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LOGAL MERGHANT i STUDY 1. S. PRICES | Be Used to Develop Buy- ing Movement. General survey of price conditions in large cities of the country, particur larly retail prices, is to be made by i F Results of General Survey to ] the committee on retail trade of the Chamber of Commerce, of which Isaac Gans in chairman. Mr. Gans said today that letters are being sent out to the trade organiza- tions, asking them for information re- garding prices and of the return of the public to the buying fleld in other com- munities. Prices have returned to a stable con- dition here, Mr. Gans pointed out, but the retail tradé committee will seek, by gathering and publication of facts, 1o point out to the people of the city in a comvincing way that such is the case. and that they should buy now things which they need. ‘When compiled the information will be presented to the public in an order- ly way by taking up each line and showing the conditions as they have been shown to exist through data gath- ered in the survey. Subcommittee Named. Mr. Gans has appointed a subcom- mittee to develop plans for present- ing the information through a pub- licityy campaign. 1t is composed of George S. De Neale, chairman; Julius Lansburgh, Sidney West, H. D. Orms- by. P. B Fletcher. Joseph Dreyfus and 8. L. Nye. This _committee will hold a meeting next Tuesday to for- mulate its plans, and it is expected that there will be on hand some of the information, which the commit- tee is seeking from other cities. Washington is better off than any other community, so far as the re- turn to buying is concerned, accord- ing to a review of the Federal Re- serve Board experts. This city is in district No. 5. and the figures show that the volume of sales in this dis- trict increased 8.6 per cent this month as compared with last month. It is the highest for any district reported by the board, the closest being the Boston_district, with an increase of only 6.5 per cent. The general tendency throughout the country has been toward an in- crease in the buying movement. Seek Fair Price Mood It is the purpose of the committee to convince the public that the time is now ripe for driving out of the voeabularies such words g xcessive prodt “unusuaily high prices” and get them back Into the fair-price mood. which means more huying. Prices now. ac- cording to Mr. Gans, are as stable as they ever will be, particularly in ‘Washington. Figures the reserve board show that net sales increased 5.5 per ceat in Washington during the period from January 1 to date, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, and 8.4 per cent in February, as com- pared with that month last vear. Next week is national prosperity week, and it will be celebrated throughout the country. During the week there will be held here a con- ference looking to the continuation of the educational work of the na- tional prosperity bureau, in which several of the foremost publicists and business interests will participate. VIVIANI STRESSES < MORAL AID OF U. S. oreign relations committee of the 3 this morning. It was ex- that they are en_ friendly ince Senator Lodge esocorted M. ni in the United States Senate 17). when the premier discussed : ar problems confronting the al- §¥iand the need for American sup- ers with whom M. Viviani had Fences today include Secretaries ‘and Mellon. te France Discussed. Problems affecting the collection by of reparations from Qerman: discussed by EA& i wit] 3 'y Gen- George W. Wickersham and oth- u nerican officials after a dinner fhdered the former ppemier last : might by Ambassador Ju&{n E © Bgireviewing the results of the Lon- reparations conference, at which nany refused to meet the demands he' allies, the former ‘French gfzmer was said to have expressed opinion that an ultimate satisfac- tory settlement of the * fons Question, depended largely #n this country’s moral - backing. France, notwithstanding her present economic state. sought no_ material aid from this country, M. Viviani was said to have stated. but believed that the moral assistance of this country was esential to a just settlement of the problems affecting her relations with + Germany. Asks No Remisaion of Debt. ‘The former premier, it was said, en- . @eavored to set at rest all reports that France intended to ask for any j Temission of its debt to the United States. In asserting that France would discharge all financial obliga- tions to this country, he took occa- sion also, it was said, to set at rest any presumption that the official viewpoint of France was represented in any way in the recent contention in the French parliament that a debt was due France by America in un- \ Paid loans dating from the revolu- tionary war. While not desiring to present an j alarmist view of the situation confront- {1ng the Prench republic. M. Viviani, it was said. pointed out in conversation ith certain of those present at the din- Der the depression under which the iFrench people were laboring in the face of many unsolved problems affecting