Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; cloudiness ; little change in tomorrow _increasing temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi ghest, 79, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 51, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 14. Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. Ihe Ty ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press fs exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all Bews dispatches credited 15 It or not otherwise r:ndited in this paper and also the local news publishied hereia. ANl rights dispatches of publication of special bereln are aiso rescrved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,716 Entered as secol No. 28,101 RECLASSIFICATION T0 BE LAW JULY 1, WHEN BONUS GOES Senators Pfan to Pass Bill at Once Lowering Aggregate Salaries of Employes. INCREASES NOT TO EQUAL YEARLY LOSS OF $240 3 Dropping of Employes in Some War Bureaus Planned—Better i Pay for Experts. nd-class matter post office Washington, D. C. BRIG. GEN. C. R. EDWARDS Secretary Weeks Announces Pro- motion Will Be Included in List Sent to the President. Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, who commanded the 26th (New England National Guard) Division in France, is to be promoted to the rank of major general, Secretary Weeks said today. The relief of Gen. Edwards from com- mand of his division while it was at the front was the subject of an in- quiry in the Senate in 1918 by Mr. Weeks, who then was senator from Massachusetts. Gen. Edwards’ name will be included in_the list of promotions of general officers which is to be sent to. Presi- dent Harding within a few days for transmission to the Senate. It was list prepared some months the Wilson administration failed of confirmation by Secretary Weeks said the new chief of staff to succeed Maj. Gen. Peyton €, March would not be announced until after the list of general officers | had been sent in. The Secretary added | that he had personally examined the records of the men to be promoted. and intimated that he would assume Reclassification and readjustment of the salaries of government em- ployes will be put into effect July 1, the opening of the new fiscal year, if the present plans of Senate lead- ers are carried out, it was learned today. This means that the government employes will recetve the new rates of pay provided in the proposed re- classification legislation beginning next July, and will not receive the $240 bonus as provided in the legis- lative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill passed at the last session of Congress. Plan Means Salary Cuts. Coupled with this was the further information that the increases in the salaries of the government employes, taking them by and large, will, in the aggregate, be less than the total salaries now existing plus the $240 bonus. In other words, the employes are going to find that their basic sala- ries have been increased, but that these increases will not, on the ‘whole, amount to_the total of the $240 bonus. In some instances. the salary in- creases will exceed the $240 bonus, but in more the increases will be less than that amount. An effort is to be made to put the reclassification bill through without delay after Congress meets. If it goes through it will carry a provi- sion repealing previously enacted law and putitng the new rates and classi- fications into effect without further delay. Te Cut Down Employes. ‘The salary roll of government em- ployes in the District of Columbia, roughly speaking, is about $112.000,000 a year. It is expected that the reclas- sification proposed will increase this sum by several millions of dollars. But with increased efficiency, expect- ed through the operation of the re- classification of the employes, and with probable reductions in the num- ber of employes. eventually the salary roll will be less than the $112,000,000 of , even with the increase to be allowed. The reclassification legisiation pro- posed will cover the employeg of the District. government and also the federal cn’lon- outside the Dis- tnd.o! C.IIQ details of the reclassifi- aun- “»ill which has been prepared by Senator Smoot of Utah for intro- ‘duction at the opening of Congress h-n not yet been made public, it is tood that the number of classi- hflm ‘will be less than fifty and will be based largely on the Brown bureau of efficiency bill. The bill prepared by the joint commission of muflc:nuon and lnu‘odl:ud at the ngress contemplated 1,700 clamifications. = 1700 Classifications Toe Many. ‘The senators are of the opinion that such a large number of classifications would be unwise and would result in inefficioncy rather than in an im- provement of the service. The line would be drawn so closel; Detween the duties of ono employe and the duties of others that it ‘would result in tho employment of & larger number and would re- sult in many employes not having enough work to keep them occupied during the office hours of the gov- ernment departments. ln making the reclassifications it expected that some of the em- Dl.’cl in the so-called ‘scientific de- partments receive substantial in- creases. It has been the complaint of these departments for a number of years that they were unable to keep their