employes' earnings | are not contained in the grand total. | What the tabulation does show Is| that at the time the board made itx| award. July 20, there were 2,080,687 men on the pay rolls of large steam | railroads doing a business of more | than $1.000.000 a year; that this army of emploves would have received, un- | der the wage scales in effect prior to | the board's decision, a total of $285.- 778.518 for their month's work, and | that the award increased the total pay roll 20.98 per cent, or a few thousand | dollars less than$60.000,000. making | a total of $345725126. The board handed down its decision July 20, the | award being retroactive to May 1. The | Interstate Commerce Commission ac- | cepted the board's estimate. and about | ten days later authorized the roads to go ahead and raise their freight and passenger rates. That authority wi t was The T ROADS UNEXPECTED BLOW a Year, Instead of $617.000,000, as Mediators Thought, Experts Find. | return on invested capital. which the As it is, the $103,000,000 difference . between what the labor board esti- Japanese War, He Claims. | mated to be the annual raise and | to, | tabulation, | which the roads were to have for the WAS D. C., FRIDAY, ERROR HITS HINGTON, BIG JAPANESE NAVY NOT DESIGNED AS THREATTOTHEL.S. Fear of Trouble in Orient Sole Bill to $720,000,000 | made clear by the cnmdm sion at ::f time, to enable the roads to meet & . [hercamd wases and to pay a rair Reason for.Expansion, The i i X at 6 cent. . e eien i et attmptiiiof g0 Admiral Kato Says. | behind the labor hoard's timate of what the wage incre ;\ \‘\‘;vllhl h;~ b did 0 e e he roads T otain revenue sumelent 1o nay o [READY FOR ‘HOLIDAY’ IF $617.000.000 increase lrl\h"\‘\" ;:';« ‘;nn;! $1.080,000 dividends. L3 T 0 et mat” e waee + FIRST BEGUN ELSEWHERE award would have piled another hun- dred million on top l;f |hi‘ 4]|1u1|::: e ! ~d by the labor bos rd higher : e it etent angtnayeeis | TdeaWof | Present Building Plans heen neces their re ger rates would have to enable the roads to meet quirements. Conceived -Even Before Russo- By the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 24.—Assertions that the Japanese naval program was being followed for the purpose of com- | peting with the United States Navy were denounced as “preposterous and absurd” by Vice Admiral Tomosaburo | Kato, Japanese minister of marine an interview with the Associated il’r(-ss here today. He declared that the Japanese naval program had becen formulated so that the island empire cculd be defended against any emer- gencies arising in the far east alo During the course of the interview the minister emphasized the fact that iJapan’s project to have a fleet of eight attleships and eight battle cruisers | 0t over ecight years old was not | necessarily irreducible. He indicated that if ail the naval powers would | agree to a “naval holiday” he would Ibe willing to enter such an engage- jment. and would not insist upon the . ccmpletion of the naval program pro- what the annual raise really amounts in the light of the commission's comes out of the fund payment of dividends. That tells. in part, one of the reasons why the rail- roads find themselves in their present circumstznces. 1t is only fair to say. however, that the transfer of more than a hundred millions from a dividend fund to the pay roll—from ets to liabilities— does not_begin to explain in full why the roads are not able to pay their way at the present time. There are many factors that enter into that sit- vation. one of the chief being de- creased traffic; nevertheless, the hun- dred-million-dollar -addition to the wage increase came as an unexpected and depressing disappointment and helps to explain why operating ex- penses are so high today. How the error was made apparently has not been establighed. The chances are that it will be put down as one of the hazards of estimating. in end WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MARCH MAY SOON RESTORE s granted, Country’s Greatest Gathering of Catholic Church Digni- By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. Md., March 2.—Prep- | arations for the funeral next Thursday j RITES ON THURSDAY completion at the archiepiscopal resi- dence today. the prelate where he died yesterday until next Sun- day evening. when it will be taken to Meanwhile the body of remain in the chamber the cathedral and there lie in state until it is removed to its resting place, in the crypt under the chancel, after the final M. Bonzan tolic delegate at 3 0, apostolic delegate af Washington, has been chosen to pontifi- cate at the solemn requiem mass on Thursday, and Archbishop J. J. Glen- non-of St. Louis, who delivered the ser- mon at Cardinal Gibbons' golden jubilee here in 1911, also will preach the funeral sermon. The occasion will cause the greatest gathering of Catholic church dignitaries and clergy ever witnessed in