the relations of France with Germany. Offers Barrier to Bolshevism. M. Viviani was said to have pointed out the barrier which France offers to the westward spread of bolshevism and ~in envisaging the possible renewal of a “bolshevik offcnsive this year to have emphasized the hearty approval with which the recent reply of Secretary Hughes to the Russian soviet govern- ment’s invitation to enter upon formal trade arrangements had been received in France. Officials present at the dinner em- phasized that, in his conversation, M. ; Viviani made no suggestion or con- } crete proposal for American aid. It , was sald that he had endeavored { merely to present the situation in which France found herself at the . moment, without offering any sug. i gestion as to the form or moral as- [ sistance which the United States might render. Cites Need of Moral Swpport. He was understood to have stated merely that France could not proceed to the task confronting her without the moral support of the United States, as well as the allied powers. 0 attempt was made by the former French premier, it was said, to enter into 4 discussion of the precise part the United States might take in fu- ture European affairs. So far as was disclosed, the ques- tion of the withdrawal of American iroops from the Rhine or the conclu- sjon of a separate peace between the United States and Germany did not cnter into the conversation. Others present at the dinner last night and with whom the former French premier discussed, in a gen- cral way, the reparations and other problems’ confronting his country, were Vice President Coolidge and Senators Moses of New Hampshire, «apper of Kansas and Pomerene of Ohio. QUITS HIGHWAY COUNCIL. James W. Brooks today resigned from the federal highway council to iecome director of the American high- way educational bureau. The buresu will conduct highway ecducational work along Intensive lines, support- itg the federal aid principle. ]-«n a world-wide organization. Former Awustrian Rulsr Aecording to reports from Vienna, ex-Emperor Charles has voized West Hungary in a desperate efffort to re- #ain his throne. The West Hungarian army is reported o have joimed the former ruler in hix fight. This is a recent portrzit of former Emperor Charles, made duriag his exile. in Switzerland. Regain ‘Fhrone HUNGARY WARNED BY ALLIES AGAINST HAPSBURG RETURN (Continued from JfYrst Pago.) Horthy, the Hungarian regent, has handed over authority to the former emperor, who has lwsen acclaimed sovereign by several garrisons of troops. CHARLES MAY GO TO SPAIN. Spanish Government {3ilent on How He Would Be IReceived. MADRID, April 1.—3ewspaper dis- patches received here declare that former Emperor Charlas may come to Spain from Hungary, but the Spanish government has not received the slightest hint of such an intention on the part of Charles, and has not indi- cated whether the hospitality of the country will be extendesl to him. The cabinet council met at the pal- ace yesterday, but although the mem bers of the body knew of the reports that Charles might come to Spain, the attitude of this country was not dis- cussed, it is decilared. BISHOP URGED THRONE PLOT. Clergyman Insisted Charles Should Return to Hungary. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, April 1.—Bishop Rott of the diocese of Bessprem, was, ag- cording to the best information' ob- tainable here, the preponderating in fluence in. urging former Emperor Charles to attempt to regain the Hua. garian throne. Bishop Rott was In Pranges, Charles’ Swiss refuge, a week ago, to christen the ex-ruler's , new-born daughter. He persuaded the latter to veturn to Hungary immediately, it is alleged, declaring the pro-Haps- burg propaganda could not be effec- tive without the former emperor's presence there. The success of King Constantine of Greece, despite the opposition of the allles, is declared to have been instanced by the bishop. It is alleged also that the anti- Semitic organization, “Awakening Hungary,” had an important share in the plot.’ Its president, Deputy Szm- rechanyi, has been placed under vir- tual arrest. QUIET IN BUDAPEST. French Charge Fails to Confirm Reports of Troop Movements. By the Associated Press. % PARIS, April 1.—The French charge d'affaires in Budapest telegraphed to the foreign office here toddy that he was unable to confirm various press reports of Hungarian troop move- ments, adding that absolute calm pre- vailed in the Hungarian capital. Count Teleky, said the charge's mes- sage, was at present in conference with ex-Emperor Charles, for whom a safe conduct had been demanded of the Austrian government. The foreign office has failed to re- ceive any confirmation of the reports that Charles was heading an army marching upon Budapest. Its latest dispatches declare that calm prevails at Steinamanger, where the ex-emperor now is, except among a certain portion of the troops. Charles, the advices state, is to be taken some distance from the camp to the castle of Prince Batthyani at Kor- mend. to the south of Steinamanger, with