trained men because the salaries allowed were inadequate. ‘War Bareau Reduetion Likely. It is expected also that there will be a readjustment of salaries of per- sons paid from lump sum appropria- tions, and persons employed in some of the bureaus which started up dur- ing the war. e readjustments will bring the salaries of some of these employes down somewhat, it is understood. Tisre is etrong opposition to cen- tinuing the horizontal bonus plan among members in Congress. The| undenlsnflln‘ has been that the com- | fiscal year would be the last in| which & bonus would e aliowed. ‘With the prospect of speedy action ! on reclassification at the coming ses- sion, it is hoped by the opponents of $he bonus plan that it will be possi- | ¢ ble to do away with the bonus sooner than was expected. BILLS BEFORE CONGRESS. Facts About Measures Now Puz- sling Government Departments. Government departments found | themselves tremendously puzzled to- day over the part which they have| been called to play in what appears to be an impending battle royal be- | tween the Lehlbach reclassification DIl and the so-called “Brown reclassi- flcation bill,” which has the support of Senator Smoot. The departments, already having a plied to their organizations the clasei- fiation drawn up by Herbert .D. Brown of the bureau of efficiency, | Riwg hoen ssked from the CapltoPifo o= =0 e apply the classification of the measure of Representative Lehlbach to their various bureaus and employes. Department officials rested on thelr | oars today. hardly knowing what to ! do about the matter, and not wishing | to take any action that might offend proponents of either reclassification ! measure, yet balked at the immense | task which they have been asked to o For the past smeveral weeks the whole question of reclassification has become more and more muddled, ua- til today clerks in the departments, unorganized and organized workers. | hardly know what to think of the matter. It is understood that department officials are extremely reluctant to compiy with the request from the ©°apitol to apply to their bureaus and workers the classifications of the Lehlbach bill, but scarcely know how +10 get out of doing it. Hoping for Agreement. So for the present they are waiting in the hope that some agreement will le reached on “the hill" as to the whole subject of reclassification be- {Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) full responsibility for the promotions and for the failure to give promotions to other officers. TO BE MAJOR GENERAL | WASHINGTON, D. C, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, “ERECTED IN 1778, DESTROYED BY FIRE Priceless Relics and Paint- ings of Historic Interest Also Consumed. ORIGIN OF THE BLAZE NOT YET DETERMINED Edifice in Rock Creek Cemetery Was Classed Among Oldest | in United States. St. Paul's Parish Church, in Rock Creek cemetery, the oldest church in Washington and one of the oldest in the United States, was destroyed by a fire of mysterious origin early today. The interior of the building, WOULD CENTRALIZE CARE FOR DISABLED Special Commission to Make Three Definite Recom- I mendations to President. Three definite recommendations to President Harding had been agreed upon today by the special commission | investigating the care and tmunent I H. Littell. a relative of Rev. Joseph Fletcher, rector of the church, at whose home she is a |guest. She had barely given the of disabled service men. They were: A centralized governmental authority to have entire charge of all federal agencies having to do with soldier relief work. A decentralized administration of service, carrying federal aid as near as possible to the homes of the soldiers throughout the country. A request for additional appropria- tion for hospitals, including a perma- nent building program. Expects to Finish Today. Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, chair- man of thé commission, said he would be greatly disappointed if the public investigation was not concluded to- day. “We will begin work on the report tomghv. intoxschtte session.” said he. Col. F. W albraith. jr. national commander of the American Legion, expressed pleasure at the progress and conclusions which the committee had reached. He said the three most important decisions conformed to the American Legion relief program and would be of immeasurable value in correcting evils resuiting from pres- ent divided governmental authority. Col. Cholmeley-Jones, former head of the war risk bureau, testified that the work of the bureau was steadily increasing. “New ims are coming m in ex- cess of expectations.” he said. “The reason is that the men are awaken- ing to the privileges they have. They had hoped to pull through without government aid, but found that im- possible.” Bureau Conmsolidation Favored. Consolidation of all bureaus hav- ing to do with treatment of war veterans was favored by the heads of such bureaus in expressions at the hearing yesterday afternoon. This_indorsement. in the belief of Mr. Dawes, promised quick solution of the problem. Surgeon General Cumming ex- pressed a willingness to place that part of his service which deals with soldier 3id under one head, but Ule Lamkin, director of the rehabilita- tion division of the federal bureau for vocational