Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1921, Page 1

= WEATHER. Partly cloudy and warmer. with occasional showers today; tomorrow unsettled, with rain and colder. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended_at. 10 o'clock last night: High- est, §7; lowest, 58 Full report on page 10. | —_— — o= 0 Entered as second-class matter No. 835— No. 28091. i Chi Wadhingion B i - WASHI Millionaire Hobo Will | Lead Army of Jobless | to Wait on President Utah, TARIFF REVISION 10 DEVELOP INTO ISSUE OF WAGES Republican Leaders Say Du- | ties Must Be Raised to Pay High Salaries. S LAKE CITY, March 26—James Ead as hobo,” who is engaged in form- ing an “orgamization of mne: ployed” here, declared today that it was srobable that a bix delegat id shortly wait i on President Harding and re- quest that work om government projects be hastencd to provide more jobs. He sald that the which would I delegation to Washing- afoot, pleking the route, and that it might number sev- eral thousand before it reached Washingten. COSTS OF RAW MATERIAL SAME HERE AS ABROAD Chairman Fordney Promises Sena; tors Emergency Legislation WHll | Have Right of Way. { FURTHERRESTRCT UNDGFEAL VTS President AFinds More. Time “Compelling for Problems Arising Almost Daily. ision clearly ned republican lea and means will develop into a workingmen's issue. ders on the House ways committee are confident. If good wages are to be paid to American workingmen t. tarift duties on imported commodities must be raised. they say. Take for example such industries as clock manufactures, where Amer- fcan machinery is used, and American { designs. * The costs of raw materials are about the same abroad as in this country. The principal cost is the | labor cost—and here the main -iffer- | ence between the cost of pro Aiction abroad and in this country Another and a more pronounced | capitulation on his part, it is an- is “the | icipated, will shortly follow President difference in wages. With ,onditions Harding’s announcement that, com- as they now are. a heavy Ariff must | mencing tomorrow, he is going to be charged. the republicin members | cyrtail materially his number of daily say, or the industry in this country | cailers, B must be abandoned an. the manufa It is known that the President must turers must turn thAr attention (o have more time to himself for the con- something else wherd more machinery | sigeration of administration policies and less man lab/r is involved. land programs and other important A | matters of the moment which are arising almost daily. ‘The President Again. for efample, as Representa-| pimgeif gamits that he has been tive John Q <chairman ilson, of Connecticut, the subcommittee, on factures, points out: In and steel manufacturing large part of the work is machinery rather than man- endeavoring to see the many people who call at his office each day, the imnjorlly of ‘whom are either office | Seekers themselves or else seeking federal .berths for others. Will Limit Callers. 1 ed that they are not asking for tariff—they do not need protec- Tinplate is an apt fllustration. Mc- Kinley first put a tariff on tinplate, ard they fought him in his home Mr. Harding's present plan is to see these callers only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This ar- rangement will permit him to devote the greater part of his. attention to conferring with his cabjnet and the 0., EADS STARY BUSINESS REGINE WITH CONFDENE Efficiency Is Watchword Given Employes—Utility Companies Cautioned. BY JOHN L. MARTIN. Although they have been in office district, sending out a horde of tin-|consideration of imperative matters Peddlers with prices ‘boosted far in;on Tuesdays, and it is Joubtful.if he excess of any justification. Now Rep- ‘ will make any appointments on:Tues- resentative Tilson and his associates, days except for fmportant confer- on the subcommittee find little tin-|ences, or when he knows an inter- plate imported and this country mak- | vicw being sought with him is yrgent ing tinplate for the world, so that|and %ill not permit a inmpnna-z there is no call for a duty. { He will meet his cabinet also on Fri- Machinery for Man-Power. days, at least that fs his present in- There is another class of industries | ntion."and until the administration started during the war, for which we |5t Well under way, will be con- had previously been satisfied to trade|tinued. L abroad. The war came and we could| Because”of the time consumed and | mot get them abroad and had to start | the STeat strain on his patience and in to manufacture them at home, Of Vitality the President has found it such an example cited by Representa- | Utterl¥ impossible to give the