Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1921, Page 1

today ended at 10 p.m. last ni 64, at 4 p.m. vesterday; at’ 6 am. yestercay. Full report on page 6. WEATHER. Fair today and tomorrow; warmer “Temperature for twenty-two hours ht: Highe: lowest, 3 No. 836—No. 28,098. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. The Sunday St WASHINGTON, IMMEDIATE PEACE | UNDER RESOLUTION PLEA T0 CONGRESS Decision for Action Early in Session Follows Series of Conferences. INTERNATIONAL TANGLE TOPIC AT WHITE HOUSE | | Senator Knox Calls by Invitation. President’s View of Proposed Move Not Indicated. Tmmediate peace by congressional | resolution is to be urged m‘omm]:\- upon the convening of the Sixty-| seventh Congress in extra ion, it | ‘was learned last night, following :l! scries of conferences with noted men | intimately associated with govern- | mental policies affecting war rela- tions and peace terms. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, Sormer Secretary of State and author { of the republican peace resolution in the last Congress, went to the White | House by invitation of the President | and they were closeted for more than two hours. & The general understanding in offi- cial and congressional circles is that AL Viviani, former French premier and now envoy extraordinary from the French Republic to President | Harding, has 'been hopeful to per- | suade the United States government not to push its peace declaration, but rather to consider on what basis it might accept the treaty of Versailles. | Sentiment of Senate Group. Information that members of the | Senate favoring a speedy peace by | resolution had not abandoned their| previously announced intention was | obtained last night, after a notable | day of White House L;on(erencex‘ at which the advisability ‘of a congres- sional ‘decliaration of peace, together with other questions involved in a peace settiement, were understood lo] have been discussed. Whether the intention of the peace- by-resolution senators has been ap- proved in any degree by President Harding, and whether it has the sup- Lort of Senate republicans general- 1y, werc matters on which no in- formation was obtainable. connection it was recalled-t have stated definitely that action on matters involving peace would mot be taken in confli‘t with administra- tion views. The conferences at the White House Yesterday were generally considered in the bearing on international af- fairs as probably the most impor- tant that President Harding has held since his inauguration. Noted Men See Preside Besides Senator Knox. the noted men who called on President Hard- ing yesterday and are upderstood to have discussed the international tangle and the course the United States ought to pursue, included Col. George gHarvey of New York, se- lected as ambassador to Great Bri- tain; Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, un- derstod to be under consideration for ambassador to France, and Stephane Lauzanne, noted French journalist, who came to this country with for- mer Premier Viviani. All of those | who participated in the conferences declined to say what specific pro- posals were discussed or to indicate when decisions might be expected. By inference the day’s developments were coupled with the visit here of M. Viviani, who has brought to American officials a first-hand report as to the present attitude of the Eu- ropean governments toward the league of nations and related sub- Jects. Speculation Is Aroused. Senator Knox's call to the White House started a new out-cropping of speculation about the fate of the| peace resolution, but was followed by | po authoratative announcement as to | whether the measure would be | pressed at the outset of the specigl | session of Congress that convenes % | week from Monday. The impression | given was that the administration was feeling its way in the light of | the information and advice brought by M. Viviani and that a definite | policy was yet to bé framed. 'WOULD DIVIDE FROM TEXAS | Sweetwater Organization Urges New State as Taxation, Protest. SWEETWATER, Texas. April Division of Texas and organization of = new state as a protest against| =tcxatiom without representation tne goal sought by an organization fnitiated here today as a rasult of the governor's veto on the West Texas A. and M. College bill and rural school aid measure and failure of the legista- “ture to redistrict the state according to population figures. SUBMARINE HITS HULL. U. S. Undersea Boat Pulled Off by Tug at Norfolk. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 2.