Count Teleky accompanying him. COLLEGE WOMEN MERGE TWO ASSOCIATIONS TODAY Collegiate Alumnae Votes to Amalgamate With Southern College Women. The American Association of Uni- versity Women, the first organiza- tion for college women of all parts of the country, came into existence today, when the Association of Col legiate Alumnae voted to amalga- mate with the Southern Association of Colleke Women. Both organizations held their last conventions this week at the Wash- ington Hotel. Mrs. Mary Leal Hark- ness, president of the former south- ern association, delivered the eulogy {during obituary services for the old orgunizations. “It is seldom.” she said, “that a funeral is attended with 'rejoicin But we are looking with joy upon the death of the two organizations and upon the birth of the new one, The future looks bright and points to suc- cess. The only change in the constitution of the Assoclation of Collegiate Alum- nae, which virtually absorbed the southern organization, was in a sece tion providing for the name. It was voted that membership in the general association be not ex- tended to association members of the branches, but only to those fully qualified for active membership. The new organization will number close to 14,000. Every active member becomes a member of the Interna- tional Federation of University Wom- Discussion of the conduct of the national clubhouse occupled the ses- sion of the new organization this afternoon. Tt is expected that a plan for its operation during the coming year will be evolved before adjourn- ment late this afternoon. It was decided at the morning ses- sion to make the convention an an. nu instead of the previous biennial affair. COMMISSION DISSOLVES. PARIS, April 1.—Dissolution of the Austrian section of the allied repara- tions commission has been decided uj by that body, it was learned here, 3 N\ JLLEEN ACQUITTE Harris in Braw! at Cabin John Hotel. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 1.—At ten minutes after 11 o'clock last night the jury in the case of Edward V. Kil- leen of Washington, who was tried in the circuit court here yesterday on an indictment charging him with the murder of Mrs. Deborah A. Harris of Washington, better known as Mrs. Bessie Harris, at Cabin John Bridge Hotel, this county. the evening of January § last, returned a verdict of acquittal. But two ballots were taken by the jury before a decision was reached. ©On'the first eleven voted for acquit- tal and one for manslaughter. When the verdict was announced, Mrs. Killeen, who stood by her hu band from the beginning, threw her arms about her husband and sobbed. He was also embraced by his three sisters, who, with Mrs. Killeen, had sat near him throughout the proceed- ings, and was warmly congratulated by his brothers, who likewise were on hand throughout the trial, and many friends who were in the courtroom. The substance of the testimony was that Killeen and Mrs. Harris were members of different parties which dined at Cabin John Hotel the even- ing of the shooting; that the mem- bers of the two parties struck up an acquaintance during the evening and there was considerable drinking; that about the time preparations were being made to return to the city, Kil- leen and Burnett W. Tanner of Wash- ington, who was of Mrs. Harris' party, became involved in a controversy an that vile language was used. espe- cially by Tanner; that Killeen drew his revolver and that while holding the weapon in the air and just as Mrs. Harris threw herself between the two men the revolver was dis- charged, the bullet plercing the young woman's heart causing instant death. The testimony was concluded at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. when a recess was taken until 5 o'clock last evening. The evening session was devoted to arguments of counsel to the jury. Judge Peter's charge was_brief and the case was given to the jury at 10:25 o'clock. OVERCOME BY MEDICINE TAKEN FOR NERVOUSNESS Evelyn La Rue, Witness in the Kil- leen Trial, Dies at the Emergency Hospital. MRS. EVELYN J. LA RUE. ON MURDER CHARGE Tried for Shooting of Mrs. CARPENTERS END STRIKE dispute with metal workers. The original dispute occurred on a construction job in New Orleans. Work of the Fuller ~company throughout the country was affected. Details of the settlement of the di pute were not available here today. Business Agent Robert Reichard of the Carpenters' District Council re- ceived a telegram today instructing the men to return. “The international settled the con- troversy,” he said. “We have no de- tails here and are doing nothing further than following orders.’ Three chauffeurs employed by the Fuller company were laid off today when they refused to give a hand at placing tiles on the trucks at the freight depot. The chauffeurs con- tended that their positions were as drivers of trucks and that other la- bor should be employed for the load- ing and unloading of material car- ried by them. ey are not mem- bers of a union. Others will be em- ployed in their places. REFUSES PERMITS T0 AUTO DRIVERS these permits. The first few hours of operation under the new svstem demonstrated clearly to members of the trafic bu- reau the need for the restrictions which became effective today. ‘Three persons were turned down for deafness, according to Capt. Albert J. Headley, head of the traffic bureau. Several failed to answer important questions on the traffic regulation: and were told to give them addition: study and apply later. The bureau had under consideration at noon the application of a soldier with one artificial leg. Fifty Applications Approved. It was roughly estimated at noon that fifty applications had been ap- proved. Under the old regulatien, which be- came inoperative this morning, appl cants went direct to the license office on the first floor of the District build- ing and could obtain a permit upon testifying that they had at least twe weeks of experience in driving a car under the care of an experienced op- erator. Under the new system applicants must go first to the traffic bureau on the fifth floor and fill in a blank which is gone over by one of the officers de- tailed there. If the blank shows the applicant to be ecighteen years or older he is then questioned as to his knowledge of the new traffic regulations, whieh take effect tomorrow. May Require Demonstration. Under the new system the trafiic bureau examiner may, if he deems it necessary, require the applicant to give an actual demonstration In oper- ating the automobile. Several dem- ;)nslrations were called for this morn- ng. After the applicant has satisfied the traffic bureau of his ability to drive a machine he is given an order on the superintendent of licenses for a per- mit, which costs $2, and s perpetual. RIDES INTO MAIL TRUCK, BICYCLIST BADLY HURT Nunsio Calabrese, thirty years old, 313 D street southwest, recelved se- vere injuries about 5 o'clock this morning as a result of his bicycle and a United States mail truck col- liding near Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street. Calabrese was carrying a raised umbrella on his way to work, it is stated, when the accident hap- pened. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where Drs. Stibbs and Burke treated him for fractures of the skull, right ankle and lower jawbone. Snow was falllng when the accident hap- pened. Police of the third precinct inyestigated the affair, but did not de- tain Nathan Robbin, 3441 14th street, Evelyn La Rue, one of the witnesses | driver of the truck. Calabrese was for the defense in the trial yesterday at Rockville of Edward V. Killeen, re- turned to this city shortly after the verdict was reported. She registered at the National Hotel, where she be- came suddenly ill. She was uncon- scious when a physician reached the hotel, and she died at Emergency Hos- pital ‘at 2:15 o'clock this morning. Appearance as a witness at the trial. it is stated, resulted in making Mrs. La Rue exceedingly nervous, and she is said to have remarked that she in- tended to take something to relleve her nervousness. When found in her room, desperately ill. according to the police, she said she had taken a dose by mistake. She soon lapsed into unconscious- ness, in which state she died. Death resuited from an attack of acute gas- tritis, due to an irritant, possibly poison, it was developed at an autopsy poison, it was developed at an autopsy told the police she was from Canada, but had resided in a number of cities in the United States. ROBBER TAKES $100. Pistol Used in Hold-Up of Woman Store Owner—Other Thefts. Mrs. Rebecca Wolf. in the grocery business at 526 Kenyon street, was alone in her store about 9:30 o'clock last night, when a young man ap- peared, displayed a revolver and told her he wanted her money. He took more than $100 from the drawer. The police think the man probably is one of two who have committed several similar robberies. The robber was described as being about twenty-two years old, white, medium build and height. He wore a dark suit and a black silk cap. A horse and wagon belonging to Charles E. Morgan disappeared from 11th and B streets yesterday after- noon and later was found abandoned. Eight dozen egES, & sack of potatoes, storm cover and blanket wore stolen from the wagon. Burglars_visited s Piggly Wiggly store at 1506 Sth street Wednesday night. They stole §50 from the cash drawer and a piece of meat. FAVORS ST. MARY’S PLAN. Commissioner Rudolph Indorses Bebuilding Move. Commissioner Rudolph has indorsed the $250,000 campaign to rebuild St. Mary's Industrial School, which is to open Tuesday and continue to April 14. Mr. Rudolph said: am glad to call attention to the proposed mass meeting of our citisens at Carroll Hall, G street between 9th and 10th streets northwest, Monday at 8 p.m., when the active work of rais Industrial School will be planned. am interested in this movement because I know the importance of re- establishing as quickly as possible this institution in proper buildings so that the splendid work can go on, and because of my friendship for the late James Cardinal Gibbons, who