neces. tive Tilron is tinsel wire. He points| 327 time and thought to the real| out that for such war-born industries | M3tLers of state and the constructive there must be a protective tarift unuli:‘:::y et e it e they can be developed as was the tin- | 5 g Plate industry. When any of these in- Wants Time to Work. dustries are developed in this country | In announcing hif first capitulation to use machinery rather than man- | the President said he was practically power then there will be a decreas- |in despair for more time to work, ing need for protective tariff. the re-|2nd those who are close to him are publicans emphasize, Then they will {convinced that even the program ot be great American industries. | curtatiment he will inaugurate to- So it comes down 1o the cost of |morrcw will not obtain for him ‘the labor, as the basis of tariff revision, jrelief and time he desires, and as a especially in those industries where!matter of necessity he may be forced the final cost is mostly all for labor’| 0 fall in line with his predecessor’ { policy of refusing to see any callers | regarding patronage, whether for If the protective tariff is not im- | thcmselves or in the interests of oth- Posed the condition would develop, | ers. - the republicans point out, in which | Mr. Harding’s experience of the first we would be buying abroad all those | three weeks in office ‘is nothing new Duty to Protect Wages. | commodities the . manufacture of ' for a President. His predecessors Wwhich employs much labor and sell- | were likewise besieged with favor- ing only those in which seekers. But it was Woodrow Wil- the work ! was done principally by machinery. | Heretofore the workingmen have son who, after a short time in office, established a cast-fron rule of per: less than two weeks, Commissioners Cuno H. Rudolph and James F. Oys- ter iave got off to a&n impressive start on thelr promises to give the District a business administration. They, have put the municipal gov- ‘eramient on its toes by laying down the rule that to hold ohe’s job one must be efficient. They have inaugurated an inquiry that will produce a merit rating for every employe. And this week theéy will begin holding regular binet” meetings with the bureau chiefs, which are ex- | pected to so co-ordimate the service that it will function harmoniously and effectively. Masters of Detall. ‘The Commissioners have had only odd moments in which to do these things. Most of their time has been taken up with consideration of pub- lic utility rate questions. Neverthe- sion throughout the District building that they are going to supervise af- fairs so clgsely that not the smallest details wilk escape notice. With their colleague on the utilities beard, Engineer Commissioner Kutz, they have reduced the price of gas in the District from $1.32 to § per thousand cubic feet and substantially have reached agreements on new street car and electric rates—accom- plishments which would have made the beginning of their administration memorable had no other matters been considered. But they did not here. They took hold with a firm hand of ©pposed a protective tariff on the | Mitting no interviews regarding Jobs, |\ " oiiniion for & motion pieturd &rounds that it increffses the costs Which was considered by many,| . . and instructed the cor- of necessities of life, but they are ¢specially poljticians, as a trifie cold- blooded and undemocratic. However, coming now to appreciate that the | - it brought about a complete change a protective tariff is to be levied to| protect them in living wages and to | maintain American standards of liv-| | ness. In establishing this rule he ! announced that those seeking patron- ge or other presidential favors should go to tieir representatives in Congress or to their state or county ing for the American workingman. This situation is shown in the dele. gations now coming to Washington | for conferences with the wayvs and means committee. The members of the committee had thought that the leaders. wTiting of the permanent tariff bill Likes to See People. would be rather perfunctory. taking Persomally President Harding s the Payne-Aldrich and the Underwood bills and embodying the best features, just about as they now stand. The subcommittees, however, have found | to help those whom he has reason to that this will not do to meet the world ! believe are worth: But his intimates conditions and that they have to study | say they feel certain that he will be carefully each paragraph and rewrite | forced to shut down still more on his 1t to fit present tense conditions. They |granting audlences, even to the pos- are studying aarefully i get the!gible extent of Wilson's cast-iron rule, latest information before riting each ! or something closely resembling it. paragraph. B Agree on Wool Duty. ‘The old Payne-Aldrich tariff duty CRONKHITE CASE DELAYED on greasy wool, 11 cents a pound,! NEW ,YORK, March 26.