Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and warmer today Tow. ‘Temperature for twenty-fciir hours Highest, 61, at 2 p.m. today: lowest. 32, at 6 am. to- ended at 2 p.m. today: day. Full report on page 7, and tomor- , Part 1. Closing New York 'Stocks son5° > —_—————————————————— No. 28,097. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, DC. ERECTION OF STATE BUILDINGS IN D. . -~ AGAIN PROPOSED Chairman Harper Issues Call for Various Societies to Take Up Old Plan. CONGRESS MAY BE ASKED T0 SET ASIDE BIG PLAT Site Across Potomac Near Highway Bridge Suggested for Erection of Forty-Eight Structures. Revival of the pre-war proposal for | erection in Washington of permanent state buildings is expected to grow | out of a meeting of presidents of state | societies and other zens of the! ecapital, to be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms next Wednesday evening. Robert N. Harper. former president of the chamber. today issued the call for the meeting. The presidents of twenty-five state societies have been invited. Mr. Harper is chairman of a perma- rent states exposition committee which was formed eight years ago. at the time of the first inauguration of former President Wilson. The war _ came on and upset the plans which ¢ were formulated at that time. Plan to Be Worked Out. Now it is proposed to effect 2 Strong | working organization and take up the | matter in determined rashion. Effort will be made to brtmg a workable plan to the attention of Congress at | the special session, if possible. There have been numerous confer- ences during the past few months be- tween Mr. Harper, Mrs. John B. Hen- derson and others interested in the project. It is believed conditions as to the building trades have sufficient-| Iy approached a normal basis to jus-{ tify the renewing of agitation for this HOUSE WILL CONDUCT SCHOOL TO INSTRUCT 121 NEW MEMBERS There s to be a school for new members of Congress mext Friday night at § o'clock in the caucys room of the House office building. 1 i Because in the incoming extra session there will be a record- breaking number of new members, Williamm Tyler Page, clerk of the House, has invited each one of the new members, including 92 r | | publicans. 27 democrats, 1 socialist and the delegate from Alaska to a sy sium_at which the rules, prac and mode of procedure in the House will be explained. The Speaker and other House of- ficers, including the legislative steering committee, will attend, so that the new members can get ac- quainted with each other and with the House officers. Any question that any new mem- ay care to ask which will be | helpful to him in performing his duties as a member of Congress 1 be answered by Mr. Page, who s been an employe of Congr for nearly two score year: This is the first time any such symposium has been held. The idea originated with Mr. Page, be- cause he had received many let- ters of inquiry from new mem- bers, and he thought that their 2 difficulty could be explained aw much better than in any other wa It has the hearty approval o Speaker Gillett and other House officers. 2 i | PRESIDENT'S KIN 10 RULE PRISONS Brother-in-Law to Mr. Hard- ing Appointed Superintend- ent of U. S. Institutions. Rev. Dr. Heber Votaw of Takoma Park, Md., brother-in-law to Presi- dent Harding, today was appointed by the Attorney General as superintend- ent of United States prisons, with headquarters in this city. Announce- ment to this effect was madé at the Department of Justice, and at the big development program, in_which every state will have a hand. Two or! three years, at least. will be required! for the _preliminary ‘work, it is thought. ® = In a general way, the plan is to aski Congress to set aside a tract of not| less than 200 acres_on which the pro-| posed forty-eight state buildings masy | be erected. This site would be select ed under the direction of a national; committee to be appointed and the Fine Arts Commission. The cost of erecting the buildings would be borne by the several states. Site Across Potomac Suggested. Mrs. Henderson is understood to bhave suggested as a site the Agri- culture Department's experimental grounds across the Potomac river, not | far from the Highway bridge. It is pointed out Congress could donate this ground, which would make an appropriation unnecessary. The build- | ings. with a central t lighting plant, would constitute al- most a city within themselves. It is assumed the states wonld draw upon their own resources of raw ma- terials in erecting the buildings to represent them. Tennessee. for exam- ple, might employ Tennessee marble and Vermont, no doubt. would use Vermont granite. California, it is as- sumed. would draw heavily upon her redwood. P Many states showed their interest { | in the exposition project by sending |served in a similar capacity in Sen- School board to ascertain about how delegates to the exposition meetingator Willis' office, more for the pur-|much money will held eight years