education, favored put- ting the entire serve under the one directing head. This brought pro- tests on the ground that it would endanger the national health, and Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the President's personal representative on the com- mittee, said the public health serv- ice should be maintained as an entity. Chairman Dawes, pressed the belief that this service could be placed under the one di- rector without endangering the pub- lic health, because the official in charge would not be an extremist who would seek the betterment of soldiers to the detriment of the na- tion as a whole. Speed Urged by Mr. Dawes. “The essence of the whole thing is speed.” said Mr. Dawes. “Some. thing remedial should be done with- out delay, without waiting for con- struction of permanent hospitals. So diers now without treatment will have passed the stage where hospitals will help them. if we wait.” Dr. Thomas W. Salmon of Rockefeller Institute, told the com- {mission that one-half of the govern- ment's beds were unsuitable for tu- bercular cases. “We know there are 4.000 such patients,” he said, “and 5.000 mental sufferers, who are today without treatment by the govern- ment because they refuse to go into charity and state institutions.” Hospital Facilities Discussed. however, ex- the The question of hospital facilities was threshed out at length and re- suited in a request from Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian and former colonel in the Army, that Chairman Dawes poll the commission to ascertain whether it favored ask- ing Congress to increase its last ap- propriation of $1%,600,000 and provide a permanent hospital bufaling pro- zram. The question was unanimous- Iy indorsed, with the proviso that the request be made in case the agree- ment for a consolidated service is in- corporated in the final report sub- mitted to President Harding | Leeds Hopes to Royal Waif, to United States By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. ATHENS, Greece, April 6.—*“Heaven only knows where we shall live, but 1 hope it will be in the United States,” said the nineteen-year-old Willlam Leeds of New York, son of Princess Anastasia, formerly Mrs. Leeds, in commenting on_ his engagement to | Grand Duchess Xenia., a niece of King Constantine and daughter of the late rand Duke Paul, cousin to the for- mer Czar of Russia. This royal waif, whose fortune and prospects were ruined by the Russian revolution and who for months hid in a cellar from the bolsheviki, was with her mother, who shared Constantine's exile in Switzerland. Athens is delighted at the prospect of another marriage festivity, which, it is stated, will occur in Jume. The » valuable memorial windows, old relics and paintings were burned, and the four walls of the structure, erect- ed in 1776, are all that is left of the historic edifice. The loss is variously estimated, one sum being named at more than $100,000, but the records destroyed are considered priceless. The fire was discovered this morn- i‘“: a little after 3 o'clock by Mrs. alarm when T. L. Wiltburger, super- intendent of the cemetery, saw the blaze and sounded a call from boxes €121 and 8128. Engine companies 24, 11 and 22 and truck company 6 re- sponded, but when the apparatus ar- rived the flames had gained such headway that efforts to save the properly were practically useless. Lack of Water Plugs Hampers. Work of the firemen was rendered doubly difficult by the fact that mo fire. plug is located within the im- mediate vicinity of the church, and by the time apparatus was connected with ‘those some distance away and water brought to bear on the burning structure the fire had been under way for fully an hour. The cause of the fire is unexplained. There were no electric wires in the building, no fire in the furnace and the church had not been used since Monday morning. Old-Time Bible Burns. Among the historic relics destroyed by the fire was a large folio Bible, which was contained in a glass case near the chancel. The Bible was bought in 1727, was used for many years and' was paid for by the con- gregation with tobaceo. With the Bible, also destroyed, were two large folio common prayer books, the price; for which, according to .records. st g:e eh\ll;:llj‘:'u & quantity of ‘to~ cco_which was to bring not than “1d D&r‘wnnd s Im Among memorial windows de- stroyed . those erected’ to. flm memory of - J. E. Buck, 4 former rector of the church; ome t6 Mrs. o Ra.‘y‘rinon‘d fArmn Bigelow, a ormer resident of the parish, donated by her daughter, and one to the memory of the family of Charles J. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1921-THIRTY PAGES. THE INDUSTRIAL CRISIS HALTS FOR MOMENT British Mining Negotiations Reopen Following Vote of Transport Men to Aid Strike. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 6.—The great in- dustrial crisis with which Great Brit- 2in’ was faced this morning as a re- sult of the bitter wage war between the mine owners and the miners, with strikes by the railway men and the transport workers in addition to the. miners’ strike, threatening the public, has found at least temporary relief. At the elevénth hour Mr. Lloyd George, the prime minister, inter- vened with an Invitation to both sides of the mining dispute to meet repre- sentatives of the government and T open negotiations. ‘After serious dé- liberation the contending forces de. cided to accept the mediation offer. Postpones New Measures. No time has as yet been set for the NATION! BUY THEY RE CALUNG*?