this coun- try. Members of the diplomatic corps | from Catholic_countries represented at Washington and many high national and state officials will attend. Prayers for Cardinal. Attired in his ¥rchiepiscopal vest- ments, the cardinal’s body lies on the bed in which he died. Prayers for the repose of his soul are being said with- out intermission, day and night. Mem- bers of the Christian Brothers per- form this duty at night. while semi- narians from St. Mary's Theological Seminary here recite the office in the daytime. This will continue until the body is taken into the cathedral Sunday even- ing, when a guard of honor faken from the Knights of Columbus An- cient Order of Hibernians and other Catholic organizations, will keep con- stant vigil the bier, until the day of the funeral. The cathedral will be open continuously during this period. Whole City Mourns. ews of the cardinal's death spread through the city rapidly yesterday and the mourning was city-wide. Practically all the courts in the city adjourned when the tolling of the bells announced the cardinal's death. Judge Gorter suspended proceedings | in the superior court for five minutes, and there was profound silence in n.-! courtroom during that period. The same solemnity was observed in oth- er_courts. Mayor Broening called a special| joint session of the city council forl 5 o'clock Monday afternoon to take suitable action on the cardinal's death. Tt will be a special session because the council has adjourned over the Easter holidays to April 4, As soon as news of the cardinal's death reached him the mayor ordered the bell in the dome of the city hall tolled eighty-six times, once for each year of the cardinal's life. He then directed that the flag be placed at half mast on the city hall and other municipal buildings and kept so until after the funeral. Many Me xes Recelive Messages poured into the archiepi onal residence from the cardinal's friends in Baltimore, the country at large and eéven from abroad. They were from Catholics, Protestants and Jews alike. Bishop John Gardner Murray of the Protestant Episcopal Church said: The transfer of James Cardinal Gibbons to & higher sphere of activity removes from the stage of currenmt human events the most prominent fig- ure thereon in our country (and! probably in the world) during the past half century. Messages were received from Presi- dent Harding, the ambassador from Italy, Rolandi-Riccl: the ambassador from the Argentine Republic. Thomas A. Lebreton; the erman’ Catholic delegation, now in Chicago: Cardinal O'Connel ' of Boston, Archbishops Dowling of St. Paul. Glennon of St.| Louis, Messmer of Milwaukee, Hayes| of New York and neurly all the Cath- Sli bishops of the country. The death of Cardinal Gibbons will not precipitate the removal of the primatial see ¢® the Catiolic church America. This was definitely | | i i an- nounced by Rev. Klbert Smith, sec-! retary of the late cardinal, at thei archiepiscopal residence. The seat of the hicrarchy will remain in Balti-| more. minion becomes eligible. A selection will be made by Pope Benedict. In the interregnum an administra- | attention, |intendent TAFT SEES HARDING ON‘FRIENDLY' GALL Possible Appointment to Su- preme Court Bench Not Mentioned, It Is Said. | Former President Taft, in Washing-| ton on personal business, looked in at| his old offices at the White House to-} day and paid his respects to President, Harding. The former President came| to the capital to deliver a lecture, and; said his call on Mr. Harding was merely a visit of coGrtesy. His ap-| pearance revived speculation about his possible appointment to the Supreme; Court bench, but if that subject was! mentioned in his short talk with the President it was not made known. It was Mr. Taft's first call at the White House since the inauguration. He conferred with Mr. Harding in Marion, however, late in December. The former President walked to the executive offices, and as he entered the main doorway he was given a cor- dial greeting by the policemen on duty, whom he remembered by the first names, and was later greeted by other old-time attaches of the build- ing. At the conclusiop of the meeting; President Harding and Mr. Taft went to the grounds directly to the rear of the office building, where they posed | together for the cameramen. As the battery of cameras got in readiness to | “shoot,” President Harding said, “Now | let's mee the original Taft smile to which the former chief laughed in his hearty and infectious manner. Scott Has Talk, Too. Former Senator Nathan B. Scott had a tali of more than twenty minutes with the President today. The senator said afterward that the visit was principally for the purpose of extending his good wishes to the new President and to re- new an acquaintance of many years' standing. He said he indorsed the men who have been suggested by the West Virginia congressional delegation