Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1921, Page 1

* - Unsettled tonight and probably showers; cooler Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: 3:30 p.m. yesterday: 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 25. WEATHER. Highest, 78, at lTowest, tomorrow; tonight. 59, at Closing New York Stocks, Page 24. No. 28,102. post_office Was! Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. Che bening Staf. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. THURSDAY, C., APRIL 7, ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDS PRICE-FIXING HERE INTOLERABLE Thorough Investigation of Building Material Situation & in D. C. Proposed. BUSINESS MEN MUST QUIT VIOLATING LAWS Scouts Sent Ont Over U. S. to Gain Facts Which Will End “Ques- tionable Practices.” Evidence of price-fixing and other questionable practices tending to keep up the prices of building mate- rial in the District of Colurgbia and vicinity is in the possession of the Department of Justice, Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty said today. He said he intended to assign an attorney in the department to make a thorough in- vestigation of the situation here with a view to bringing to an end condi- tions which he called “intolerable. In sounding a warning to the ma-| terigl men as wel] as other business men' that the time has now come when they must desist from practices which keep up prices and tend to vio-| Jate the law, he said that the full} force of the Department of Justice would be employed to put a stop to them. Scouts will be sent from the De- partment of Justice to other cities in the country to gather information to aid in bringing to justice those who nave been engaging in the question- able practices. Goes to New York. Attorney James A. Fowler left here yesterday for New York, and {oday is: instituting an investigation In_ con- nection with the now famous Lock- wood inquiry of the New York state legislature into the building situation there. Evidence of doubtful practices in the building industry in Pittsburgh. St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Chicago will result in sending officials from the department to these places| to aid the local officials, Mr. Daugh- erty said. - The action of the Attorneyl General marks the institution of a policy in this_administration of giving every possible aid to local officials in en- forcing the Sherman anti-trust and other laws.- During the activities in other cities in_connection with the investigations charges had been made that tife federal department was ham- pering the work of bringing the cul- prits to justice by failing to give them aid. The steps just instituted by the departme-at inaugurate a nation. wide inquiry into the high prices buiiding materials. 2 Y “latelerable “onditions.” It_has come o the attention of the departmeént, Mr. Dau y~ sai that there exist in certain parts the country conditions in the build- ing industry that are intolerable. It is the purpose of the Department of Zustice to “clean up” the situation in this regard, but at the same time there is to be no disposition to un- duly harass business. However, the department will not submit, if it is possible to prevent it, to any violation of the law in trade. The Attorney General said: “We would like the country to_take notice now that this is a new day and a new way. We will not close our eyes and approve any device, scheme or trick that would violate the law. We want the country to understand, too, that we are right positive about it. If the situation now existing is produced by tricks, they must be discontinued.” He said that there is sufficient au- teority under the laws now existing to prevent the offenses charged from being committed. All of these com- panies, he said. have the best law- gers, and lawyers are considered a part of the ,Department of Justice force. These lawyers are expected by the department to advise their clients as to what is the right thing to do and the safe thing to do, and not permit them to imlulge in these| plans and schemes, so that business concerns over the country can go straight forward and not be suspect- ed and injured. Emphatic Warning. | This opportunity lr being given the! firms now, if there ls a disposition to| ' 14 —_— MEXICO DENIES RUMOR. Declares Relations Have Not Been DEBS REPORT DELAYED. Attorney General Says It Is Being Given Thorough Study. | Recommendations of the Depart- | ment of Justice to President Harding |in the case of Eugene V. Debs may not be ready for a month. Attorney General Daugherty. who recently summoned Debs here from the Atlanta penitentiary for a per- sonal conference, said today that the case was being given thorough study and that this necessarily required much time. DAWES ASKS DNTY TOADDISBLED Recommends Consolidation of Bureaus Dealing With Treatment of Soldiers. Organization of a Veterans’ Service Administration, consolidating exist- ing governmental bureaus having to do with treatment of disabled serv- ice men, is recommended in a report submitted today to President Hard- ng by Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, chairman of the special commission investigating soldier relief problems. The new