—Today's has been agreed upon by the House | hearing in removal proceedings subcommittee framing the permanent|against Robert Rosembluth, a former tariff measure to be introduced at the | ormy captain, charged with having extra session. Members said the wool ' caused the killing of Maj. Alexander schedule probably would be adopted!p. Cronkhite at Camp Lewis, Wash., by the full committee without ma- on October 25, 1918, was postponed terfal change. | until next Tuesday. Teking grease wool.as the basis. | Roland R. Pothier of Central Falls, the rate of washed wood would be 22\ R. I, who last Saturday pleaded oeats and on scoured 33 cents. In|guilty in Providence, R. L. to invol- ®he emergency tariff the greass wool | untary mansiaughter, when arraigned duty 1s 15 cents. for killing Maj. Alexander P. Cronk- By accepting these figures the com- | hite at Camp Lewis, Washington state, mittee virtually revived schedule K,!nhas been taken to New York to face long fought over in Congress. Chair- | Capt. Robert Rosenbiuth, held in that man Fordney of the ways and means | city in connection with the case. is chairman of the subcommittee on | wool, other members being Watson, | Pennsylvania, and Bachrach, Ne" N. ‘ Lt §norm IDLE. ey ik vopibiiene. | ROANOKE, Va., March 26.—In com- { pliance with orders issued a week Will Have Right of Way. {ago, 1700 employes in the local Mr. Fordney told republican senators| shops of the Norfolk and Western today that tapiff reviston would have|railway were laid off at noon today “(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) to remain Mle until April L (] truly democratic, and really likes to see people—lots of people. He appre- iates his position, and he is anxious the White House and also gave him | time to think about the nation’s busi- | poration counsel to draft regulations { |to prepare the draft of a blue sky {law, which will be recommended to Congress. | Commissioner Oyster, in conferences { with heads of the departments over ! which he exercises special supervision, | has outlined broadly the administra- !t » principles he wants fodowed: | With Fire Chief Watson he has dis- | cussed the rule that will govern pro- motions in the fire department. Wfth | MaJ. Gessford, chief of police, he has ‘taken up the question of law en- forcement, particuiarly in connection with bootlegging. He has had talks with trafic of- ficers about trafic conditions that ! need attention. Jalls Investigated. Commissioner Rudolph has investi- gated conditions in the District's penal institutions—the jail at Wash- ington, the reformatory at Lorton i i { the government, which are dssigned to | his special Surisdiction. | Among business men of Washing- ton, Commjgsioner Oyster's sugges- tion for a compromise on the utility valuations as a basis for a street-car merger has attracted more favorable attention than any proposal that has come from the Distriet building in months. It generally is looked upon as offering the only satisfactory so- | lutton of the unsatisfactory traction situation resulting from the compe- tition of a Successful company with an unsuccessful company. And business has expressed ap- proval also of the suggestion that h: come from the Commissjoners that if ity.corporations fail to render sat- “(Continued”n Page 2, Column 6.) less, they have created the impres- | stop | and the workhouse at Occoquan, Va.| | He has discussed with Assessor Rich- | NGTON, D. C TO | 7-Year-Old “Doctors” | | Held for Poisoning | 4-Year-Old “Patient” EW YORK, March 26—Ac- e of feeding poinon to four: | ycar-old Josephime Olxen while | playing “docter,” two meven- | year-old boys were held in $500 | bail eackh today in Brooklyn ‘ ckildren’s court. The boys—Roy Strom and l Laffie Jurgens found two | bottles yesterday in a vacant | lot. They were alleged to ve | “preseribed” one mblet—a low poinon—tor the girl. The case was ndjograed pe ing ¢he outcome of the chil Iness. | | | § | i | \ i J.C. DAVIS CHOSEN .. U:S. RAIL DIRECTOR President Names General Counsel as Successor to John Barton Payne. James Cox Davis of Iowa, was ap- pointed director general of United States Railroad Administratiof by Presi- succeed John Barton Payne, who held the: post during the past year. in addi- tion to his duties as Secretary of In- terior. Mr. Davis assumes his new duties tomorrow morning. At the time of his apggintment Mr. Davis was general counsel for the rail- road administration, and was formerly general solicitor of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. Mr. Davis to- morrow also will succeed Mr. Payne as agent of the Presjdent in legal suits | growing out of government operation of the railways. The double designation is made necessary by a‘technicality of law. | Praixe for Payne. When this appointment was nounced at the White House day a letter written to director general by President Harding expressing appreciation for Mr. Payne's service also was made public. “I cannot allow this action to pass, wrote Mr. Harding, “without convey jng to you my gratitude for the sig- an- vester- for “"‘ control of Washington's |\ia) service you have rendered the movies. 