— Tnited States submarine, the E struck the sunken hulk of the Lake Calvenas in Hampton roads late yester- day and had to be pulled off by tugs. The submarine listed badly when she bit the wreck and the crew narrowly escaped going overboard. The submarine was pulled off by the #ug Norfolk. She went to the Norfolk navy yard, according to reports reach- Ang this city. is| | Steal Liberty Bonds With Chewing Gum |~ On Ends of Sticks | By the Atsociated Press. BALTIMORE, April 2—Reach- ing through the grating of the | paying teller's window at the Calvert Bank, Howard and Sar- atoga streets, in the heart of | the shopping distri ay. three men succeeded in stealing 2850 werth of liberty bonds, uxing sticks to which were at- tached bits of chewing gum, to draw the bondx from the shelf | behind the window. 7 Then they walked out”and disappeared. The teller was ab- | went from the cage atthe time. | VIVIAN] BEMANDS FULL REPARATION Emphasizes That Germany Must Pay for France’s Economic Rehabilitation. NEW YORK, April 2.—Rene Viviani, envoy extraordinary of the French republic to the United States, pre- sented a strong statement of his country’s claims for reparation from Germany at a luncheon given here today in his honor by the Canadian and American branches of the French Alliance. Jules Jusserand, the French ambassador, also was a guest of honor. “France,” said M. Viviani, “wants the amount of her reparations re- quired for her economic rehabilita- tion in one of her richest _sections, the one that represents one-fifth of her territory, but which, from an economic standpoint, represents some- times one-quarter, sometimes one-half and sometimes two-thirds of our power and wealgh.” “We want, peace,” continued M. Viviani, “we want nations to become reconciled, but at the same time, how can France help feeling some bitter- ness when, at the end of two years, she has received no payment for reparation, when her industries have been rehabilitated through her own efforts, for which much time is needed, and when_she has lost ten departments, representing one-fifth of her budget?” M. Viviani closed his address with a denunciation of the propaganda here directed against the allics. —_—— In this| of the more prominent memBe¥ NYS“UNDED U_‘S" the Senate favoring a peace ON WAR DEBT SCHEME Hinted at Assuming Allied Obliga- tions to America in Bond Plan. ; By the Associated Press, BERLIN, April 2—The German government officially admitted today having sounded the United States government with the .view to the assumption by Germany of a portion of the allied debts to America through the latter accepting German reparations borids in lieu of part of the allied obligations. No actual ne- gotiations, however, it was said, had occurred between Germany and the United States regarding reparations. Dr. Simons, the foreign minister, it was added. had explained to Loring Dresel, United - States commissioner in Berlin, the German standpoint con- cerning reparation. R Confirmation was lacking Friday at the State Department of reports from Berlin, received by way of London, that the German government had made definite proposals to the United States regarding reparations, includ- ing a suggestion that Germany as- sume liability to the United States for a part, at least, of the allied debts to that country. Commissioner Dresel, it was said at the department, had reported the substance of his conversations with the officials in Berlin on the general question of reparations from time to time, but no intimation was given by the department that he had trans- mitted any formal or informal pro- posal of the kind mentioned in the reports from Berlin. _— AWAITS U. S. ACTION. to Delay Bill Granting Rights to Foreigners. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 1.—The project to intro- duce a new bill in the diet, granting foreigners the right to own land in Ja- pan, will not be carried out. It is explained here that Japan will await the result of the land negotiations in the United States before adopting a definite attttude at home. A land ownership bill passed the pre- vious diet, but never was put into op- eration. Japan {GROUP WANTS FORRESTER President Asked to Reappoint Him to R. R. Labor Board. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 2. 2.—Pres- ident Harding has been petitioned to reappoint James J. Forrester, whose term as a member of the Railroad Labor Board expiTes April 13, accord- ing to a statement made by Chief Clerk R. D. Mundy of the Brother- hood of Railway Clerks, whose na- tional headquarters are in Cincinnatl. | The petition was indorsed by all five divisions of railroad men constituting. “group 3. Mr. Korrester was formerly presi- dent of the national organization of the railway clerks. CHARLES CLODRY ASPLEAS TOSTAY - INHONGARY FAL Regent Horthy Adamant. Czech Ultimatum Extended. Swiss Course Uncertain. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, April 2.