ago. which was pre- sided over by Mr. Harper. One or two governors and several .members of Congress attended this meeting: Mr. Harper said today that he had attempted to get the name of every president of a state society in Wash- ington, and that if any organization had been overlooked it was extended a general invitation 1o have a dele- gate present at Wednesday's meet- ing. Letter to Socleties. The letter sent out by Mr. Harper 18 as follows: { “The subject of erecting in this 4 city a state building for each of the forty-eight states has been occupy- ing the attention of many citizens of this city. as well as those from the states. for many years. ! “Belief that such buildings will be | of inestimable value to the state, as! well as to the nation at large, has caused me to look into the matter seriously and discuss it with many persons who look upon it as a move in the right direction. ““The educational and commercial val- e to the country at large, and par- ticularly to the state itseif, can be only faintly imagined when the natural resources as well as its manufacturing and agricultural developments are prop- erly housed and displayed in a building at the nation's capital—built and owned by the state—where the people of the world at slight inconvenince pass upon each state’s resources. Expects to Take Steps. “Believing this subject 1o be of such material importance has persuaded me . 10 call a meeting of a substantial rep. resentation of several states for the purpose of discussing the subject in greater_detail. with the object in view of building up a substantial termined organization for the pur, of inducing Congress and the states to 1 | i i | {ment is dated from April 6, and he and de- | same time it was stated that Denver S. Dickerson of Nevada. whom De. Votaw_succeeds. goes out of office on April 5 and that Dr. Votaw’s appoint- will be sworn in on that date. This is not a presidential appoint- ment, and it comes under the imme- diate direction of the Department of Justice. The salary is $4,000 a year, nd Dr. Votaw is looked upén as espe- cially qualified for the duties involved because of his long experience in mis- sionary and religious work and be ause of his actiyities i Shung of i s in the interes Former Missionary. H Dr. Votaw, who is forty-five years | old, for twelve years was a missionary | to India. He is a native of Ohio, | and married President Harding's sis. ter twenty -years ago. He came to| Washington “shortly after Mr. Hard- | ing's election to the Senate. He has, t | heating and, since made his home at Takoma’ building project Park, where he has been active in | Seventh-Day Adventist work, and | Hen | da | the. city's Jeading bullders. WASHINGTON, D. C, S ¢ Zhening SATURDAY, APRIL &) -y 1921-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. BIDS FORTWONEW SCHOOL ADDITIONS Sixteen Rooms Will Be Added at Wheatley and Cooke, , Crowded Buildings. FIGURES LIKELY TO GIVE REDUCED BASIS OF COST New Program of Building Projects | to Be Prepared Soon, Based on Surplus Revenues. Bids for the construction of addi- tions to the Samuel G. Wheatley and D. Cooke schools will be ked for soon, it was indicated to- ¢ by Engineer Commissioner Kutz. Funds for- this work. which are available now, were granted in a special provision in the Distrist ap- propriation bill for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. Twelve rooms will be added to the Wheatley School at a cost not tosex- ceed $250.000. Congress, however, al- lowed only $150,000 to begin work on this addition. A flat appropriation of $90,000 wa¥] granted for a four-room annex to the Cooke School, which Commission- er Kutz believes will be completed by the beginning of the new. term ‘in September. Portable Buildings in Use. Both of these schools are among the most congested in the school sys- tem. Four flimsy portable buildings are now in use at the Wheatley School,” which is at Montello avenue and Neal street northeast, to relieve overcrowded condition. -+ The ~Cooke School, on 17th street between Euclid and Fuller streets, is employing two of the portables to accommodate its heavy enrollment. Bids submitted by contractors for the building of these additions will be used as a gauge by the Commis- sioners in determining the probable cost of the school building program to be submitted to Congress'at the forthcoming session. Commissioner Kutz is of the opinion that building costs in Washington are approximately 30 per cent lower than last year. His belief is based | on general observations and im-| promptu conferences with séveral of | The Engineer Commissioner stated that last night he talked with one of} Washington's prominent building con- | structors, and learned that an apart. ment which cost in the neighborhood of $12,000 to erect last year can be built at present for about $8,000. The decline in cost, according to the Com- missioner's informant, is not attrib-{ uted to any great decrease in building | material prices, but increased