agency would be headed by a director general to be appoint- ed by President Harding and to serve directly under the executive. The commission asked this from departmental establishments as a means of insuring against con flicting authorit. The commission, sessions hcre Monda draft of its report at which began its completed tbe an executive session this morning and immediavely | went to the White House to present it to the President. Mr. Harding wHI pass finally upon the recommsinda- tions. Col. F. W. Galbraith. jr.. commander of the American Legion, was appoint- ed as a_ committee of one having charge of the publication of the re- port. He said it would be given out late today for publication in morning papers of tomorrow. Members of the commission said it conformed in the {In.i:nd with summaries already pub- shed. Shortage to Be Cited. Serious conditions with reference to shortage of hospital facilities, espe- cially as affecting tubercular and mental cases, are expected to be shown by the commission's findings. This condition will be cited to illus- trate the need for new hospitals for which an appropriation will probably be asked of Congress. New legisiation will also be asked by the commission in its report to ac- ! complish consofidation of the existing | bureaus and decentralization of the fleld service, so that those in need may apply to relief stations estab- lished In their home districts rather than to- Washington or other more istant bureaus. 3 Commander Galbraith pledged the American Legion’s support to the cen- tral bupeau, as did the chiefs of all the government bureaus affected. These have been invited to join Mr. | Dawes to sign the commission’s re- port. 1t is the plan to group the organi- zations now doing soldier work under | a_ central authority. eliminating du- plication and conflict between the existing agencies, which, it was said. had resulted in men being transferred from one jurisdiction to another. and | often left during transfer without physical, financial and industrial benefits. GERMANY TO PROPOSE REHABILITATION PLAN ‘Will Submit Note to Allied Council on Reconstruction of Devastated French Regions. By the Amsociated Press. BERLIN, April 7.-—Germany will submit to the allied supreme council specific proposals for the reconstruc- | tion of the devastated regions of northern Frauce in a note now is being prepared. and which will be dispatched before May 1, it was announced officially today. The note will reiterate Germany's desire to see the regions reconstruct ed as quickly as possible, and will pfter German labor and material to ‘this end. —_— CARRY LUNCH TO TRIAL. Curious Flock ‘to Hear Testimony in Ohio Murder Case. WARREN, Ohio, April 7.—Lines of people, many carrying lunches, again had formed when the courthouse was opened here today for the third day of the trial of Mrs. Alta M. Koehler, nection with the killing of her two small sons. The state expects to present all evidence and rest today. the prosccuting attorney announced. Preliminary state- ments wWere made by both sides yester- day, and Max Brunswick, attorney for its’ separation | i 1,200 Cases Now Pending to Be 1 {on June 1, in comp] indicted for first degree murder in con- | D. . HEADS T0 ASK NEW LEGISLATION - OFNEXTCONGRESS |Proposed “Blue Sky Law” Among Important Bills to Be Presented. | | ' ALSO WANT AMENDMENT TO LOAN SHARK STATUTE Higher Interest Rate Believed Ad- visable—Better Regulation of Milk Supply Also Desired. A number of important bills ‘affec ing the District will be sent to Con gress by tive Commissioners next week for early consideration when the special session opens. A new piece of legislation to be sub- mitted is the proposed ‘“blue sky law to prevent the sale of unsound stocl and other securities. This bill was prepaved by a committee represent- ing the bankers of the city and has been approved by the Commissioners. Azother important bill which the Commissioners again will submit with the request for early action is that arending the loan shark law of 1913. Would Raise Interest Rate. This bill would raise from 1 to iper cent the rate of interest which | pawnbrokers and money lender: { would be permitted to charge. Prac- tically no pawnbroking business has been done in the District since the |interest rate was restricted to 1 pe {cent. and it is the belief of the Co | missioners and the citizens' commit tee in charge of this question that there is need for pawnshops in the city under certain regulations. According to George S. Wilson, sec- retary of the citizens’ committes, pawnbrokers do operate successfully in other cities on a 2 per cent rate of interest, and it is believed they wouid {establish themselves here at that rate. The proposed bill would fot limit lend on jewelry or other personal ef- fects. It would limit, however. to $200 advances made by money lenders on personal notes. The theory of the citizens’ committee is that persons who need loans of more than $200 are able to make them through the banks. It is understood the Commissioners jalso are working on a bill to au- thorize the preparation of a survey for a connecting parkway between the old civil war forts around the Nationay Capital. Other Proposed Legisiation. Health