(%//,,M -, . L REVENUE VAUD DISCUSSES HIGH RENTS. Chicago Official Denies Scarcity of Apartments as Cause. CHICAGO, April 6.—Figures show- ing that the high rents of apartments cannot be due to the scarcity o( apartments were issued today by Cuy Building Commissioner Charles Bos- trom, who declared there were 6,257 more apartments than tenant families in_ Chicago. The survey, made with the aid of federal census statistics of 1920, showed 428,627 apartments in Chicago and 422,370 tenant families, Bostrom declared. The number of apartment buildings was given at 145,914, with owners numbering 60,000, and 120,000 residents were said to own their own homes. AUSTRIAN THREATS HALT GHARLES' TRIP Fortgr. Emperor’s ' Train Held to Escape Dem- onstrations. reopening of the discussions, but. the Bell, donated by Mr. Bell, a vestryman. | acceptance of the premicrs invita. First Easter Service There. tion. it is pointed out, can be taken The first Easter service to be held |only to mean that the colleagues of in_the present territory of the Dia- |the miners in the triple alliance—the trict of Columbia took place at old |railroad men and the transport work- St. Paul's Church, Rock Creek, in|ers—will take no active measure t. 1791. support the miners while the peace Rev. John who was rec-|negotiations are proceeding. 3 Frazler, tor of Broad Creek Church, in St.| This ray of hope pierced the black John's Parish, Prince Georges coun- |industrial clouds just at the time ty, in_ 1719, found that his parish |When it seemed certain the storm was was growing 80 that a chapel was|about to break and involve Great necessary, and on September 19, 1719, | Britain in the greatest disaster in the people of the Eastern branch |its history. The great coal industry and Rock creek decided to build a|was already at a standstill, with chapel. many mines going to ruin, and de- A little. frame chapel was soon | pendent industries, such as the steel built and = consecrated St. Paul's, | business, closing down. though called Rock Creek then, as| The transport workers of the en- today. The membership grew so |tire country this morning decided to rapidly that in 1726 the colonial as-|support the miners to the fullest ex- sembly passed an act separating it|tent, which meant a general tran from St. John's Parish and creating | port strike if necessary, and the rail 2 new parish. The creation of this|way men were credited with the in. parish marked a religious era in|tention of taking similar action, the capital, and for seventy-five | which would result in the complete years its history was the history of | tie-up of all the country’s business. the Episcopal Church In the District, Feared Bitter Fight. as well as of the social life of man: & of the prominent families whose wed- m’é;'{fl.tg‘rmfmlg:-.flx;’ievgfl:? Watships dings were celebrated at St. Paul's | (o various important ports and mak- and whose dead were buried from |ing other precautionary moves. To the little country church. the general public it looked like a First Reetor Served 34 Years. fight to the bitter end. The first incumbent of St. Paul's|, At this juncture the prime minister, in with was_Rev. George Murdock, sent by e s hl! m.dla.uon roposal. the Lord Bishop of London, who was | ™' (" fhe* reeting. of the triple aili- rector for thirty-four years and died | ance this afternoon, at which it had in 1761. Mr. Murdock is said to have | been intended to determine what ac- been the first clergyman to live in|tion should be taken to support the the District, and the rectory in which | miners. a decision was postponed. J. he lived stood until 1866, when it was | H. Thomas, general secretary of the destroyed by fire. He was succeeded | National Union — of ~ Railwaymen, merely announced that the triple al- by Alexander Williams, who was rec- liance had “considered how best to tor until 1776, when the brick church | ggsist the miners in their struggle” burned today was begun. The body|and that “the miners answered satis- of the church was forty by sixty feet, | factorily *all the questions put to but this seemed too large, and in 1820 | them.” walls were erected within walls, which stood until 1850, when they were re-| PUT TOWN IN DARKNESS. moved and the building restored to its original size. A gallery built in the church in 1735 was also torn out in 1868, and since that time the present chancel was added as well as & ves- tibule. Rioters Cut Light Wires as They Fight With Police. By the Associated Press. Tax on Bachelors. LONDON, April 6.