efficiency on the part of building tradesmen. Therefore, in drafting the new school the Commissioners and school officials will have to base their estimates on a scale somewhat TOBEASKEDSOON SURVEY SHOWS D.C. 1 i | | | BEHIND IN HOUSING 74,000 Dwellings and 3,000 Apartments and Flats. Many Auto Owners. The population of Washington is housed in 74,000 dwellings and 3,000 apartment houses and flats, accord- ing to a survey completed today by William P. Richards, District asses- sor. ; = The assessor was not able to com- pile any data as to the number of families that are quartered in the apagtments and flats, *but a further analysis of the figures gathered by Mr. Richards would throw interesting light on the question of to what ex- tent the District is behind in housing facilities. The latest census figures give the population of Washington as 437,571 SOf the total number of dwellinge found by Mr. Richards in examining where at times he has served as min- | lower than last year, when it was! his reccrds, 56,000 are brick and 18.- ister and Jecturer. He is one of the | lecturers fnd instructors at the Sev- | enth Day Adventist College, Takoma | Park. He became broken in health ; veral years ago and was unable to | assume ‘his foreign missionary work, | and at various times he served in a | clerical capacity in Senator Harding's | office at the Capitol. Lately he ha: pose of familiarizing the senator from Ohio with the details. ‘ 15,000 MADE HOMELESS | BY BIG FIRE IN MANILA | | Most Dfltnlgfive Blaze Philippine City Has Had in 20 Years Razes 3,000 Houses. By the Associated Press. H MANILA, P. L. -April 2.—Fifteen | thousand persons were rendered home- | less by a fire last night, the most de- Structive here in more than uvemy! years, which destroyed 3,000 houses in | the northern section of the city, a na- | tive quarter known as the San Lazafo district. Two bodies were found to- day in the ruins. MARINE PLANES AT MIAMI. Reach Florida en Washington. Virgin Islands Flight. MIAMI, Fla., April 2.—Marine Corps planes, flying from Washington | i | | -to- Ito the Virgin Islands landed at Cur- | tiss Field, Miami, at 11:30 o’clock this morning. They will resume their flight Sunday morning at 7 o'clock, Key West to be the next stop. TRAIL WOMAN SLAYER.. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aphil 2.— Thirty police officers, with blood- | take proper and prompt steps to make the project a practical realization. therefore take the liberty of re- questing you to attend a meeting called for this purpose to be held at the rooms of the Washington Chamber of Com- h merce, Homer streets northwest, Wednesday, April 6. building, at 8 1 o and G ock p.m. hounds, today were endeavoring to | trail a man who last night shot and killed Miss Alice Byxbee of Fresno, | Calif., while she was passing through a ipark on hér way to a party. A com- { panion, Miss Virginia Thompson, said {the man rushed from a clump of {bushes, erving: “I am a lovesick iman; I could kill both of you!" " DIGEST OF NEW TRAFFIC RULES WHICH DRIVERS MUST OBSERVE! Here are the important sections in the new t regulations, which sbecame effective today In case af accident, driver shall re- vort details immediately (o nearest police station. Drivers not having in their posses. sion operators’ permits from u stat having reciprocity relations with the District shall obtain a iocal permit. Tourists or non-residents must register with the traffic burcau with in three days after entering the Dis- trict. t intersections proaching from the the right of way. New System of Signals. A driver intending to turn left shall < the vehicle ap- right shall have extend arm in hozitontal position and slow down. A driver intending to turn right shall draw near curb and extend arm with forearm raised at rfght angle. A driver intending to stop shall e tend arm and ve it up and down in vertical direction. Within the congested section driver shall turn his vehicle about between intersecting streets unless * turn can be made without backing. The use of a spotlight within the fire limits is prohibited. Blinding no headlights forbidden at all time Trucks with carrying cap one ton or more are restricted to the following speed limits: Twelve miles an hour between streets; eight miles an hour across streets, around corners or over any wooden brid an hour into or out of alleys, Motor vehicles other than trucks as described above are restricted~to the following speed limits: Eighteen miles an hour between streets: twelve miles an hour across streets. around corners or over any wooden brilge; six miles an hour into or out of alleys: twenty- two s an hour hi outsid ' tor interse m ghw cre wr between highways One-Way Traffic Streets. of parks re than two hou! ion or connec ortions of where s ¥ strect northwest. between 7th and (Continucd on Page 2, Column 6. o of | i six miles ! | ¥ street northwest, between 13th| and 14th strects, immediately north |of and intersccting with Pennsylvanin | javenue, to be used for westbound traflic only. streef northwest, between 13th fand 13% streets, immediately south of and intersecting h Pennsylvania avenue, to be used for eastbound traffic only. estimated that over $5,000, needed to carry out the program fram- ed by the board of education, calling for 183 additional classrooms. Golng Over Old Estimates. Assistant Engineer Commissioner Maj. Carcy H. Brown today is going over the last year’s estimates of the be necessary to provide the additional echools re- quested on the lower cost scale. As soon as Maj. ‘Brown completes his task steps will be taken to draft tentative the new school buildin, 000 was| 000 frame. Of the 3,000 apartments and flats, 1,000 are of the large mod- ern type. 529 Office Buildings. The survey of the assessor dis- closes that there are 529’ office build- ings in the District. Steady increase in the possession of automobiles by residents of Washing- ton s evidenced by the fact that the asgessor found 11,000 garages and stables. Although - these two are grouped together, the number of buildings still used as stables is Tom l program. By tHat time Supt. of Schools Ballou and. Asst. Supt. Kramer will have returned from a | brief, Easter vacation and will co- |at the present time. operdte witn the Commissioners in the work, which is likely to be un- dertaken early next week. Commissioner Kutz today expressed himself in favor of using the Dis- trict government's surplus revenues, | amounting to nearly $4,500,000. toi carry out the school building program. | Commissioners Oyster and Rudolph | alréady have indorsed the use of these | funds for such purpose. Consequent- | ly, the inference drawn is that whe the estimates for the school building project are submitted to C request will be made by the Commis- | sioners that legislation be enacted | permitting the use of the surplus rev- enues to finance it. - Commissioner Kutz, however, be.' Heves that Congress should appro- priate an additional amounf equal to | | the surplus, because the District's ur. | { used funds, now in the Treasury. were collected under the half-and-half sys. | tem of taxation. - Today’s News | in Paragraphs | President Hardiny 1 ‘ongress, a | e g's brother-in-law appointed superintendent of l?nue‘; States prisons. Page 1 “ommissioner Kutz holds sign ti law is greatly abused. ' Page S | Administration officials state ¢ U. S, holds-that Germany must aders her responsibility for war and pay her obligations to the extent, possibie. Page 2 prospective am- Britain, confers Col. George Harvey, bagsador to Great with the President. Page. 2 National Coal Association officers ob-. tained a temporary restraining order preventing removal to Indianapolis to face conspiracy indictment. Page, 2 Gen. Mitchell explains why air service is supreme. Page 3 | Six mines flooded when British miners | strike. Page 3 Howard players give weird pi: Eelasco. Pare 3 | Committee on amendments to league of nations covenant will meet - in Geneva Wednesday. Page 3 Several change§ made in British cab net shake-yp. Page 3 te canmittee on ce ports assignments of regublican members subject to rule E change. > Page 3 Williams will deny ordering negroes | drowned in peonage case. Page 3| Cabinet reviews transportation tangles. Page 4 Milk wagon driver dies after crash with motor car. A Page 4 i 1.826; fiscal 21 ofimittees re- lourteen new paratively small. These several figures give a total of 88,529 structures in Washington When the zoning commission was laying the city off for building pur- poses last summer it fcund eighty- nipe hotels operating in the city and sixty-nine theators. 75.000 Meters Installed. To check up on his estimate of the total number of buildings, Mr. Rich- ards learned from the water depart- ment that it has 75,000 meters in- stalleq and that this represents 85 per cent of the total number of places to_be metered. { These water department figures correspond with Mr. Richards' fig- ! ures. | Records at the District building show thaty since July 1, 1916, to date approximditely 10,000 structures of all kinds have been erected in the Dis- trict. They are divided as follows: Fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, year 1918, 1,306; fiscal year 1919, 1,856; fiscal year 1920, 3.- 351, and about 2,000 estimated for the current fiscal year. NORWEGIAN COMMISSION SAILS FOR THIS COUNTRY i Coming to Adjust $14,000,000 Claim for Ships Requisitioned by U. 8. During War. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, April Members of the special commission appointed by the government to go to Washington for the purpose of reaching a settlement of the Nor- wegian claim of $14,000,000 for ships requisitioned during the war have left for the United States. The dele- gation . will endeavor to secure an adjustment of the matter through the arbitration court. i Several .vessels upon- which Nor- wegian owners had already paid nearly the entire cost were taken i { | over by the United States govern- ment four years ago, and since that time have been sailing under the American flag. Norwegian owners of thé ships have not received payment of either capital or interest. New clews found In Wall street-bomb explosion inquiry. Page 4 Russia will seek, U. S. trade despite note from Secrefary Hughes.’ Page 5 | President Harding proud of picking Col Harding as ambassador to Britain. Page 7 Anti-bolshevists at Viadivostok lose when Japan intervenes. Page 8 e Geddes ~refoinder on Irish questi flayed by Walsh. Puse 5 11,600,000 gallons of liquor yearly must satisfy Chicagoans. Page 8 erans comirg here may be aided by | legion Page 12 D. C. Rifle Association declares for | stringent gun-toting law, but notes nceded exceptions. age 12 - ing of mystery, love and ad man who found peace times R Spanish Prince Turns to Hoe and Cultivates Vegetables for Poor By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 2—Prince Al- fonxo, whoxe hand one day prob- ably will sway the @&panish soepter, is now deeply engrossed in wielding a hoe in a garde He i devoting to the cultiv: tion of vegetablex every hour he can wpare from his studies and military duties, Inboring under the direction of the gardeners at the royal palace. The prod- uce of hin garden is finding itx way to kitchens for Madrid, which are der the patronage of Queen Victoria. | ‘The garden tilled by the royal gardener is located on a plece of lund on King Alfonso’s coun- try lodge at Caxa Del Campo, di- rectly across the Ma res river from the royal palace. MYSTERY SHROUDS “SLAYING OF PRIEST Detroit_ Authorities Suspect Person Familiar With His Household.. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 2—The identity of the person who shot and killed the Rev. Leo Jarecki, rector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, at Wyandotte, near here, last night, and the assailant's motive remained shrouded in mystery early today. Au- thorities had established, however, that a person familiar with —the priest’s household was implicated in the act. Father Jarecki was at the rectory s mother, 2 jwith his housekeeper. when he an- swered a ring at the door and was shot down, his assailant fleeing in an automobile. Authorities were told by the house- keeper that just before the priest was summoned. there had been a knock at the door of her apartment, in another part of the house. This oflicers believe, was an attempt to make sure the priest answered the fromt door, and showed that the as- sassin knew the habits of the house- hold. Called on Telephone. Earlier in the evening an unidenti- fied person called Father Jarecki on the telephone, made an appointment with him, and was given directions by the priest by which to find the rectory. Several boys told ‘the authorities they had observed a small automobile driven aimlessly about the neighbor- hood early in the evening, but they were unable to describe the occupants of the machine. Father Jarecki was born in Naklo, Poland, in 1876. He was ordained in Rome in 1900, and immediately came | to Detroit and became a member of the faculty of the Polish seminary at Orchard Lake. having been educated specially for the chair of philosophy. He had just completed a text book on the subject for use in all Catholic universities of the United States. ADMITS BOND DISPOSAL. Chauffeur Says He Disposed of $466,000 Worth in Washington. IAugusu Victoria Rallies, But Doc- 1 NEW YORK, April 2.—Peter J. Duffy, a chauffeur, has confessed, District At- torney Lewis announced today, to dis- posing in Washington of liberty bonds valued at $466,000, which were stolen \from Kean, Taylor & Co. here last No- vember. Duffy - and James Carroll, another chauffeur, are being held in $20,000 bail seach,as material witnesses. “Bull-Dog Drummond” Begins in Monday’s Star This story, by Cyril McNeile (Sapper), is one of the best novels in many a day—filled to the brim with thrills and interesting to the very last word. There is a blend- dventure, and the hero is a dull until— You cannot afford to' miss this story. So Order Your Copy of The Star Today. PROFESSOR SLAYS DEAN, KILLS SELF Syracuse Official Shot to Death Following Dismissal of Faculty Member. By the Associated Press. SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 2—J. Her- Business Administration, Syracuse University, was shot and killed by Holmes Beckwith, professor of finan- cial and insurance subjects in the col- lege, this morning. Beckwith then turned the gun on himself and com- mitted guicide. ;2 The shooting occurred in the office | of the school of administration, in the college of agricuiture building, the new half-million-dollar structure do- nated to the university by Mrs. Ru: sell Sage emory 'of her fath Toseph Slochm? and mancca for nim Prof. Beckwith had been unpopular with the students, it was said, and the student body asking for his re- mioval 5 In a statement issued soon after the shooting, ~Chaneellor Day declared Wharton died trying to prevent Prof. Beckwith from committing suicide. ‘This was indicated in a note left for Dean Wharton by Prof. Beckwith,” said the chancellor, “in which he in- timated that he was going to Kill himself, and referred to alleged un- just treatment of himself based on the fact that he had been dismissed, the dismissal to take effect at the end of the year. Dean Wharton's chair, a stout one, was broken. He evidently leaped from it when Beckwith tried to kill himself; the gun was turned on him and the dean was shot through the head. Beckwith was shot in the chest. He also stabbed himself to make death certain.” —_— e {NEGRO:BRANDED “KKK” | AFTER SEVERE FLOGGING Alleged Offense Was Associating With White Women—Punished by Texas Masked Men. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., April 2—Masked men {late last night took Alex Johnson, negro | bellboy in a local hotel, to a Jlonely 1spot six miles south of Dallas, flogged him until he bled and then branded with an acid the letters “K K K" on his forehead. Johnson was taken from_ his home by i masked men and placed in one of the six automobiles in which the party rode to an fsolated point on the Hutchins road, where the negro is said to have been tied to a fence post, stripped to the waist and given twenty-five lashes with a whip. While the Jast was being applied Johnson promised not to repeat | the offense with which he was charged. | Formal charges were filed against nim 1in county court last week. Johnson was brought back to Dallas in the automobile and thrown from the machine in front of the hotel where he was_employed. Police said the masked men accused the negro of assoclation with certain white women. e EX-EMPRESS RECOVERS FROM SEVERE ATTACK i tors Doubt Whether She tan Sustain Another. By the Associated Press. DOORN, Holland, April 2. —Former Empress Augusta Victoria of' Ger- whose condition took a turn| many, for the worse yesterday, was reported to be in.no particular danger this morning. Should another similar at- tack occur, however, it is feared her death will result. " “The patient may linger for weeks,” | ' May Be First Woman in U.S. To Enter Diplomatic Service said a person closely associated with the household of the former emperor jand empress. “but, however_ it is very doubtful whether her weakened sys- |tem would be able to sustain another attack. The former empress takes but very little food.” e BARS SPLIT-TICKET VOTER | Virginia Decision Cuts Such Demo- crats From Nomination ijmuies. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. April 2. Thousands of people in Newport News | an@ other- Virginia ‘eities are barred from participation in democratic pri- maries under adedision handed down vesterday by Attorney General John R. Saunders, who ruled that a split-ticket voter in the last presidential election is not cligible to_offer for nomination in the democratic’ primary. sfar. man Wharton, dean of the College of | petitions had been circulated among| It was his belief that Dean; | The Associatec Ppaper and also | Al rights of publication of special dispatches Lerein are also reserved. Member of the Associated Press | Press i exclusively ectitled io the use for republication of all news dispatchrs |1 credited to it or mot otherwiss rdited in thlg the local news pablished here | Yesterday’s UNCLE SAM OVERDRAWS HIS ACCOUNT TO GIVE CHECK TO MARYLAND Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April —When Uncle Sam drew a check for §190 in favor of the Maryland board of prison control, he overdrew his bank account. Consequently, the Treasury authorities have requested the state board not to deposit the check. but to return it to Washington. Pay- ment of the $190 is promised April 11, when funds for the second quar- ter of the year will be available. Without ~ casting any aspersions upon either the government's uiti- mate solvency or its integrity, siate officials are disinclined to send back the check, as per request. It has taken some trouble to collect about $16,000 which the United States gov- ernment owed the Maryland authori- ties for board and lodging for federal | | | prisoners. ment was at length obtained in about a dozen install- i ments, of which the $190 check formed one. | Possession, the legal maxim has | it. is nine points of the law, and the state authorities nt to hold on to the “hundred and ninety ™ Collecting that money cost some hard work and much correspondence. NEW TRAFFIC LAWS IN EFFECT TODAY Many Violations Reported for Non-Familiarity With the Regulations. Non-obserwance of the traffic regu- lations which became operative this morning was noticeable today. It was not a case of willful violations, traffic policemen stated, but one of ignorance of the regulations. Maj. Harry L. Gessford, superintendent of police, and Capt. Albert J. Headley. head of the traffic squad, held a con- | ference today and the former con cluded not to cause arrests of any motorists, except in cases of flagrant violations. for a week. i | Maj. Gessford and