was president of the board of trustees of the institution for nearly half a cen- tury, and gave generously of his time and means to build the institution u %o the high plane of usefulness it hag attained when the disastrous con- flagration destroyed the entire plant. “It must be a matter of deep regret to all that the required funds were not raised before the death of the distin- guished and beloved prelate, and I trust the response to the committee’s appeal will be wholehearted and gen- erous. Make it a true memoruf to Cardinal Gibbona.” H sulting from vertigo March 10. Midie L. Nicholson of this city, with whom she lived, and Mrs. Charles A. i ing a fund to help rebuild St Iflryul unconscious when he reached the hos- |- pital. He regained consciousness lat- er, but his condition is critical. Mrs. Eva Coleman, 76 New York avepue, was slightly injured last night asia result of a collision between a tagicab in which she was a passenger and an automobile at Mount Vernon place and 7th street. She waa given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Elwood Edwards, nine years old, 1025 Otis place, was run over by a dirt wagon at Sherman avenue and Morton street yesterday afternoon. One wheel of the vehicle passed over his body, and physicians at Gerfield Hospital say he may be injured in- ternally. The police were told that the boy was pushed from the wagon by a companion. Madeline Washington, colored, sev- enteen years ol@, 1761 Morton stree at Florida avenue and 9th street la: night. She was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, where physicians sald she was not seriously hurt. COUNTERFEIT REVENUE STAMPS BRING ARRESTS Lincezo Grimaldi of Newark, N. J., was arrested at the Union station last night by Prohibition Agent Stephen- son charged with having counterfeit revenue stamps for distilled spirits in his possession. Grimaldi was haled before Commi: sioner Isaac R. Hitt immediately. He made an afMdavit certifying that the stamps were intended for delivery to Joe Berodino of 118 D street. Upon learning thi: Prohibition Agent Stephenson and Precinct Detective Rone of the sixth precinct visited the Berodino house. The result was the arrest of Bero- dino and Michele Muelli, charged with rectifying spirits. A large quantity of alcohol, some caromel coloring, bot- tles, corks, glue, and eight quarts of gin was confiscated. The men appeared for preliminary hearing before Judge Hitt at 2 o'clock today. When proceedings startad It was discovered that they did not speak English and an intorpretor had to be called in to ald in the coanduct of the case. ‘The arrest on possession of allaged counterfeit revenue stamps, it is be- lleved, is the first of its kind to occur in this cily. A number of alleged coun- terfeit Old Taylor yellow labels, with warnings not to counterfeit them printed upon the face, were also selzed. —— MRS. NICHOLSON DEAD. Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson, widow of Walter Lamb Nicholson, for many years toographer of the Post Office Department, died at her home in the Belgrade apartments yesterday in her ninety-first year. She had been in feeble health for a numbdr of years, but death was hastened by a fall re Mrs. Nicholson was a native of Eng- land, but had lived in 2his city for many years. During the civil war she devoted much time to nursing strick- en soldiers in the city. She also gave valued assistance in the conduct of her husband's office. Although crippled by a fall years ago and confined to her rooms, she maintained marked cheerfulnes: She leaves two daughters, Miss By Tranafer e Véaike Bous® ON NEW STAR BUILDING Fifty carpenters employed on the new Star building returned to work at noon‘today, after a three-day strike onfaccount of a jurisdictional More than a dozen applicants for permits to drive automobiles had been turned down up to noon today by the traffic bureau of the police depart- ment under the new system of issuing D. T, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921 “This movement should not be con- tenance-of-way locals in New York, by all tl Roberts Considered in Rules, general Says Lauck. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, 11, April 1.—National More lations for the preservation of human |invited standards in the railroad industry by [leaders ‘W. Jett Lauck, consulting economist for the rallway unions, before the Legal opinions, industrial commis- |New York district and the territory |of the forthcoming session. Three sion reports, executive hearings and |extending as far north as Hartford. said. “This action has been approved running into New York and its tide- waters,” he said. Men Invited to Parley. local unions afliated with the six- teen international amd national rail- agreements werc declared to be regU- |road workers' organizations have been | government's surplus revenues lo|t0 cor e Now, e raeat oAt | the work of drafiink estimates for | various enunciations af policy. This points in the country and includes all [the program which will be submitted | :111 