—Disorders which The affairs of the parish were well | began yesterday in the coal mining administered, and in 1767 it owned its|town of Cowdenbeath, in Fifeshire, own tobacco warehouse in George- town and seemed to do a thriving business. During the French-Indian wars a tax was laid on all pachelors above the age of twenty-five years, to aid in the expenses. The bachelors éf Rock Creek parish did not take kind- ly to the tax. but the vestry was zeal- ous in rounding them up,and saw that none escaped except by the legitimate path of matrimony. Out of the seven men appointed to establish the town of Georgetown, five were officers of Rock Creek ittedso Ereeident Hamdink L L worsioMoors ot Back Crenksacisnls Bring Bride, Athenians believe that Princ: ess Ana- stasin has an income of $30,000,000 & year, but the bride is penniless. It is believed here that this engagement may set the fashion for royal mar- riages with American heirs and heir- esses. The prospect is a a little terri- fying when it is recalled that thirty- six reigning houses were “put out of business” by the revolution, and that hundreds of princes and princesses approaching the marriageabls age are, for the most purt “broke.’ Young Leeds. whom' the Greek pa- pers call Sir William Leeds, arrived about a fortmight ago to visit his mother, who is slowly convalescing from a serious lliness. The Groek royal house lost no: time in ! seems somewhat dazed. When asked Dpose so’ | an angry the match, but the bridegroom :‘uu .’I.B'lm‘mu Scotland, became more serious at midnight last night, and, in a series of melees with the polica a number of strikers were injured, says a Cen- tral News dispatch from Dunfermline. The message states that several po- licemen were wounded. The rioters repeatedly broke through the police cordon, and suc- ceeded in cutting electric light wires, throwing the town into darkness. Police reinforcements are being rushed to the scene. ‘WELSH MINERS ANGRY. Threaten Those Who Remain for Pumping Operations. By the Associated Press. €ARDIFF, Wales, April 6—Welsh miners are reported to be developing mood and threatening of- ficials and workers at collieries who remained at the mines to conduct pumping operations. Fear is expressed that several mines already are in such condition that ‘it will take from six to twelve months to put them in working order. In gome caser companies are declared to be considering the possibility of abandoning entirely old collieries which are more or less exhausted and hardly worth the cost of rehabil- itation. RIOTERS RAISE RED FLAG. Capture of Mine Undermanager in' Fifeshire Burts Trouble. s N, Ap rll 6.—Rioting broke it he was engaged, he replied. T sup- out last night in conmection with Lhc.| (Continued on Page 2, Column.2) » By the Associated Press. VIENNA, April 6.—Five hours’ de- lay In the journey of former Em- peror Charles to Switzerlana from Hungary, after his’ futile attempt to regain the Hungarian throne, was caused by the holding up of his train last night at Frohnleiten, just to the south of Bruck, in lower Austria, be- cause of threatened demonstrations against the ex-monarch by the work- | ingmen of Bruck. Several thousand men from the in- dustrial towns in the region. gath- ered at Bruck in. the evening and ddclared they would not let the ex- emperor pass until they had told him what they thought about him and his adventure. The burgomaster of Bruck stopped the train by a telephone message, while efforts were made by entente representatives and others to dhsuade the workingmen from their purpose. The workers resisted all pleas for several hours, but the crowd was finally dispersed at 1 o'clock lMa morning. Departure From Steinmanger. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, April 6.—Former Em- peror Charles went to the Steina- manger station on foot yesterday, be- ing accompanied by Bishop Mikes and a number of officers, says a tele- phone message received here from that city. The former monarch was visibly nervous, pale and haggard. A local military band played the Hungarian national anthem and the crowd un- covered and sang the hymn with fal- tering volces. While the hymn was being sung Charles descended from his train and stood, moist-eyed, among the people whom he claims as sub- jects. When the guards on boatd the spe- cial train gave the signal for starting, Charles re-entered his car, waving farewell, calling out: “Au revoir, my faithful!” The meesage received here states the crowd shouted back: “Your majesty, come back as soon as possi- ble!” Charles was accompanied on his Te- turn toexil e by Gen. Lehar, who has resigned command of the West Hun- garian troops, as well as by a number of officers who have renewed their oath of allegiance to the former em- peror. One of them, Maj. Nozlopy, tore off the insignia of his rank, to which he was elevated by Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary. ‘Will Continue His Fight. LONDON, April 5.—Prior to his de- parture from Steinamanger. former Bmperor Charles expressed the con- viction that he would return within & short period, and he was determined to do all in his power to bring about such a change of view in Europe as to make this possible, says the Steina- manger correspondent of the London ‘Times. GOES TO MEET CHARLES. Representative of Swiss Govern- ment Arrives at Frontier. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 6.