Capt. Headley deemed it unfair to strictly enforce regulations copies of which could !mn be furnished to persons who are supposed to comply with them. There | has been so much’ publicity given the | regulations in the newspapers, Maj. | Gessford stated, that it seemed that every motorist should be acquainted | with' them. Many Inquiries. There was a procession of auto- mobile owners and drivers at the headquarters of the traffic bureau this morning. Many of them applied for copies of the regulations or the digest prepared by the traffic squad, but neither could be furnished. Many of e " applicants __ were referred to he i Evening Star of March 2, in which the full regulations were | printed. “How can you expect us to obey the regulations when we do not know what they are?” many of the dis- appointed motorists asked. and the janswer was that 10,000 copies of the digest of the regulations will be read for disiribution Monday morn- ing. A similar number of copies al- {ready have been distributed. | When copies of the complete regu- lations will be ready for distribution lis not known. The copy Is in the hands of the printer, it is stated, and police officials hope they will be re- ceived before the end of next week. Few Drastic Changes. Discussing the new regulations, both Maj. Gessford and Capt. Headley said there had been very few drastic changes maae in them, and it should be an easy matter for drivers of ma- chines to acquaint themselves with the new provisions. One of the more important changes and perhaps the one most frequently violated today, police officials stated, is the offe .which makes 10th street between Pennsylvania avenue and K street a one-way street, only south- bound traffic being permitted. Sixteen signs were placed along that thor- oughfare to advise motorists of the change in the regulation, but hun- dreds of them, it is stated. failed to see or observe them. Capt. Headley said he thought it might 6& well to Station policemen along 10th street, especially at inter- sections, to warn drivers, but the de- | partment has not a sufficient number !of men to spare for that duty. when they are obtained. Co-Operation Asked. “Co-operationson part of motorists is asked,” said Capt. Headley, “and the traffic signs will have to be de- pended upon to do much of the work of educating motorists.” One important change in the regula- tions mentioned by the police officials is the extension of the restricted zone, from 1 street to K street, making the boundary of the zone from the south curb of Pennsylvania avenue to the Inorth curb of K street. and from the jeast_curb of 7th street west to the | west curb of 17th street. The two-hour parking period is es- | lin Park, McPherson Farragut Square, avenue and F street, between 14th and 15th streets. | plies to the triangular space at New | York avenue and 13th street. Changing the parking period in the vicinity of the three parks, it is stated, affects hundreds of govern- ment employes and business men who park at those places. Under the reg- Square ulations, however, the police pointed out, all-day parking will have to be done north of K street in the future. Another important change in the | regulations pointed out by the police iofticials is the one Tequiring drivers of automobiles to give signals'on all ccasions when a change is to be tablished for the spaces about l-‘rank»i and and Pennsylvania } ! Romano, The same provision ap- | o { edge of the intention of former Em- Net Circulation, 96,248 TWO CENTS. CHARLES DEFEATED TOLEAVEHONGARY WTHALLED SUARD Ex - Emperor Successfully Blocked in His Effort to Regain Throne. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS PLAN TO PREVENT OTHER COUPS Steps for Surrez2-- of West Hun- gary to Austria to Be De- manded in Vienna. By the Associated Press PARIS, April 2 —Dispatches receiv- ed by the French foreign office today indicate that former Emperor Charles, who, in the belief of official circles here, has been successfully blocked in his efforts at restoration to the throne of Hungary., will be escorted back to Switzerland by allied ofticers. This guard will be given him, it s said, to protect him against mani- festations en route. Switzerland is expected again to extend hospitality 1o the ex-monarch, but with stricter limitations as (o his place of residence and movements. Telegrams from Vienna are delay- ed, and it would appear that reporis from Gudapest are being subjected to censorship. The United States Navy telegraph line to Budapest failed yes- terday afternoon, but the last news received over it dlated thut every- thing was quiet ere. The national zssembly at Budapest voiced the opinion that the unex- pected return to Budapest of former Emperor Charles “imperiled law and order,” according to a message 10 the Iast Europ agerey trom the Hungarian capital. The assembly condemned with the greatest severity “this attack on the constitution,” and requested the government to do its utmost to stop “such disturbances.” A motion, congratulating Admiral Horthy. the regent, on his attitude, was conveyed to him by a special deputation. Leaves Tomorrow or Momday. VIENNA, April 2.