for appointment to fedéral offices. | Col. E. Lester Jones, chief of the ! coast and geodetic survey, conferred with the President at the White House |inated after the Chino-Japanese war, vesterday. Among other things, he dis- | cussed briefly tentative plans for re- organization and co-ordination of the | government departments, to which the | President is now giving much personal | The President has received from | Henry Hill of Panama a memoran- dum ‘urging his consideration of the development of the pan-Americans and to perpetuate the friendly rela- tions between the United States and | the Latin American countries. Senator Shortridge of California in- troduced to the President today Ray- mond Benjamin. the republican na- tional committeeman from that state. After an exchange of felicitations Mr. Benjamin presented to the President the ‘thirteen ballots California’s elec- torate cast fo him as President. i | Urge Three for Job. ! President Harding also receive | secretary-treasurer of Howard Uni. versity; William H. Lewis of Boston, Maes., former assistant attorney gen. eral of the United States, and James A. Cobb of. this city, who was a dele- gate to the Chicago convention and was formerly special assistant attor- of the United States for the District of Columbia. The delegatio called to |n|’)' llln r::sp;'\"fls nd to urge the ap- pointment of Mr. Cobb to oLt to the position Headed by Herbert Welsh, of the Indian Rights Association, a delegation called on the President to. day and urged him to appoint as com- missioner of Indian ffairs any one of the three following 'me 3 Hugh L. Scott, U. 8. A., retired; H. B. Peairis, supe of the Haskell Indian president War-Time Cash Allowances Will End After Next July 31 Families of enlisted men in the mil-| itary and naval serviges of the United States will lose all of their war-time {two squadrons, each with six capital iseems moderate, considering the posi- iprogram did not {1 wish to emphasize that they merely | “combined to cause an increased burden {the reduction | to this principle. jiected by the government. Idea Originated Years Ago. In view the popular movement | for the curtailment of armaments, led by Yukio Ozaki and commercial and industrial leaders of the empire, as well as the world interest in disarma- ment, th® correspondent asked M Kato to give as definite a statement | as_possible of Japan's naval polic “Let me say in beginning.” the min- ister explained, “that our idea in con- | sidering the existence of the two squadrons the irreducible minimum necessary for naval defense orig- of and before the Russo-Japanese con- flict. In the war with Russia we had ships, and later possessed squadrons having eight Dbattleships and six cruisers. After the Russian war Japan planned to have her two! squadrons made up of eight battle- ' ships and eight cruisers, all capital| ships less than eight years old. | _"“The condition of our finances did fot permit the carrying out of this| program, 80 we tried to maintain an| ‘eight-four' standard, and then an| ‘eight-eight’ While several powers are trying to build great navies con- sisting of thirty, forty or even fifty | capital ships of the first line, Japan's | plan for an ‘eight-eight' rtandard | tion of the island. In counting ships less than eight years old the ex- amples of foreign powers have been our guidance. Not Aimed at Any Country. “The framers of “the ‘eight-eight’ have In mind any foreign country as a probable enemy. 1 considered our finances and we could afford to maintain such a navy, by which the island empire | couid be defended against any emer. gencies arising in the far cast alon M. Kato dwelt on how the advanced cost of building and the increased size decided | of capital ships had enormeusly expand- ed Japan's naval expenditures until the budget of 1 arried $250,000,000 for thix purpose alone. He said the cost of construction was approximately twice what it was before the world war, but he explained that Japan's determination | to build big syips was not due to her | own initiativeI but 1o the necessity of following the latest type of capital ship in the great navies “These circumstances,” he continued, on the national purses. While we were | pursuing the long contemplated ‘cight- eight’ program, it was inevitable that the nation must bear this additional ex- Dpense. But it was very deplorable.’” Will Attend Conference. “What is your attitude regarding a conference for the discussion of the | restriction of armaments?” he was asked. “The Japanese government.” he re- plied, “joined the league of nations, and in doing so supported the principie of of armaments.