—Former Em- peror Charles, his move for restoration to the Hungarian throne thwarted by the government, will leaye tonight or tomorrow morning in an automo- bile on his way back to Switzerland. according to semi-official Information today. The former ruler has been tele- phoning to Admiral Horthy, the re- gent, three or four times a day from Steinamanger, beseeching him to change his mind on his declination to acquiesce in the restoration plans, but the regent has absolutely refused to alter his stand. The time limit on the Czchoslovak ultimatum for the removal of Charles from Hungary was extended today until Sunday at midnight. M. Fouchet, the French charge d'affaires here, has promised a French safe conduct for the former emperor. Quiet prevailed in this city today, and similar conditions were reported from throughout the country. The ex-emperor .was greatly cast down by the receipt of the definite decision of the Budapest government that he must leave. “I am a good Hungarian, and why will they prevent me from living in my country,” he said to Count Hun- yady, who brought the tidings to the ex-ruler. /My children also arc Mag- yars and I want to bring them up as good Magyar patriots.” The former emperor. it is learned, is not touching French cookery at Steinamanger, but has ordered high- ly seasaned Magyar national dishes. He i8 quoted as saying he had nearly been starved in his exile because he was unable to find a good Hungarian cook. Must Stay Far From Frontier. BERN, Switzerland, April 2.—The Swiss federal council will inform Em- peror Charles on his arrival here that he cannot remain in Prangins, the Canton of Vaud, in which Prangins {is located, does not desire his pres- ence. He must choose a residence away from the frontier and not in a - The federal council, after an Investi-' gation, will decide whether the tem- porary permission granted Charles to remain in Switzerland shail be made permanent, and under what conditions. Barred ¥From Swiss Canton. LAUSSANE, Switzerland, April 2.— The cantonal council of the canton of Vaud, in which Prangins is situated, today informed the Swiss federal council that the presence of former Emperor Charles could no longer be tolerated in the canton. This decision was reached, the coun- cil declared, because the former mon- arch had not kept his promise to ab- stain from all political activities while he was in Prangins. i Former Kmpress Anxious. GENEVA, April 2—Herr Werkmann, secretary of former Emperor Charlés, telephoned to the Associated Press at 9 o'clock tonight that no news had been received at Prangins from Charles, who ):;u not yet entered Switzerland. Former Empress Zita is anxious over the absence of word grom her husband. I Vienna Again Quiet. The scare which Vienna has been experfencing over the reappearance of Charles as an active claimant for restoration has passed over, and the city is again becoming tranquil. The general feeling in political quarters seems to be that the incident has served to clear the atmosphere, defi- nitely removing, for a long time at least, the apprehension of a monarck.- it effort in Austria. Count Erdody, one of the Austrians who accompanied Charles in his dash for Budapest, has -been placed under the ban in Vienna and ais home here hds been requisitiored by the govern- ment. It is understood the socialists will energetically push their demand for an investigation of the attempted coup and the punishment of all con- cerned in the entry of Charles into Austria and his stay in this country. Ex-Kaiser Watches Closely. LONDON, April 2.—Former Emperor William and the former German crown prince have been watching from Holland with the greatest interest the attempt { of ex-Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun- | gary to secure restoration to the Hun- garian throme, the Evening News cor- j respondent at Amsterdam reports, Both the ex-kaiser and his eldest son have been kept well posted by telegraph of the progress of Charles' attempted coup.” and there has been much coming and going of prominent Germans during the past week. The Dutch authorities, however, are watching the Hohenzollerns care- fully. There was no question, it was declared, of the former crown prince leaving the country, the correspohd- ent adds. The Daily Herald, the labor organ, today prints a message . frém its Vienna correspondent, which says: “Saturday the American repre- | sentative Grant Smith (American high commissioner in Budapest), left | Budapest with Premier Teleky for | Stelnamanger—on a hunting expedi- tion, it was stated. Immediately after the announcement of Charles’ arrival, the Magyar premier, accom- panied by Mr. Smith, went, to greet | the ex-monarch.” | CALLS DOCTOR BY RADIO. ' SAVANNAH, Ga., April 2. —Steam- ship O. T." Warring, at sea, today sends out wireless call for ship with doctor. Three men badly burned. S D. C., THE URGES U. S. 7O QUI SHIPPING BUSINESS Congressman Scott, Men- tioned for New Board, Op- poses Federal Operation. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 2.