—Former Emperor Charles will leave Steinamanger for Switzerland Sunday evening-or Mon- day, it is reported here. It Is planned for him to make the trip by the way of Italy, and the delay in his starting for Switzerland has been occasioned by negotiations with the Italian gov- ernment for permission for him to pass through that country. Newspapers of this city appear to be certain that the episode resulting from the attempt of former Emperor. Charles to re-establish himself as King of Hungary is ended. They to- day printed alleged details of the manner in which Charles would be itaken across Austria to Switzerland. tand some declared that the former monarch had left “Steinamanger last night. l%eporll from Hungary, however. failed to show matters have reached such a final stage. It has been learned that arrangements were COm- pleted yesterday for Charles’ return from Hungary to Switzerland. and that he would be escorted by British. French and Italian army officers. who would be in command of picked forces of gendarmes. Think Further Chances Killed. The attempted Hapsburg coup, which at one period, it is admitted, had nearly a chance of success, promises to have a very different effect. The social democrats plan to introduce in the national assembly resolutions de- manding that the government take steps to hurry ratification by France and England of the Trianom treaty, providing for the surrender of West Hungary to Austria, and making pro- vision for the protection of Austrian frontiers by the entente. They de- clare this action is necessary to pre- vent further royalist attempts at res- toration. ~ ‘Agreement by the Austrian govern- ‘ment for the safe conduct of Charles across the country was not secured without difficulties of a political na- ure. The social democrats at first insisted that the former emperor must travel ostensibly as a prisoner under guard while on Austrian soil, but the Christian socialists were suc- | Drivers will have to learn the law opposing such a plan, de- { from the trac signs. he said, IF they | SCZ0l, 5 aue respect for the erson do not learn it from copies of Maj. | N RNE LEP ke royal family. Gessford's digest or the regulations | The three leading political parties have agreed to make separate state- ments before the assembly, placing themselves on record as being op- posed to the return of the Hapsburgs. The socialist leaders attempted ye: terday to force adoption of a joint statement prepared by them ~and chiefs of the greater German party. but the Christian socialists found the language of the statement too. radical, und finally it was decided that sep- arate declarations should be made. DENIES VATICAN ENEW. Organ Says It Had No Knowledge of Emperor’s Intention. ROME, April 1.—The Osservatore the Vatican organ, denies that the Vatisan had advance know! peror Charles to return to Hungary. Count Sforza, the foreign secretary; in the senate said that a complete agreement existed between the Italian, French and British governments as to the necessity of compelling former Emperor Charles to leave Hungary. Steps had been taken in Vienna to pro- cure him a passport, and the Italian government would authorize his pas- sage through Italy if he desired to proceed to Spain or elsewhere. The escapade of Charles, Count Sforza added, had caused no surprise. made in the line of travel, and atten- tion also was called to the provision | against making a turn between inter- | sections unless it can be made with- jout backing. i | ! 1 | Miss Lucile Atcherson of Co- lumbus, Ohio, is likely to have the honor of being the first American woman . appointed to this country’s diplomatic service. She is under con- | sideration by the President for ap- pointment to some post in Europe, probably as an attache at the Amer- jcan embassy at Paris, according to Senator Willis of Ohio, who conferred with the President today regarding this novel departure. Her appoint- ment is practically a surety. Miss Atcl..rson is the daughter of Fred Atcherson, a promipent business man of Columbus, and she had.been for Italy had foreseen it and guarded against danger by concluding formal agreement with Jugoslavia, supple- mented by a cordial exchange of views with Czechoslovakia. engaged in relief and welfare work in France for several years. Shé went abroad in 1918 as a representative of the American committee for reliet of: devastated France, and since that time she has distinguishéd herself in her work for humanity., She is in Paris now, and, to Senator Willis, knows nothing o! being made in her behalf. It is known that President Harding thinks well of the idea, and Senator ‘Willis, in speaking of the possibility of the appointment, said it would be a splendid way in which to honor the woman voters who rallied to the ve- - publican party in November.. .. = the efforts ' /