—Col. Kissling, representing the Swiss government, has arrived at Buchs, on the Austrian frontier, to convey ex-Emperor Charles to Lucerne, according to word received here this afternoon. Former Em- press Zita is still too weak to g0 to meet her husband. She is said to be greatly disappointed at the failure of his adventure. The Swiss newspapers today declare the stay of the ex-ruler in Switser- nd will be limited by the govern- ente EVILLE. HERRICK T0 ACCEPT 0LD POST IN PARIS |Form_al Nomination to Be Made Soon—Will Go to France This Summer. {BY the Awociated Press. Myron T. Herrick has decided to ac- c('p! appointment as American ambas- sndur to France, a post he filled under President Taft, and which he occupied at the beginning of the world war. Mr. Herrick's formal nomination will be made soon and he will go to France in the early summer. Mr. Herrick, it Is understood, was of- ered the post some time ago by Presi- dent Harding, but, his friends say, was reluctant to accept it because he felt he should devote the remainder of his life to personal affairs.- -Since he left the diplomatic service Mr. Herrick has sustained personal misfortuntes which included the death of his wife and a grandson, and more recently was ill him- self and went to the Hawaiian Islands in search of health. The principal trouble jwas an_infection in one of his_ eyes, i which, however, has now been cleared up. Beside that, Mr. Herrick’s friends point out, he has become interested in business ventures which he felt demand- ed his attention. Acceptable to France. Although President Harding’s mind turned to Mx. Herrick when he began to think of fliling the Paris post? word came to Washington from France tyat the selection of the former ambassa- dor for his old post would be received ithere with gratification among_the | government and the people. There | was nothing official about it, but, it was explained today, the word came just about the same time as adminis- tration leaders here were suggesting to Mr. Harding that he press Mr. Her- rick to accept. The former ambassador has been | considering the offer for several weeks and has only just given his acoept- ance. He has told friends he feels that inasmuch as his own government {and such public feeling in France as has been expressed call him, he feels that in the present posture of world affairs he cannot neglect what he con- siders a duty. Confronted With Paying Rent. In going to Paris again Mr. Herrick will find himself confronted with per- sonally paying the rent for his em- bzssy building unless some way can be found to meet the expense out of other funds of the State Department. One of the provisions of the last diplomatic _appropriation bill cut off that expenditure. This was one of the fdrawbacks to securing Mr. Herrick's acceptance, it was said, because, con- trary to popular belief, he is not a wealthy man, although he has been successful in the conduct of his per- sonal business affairs, and he was not cenvinced that he could afford to pro- vide an embassy himself out of the salary of an ambassador. Entertain- ment, which figures as a large expense for an ambassador, probably will be a small one for Mr. Herrick, for he goes to the post practically alone, and with the intention of devoting himself to the problems of the office rather than the social season. Mr. Herrick conferred today with a number of State Department of- ficials, continuing with them a dis- cussion of French affairs which was started with President Harding. Later in the day he was the guest of Jules J. Jusserand, ,the French ambaseador, at dinner. Today’s News in Paragraphs St. Paul's Church in Rock Creek ceme- tery, with priceless relics, destroyed | | by fire. Page 1 Hertick to accept old post as ambas sadar to France. Page 1 The train of former Emperor Charles, carrying him back to Switzerland, was halted for five hours in Austrll owing to reports of threats against him. Page 1 New notes by U. S. insist on right to pass on mandates. Page Industrial crisis temporarily s Great Britain. o % "1‘ Rosedale Garden Club begins ‘probal most productive season. PPngeui Anti-Blue Law League to fight for an “American Sunday.” Page 7 Cairo in great carnival as it welcor ul“Pasha. e 10 Zaglot Page 10 Munson line ships face boyeot( in Buenos Aires. Page 15 Lively campaign on for officers of Co- lumbia Citizens® Association. Page 17 Becretary Wallue tells farmers he favors U. 8. marketing aid. Page 17 Representatives of Women's Peace Party pleld with President for disarmament. Page 17 Rudolph favors higher District salaries. Page 17 of Co directors an- | tlement plan which provided for par- ll Il reported by El chmwb:: two nmmpecumemva conventions tlclp-t\on by the workers in the run- | The appointee, the ‘Washington, Page 17" ning of the plants. Salvador Escuds . dor | Negro to Serve Second Year Unless YEAR FOR GUN-TOTING. He Pays $500 Fine. James Coleman. colored. who es- caped recently from the Occoquan ) workhouse, where he was serving six| months, was brought into Police Court ’ today, charged with carrying a pis- | {tol. He was sentenced Judge | | Hardison to serve one year and m. pay a fine of $500, in default of the latter to serve another year. TR R T | the completion of the prisoner's pres- {ent sentence at Occoquan. of which he still has five montts to serve. He was arrested by Policeman . H. l(;la)‘fion. FRENCH ARDUSED BYU.S.PLANFOR | SEPARATE PEAGE Determination to Keep Out of League Keen Disappoint- ment to Paris. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. PARIS, France, April 6.