—Removal of control over the operation of mer- chant ships by the Shipping Board was advocated here today by Con- gressman Frank S. Scott of Michigan. At the same time he refused to af- firm or deny reports that he had been} offered the chairmanship of the Ship- ping Board under the Harding ad- ministration. ~ O <Beott arrived in Nor: folk thi' Morning from Panama. Regafding reporss he had been of- fered the chairmanship of the Ship- ping Board, Mr. Scott said: “The matter was suggested to me before we sailed for Panama. There are many things to consider before assuming the chairmanship of an or- ganization whose properties are worth four billion dollars and whose operations are reaching a deficit of a million dollars a day. “f would prove an unusual appointee in that I would endeavor to shorten my tenure of office, rather than per- petuate it. I believe the operation of ships of the Shipping Board should be taken out of the hands of the gov- ernment, and I would have this thought in mind if I became head of the béard. “I believe the sooner the govern- ment goes out of the merchant ma- rine business and allows American ingenuity and initiative to come into its own in the operation of these ships the better it will be for the country and business.” —————— PRESIDENT FREES 28. Grants 4 Pardons and 24 Commuta- tions Since March 4. Four pardons and twenty-four com- mutations of the sentences have been granted by President Harding since his inauguration a month ago. The majority of the commutations,.it was learned yesterday, were for prisoners convicted of violations of the prohi- bition laws and illicit distilling,. but no prisoners were pardoned for such offenses. William Davis, sent to the Hamil- ton county prison from the southern district 6f Ohio for illicit distilling, was the first prisoner whose sentence was commuted by the President. Davis had served five months of a six-month sentence when recommen- dations were submitted to President Harding that Davis was suffering from tuberculosis and his life would be endangered by further confinement. Of the prisoners whose -sentences have been commuted by President Harding nine were convicted for vio- lation of the prohibition laws, six for illicit distilling and the rest for thett, use of the malils to defraud and vio- lations of the Mann act. Pardons extended by the President were for offenses against the national bankruptcy act, carrying concealed weapons and forgery. ——— CAUGHT AFTER 25 YEARS. ! TUSCALOOSA, Ala:; April 2.—Alex Price, an escaped convict from the Mississippi penitentiary since 1896, twenty-five years, ‘was returned to Chickashaw county today. He originally was convicted for stealing a mule and wagon and served one year and three months before his escape. Price was arrested at Searles by Tuscaloosa county officers Tuesday on a minor charge of peace disturb- ance at a dance. Local newspapers handled the arrest in the course of police court news and, incidentally, gave a description of the prisoner. The description was read by an old- time Mississippl penitentiary guard who believed he recognized Prite and an investigation began, resulting in his return to prison. | SUNDAY MORN fdenoundirig' Samuel Gompers as a NG, APRIL IMPATIENT OFFICE CUBAN POLITICIAN SHOT. Candidate for Governor of Havana Province Murdered By Rival. HAVANA, April 2—Fernandez Quinones,” national league candi- date for governor of Havana prov- ince in the November elections, was shot and almost instantly killed this evening by Ernesto Col- ledo, liberal représentative for Santa Clara province. The shooting took place at the corner of the Prado and Virtudes street. Political differences are said to have led to the tragedy. APPEAL FOR RED RULE S CRCULATED IN U. 5. Pamphlets Extolling Soviet Russia and Urging Revolution Scat- tered Broadcast. BSpecial Dispatch to The Star. WHEELING, W. Va., April 2.—Sedi- tious cireulars hailing soviet Russia, traitor to the working class and call- ing on all workers to join the move- ment for a “republic of labor” were widely eirculated today among the large foreign population of Wheeling. Scores of the pamphlets, printed in several foreign languages, are in pos- session of agents of the Department of Justice, who are conducting a vigorous hunt for the men responsi- ble for their circulation. Each plece of literature bears the signature of the cemtral executive committee, communistic party of America. Attack on Capitalists. ‘The moneymade capitalists of America are terror stricken at the very name of bolshevism, for the suc- cess of soviet JRussia means social revolution in America,” the tracts read. “Stand up in your unions and denounce Gompers. This traitor to the working class is attacking and slandering-the revolutionary workers of Russia and other countries. “Let us resolve to break the chain of wage slavery. “Long live communism!” Circulated in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 2.