Officer Fowler is now en- gaged in redrafting for submission which failed-in the last Congress. In' addition. the Commissioners ex- pect to have a special bullget af esti- mates ready early in the session to | meet the urgent needs of the school system by drawing on the four mil. lion- dollars of surplus District reve- | nues, coupled with an appropriation from the federal government, either on the 50-50 or 60-40 basis. The Commissioners also will submit |to Conmgress next week a deficiency | bill to meet the urgent needs of the | various departments of the city gov- ernment for the remaining three months of the fiscal year. COURT NEEDS MONEY. Transferred in Lump. The Commissioners wiil have to ask | Congress next week for a large sup- plemental appropriation for the Mu- nicipal Court, in view of the fact that 1,200 ses now pending in the Dis- trict Supreme Court will be transfer- red in a lump to the Municipal Court liance with a ct of the last Congres iy A law approved early in March pro- vides that the Municinal Court shall handle all damage suits involving $1.000 or less. Heretofore the Di triet Supreme Court has handled all litigation between $500 and $1,000, and which | plaintiffs have had the privilege of | ¢ {Suing in either court for amounts be- |tween $100 and $500. After June 1 {all of these cases will go before the | Municipal Court and be entitled to | Jury trial, entailing a large additional | expenditure for that court. inouu HEADS GRAND JURY. Others Picked to Serve for Ensuing Six Months, E. W. Donn. local architect. was se- | lected today by Justice Gould to serve |as foreman of the grana jury for {the ensuing six months. { Other grand jurors are William A. {Elliott, T. A. Mullett, L. Bert Nye,| haddeus A. Bean, Charles H. Brown, |L. F. Lusby, Charles Baxter, F. H. Keller, A. P. Madeira, A. E. Seymour, Charles S. Zurhorst, William C. Look- er, Samuel M. Darrah, J. T. O'Brien, Waiter E. McWilliams, Richard F. | Wainwright, William J. Balley, Henr: | Flury, S.J Park, Benjamin H. Parl ler, Clarénce F. Norment, jr., ana Rob- jert Lee O'Brien. the amount that a pawnbroker could ! at this session the bill to better regu- | Ilate the city's milk supply, . ARAIN SCHEDULE e e NEXT TRAIN uSIness Z of §pec | PAYCUTIS DENIED BY RAILWAY BOARD [New York Central’s Request, | Affecting Unskilled Labor, ! Turned Down. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 7.—Permission to make provisional reduction of the wages of unskilled labor on the New York Central railroad was denied by the Railroad Labor Board here to- day. | The railroad recently requested per- mission to put cats of from 17 to 31 { per cent into effect on April 1. The dispute was taken tothe labor board, lafter the railroad and the employes ihad corferred. The dispute between the New York | Central and the unskilied labor em- ployes over a permanent reduction in wages will be heard on April 18 in connection with similar disput { which have been filed by other rai { roads. 7 | Will Take Up Others. i A resolution passed by the board in | connection with the New York' Central | decision states that the board will {also take up cther carriers’ disputes jat that time. Twenty-five other railroads have filed petitions for common labor wage i reductions within the last thirty days. Each side will be given eight hours {to present its argument in the com- bined hearing. | idence also may be presented in {writing: The board deemed it advisa- !ble to consolidate the hearing on the requests of all twe: ix roads in order to save time, inasmuch as it was expectsd that the argument in each casc wonld be similar. «Tepnny” Men Refect. PITTSBURGH. Aprid T—Representa- | tives of the Order of Railroad Station i Agents and the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Dispatch Agents and | Signal Men announced that they had | refected proposals of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company for a wage | reduction of approximi 15 per ! eent. Delegates for the order of ailr !telegraphers took he com ¥ ! proposition under consideration. and will submit an answer later. while | Adam Reid of Philad . who said {he represented 150 telegraphers and ! telephoners i delegates for general office telegraph- fers, announced _that “we place our case entirely in your hands and trust to the good judgment of the man- |aK€an‘.. D. L. & W. Men Refeet. (EW YORK, April 7.—Representa- tives of approximately 10,000 organ- frea skilled and semi-skilled employes Zed e Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad flatly rejected a per cent wage reduction. workers declined to be a £ joint request to the Ral’ | P4 Labor Board to adjust the mat- oA he road management announced {t"would submit the controversy to that body- at once Union Lenders Quit Arkansas. HARRISON, Ark. April T.—At the { proposed 27 {While the | party to a Mrs. Koehler, declared she would take | the stand and name the man whom she | says shot her in the arm and killed the | children. Her first story was that the | Established With Soviet. MEXICO CITY, April 7.