2 2 d ountry, not only in the important They also directed this same oficial I B work you h done in connection with the admmMistration of the rail- ways, but also your notable contribu- tions to the government service in ore of the most difficult periods of all our history. I am quite sure the country shares the ggatitude which I so willingly nxpre! Mr. Davis was borh in Keokuk, Iowa, | September 2, 1557. He was educatea lin the Keokuk public schools and Hellmuth Boys' College, at London, Ontario. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar in Keokuk, and for the next twenty-six years practiced law in that city. His first political office was that of city solicitor, which he held frog 1881 to 1883. Two years later he Was elected mayor, and served a two-year term, 1885-1887. Was G. O. P. Delegate. In 1893 Mr. Davis was appointed the general attorney for lowa of the Chi- cago and Northwestern railway and moved his residence to Des Molnes. Under federal administration of rail- ards aftairs in that office and generally | roads he was appointed general solici- inspected the accounting branches of | tor of this railrbad company in 1918, and again changed his residence, this time moving to Chicago. The follow- ing year he was appointed 'general counsel of the railroad administration. Mr. Davis was a_delegate to the re- publican national convention in St Louis in 1896. In 1901 he served as the chairman of the Towa state repub- lican convention. Mis present home is in Evanston, Il THREE SHOT IN GUN FIGHT. ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, March 26. —Three men were wounded, one probably fatally, today in a gun fight at Crescent, Belmont cougty, between a posse of citizens and three men who are glleged to have attempted to hold up a resident of that city. 2 dent Harding yesterday afternoon, to! the retiring | | | | | OP OYSTER TO PROBE N. The Sunday Star, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1921 The Assoctated paper and also | | Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of all ve credited to it or mot All rights of publication of special ispatches herein are also reserved. Press s exclusively entitied te dispatches stherwive credited o this the local news published nerein, FIVE CENTS. VIVIANI OUTLINES VIEWS Important Statement on Eve of His Con- ference With Pres- ident Harding Wants United States In, But Concedes Sov- ereignty Will Be Impaired. M. Viviani. due in Washington this week on a the French government President Harding, on the of his departure from Paris wrote a summary of his views on the league of nations, which was cabled from Parisiand is published bejow. In view of the expectation that the league of nations will be one of the sub- jects discussed by M. Viviani | and President Harding, these | “fourteen points” of the former French premier's have almost the force of an official declara- tion by the French government. on from to mi eve | | | BY RENE VIVIANT, Former Premier of France. The greatest problem today is the league of nations An ex- change of vie therefore, is bet- ter than silence, even if it should not result in an agreement. We in France have been blamed for accepting the league from Presi- DEEPNTO TRAGF PROBLEN N D. "‘Jockeying” of Hackers on Pennsylvania Avenue First Question Tackled. Traffic conditions in the District are to be given a thorough probe by Com- missioner Oyster. For one thing, he has determined to dent Wilson without first inquir- ing if it was approved by the United States Senate. Certainly, out of respect for the American na- tion, we could not question Mr. Wilson’s right to speak for his country. It is to be regretted that this puristic political misun- derstanding, resulting from our very respect for the laws and of- ficials of the United States, con- tinues. ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS | | | i RENE VIVIANL themselves to anything, or with- out receiving commitments in re- turn? S. Some persons complain that the league is a political organism | which should be replaced by a ju- dicial organism. We already have had The Hague court. composed of emient jurists. 