—Leaflets signed by the “United Communist Party,” and stating that “the Russian work- ers showed us what to do,” were spread broadcast here today, many of them being found in the city hall and county buildings. The leaflets contained an invitation to union la- bor organizations to join in an insur- rection. The plea was based on un- employment conditions. Federal officials have started an investigation. ARREST THEATER OWNER" IN “BLUE LAW” CAMPAIGN Charged With Showing Motion Pic. tures on Sunday—South Dakota Official Issues Further Warnings. By the Associated Press, HURON, S. D, April 2.—The first arrest in the Sunday “blue law” en- forcement campaign in South 'Da- kota was made late today, when Allen Geothal, manager and owner of a local theater, was taken into custody: by a deputy sheriff, charged with conducting a mgving Dpicture show on Sunday, March 27. According to the attorney general, a test case will be made of this action to determine the constitu- tionality of the “blue laws.” PIERRE, S. April 2.—State's Attorney Harry Horner of this (Hughes) \ county tonight warned merchants, garages, theaters, motor car filling stations and others affect- ed by the South Dakota Sunday clos- ing laws to’ remain closed tomorrow, as he intended to enforce every-Sun- day law on the statiute books. P L Ml Rt e i b A SR AL SEEKER. 3, 1921 FAKE HARDING KIN | Member of The Assoctated All rights dispatches the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or nt stherwise crodited -n this paper and also the local news publivhed nerein. the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitled to of publication of special herein are also reserved. | | Hired for 3 Weeks | | In 1878, U. S. Gardener Is Still on the Job Hired for three weeks,“Ernest F. Hauser, 237 Q street, com- pleted . yesterday forty-three Years of service as gardener for the United States Department of Agriculture. He did his first day’s work for the department April 2, 1878 He was given a day oft yesterday to celebrate versary, and spent it fix- the Jot in Prospect HMl cemetery where his parents are uried. Mr. Hauser works daily | helping to keep I shape the | grounds of the department, | which a delegation of architects recently pro “the most beautiful spot in the | ecapital.” CITIZENS WILL ASK PUBLIC HEARING ON CAR SERVICE HERE Federation Decides to Appeal {o Utilities Commission to Take Up Case. “The Public Utilities Commission will be asked by the Federation of Citizens' Associations to hold a pub- lic hearing to consider whether the service being rendered by the two street railway companies is adequate. Decision to ask for the hearing was HELD FOR FRAUD Alleged to Have Duped Chi- |re cagoans by Posing as President’s Cousin. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 2.—Everett Hard- ing, a candy store owner, who wa arrested today on charges of imper- |Physical valuations of the railway sonating a federal official — FIVE CENTS. BALL WILL CONFER WITH OFFICIALS ON CAR MERGER PLAN Senator Calls Commissioners and Traction Heads to Take Up Problem. MEETING WILL BE HELD IN OFFICE TOMORROW |Citizens’ Federation Approves Union of Companies, But Opposes Power Company Merger First. { i | | An important conference, looking 2 the merger of the street railways { o theuwistrict of Columbia. is to be | held tomorrow morning in the of- fice of Senator Ball of Delaware, in the Senate office building. Senator Ball, who has been picked for chai man of the Senate District commit- tee in the new Congress, has request- ed the District Commissioners and officers of the Capital Traction Com- pany, the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company to meet with him for the purpose of discussing the proposed merger. The improvement of the street rail- way situation in the District. so as to provide better service at a less cost, is the most pressing question relat- ing to the District now before Con- gress and the Commissionscss in the opinion of Senator Ball. He Zoutraestly reached by the federation at its meet- ing in the District building last night on motion of William McK. yton, ¢hairman of the utilities committee. * At the request of Mr. Clayton the deration also adopted the following resolutions on the street car situa- tion: “That the federation opposes any excess profits tax as applied to the public service corporations of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Oppeses Raising Valuation. “That the federation opposes any | raising of the present ascertained and ¢ | electric light companies by the com- was declared by the police to have|Mission Without the people being con- defrauded the Pennsylvani 41| suited. road out of nedrly $2, Sic and to have| “That the federation believes the 3 - crossing_policemen tax against the mposed ‘on leading Chicago clubs ana | MRS, P2 SRt (8, YOO o p businesy men by pretending to be | .y . federation believes that cousin of President