—"The news from the United States is bad.” This is the grave remark.which is now being passed hourly among the French lead- ers. It is true that French newspdpers { express great satisfaction at the Ameri- | can reply %> the German note on repara- tions, but nobody in Paris - 1y anticipated that the United States would ever take Germany’s side against the allics. What the French leaders mean when they say that the news is bad is that both Rene Viviani and Am- bassador Jusserand have apparently re- ported that President Harding and the republican leaders in the Senate are de- termined to make a separate peace with Germany and keep America out of the league of nations: The expressions of sympathy for France with which this decision is sur- rounded are naturally appreciated, but are regarded somewhat as in the nature of a consolation prize. Ready to Make Concessions. The French' government is disposed to make all sorts of \concessions to the United States provided the latter will ratify the treaty and join league. TWO CENTS. NEWNOTES BY U.S. INSIST ON RIGHT 10 PASS ON MANDATES Communications Sent on Re- ceipt of Japan’s Reply to Protest Over Islands. APPENDIX ON YAP ISSUE ADDRESSED TO LEAGUE Paris Writer Says America De- clines to Recognize Decisions of Allies or League. New notes on the subject of man- dates have been sent by the Ameri- can government to the governments of Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy. The notes are understood to M very similar, but the occasion for preparing them is said to be the receipt of Japan's reply to the original “American note pyotesting against Japanese mandate over the former German islands, in the Pa- cific, north of the equator. State Department officials refysed to discuss the documents, but it was learned that they were broad enough in terms to cover all American rights growing out of the world war. Form Part of Series. The notes form a part of the series begun by Secretary Colby, and in which the United States insisted upon its full rights as one of the allied agsociated ers, and also the right tg pass nnn‘:‘l’;’nnon all ml.ndlul'{. fore their adoption. Mr. Colby’s notes wise -ddre-o‘ to the principal allied powers, and sub- sequently a copy of them, with an appendix dealing specifically with the Japanese-controlled Island of Yap, in the Pacific ocean, was sent to the league of nations council at Geneva. The council in turn transmitted the document to the allied governments with the explanation that the man- date for the Jsland of Yap Tad been granted by the supreme council. ‘The latest American communica- France is willing to accept any kind of | tions, prepared by Secretary Hughes, reservation or modification so that there| were dated April 4, and by th. time | doubtful { the machinery for the execution of the treaty. &bvloully however, France has not the slightest intention of even seem- ing to try to dictate what the policy of the United States shall be. From the moment that it becomes clear that, in spite of everything, the United States intends to make a separate peace all that France can do is to acquiese as gracefully as possible. In the opinion of many European ob- servers, the present American policy is not well calculated to restore peace and harmony among the nations. Remark Is Cited. The following remark made by Sen- ator Knox to Stephane Lauzanne, editor of Le Matin, has been widely dissemi- nated in France: “The treaty contains the covenant of the league of nations which our govern- ment will never accept, contains stipu- lations concerning the far east which we are unable to ratify, and contains stipulations concerning the frontiers of central Europe which do not affect us. Therefore, we will never ratify the treaty of Versailles.” These words sound ominous to Eu- ropean ears. They seem to mean that | the United States, by its abstention, means to strike at the existence of the league of nations, which certain other great nations, Britain, are equally determined to maintain. The league has more than forty members. It is extremely if the Scandinavian and South American countries, for ex- ample, will resign merely because the United States stays out. The compli- cations which are bound to ensue, therefore, between the nations form- ing thé league an® one powerful state which in the face of every offer of concession remains outside are ominous. As for Senator Knox’s remark that the United States is not concerned in central European boundaries, the United States in ratifying them could declare explicitly that it accepted no formal responsibility for guarantee- ing them, just as President Roosevelt made a reservation when he signed the Algeciras convention in the name of the United States. Finally, as for the Shantung settle- ment, which Senator Knox says the United- States cannot ratify, French are wondering if he means that the United States intends to challenge Japan's occupation of this territory. Tt is curious that at the very mo- ment when American dislike of the league of nations seems the greatest French opinion, which at first was lukewarm toward the league, should be evolving in the opposite sense. The aim and purpose of the league are now being taught in all the public schools. Propaganda meetings, both large and small, are being held con- tinually throughout France in favor of the league. Thus what perhaps! from the United