- When- ever there is an international confer- ence on armament reduction I will be only too glad to co-operate honestly with other governments to give effect Although there is a clamor for the restriction of armaments throughout the world, vet, taking into considera- tion the real international situation and the present status of the naval powers, 1 do not believe our relattvely inferior navy should lead the way in reducing, nor that we should curtail onr established plan. If a dependable international agreement cames into be- ing, whereby all naval powers should agree to restrict their naval forces, Powever, I would be very glad to join to a reasonable extent if a suitable formula could be found. Therefore, I do not insist upon the completion of our so-called ‘eight-eight’ program, chool at Lawrence, Kans, or J eorge Wright, superintendent of the Osage Indian reservation. Clark Grear, secretary of the publican _ League of Georgia, Charles W. Parker, republican’ leader | in that state, discussed with Presi- dent Harding today tentative plans for the reorganization of the party in that section and urged him to se- lect one man from among the leaders of the party in the state to arrange for it patronage. Re- and ernment this month expended 00,- | 1000, in round figures, to the families | of enlisted men on the account of the | allotments and allowances. The ® war | allowances after July 31, next. Con-|risk bureau oflicials. however, esti-! troller of the Treasury Warwick, in mate that by July the amount will} a decision made public today, said|Pave dropped down to the first fig- that the legislation giving these ul—‘"r«‘rx\.- lotments and allowances | lowances to the enlisted men wuu’wh_n-h will be ._«mn,.:-d by the control- made ineffective wien the other war-| €8 decixion are thos’ which every | time acts were repealed on March The war risk insurance act provides for the stoppage of the allowances at the end of four full calendar months after the termination of the emer- gency. Approximately $2,600,000 a month will be saved on the government ex- penditures after July 31. The gov- pendents. The goverument added an equal amount up to 50 per cent of 4he man’s pay and sent the whole to the | dependent. The effect of the decision i to make a serious cut in the pay of the enlist- ed men, which will be felt strongly by those men who have families. It more than offsetsmthe pay increase given the service men last year. {learnings in any of his decisizng, tington governments | return may be expected of the German n Star. —_— Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively eatitied to the use for republication of all Bews dispatch credited to it or ot «thorwise credited in this paper and also the loeal news publish~d hereif ANl rights of publication of special dispatches herein are aiso reserved. | | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,697 25, 1921 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. ALIENS' PROPERTY U. S. Action Is Dependent on Congress’ Approval and American Claims. By DAVID LAWRENCE The early return to their rightful; owners of vast amounts of German property held in the United States| appears to be in prospect. | Congres- | sional action is necessary before the { transfer can be made, but the trend; of opinion in the Harding adminis- tration is toward giving back wha was scized as a war measure. Meanwhile, the policy of the mew alien property custodian. Col. Thomas W. Miller. as explained to the writer tcday, s to settle up as quickly as possible all questions for which au- thority is vested in him under exist- ing_laws. Z “There are some enemy jnsurance companies,” he said. “‘which will probably have to be operated by us for some years to come, but most ‘of these companies can be liquidated at once and the proceeds returned to the German owners. It is unlikely that they would wish to operate as Ger- man concerns again, anyway.” Drafted for Position. Col. Miller was drafted for the job of alien property -custodian by Presi- dent Harding because of his remarkable cxecutive ability. He won his military rank overseas. having enlisted as a pri- vate and working up to the staff of Gen, Kuhn of the 79th Division. President ding felt that in appointing Col. | Miller. who has been active in the af- | fairs ‘of the American Legion, there | could be no suspicion of pro-German | Anybody who talks with Cor wmiler on the subject of enemy property. how- ever, will find that he believes the time s ripe to give back to the German own- ers the property that was taken from them. He is loath to criticise his pre- decessors in the alien property custo- dian’s office, but he has already insti- tuted some sweeping changes. 