1“‘;|o’;|h':\l“;‘::|h'j“g:l"\il,;‘ of‘ml:n-. Railroad Labor Board today. the organized workers in the Greater [to Congress soon after the convening #0Cia e he national officials in charge Human Standards Should Be |7, the work in tnis districe nclud- | plan Modified Program to Re- | Presidential Postmasters to and G. V. Planten and all chairmen of the several roadz | figve Single Shifts and | Discuss Means of Bettering Basement Classes. | National Service. With the Commisisoners on record Presidential postmasters of the as favoring the use of the District Ration than 300 representatives of ill conveme here during July der ways and means to bet- to attend a conference, umion |finance a school building project, | ter the postal service, ss called for said. school officials next week will begin By Postmaster Genesal Hays in his ters in the National Capital for sev- eral years. and will bring here scores i g one call of the first, second an® third class economists’ writings were cited to and as far webt as Pailiips. | building programs, onc calling for an how the importance of taking human standards into consideration in fram- ing working rules in industry. “The question of reasomableness of [Jersey, national rules,” Mr. Lauck said, “in- |toD. FPal volves certain fundamental consider- | Points. ations as to the purpose of industry | Brooklyn. in general. The railroad industry, in- sofar as it affects human life, is a part of the country’'s entire industry. Argues for Human Life. A. H. Mr. Lauck explained his application | right or propriety” of the executive|will not approve of an appropriation of broad industrial conditions to the |committ rallroad industry, arguing that it was |os Owners of Rallroad Securities to more important to conserve human life than to conserve capital. He traced the development of judicial|gtl O recognition of child labor. healthful 4 working conditions, old age pensions, | 4ificulti s takes in railroad employes another for about $3.000.000 and tRe | gyed shortly by President Porest Jersey City. Hoboken, Newark, Tren- | 1ast. which C 1 ounces that . . f:,"‘m‘a;'";:nd‘":;‘( A ates “the|of the school concede that Congress|Peink held here at the seat of go invite heads of the “big four” rail- L road brotherhoods 1o a broposed con. | the estimates for the new building | 11 Nere Monday. and fhe conven- .. and eastern Pennsylvania, | aPPropriation of at least $5,000000, | POSIMmasters of the country Call for the meeting is to be is- said to take $10,000.000 | May, mlm:x;r at 'l‘u)‘!m:. homo. ;m! e . | Postmaster Sikes of Harrisburg. Pa. were drafted by school| (0 Pl ®0r the organization. terson. Easton. Loug Island |40 carry ou all of New York city and, authorities last year. The latter has| gl never been presented lo the city heads ., convention has the approval nor made public, and probably will|or Postmaster General Hays, espe- not be, due to the fact that officials |cially in relation to the meeting Speaks for Big Four. Smith, president of the New ernment i The new Postmaster General will ee of the National Associatidbn |, $10,000,000 for the schools. get a chance to meet the postmas- in scl cies that | ters of nine of the largest cities in K& is helieved fn school circlcy that } Sous O bins ‘v Che CSUELL SRS S8 c full op- to discuss the railroad labor | program, which will be a modified { tion in July will give him es. form of either the $5000,000 or $3.- [ Portunity to SAlk face to face with tmasters of all the large cities i Letters setting forth his stand were | 000.000 project, will call for between | POS! J 1 : :::nr:-:d(s ::b:r: ::.':i‘ia\::‘tlzza;hn';‘fl;: sent today to Warren S. Stone, W. (%' | $3,000,000 and’ 34,000,000. This pro- |3Nd towns of the country. their recognition also should be given |Lee, L. to national agreements on railroads, | chiefs o S At the July convention various prob- E. Sheppard, W. S. Carter.}gram will include only the most ur- nds of ¢ the brotherhoods and to S.|gent needs of the schools, it is|l€MS NOW uppermost in the minds s of the postal admimistration because such conditions were also|Davies Warfield, president of the se- [ stated, which are set by school |Officials of the postal admi fundamental to the principles of na- |curities association, which announced | authorities as a sufficient number of | Will be discussed. Foremost among i these is the matter of welfare of tional rules. esterday the proposed conference [ additional rooms to eliminate the ¢ i eltare of Boards of adjustment, about which i-m.u heyheld in New York April 4. | part-time classes and to remove | Postal employes, of whom e much of the testimony of high rall- way executives centered at the hear- explained in an exhibit presented by {028 int Mr. Lauck, who declared the trans- { {¥Stems portation act made appointment of | ViIAT0. such boards mandatory. No such \ boards have been mamed since the non | Clark, chairman of the Interstate| (ne affairs of the District, it Is said, | Sidered, although it is firmly expected Would Comnolidate Roada ing several weeks ago, were