States looks like & moribund institution begins to look from France like something that is really vital. TROOPS HOLD FACTORIES- Lockout in Turin, Ifaly, Due to In- | dustrial Troubles. b LONDON, April 6—A Tockout has been declared by the factory owners of Turin, the important Italian in- dustrial_center, and troops have oc- cupied the factories there, says a dis. patch to the Central News from Rome today. The industrial, troubles in_Turin have recently centered in the F. L A. T. works, where dismissals of work- men for whom there was no employ- ment was reported in messages of notably Great the | shall not be the slightest doubt as to| have reached the four governments to the position of the United States. There | which addressed. All information as is no objection that the United States|to whether orswhen they will be can raise which France is not ready to{made public was withheld today at meet by a corresponding mediative so-| the State Department. _ lution, but both Viviani and Jusserand have seemingly cabled home that the RECEIVED IN FRANCE. ogient slate, that ‘the vers meniion of cal state that very ion e ponis ‘ot hations- . thfows | Texts Expocted to Be Given Out in them into such a passion nutthe'y W u.n;‘ble to Tisten. 15 reason. on tho sub- ashington. By the Associated Press. 1t was part of. M. Viviani's mission to - o e e Harding saministra.| PARIS, April 6.—A note of consider- tion, first, that France would regard |able length from Charles E. Hughes, ‘with great anxiety the t‘mu:l-mlonY of al American Secretary of State, has been eDarate D eWeen Il i iia: | received by the French foreign office France cannot consent to the dissolution | through the. American.embassy here, of the present league of nations or u; The document, which bears the date separation from the league covenant of | /' "NTEIe TN Tl e or tne TUnited States in all settlements aris- ing from the world war. Identical communications were sent to the British and Italian govera- ments, it is understood, with notice that the text will be issued at the State Department in Washingon im- mediately after all the interested gov- ernments have received it. “Pertinax,” political editor of the Echo De Paris, who appears to have had access to the note, declares he considers it means that America de-” clines to recognize any decision of the allies in the treaty of Vi or taken by the supreme council or by the league of nations. He asserts that this is a grave attitude on the part of . the United States. Bears on Action of Council. ‘The note will not be given out here until it has been made public in ‘Washington. It was learned in official circles to- day that the communication bears principally upon the action of the council of the league of nations last | December in approving the mandates {passed upon at that meeting, Includ- ing the Japanese man over the North Pacific islands, ing in the Island of Yap, but that it also outlines the policy of the new administration regarding questions arising from the war, and declares the approval of the United States to be necessary for & final leltleTenL PR A disposition to recognize the of the American claim was lndiu:z in official quarters, although with m reservation that it was scarcely ble to give the United States the Tight of veto in the settlement of questions which necessarily were discussed the absence of representatives of the American government. PLENTY OF ICEASSURED FOR CITY NEXT SUMMER Added Storage Capesity, 12,000 Tons, Increased Daily Output Capacity 320 Tons. There is no danger of an ice short- age in Washington this summer, ac- \ cording to a report made to Health Officer Fowler today by one of his in- spectors who investigated the situa- tion. After citing the capacities of tlu several ice factories, oy - closes his report as follows: “This report shows that there has been added storage capacity since last year of 12,000 tons, and an increase in output capacity of 160 tons per day at the present time. Adding in: capacity of the Washington Ice Com- pany of 120 tons and of the Home Ice | Company of forty tons, effective )ny 1, we have a total incs at beginning of season of 320 tons day over }I:': year's output at the nnin of e season. “It l= the opinion of the several managers interviewed while obtain- ing this information that with the facilities for the increase of daily output of ice aver last year and 'Itj a slight decrease in population, is absolutely no need of fear of uy shortage in the coming season.” The report shows that one big com- pany has added storage capacity for this year of 12,000 tons, making & total of 49,000 tons for storage in that company alone. All of the com- panies informed the health i that they expect to have their mul- mum storage capacity filled by May 1. Dr. Fowler expressed r April 4 to have created an acute situ- ation. The conditions were aggra- vated, it was said, by the fears that the dispute might le#d to renewed occupation of the works by the men. such_as largely occurred last year in the Italian metal industry, the gov- ernment being forced to devise a set- jon r the apparent safe situation pre- ov:.\el\n( in the ice business. MEXICAN ENVOY TO SOVIET. L aExirD CITY, April 6.—Mexico has pointed a minister to soviet ML Universal nowspaper says, lero,