7 The new alien property custodian has found, for instance, large law. fees charged to the yearly proceeds of certain companies now held by Amer- ican trustees, and has made up his/ mind that all excessive charges shall} be reduced, whether republican nri democratic law firms are -4 Col. Miller believes tha i American spirit to be fair to individ- uals, even though they be Germans. Many Cases Settled. Already there have been many cases! settled which would have required| prolonged _litigation. The policy of} the new administration is Lo spare liti- gation and bring about early settle- ments, so that business may proceed, for while many concerns are of en- emy ownership they employ Americani citizens. The revival of trade and commerce depends to no small extent | upon dollars’ worth owners. "%t “course, the transfor of all this property back to the Germans is pre- dicated on the assumption that the German government will pay the claims lodged by American citizens who lost relatives in the sinking of the Lusitania or who lost property in Germany during thes war. The expectation is that Germany will set- tle these claims, but if not, then it is planned to liquidate as much of the assets of Germans in this country as possible and use the proceeds to pay Amrerican citizens who suffered| at the hands of the Germans. One of the difficulties. however, from the German viewpoint, is that France and the allied powers have a prior claim on any y that Ger- many may have available to pay war claims, and unless America can reach an agreement with the associated powers on that point the only way the United States government can avoid using the German assets in this country is to make a loan to Germany out of which claims would be. paid. "This; however, will be ‘developed ely, when the American govern- begins negotiating with Ger- many on the settlement of all ques- tions growing out of the war. Some Delax Expected. Congressional action will necessarily be delayed somewhat until foreign re- lations ' ure cleared up. Meanwhile banking groups in New York are back of a plan whereby the assets of the Germans held in this country shall be used as a basis of credit for the immediate resumption of trade with Germany when peace is finally made. ‘Assuming that the Berlin and Wash- have reached a claims, the early scttlement on war property or the use of as much of it as collateral as may be sanctioned by the German citizens in co-operation with the German government. (Copyright, 1321.) IOWA BANK CLOSED. DES MOINES, lowa, March 25.— The Homg' Savings Bank at Rome, lowa, has been ordered closed by. the state banking-department, it was an- nounced today. " The deposits were| said to be about $45,000, the restoration of millions of!scrious i of property to lawful'‘President To 8E HONEST WITH YOU MY TREATMENT) AINT WORKIN IN_YOUR CASE MR. RUDOLPH TAKES .STEP TO LEARN OF HIS WORKERS’ EFFICIENCY The first step toward determin- ing the efficiency with which ‘the depgrtments under his supervision are’being operated was taken yes- terday by Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph. He addressed to the em- ployes in his departments a letter asking for the namescharacter of work performed, period of service and salary. This will be followed, the Commi: oner stated, a per- sofial inspection of the offices to Zet a line on how they are con- ducted. It probably will be the latter part of next week before Mr. Rudoiph is able to go through his bureaus. He supervises all of the financial officex, the workhouse, reformatory and a number of the charitable in- titutions. Both of the new ¢ sioners have made ian Comm clear since it taking office that any change made in the' personzuel af the city gov- ernment would be made to pro- mote efliciency.apd .not on pelitical grounds. e This, in other words, means that cmployes remdering good” kervice will not be disturbed. -It:is not ex- pected the Commissioners will find many drones in the District service. RUSS TRADE STAND CONSIDERED TODAY Some Statement Expected | Following Cabinet’s Re- view of Soviet Appeal. Some statement with regard to' the Russian question may be made late today either at the White House or State Department. It is understood that this was agreed upon at the regular Friday cabinet meeting, at which the appeal of the soviet government for resumption of trade relations between the CUnited tates and Russia was discussed at length. MR. WILSON TAKEN iLL. Suffers Acute Attack of Indiges- tion—Medical Aid Rushed. Former President Wilson suffered an acute attack of indigestion today iwhich caused hurried calls for medical assistance. 1t was spid, howéver, that he had entirely recovered an hour after the attack. Dr. Stirling Ruflin, who attended Mr. w Waskington residence first, in answer to calls, to himself and ledving Admiral Grayson, and upon at 2:20 this afternoon said Mr. Wilson had so-complefely recovered that he was able to eat a light lunch. EASTER PROBABLY FAIR. Local Forecaster Not Certain About Sunday’s Weather. Easter Sunday probably will be fair here, but the weather bureau was not sure about it today. In forecasting showers for tonight and tomorrow the local forecaster said the chances are that Sunday will be suitable for mew raiment, but he was not cer- tain. General weather disturbances going on in the west may upset the decpest laid plans to stage an Easter “parade” here. The warm weather now returning will prevail tonight and tomorrow. Anarchy in Ireland . An unbiased account of it by Sir Philip Gibbs Next Sunday in the Edi- torial Section of The Sunday Star IRULES T0 GOVERN MOVIES' ORDERED - BYDISTRICT HEADS | | L4 | Laws Will Be Based on | Pennsylvania Code and | Producers’ Principles. SEX APPEAL AND CRIME AMONG ITEMS INVOLVED Corporation Counsel Will Evolve Regulations More Drastic Than { Those Now in Effect. ! The Commissioners today directed Corporation Counsel Stephens to pre- pare a set of police regulations to govern the exhibition of “movies” in the District. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman o% the board, instructed the corporation counsel to draw up such regulations following an informal conference at the District Building yesterday aft- ernoon. Besides the Commissioners and Mr. Stephens. those present wer Rev. Lucius Clark of the Washing- on_Federation of Churches. Charles McMahon of the National Catholic Welfare Council. Harry Crandall and A. Brylawski, the last two being ex- —— - ———— | hibitors. 2 The coroporation counsel will use = as the raw material for the new regu lations the rules of the Pennsylvania h) | istate board of censors and also the n thirteen principles recently adopted by the leading motion picture pro- | ducers at a meeting in New York ilson in the White House, during his Iness, arrived at the former NOT 70 BE LOWER Utilities Board Understood to Continue Present Rate for Brief Period. There will be no change in the present rate of street car fare in the District of § cents, with four tokens dicated at the District building today. The Public Utilities reached a decision in the matter yes- ment of its action presumably until it can act in the electric light rate case aud hand down both decisions to- gether. For Brief Period Only. That the commission’s car-fare ver- dict will apply only for a brief period, tent upon the probability of Congress enacting legislation at the coming session designed to correct the trac- tion muddle through taxation or a merger was regarded today as likely. In well informed circles the view was generally accepted that the com- mission, solve the riddle of how to give need- ed aid to the Washington Railway and Eiectric Company without permitting the Capital Traction Company to earn more than it requires, has decided to allow the inequities of the situation to continue a few months longer until it can permanently correct them by legislation. Only Practical ¢ Course. Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster, jthe mew members of the board, are {believed to regard this as fhe only ipractical course open to them. since {they have taken the position that ilocal public utilitfes should be given ia rate sufficient to enable them to ifunction efficiently. They see in a jmerger the only solution of Washing- {ton’s difficult traction problem—diffi- cult, it is pointed out, because a suc- cessful company is competing with an unsuccessful one, and no rate of fare can be installed which will meet the actual needs of onme company without unduly benefiting the other. WILL PRESENT MERGE RBILL. Senator Ball to Actas Soon as New Congress Meets. A bill looking to the merger of the i street railway lines in the District of Columbia and the power company will be introduced immediately when ithe new Congress meets in April by i Senator Ball. of Delaware, who is jslated to be chairman of the Senate, on committees. |, Senator Ball, who has just returned to Washington, said today that in his opinion legislation authorizing such a merger was of great importance to the people of the District. “1 think I shall reintroduce the merger bill in practically the same form im which it was reported to the Senate from the District committee at the close of the last session. We did not have an opportunity to obtain action on it at that time, but when the new session opens there should be opportunity to dispose of it.” The bill as reported to the Senate authorized the merger of the W. R. and E. and the P. E. P. Co. and al; the merger of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company with the Capital Traction Company and other lines. | | Semator I Intereated. nator Ball is keenly interested in (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 2 Today’s News / in Paragraphs Preparations under way for cardinal's funeral Thursday. > Page 1 D. C. utilities board decides to make no change in rate of street car fare. Page 1 Communists slowly being ~crushed in Germany, latest reports state. Page 1 Successor to Cardinal Gibbons likely to be Washington bishop. Page 2 Air and water craft push hunt for miss- ing Navy balloon with five men aboard. Page 2 Lansing reveals reasons for split with Wilson at peace conferences. Page 3 S. Army aviator in second attempt to fly from Atlantic to Pacific coast in one day with one stop. Page 10 | Col. Parker and D. C. Commissioners at.