1In the past thpy have done their best, but they never have been obeyed The league in September last created a court of justice, which epted by all of its mem- v some instantly, by oth in accordance with the procedure required by their constitution 10. If a court is established, nations must not bring before it merely their commercial, indus- trial and economic interests. In- deed for we are striving ward the time when conflicts of national pride, which of the gravest sort, because they Stir up entire populations. thereby becom- ing irremediable, will likewise be settled judicially. Unless these conflicts are brought immediately before the court, the most pro- no. to- are found and most poisonous causes of war would be beyond its jurisdic- tion. The situation with respect to the league, however, may be summed up as follow 1. The league of nations pact has been ratified by France, England, Court an Impairment. 11. Even those who, dgsire only a court restricted in its Considera- Italy, Belgium and others. We hope that America, while dissatis- fied herself, will appreciate the relieve the congesgion on Pennsylvania a¥gnue between 14th and 15th streets by puiting a stop to the ¥jockeying of hackers for business. *AS$ the Commissioner exercising spe- cial Supervision over the police depart- ment, Mr. Oyster already has had sev- eral conferences with traffic officers of the department concerning some of the bad spots in the traffic situation and made known his determination to go the limit in correcting nuisances and dangerous conditions on the public high- ‘ways. The situation on Pennsylvania avenue between 14th and 15th streets, frequent- Iy has been complained of to the Com- missioners as a “nuisance.” Traffic officers say there are too many hack- men n this block for the business there. It is an unusual becurrence when at least two or three cabmen do not drive from the center parking to the sidewalk t6 solicit the business of a proposition customer. When the driv- er occupying the favored end position of the parking space gets a icall, the cab next generally shifts into the space vacated and this causes shifthg by all the cars in line. This sort of “Jockeying” is practiced almost continuously, and its effect is to jm- pede vehicular traffie over Pennsylvania avenue, delay street cars and endanger the life of every one using the street. Remedies Consldered. Several plans for correcting the situation are under consideration. One of them provides for allowing a limit- ed number of cab spaces north of the street car traeks and a corresponding number south of the tracks. When a driver in one of the north spaces moves out for a passenger he cannot move back into position under this proposed plan. If he fails to land the passenger he must keep moving and take a placer in the line of cabs on the south side of the street car tracks. ~ (Continued on Page ¥, ( fact that these countries have ac- complished an act which they can- ‘- not repudiate. Subject to Revision. 2..The pact proclaims itself sub- ject to revision. I am a member of the committee on amendments. Forly already have been proposed. Others undoubtedly will be. 3. The pact Do longer belongs to governments. The league alone is_sovereign and alone has the power of modification. 4. The co-operation of America is indispensable to humanity. America’s presence always is de- sirable at any meetings of minds and consciences, 5. American stafesmen seem de- termined on the destruction of the covenant. Article X, they say, is a threat against national inde- pendence; it creates a super- government. Article X is objec- tionable for very different reasons. It merely aythorizes suggestions and therefore promises more than it can fulfill. 6. Whatever may be one’s con- ception, a league, a society or an association means reciprocal obli- gations. When two individuals form a partnership they seek to increase their separate strength in collective strength, but they also undertake certain obligations to- ward each other. If we do not wish to do this it would be far better for us tp remain separate. Must Ass me Cbligations. ‘Whatever sori of combina- tion is proposed—if it really is to be a combination—there must .be an exchange of duties and rights by the associates. So, if Americans desire to form a combination, the tion and authority to purely eco- nomic questions must realize that membership in such a court di- minishes to some extent national independence. Whenever a man or nation, instead of taking fstice in its own hands, defers to the decision of another, there may be said to have been a certain abdi- cation of sovereignty. 