Harding, al- i of the initial cost of though uotuslly 6f fio Felation {6 the | 27, Portion 5 ’ % paving between tracks of the street chief exeentlv and as his assistant}| .;1uove sholld be paid for from the secretary. The Pelice sald they p neral tax funds. of the Distri¢t of belleved Harding had obtained at (‘::mmb“_,, least 310,000 from & group of busi-| gtrict - inforcement of the law mess men by promising to use his|against carrying concealed weapons influence in obtainhing political ap-and enactment of additional legi pointments. i tion to regulate their sale was favor- Harding, according to the police,|ed by the federation. The delegates found Chicago’s leading citizens gul- | approved a report of George Finch, lible. He took twenty-two of them |of the law and legislation committee, to the inauguration in a private car, |urging the adoption of any concealed it was said.'and then paid the Penn- | weapon law that is deemed necessary sylvania rallroad ‘with a check for|by the authorities for the protection $1.918.44, which was returned, ac-|Of life and property. tonigh cording to raflroad offfcials, marked “no funds.” Received by Hamilton Club. While on this trip Harding became acquainted with a delegation from the Hamilton Club, the chief repub- lican social organization of the city. He posed before them as a cousin of the President and was promised a life membership in the club, the po- fice said. to have promised his friends political appointments, telling them that he was to be assistant secretary to the President. Harding was held in bonds of $5.000 for hearing before United States Com- missioner Lewis F\Mason. Harding, the police sald, after becoming ac- quainted with prominent business men through posing as the President's cousin, confidentially promised to “let them in” on several business ventures which he said would be backed by the chief executive. One of these was a “Harding Hotel,” another was a chain “Harding” candy stores and a third was a monthly magazine. This magazine, according to Harding’s story, as related by the police, was to contain an article in each issue by the President. Pearl Harding, Everett's thirteen- year-old sister, acquired considerable fame through the ' posing of her brother. ‘She became known as the “White House baby.” and it was said that she was te-go t6 Washington and live with the President. Her picture was widely sought by manufacturers to be used in advertising, by news- paper photographers and by the movies. According to the police, Harding cashed in on his name by posing af Senator Harding’s son during the re- publican national convention and passed several bad checks. % EX-PRESIDENT WILSON EXPECTED IN LONDON; VISIT DENIED HERZ the Associated Press. NDON, April 2.—Former Pres- ident . Wilson, according to Rey- niold’s newspaper, ‘is expected in London for a ten-day visit at the end of April. It-says that rooms for a party of elght have been reserved at a leading hotel. The - statement of Reynold's newspaper of London that for- mer President Wilson was ex- pected in London late this month was branded as absurd tonight by persons close to Mr. Wilson. So far as Could be learned, the former President has no intention In return Harding was said |- Suggests Fund te Fight Cases. The federation gave its hearty in- dorsement to the Tinkham bill for the establishment of a home and school for the feeble-minded of the District. The bill would empower the Commissioners to acquire 1,600 acres of land in Maryland or Virginia for the feeble-minded institution, to be known as the Columbia Training School. Mr. Clayton suggested that the cit- izens’ associations raise a fund to be used in presenting the public's side of utility rate cases before the utili- ties commission and in working for merger legislation in Congress that would meet the people’s views. He stated that he has an offer from a public benefactor to double any amount the citizens raise for these purposes. en on the suggestion last night. Favors Personal Interviews. Mr. Finch made a vigorous speech to his fellow delegates on the neces- sity of following up adopted by the federation by person- ally interviewing members of Con- gress. The federation, he declared, will never accomplish the things for which it is working unless its mem- bers get personally before the mem- bers of Congress the wishes of the people. Mr. Clayton asked the federation to send a letter to President Harding indorsing both Edward F. Colladay and Charles S. Shreve for.the position of United States district attorney. Motion Is Withdrawn. Other delegates sought to have other names. added to the letter of indorsement, and when a motion was made to refer the entire matter to the committee on law and legislation, Mr. Clayton withdrew his motion. explained that he offered it only be- cause Mr. Colladay and Mr. Shreve are ex-presidents of the federation. The Conduit Road Association sub- new Key bridge be reserved for ve- hicular and pedestrian traffic and that the old Aqueduct bridge be left in use for the street car tracks. The resolu- tion was referred to a committee for report at the next meeting. - Mrs. Cabot Stevens made an appeal Relief, and@ when she had concluded Mr. Clayton moved that the federation indorse the drive for this cause with the request that the delegates carry the appeal back to their associations. The motion was unanimously adopted. —_— ITALIAN CABINET CHANGES. ROME. April 2.