again| COnsolidation of the country's rail-| greatest. No request will be made, | classes from basement rooms in |300,000 throughout the country buildings where overcrowding is the Features to Be Comsidered. « employes' restaurants. rest o a limited number of larger | it is understood. for extra rooms, so, MOT¢ cmPloves' restauraitt toT was advocated by Daniel | inat the flimsy portable bufldings can | T0OMS. recreation features and oty president of the Baltimore | e abandoned. ways and means of improvink ine lo railroad, and Bdgar E.!”Memuers of Congress interested in |morale o was passed, the law providing for | COmmerce Commission. at a dinner | ure “seriously considering plans to]that the ground work for such in- their establishment by mutual agree- ment. Mr. Lauck places the blame for their non-establishment on the & i - X \! fore of the Railway Business Association | pive ~ Washington the best public |stallations will have been laid bef: here last night. The work of the|s.hgol system in the United States.|the meeting of the postmasters. Car- Railroaq Labor Board before the rail- | Thejr aim is to make the schools here |rying out the various features, how - Tailroads. roads were taken over by the EOV- | pnodels for the nation. In fact, vir- | ever, will rest with the individual The records and data of the exhibit were intended to show that Congress | Willard ernment showed the success of that|iya)ly all the new members of the plan under private ownership, Mr. postmasters of the country, who must oot Toe "board. was | House have pledged themselves tolgee to it that whatever general wel- - y the Post- intended the establishment and func- | composed of five railroad presidents ) Use all their influence to get a Dro-lfare reforms are ordered by the tioning of such boards. and inereased railroad trafic by 127,- | ET3m through the legislative body tions on American rallroads prior to|_ The 1917, with especial reference to the | SOMdatl Pennsylvania railroad, was introduced to show, Mr.. Lauck said, that the|Which every reasonable degree of compet: railroads had consistently fought ma- | gorioq - tional agreements and collective bar- gaining. His testimony was infer-|tion of rupted by G. W. W. Hanger. public | date." member of the board, acting as chair- man, who polnted out that such his- PENNSY MEN REJECT. tory had little bearing on the ques- tion before the board. The transpor-| PITTSBURGH. April 1.—The first of gin Islands. tation act. Mr. Hanger said, clearly |a series provided for the appearance of either | exccutives of the Pennsylvania Rail-| PARIS ISLAND, S. C.. April 1.—The party to a dispute before the board. |road Company and representatives of { marine planes, en route to Virgin Is- The act's intent, he said, was to es- |employes ended late vesterday, when |lands, are still at Parris Island Ma- tablish reasonable rules based on|the delegates named to present the | rime Field, where they landed yester- present conditions, disposing of the|case of employes’ claim that abrogation of the existing agreements would plunge d them into the pre-war conditions with | ror o ranging wxg:hc;r';‘e;e‘vi;;e‘;i‘i fi:%ifl‘::flén testi. | committee of gemeral managers of WANTS MORE BRANCHES. the road, in charge of the conference, 2 that the workers in ques- '3 the ‘board adjourned until Monday, |SuEBested p Dr. Bowerman Urges Extension of when several more railway e"c‘g_ tion accept the cut. Representatives tives are scheduled to appear on the |Of the men held a separate meeting Library’s Usefulness. mony and presentation of his exhibits, witness stand. late in inter the to Settle Whole Problem. ployes last night lald a proposal before | the tWe! President Harding for a conference be- | . tween labor and the railroads in an at- Izmls‘ to settle (l;e whole transportation problem now.confronting the country as far as labor is concerned. i In a telegram signed by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes' do- partment of the American Federation of Labor, the chief executive was asked fo call a conference between the railway = executives and the labor unions “to un. | g dertake to compose the differences on all points in dispute.” Mr. Jewell declared the unions had “every faith” that such a conference would be “productive of immediate salutary results. Charges and counter charges of threats and intimidation were tossed back and forth by representatives of St. Louis and Southwestern railroad and the roads before the Railroad La- bor Board. Alleged violations of the board's wage decision and the transportation | act met denial from the carrier, which contended that in employing men on individual contract, regardless of the | terms of the wage decision, the road g was acting within its rights. Severa] hundred affidavits presented | by J. C. Smock, vice president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Laborers, declared that the sign- |= ers had been compelled to sign con- |== tracts to work at lower wagcs or] longer hours under threat of losing their jobs. W. A. Webb of Tyler, Tex., general manager for the road, immediately | asked permission from the board to fle other aflidavits, which, he said, would say that the union affidavits were secured by coercion and threats that the employes “would g0 to the penitentiary for violation of the transportation act if they didn't sign.” Henry T. Hunt. acting chairman for R. M. Barton, who is in Washington conferring with President Harding on the railroad situation, gave per- ! mission to file the documents. APPEAL TO RAIL HEADS. Lake Dockmen and Mine Operators Take I. C. C.’s Advice. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1.—Act- ing on the suggestion of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, 200 dock operators from the northwest and mine operators from every district | = in the eastern soft coal fleld at a| conference here decided to appeal to | the presidents of eight eastern rail- roads for readjustment of freight rates on coal to lower lake ports to stimulate the movement of bitumi- | nous coal from the castern fields to | the northwest. Movement of coal from the eastern flelds to the northwest has been prac. tically suspended because of a handi- cap of 58 cents a ton in competition with the Illinols field, it was con- tended. The eastern roads will be asked to readjust their rates to abe sorb part of this handicap, the re- mainder to be handled by northwest- ern roads moving the coal from north- ‘west lake ports. Previous conferences with traffic ex. ecutives of the roads resulted in their refusing to make any adjustment, it was reported at the conference. The railroads involved are the Penn- sylvania, New York Central, Erie, Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk ~and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio, Hock- ing Valley and Wheeling and Lake Erle. BIG MEETING ON SUNDAY. ‘Workers Plan Amalgamation of All Local Unions. NEW YORK. April 1.—Representa- tives of approximately 175,000 organ- ized rallway workers in this district will meet here next Sunday to con- sider plans for amalgamation of all local railroad union organizations into one central body for “offensive and defensive purposes,” to be known as the New York Raliroad District Council. This announcement was rrade here b{ officials of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way Employes ang Railroad S8hop Laborers, which is pro- moting the movement. They said that the amalgamation was planned for the purpose of promoting “a better understanding and closer co-opera- tion among the many local unions of 'E4 APR 6~ 13 Refers to Pennsy. 000,000,000-ton _miles over the trafiic A lengthy history of industrial rela- | C8fTied tWo years previous, he added. Somer "ot {nrzee systems. |under |MARINE FLYERS TO LEAVE were possible to hope for consumma- and structures and unskilled forcesltlme today. cided, on behalf of the employes, t6| Dr- Genrbzl'l P‘i‘gowerm, n::lu:. RAIL ARLEY. reject the proposed reduction. This!of the Public Library, appea: e- NENASEE ¥ refusal automatically threw the case|fore the special committee on library of the Washington Chamber of Com- Proposal Is Laid Before President |Railrozd Labor Board. W. 8. Burrell of Chicago, chairman |3iq of the committee in enlarging the of the wage bureau of the road, pre- [number of branch libraries through- CHICAGO, April 1.—Railroad em- |Sented the company’s proposition tolout the District. M. A. Leese, chair- opening our new store—everything reduced. G ral are put into effect at Which will remedy the conditions | tee wast offe h it offices. now existing in the school system. e o The question of proper safeguard- e ea ing of the mails probably will be an oot the rouds into-a hn:muo{ discussion at the conventior here. “This a matter in which the new administration is vitally m}rr- ested. Already the Po-qnuter Gen- eral has authorized various eawards PARIS ISLAND TODAY Aviators Landed There Late Yes- terday on Way to the Vir- ion “of service will be pri said Mr. Clark. “I wish it for the conviction of persons robbing the United States mails. Much can be done, it is lizsed, to make the 'Iln- dling of mails more robber-proof. so that there will be as little as possible need for offering awards. that purpose at an early of wage conferences between CONFERENCE ON MONDAY. Postmaster General Hays Sets Date to Meet City Postmasters. First of the conferences. of d!yl stmasters with Postmaster Geperal lp-lolyl will be held Monday at the de- partment. City Postmasters of Wash- ington, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Boston and Cleve- land will attend. Otto Praegar of San Antonio, Tex., second assistant postmaster gemeral. has resigned, it is announced, and will vacate the office tomorrow. His successor has not been named, Post- master General ‘H:z‘ll said, in an- n cing the resig: lon. "Rnu"berl‘ M. Alshton of Pasadena, Calif., has been urged for the posi- tion, 35,000 maintenance of way|day afternoon. They will leave some to accept a,wage reduction from 16 to 25 per cent. 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