—Relations of a committee of citizens long the Missouri and on which —— VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION. | request from towns al t North Arkansas railroad. have not been established between Mexico and the soviet government of Russia, and the administration has man was a negro, but Brunswick said the man she would name is not a negro. Outbreak of Volcano Most Violent been in progress for sev- the union leaders who ng the striking em- {a strike has eral weeks. the {have been directi not named a Mexican minister at Moscow. it was declared at the for- eign office last night. This statement was made in denial of a purported of- ficial announcement to that effect pub- CARDINAL DOUGHERTY SAILS. CHERBOURG. France, April 7.—| dinal Dougherty of 'Philadelphia | sailed for New York today on the steamship Olympic. violate the law. to stop and begin over again. he said. The den-nmemhlsl this gratuitous but nevertheless modest lished by EI Universal yealerd!yl morning. rather inclined now to give and emphatic warning that they desist immediately. U. S. Radical, Jailed by Reds, Warns America of Soviet The warning sounded today for the building material industry should also be taken to heart by other business interests, he pointed out. He said that he had established the ‘policy of sending special counsel to sections of the country wherever it is necessary to make thorough investi- gatione and assist the local authori. ties in the work of bringing to justice those engaging in the practices com- plained of. - Conferences already have been held with District Attorney Clyne of Chica- By the Associated Press. REVAL, Esthonia, April 7.— The sedition. He left the United States! “decaying civilization of soviet Rus. iP September and arrived m Russia - or.|in Three days after nis| was depicted as the worst tyr-|arrival in Moscow he was imprisonss| anny in the world by Dr. Morris Zuck- | and spent most of the time he was in - ussia in confinement. er. known here as a leader and or-| Rpigie In confinement, G T ganizer of the communist Party in the | saia. he met vietims of molperer United States and whose home is in|tyranny, most of whom were there Brooklyn, N. Y., on his arrival here“”""{;: l’;fi"{'lld&l::;:fikheml ruled today from Moscow, after nearly' fiye | These included former grany wiils months in Russia. and workmen, whose common ground, itions steadily are becoming|according to Dr. Zucker, was their &o- 1 he declared. “What littie for- | opposition to “absolute tyranny.” prisonment on being found guilty of! e Russia is able to get is of | panjed by impressive in Fifteen Years. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, April 6.—Mount Vesuvius | SPFin® is in active eruption. The eruption |train int is the most violent that has occurred | in fifteen years. It is being accom- | internal rum- | v im- loyes agreed to leave the ulu}e P ediately, -and left for Eureka s, Ark. promising to take a o Missouri. Agree to Arbitrate. % Mich., April 7.—Settle- blings. : DETROIT, Mich 3 Dénse clouds of smoke mixed with | ment by arbitratiod "&:J:Z:‘fi:éf:; flames. form & majestic. but alarm- | tween offcials of the BIOTICULOT 0y ng picture. Many American tour- : maintenan Rlelbia sts have been attracted by the spec- | railway shop i tacle, but are prevented from pa) members of the executive committee proaching the crater’ by the show- of the unmion was announced. Under the arbitration ruling, given by Judge ers of hot ashes and cinders & Ioael O'Brien of Houghton, Mich., movement of molten lava. i i Pt iting circuit judge, Alex. 3L Everett of Sebastopol, Calif,, and John WILL ACCEPT PAY cUT. Fiall of Rock Island, Tll, removed from the executive board by Edward Seagoing Tugmen Agree After |F. Grable, union president. are re- stored to membership. ‘Both sides in the controversy signed the agreement. It also was an- nounced that hereafter Judge O'Brien Wonld act as arbitrator in ' certain disputes that may arise within the union. ENVOY PLEDGES FRIENDSHIP. Dr. Maximo H. Zepeda, Nicaraguan Conference With Secretary. Employes of seagoing tugboa agreed last night at a_conference with the employers and Secretary Davis to accept whatever wage re- ductions are settled upon by em. ployes of transatiantic ships upon the expiration of the agreement between the seamen and ship owners on May 1 and .to accept the reduction of ap- o help to the people. who everywhere are the victims of tyranny, and §o “bout in a hopeless attitude because ©of the great and constant rea terror. Dr__Zucker last June was pardoncd by President Wilson after been sentenced to fifteen years' im- Dr. Zucker, who arrived here with a group of Germans on the way home from Russia, where they were prisan. ers, said he hoped to return to the United States to relate the facts ve- garding Russia “to disillusion thos t | donas unde=r ==~ goviets.” P N | proximately 25 per cent in wages pu} into effect March 1 on:dondition that wage scales existing under the old agreement, which expired December 31, are to become” effective May 1 pending adoption of a. new agree- having| who think there is an¥thing like free-| ment between ocean steamship em- ployers and employes. minister of foreign affairs, who is. in Washington on a special mission, has informed ihe State Department that he did not doubt in_ the least “that the final attitude of Nicaragua