—Premler Giolitti; officially announced in the senate to- No definite action was tak-j resolutions | He | mitted a resolution urging that the! to-the delegates for the Near East| M seeking a solution of the probism. Believes in Merger. The Delaware senator believes strongly that the situation can be improved through a merger of the companies. He favors permitting the Washington Railway .and Electric Company and the Potomac Electrie Power Company to merge, and at ths same time authorizing the Washington Railway and Electric Company to merge. with the Capital Traction Company. He reported a bill for the merger of these companies at the last session of Congress, but too late for action to be had on it The Federation of Citizens' Associa- - tions. at its meeting in the District | building 1ast night, adopted a resolu~ | tion favoring the enactment of légis- | 1ation authorizing the merger of two railway companies and the’ company. The resolution. ever, provides that the merger the Washington Railway and Power Company with the Eleétric Power Company shall not be. come effective until the merger of ths two street railway companies also goes into effect. 5 Impressed With Needs. The resolution was offered by George Finch, chairman of .the law and legislation committee of the fed- eration, as & committee report. § Senator Ball discussed the proposed - merger with the Commissioners at the District building informally on Friday. He is impressed with the {fact that it is necessary some- aid » be given the Washington ~Railway and Electric Company, so that & merger of the street railways may be effected. The suggestion that the Po- tomac Electric Power Company, which ,is a money-making concers, be allowed to merge with the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pany, the present owner of the stock’ of the power company, and that part of the earnings of the power company €0 to aid the road strikes the sen- ator rather favorably.® It is expected that Senator-Ball will take up with the Commissioners this week the matter of appointments in the District service. It has been ru- mored that a Tumber of changes are to be made, and Senator Ball is de- - sirous of discussing these changes of the heads of the municipal govern- ment. Ham Reafirms Indorsement. William F. Ham, president of the {Washington Railway and Electris { Company, who expects to attend the conference Wwith Senator Ball tomor- row, last night reaffirmed his indorse; _ ment of the bill authorizing & | merger of the Potomac Electric Pows ler Company with the Washington* Railway and Electric as the first step toward a consolidation of the two street railway companies. 3 The same legislation in the Senate was known as the France bill, but was amended in the upper body. to lauthorize a merger of the Washing~ ton Railway and Electric and the. Potomac Electric Power Company with the Capital Traction Company after the first twg corporations have | been merged. - Mr. Ham pointed out that merger of the two street railway companies is now prohibite® by legisiation in 1913, and that even if the Wash-_ ington Railway and Electric and the power company are allowed to unite, Congress will have ts Soiirluy autnorize a merger of that united company and the Capital Traction. * Commissioners Go Over Billa Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster; it is understood, went over ln(or::-ll; th Commissioner Kutz yests afternoon the several bills that were pe»ding at the last session of Cons gress rcating to merger of the thres - big pubiic service compawws. T They &ill go to the conference at - the Capitol Monday morning pre-~. pared to discuss thoroughly the waci- . ous’ proposals for bringing the com-: panies together. Mr. Ham expressed gratifica day that Signor Meda, who resigned as minister of the.treasury on ac- of even leaving Washinfton soon, let alone attempting any such trip as a visit .abroad would involve. "His health alone, it was said, would ‘preclude .any extended trip. 4 count of ill health, had been replaced by Signor Boiomi, who held the port- folio of war. He, In turn, has been succeeded by Signor' Rodino as war miaistes. last night when he learned that | members of the Publie Utilities mission had been invited to the ference with Senator Ball. George E. Hamilton, president the Capital Traction n PR