12. Since no international organi- zation, whether it be called league or court, can be joined without some sacrifice of individual initiative, one must be logical and straightforward, and either refuse adhesion, so as to remain completely independent, or gain through the collective strength of association, a greater power than would be possible for one to possess alone. 13. When the court is through de- liberating what is to become of its decisions. Will they be theoretical decisions, the enforcement of which will depend on the good faith of the parties in the cause? In that case we may as well say that the fruits of war have not been gathered. 1f, after that great calamity, we are not further advanced than The Hague court, whose decisions even when unanimous concerning the laws of war, were trampled derisively, truly the war has taught us nothing. The court of justice—whatever its form— will be either a laughing stock or a power. It cannot be a power unless it is armed with means to enforce international sentences against re- fractory nations. 14. The idea of a court of jus- tice, even if the court is separated from the league, cannot-avail much unless peoples form an association at whose door they will lay aside, in ap- pearance at least, their sovereign 1 say in appearance for when 1 join any association 1 don’t abandon my independence, but I do add it to the independence of others. ht, 1 question is how will they form n association ‘without committing PRESIDENT INDORSES IRISH RELIEF DRIVE Says America Never Will Be Deaf to Appeals From Suf- ferers. | In a message of sympathy for the movement in America for Irish relief President Harding last night declared the people of America never will be deaf to the call for relief of suffer- ing humanity. The message was sent to Morgan J. O'Brien, chairman of the New York relief committee, in re- sponse to a request made a week ago by a @poup of leaders in this move- ment. F. Edward Mitchell was the | only local member of the group. The President’s communication in- dorsing the movement follows: “I wish you the fullest measure of success not only in the great benefit performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, April 3, but in every worthy effort to make a becoming | contribution on the part of our peo- ple .to relieve distress among the women and children in Ireland. “The people of America never will be deaf to the call for relief in be- FIND INSANE EX-SERVICE NEW PAY SCHEDULE FORU. S. EMPLOYES AIN OF SMooT BILL Senator Simplifies Scheme of Reclassification and Will Ask Quick Action. FEDZRAL EXPERTS HELP IN #'REPARING MEASURE No Lump Sum Salaries or Bonus in Legislation to Be Offered at Opening of Session. A bill for e reclassification -of the employes of the government has been prepared by Ssnator Smoot of Utah, who plans to ifiroduce it at the open- ing of the new session of Congress, and will press for action on it. Senator Smoot is a member of the Senate appropriations committee, which has charge of the proposed reclassifica- tion legislation for the Senate. The Smoot bill, which has been pre- pared with the aid of government ex- perts, will fix new wage standards for all government employes and wi |Place all the employes doing similar work in the same classification. Sal- ary scales, on the whole, will be in- creased under the te’ms of the bill, but wages for several classes of em- ployes may be reduced. End of Lump Sum >ayments. The passage of reclassification legis- lation will put an end to the payment of salaries from lump sum appropria- tions, the salaries being fixed at the will of bureau chiefs, it is the hope of Senator Smoot and other senators in- terested in the matter. It will also put an end to the bonus system, which has been in vogue for several years and which was denounced during the last session of Congress. The bonus was adopted when the war was on, and cost of living was soaring, and Congress did not have time to deal with the subject of reclassification in a comprehensive manner. It was recog- nized at the time as a kind of stopgap, to give the employes much needed relief in an emergency. In drafting the reclassification bill, the increased cost of living, wages paid in private industry for work similar to that done for the govern- ment, and many other factors have been taken into consideration. Besides gi’ing the employes more adequate wages where they are justi- fied, the bill will do away with many injustices due to the fact thateem- | ploves doing similar work, and per- | haps working side by side, are mow | paid different wages. Discrepancies of this kind have been frequent in { many