| | Board of Trade meeting. Page 13 | Disabled soldiers threaten walkout in | protest against reduction of vocational | students’ pay. Page 13 War buildings are sold for about 4 per cent of initial cost. Page 13 for 30 cents, it was authoritatively in- Commission . terday, but is withholding announce- | and will be predicated to a large ex- | unable for the present to | Rules Used as Basis. The Pennsylvania rules are lengthy and describe in detail the kind of scenes and situations which shall not | be shown in that state. The principles | adopted by the producers follow the same general lines, but go not go into | such detail. | There is an existing regulation | which gives the Washington police | power to stop any performance of | whatever nature if in the opinion i of the Commissioners it is offensive to public decency. Although this regulation is very broad in its lan- guage, it as felt by some at the con- ference that it is not sbfficiently explicit on the subject of motion pictures. Add to Present Laws. Just_how much of the producers’ | principles and the Pennsylvania rules will be incorporated in the local po- lice code has not been determined. ibut it is certain that the existing i regulation will be added to. Mr. Stephens will study carefully. { the two sets of rules now before hhn and. in all probability. will reduce them to a et of generml regula- iscenes and situation: Both the Pennsylvania rulesg the producers’ code frown om mndu elaboration of bedroom scemes, the featuring of the sex appeal, showing in detail the commission of crimes- and a number of other broad phases of_exhibitions. e The regulations, when drawn by the corporation counsel, will gone over carefully by the Commis- sioners before adoption. —_— AVIATOR CONEY FALLS; FEARED FATALLY HURT Army Lieutenant on Coast-to-Coast Flight Sustains Broken Back. | MONROE. La., March 25.—Lieut. W. {D. Coney. who started eariy today from Jacksonville, Fla., on a trans- | continental flight to San Diego, { Calif., fell near Crowville, Franklin Iparish. at 7:30 o'clock this morning. | Lieut Coney. according to reports ‘n»aching here, received injuries, which, it is said, probably wenld prove fata). His plane wax wrecked. Coney's back is believed to have been broken. but he was reported still conscious at noon today. -He is now at the farm of Mose Lander, upon whose premises he fell. | _Additional details were not avail- able at noon today. The War Depart- | ment has been notified. — |[EXPECT RELEASE OF MEN ' HELD IN BERGDOLL CASE | District committee by the committee | The release soon of Carl Nuef and [Franz Zimmer. American detectives, |sentenced to jail in Germany as a re- | sult of their efforts to capture Grover | Cleveland Bergdoll. American draft |evader, is expected by the War: De- - ipartment. z* Officials intimated today that Brig. Gen. Allen, commanding the American { forces on the Rhine, had been in com- munication witn the German authori- ties on the subject and that favorable action on the request for the release of the men was to be expected. i This was the first intimation from the War Department that negotia- tions for the release of the men were |under way. Secretary Weeks said last Wednesday that so far as the War Department was concerned no request for the release of the men had been sent to the German govern- ment and it was assumed that Gem. | Allew acted on his own initiative in i communicating with the German au- thorities PANAMAN CONGRESS MUST'DECIDE ANSWER TO FIRM U. S. DEMAND President Porras of Panama has called a special session of con- gress for Monday to cansider Pan- ama’'s attitude toward the demand made by the American govern- ment that Panama accepts as final the White award as to the boundary between that country and Costa Rica. This information was co tained in a_dispatch received to- day by the State Department from the American legation at Panama City. The government of Panama, in its reply to the original demand of the United States, refused to accept the White award. Secretary Hughes then dispatched a second note in- sisting that the boundary fixed in that award be recognized as the Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, sery :g term in prison, came to Washing- ton unguarded, to confer on his case with Attorney’ General. Page 13 1,300 dying daily in one Chinese prov- ince. Page 13 Anti-red Russian labor leader lauds U. S. policy. Page 17 Man hunt in Chicago with orders police to *kill” atrue one. No reply to that note has been received, but after receiving President Porras appealed directiy to President Harding. saying that the State Department's decision “humiliated” _his country. Mr. Harding’s reply was that the de- cision of Chief Justice White was “ynalterable™ position of the | tions specifying certain objectionable A and =