of the departments of the gov- ernment. New Measure Simpl The Smoot bill will be much simpler in form than the reclassification bill drafted by the joint commission on reclassification, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the joint commission, more than a year ago. The Jones bill provided a very large number of olassifications. In the Smoot bill the number of classifica- tions has been greatly reduced. It is expected that the appropria- tions committee, which has disposed of all the annual supply bills for the coming fiscal year, will be able to get to work on the reclassification meas- ure almost immediately. Chairman Warren, Senator Smoot and Senator Curtis of Kansas, all members of the committee, have indicgted that U measure will be advanced as speedily as possible. The details of the Smoot bill will not be made public until the measure is introduced, Senator Smoot said last night. REDS SENTENCE AMERICAN TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON Red Cross Worker Jailed as Retal- iation to United States for Al- - leged Ill Treatment. Capt. Emmet Kilpatrick of Union- higher | MEN LACKING IN CARE |Legion Official Says 400 “Border” | Cases Will Now Get Spe- cial Attention. CHICAGO, March 26.—William R. Mc- Cauley, department commander of the American Legion, in a speech tonight, said that an investigation had shown that there are more than 400 insane former soldiers, over half of “whom are border line cases—men whose normal mental state could be restored by prop- er treatment—now being herded in with the general run of insane patients in the eight state insane hospitals. The speaker declared active steps had been promised at once to remowe the Insane ex-service men from their pres- ent environment and place them in one or two hospitals whgre they will be housed in cottages and receive indi- vidual treatrgent. e MAY SEND LITVINOFF. By the Associated Pre: HELSINGFORS, March 26.—Maxim Litvinoff, chief of the Russian soviet legations abroad, it is reported from Reval, has been selected to succeed Ludwig Martens as Russian soviet envoy in the United States. half of suffering humanity, and the knowledge - of distress in Ireland Martens arrived in Moscow last month from the United States, from town, Ala, Red Cross worker in south Russia, captured by the bol- TORNADD N MINNESOTA CALSE THREE DEATS |Wind, Snow, Rain and Electricaliuon. The report was brousht out Mississippi Valley. shevik forces last fall, .is reported to have been sentenced to twenty | years' imprisonment at hard laber after trial before a soviet tribunal in Moscow, and Red Cross headquar- structions to follow it up have been sent to various European headquar- ters. By the Assoclated Pre Capt. Kilpatrick, while ‘on leave WORTHINGTON, Minn., March|of absence from his regular post of 26.—A tornado, following an all-day | quty, got far forward with the forces rain, swept west and northwest of | of Gen. Wrangel, and was captured here between 6:30 and 7 p.m. today, | when soviet armies started a gem~ killing Dave Anderson, his son and !eral advance. It has been definitely another person at Reading, eight!established that he was taken to miles northwest. on the Roek Island | Moscow and imprisoned there, though road, and practically leveling Rush- | there was no previous report that he | more, eight miles west. on the Omaha | had been formally tried. | road, according to meager details re-| The reports said Kilpatrick was ceived here. All wires are down. {tried in retaliation for alleged con- | demnation of Russian communists | the United States. CHICAGO, March 26.—Storms in the| upper Mississippi valley did much | damage today, and tonight a cola! wave is coming down out of the north, | due to reach the lake region by Eas-| ter Sunday, the weather bureau re.|Who shot Jaelmer Johnson, messenger vorts. | for @ city express company, escaped A gale accompanied a rainstorm in | today after dropping a $5.000 pay roll South Dakota, which turned to snow | Which they had selzed from Johnson. at night, chiefly in the eastern part| Farlier today four bandits held up of the state. In Minnesota thunder-|the paymaster of an engineering firm, storms mingled with blizard. Tele- | and esapeed in a taxicab with a $15,- Many Dwellings Wrecked. BANDITS GET 3_21,500. : CHICAGO, March Five bandits, | makes quick and deep appeal to the | which country he was ordered de-jgraph and telephone wires across|000 pay roil more fortunate of our own land ‘where 80 many of our citizens ‘trace kinship to the Emerald Isle.” o ported by the Washington govern- ment. = 3 Another daylight hold-up netml Nebraska were down most of the day three robbers §6,500. - angd early tonight.