will never be contrary to that which the United Btates governme to the league of nations. it may adopt in regard| : Z Craniums of London . | Are Growing Round; Blow to Initiative By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 7—Citizens London are growing rou: headed, according to anthropol || omints, who xay thix change i 1 due to the incursion of peoples | from middle Europe. It ix shid thix tendency to- | || ward globular formation of within the “The old _Brith were long-headed and they been supreme in initiative mov- erning capacity and colonizing &Kenlun,” xays a commentato: “The round hemds are initintive, but they capacity for patient labor.” | H I I- H AL ROBBERS GET HALF MILLION LOOT i Men in Chicago May Reach $750,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 7.—An abandoned mail sack found by the police early today and believed to be the regis- tered pouch stolen by bandits from a [mail truck late vesterday. contained i wrappers for money, which the police said shows that from $500,000 to $750,- 000 was obtained by the robbers. It was reported last night that the loss would not exceed $50,090. The abandoned pouch { wrappers indicating a shipment of jone package of $40.000 in one-dollar bills, « package holding $50.000 in currency, another containing a hun- dred one-thousand-doliar bills and | ive large sacks consigned to branches lof the Federal Reserve Bank. each {suck containing five smaller bags, {which in turn neld cureacy of iarge | denomination. itobbery at Station. The robbery took place at the Dearborn street station in the busi- ness quarter. Bystanders said that the robbery 1 i the eastern region. and | Was committed in less than two min- iutes. So sudden was the assault on ] the mail truck that many coniicting \ siories were given to the police by witnesses, According to one account, the rob-. bers had played base ball all after- noon in a lot adjoining the station where the holdup occurred. Other witnesses said the robbers rushed up to the mail truck in an automobilz just as it was preparing to unload. The four bandits held up a dozen ymail clerks and several bystanders at the points of pistols. One of the robbers, described as a huge man welghing more than 200 pounds, grasped the sack with one hand and carried it to a car across the street. Only One Shot Fired. Two other mail pouches were then taken, the bandits escaping in“the automobile. Only one shot was fired, j a1l agreeing that one of the bandits ! shot .at a companion before recog- nizing him. Whether the bullet took effect was not known, s As the bapdits’ machine turned the first corner, a policeman fired two shots at the car without effect. | JEarly today the police found the jthree mail.pouches. ripped open and i their_contents missing, in a vacant lot. Wrappers in the registered pouch gave the first indication that a large admount had been obtained. The automobile used by the robbers was found - abandoned about two miles from the, place where the pouches were discovered. Two bullet holes were in the ton- neau of the machine. 1t was believed that the currency stolen was consigned to banks in In- dianapolis. - The Chicago Federal Re- Bank and the Indianapolis banks are the currency-distributing points fo rthe middle west. . Postal Inspector A. E. Germer, act- ing head of‘the bureau heres refused to give an estimate of the loss, a re- cent ruling from Washington forhid- ding this. STEAL THREE MAIL POUCHES. Bandits Rifle Chicago and Eastern Illinois Depot in Indiana. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 7.—Three bandits entercd the Chicago and East- ern Illinois depot at Sullivan, south of here, this morning and took three pouches of registered mail and escaped in an automobile. Station Agent J. C. Hicks arrived at the office as the men were going out through a window. It was said the loss would amount to sev- eral ‘thousand dollars. Sum Obtained by Five Armed | contained | 1921 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. REPEAL OF EXCESS PROFITS TAX URGED Secretary Mellon Makes This Decision in Planning for Next Year’s Revenues. | Suggestions as to means of raising the four bjllion dollars of revenue | necessary for the conduct of the na- tional government ‘during the next fiscal year will be sent to Congress | early next week, Secretary Mellon | sald today. Discussion of sources Which may be tapped by the new tax program will be concluded probably | Saturday by the Secretary of the| Treasury and his staff of advisers. Thus far. it was stated, deéfinite decision has been reached on only one Question affecting tax revision. Mellon will recommend repeal of the | excess profits tax, but he has not yet Aecided what forin of levy will sup- Plant that wartime revanue provis- Vital Deeisions Pending. In connection with tak revision, it appeared that no determination had been reached regarding redemption of | the so-called floating debt or short- term Treasury certificates of indebt- edness totaling around $2,770,000,000 | in other than the presen fashion of reissuing certificates to take the place of those maturing. less the amounts paid when funds are availa- ble. This phase of federal financing | as well as the retirement of $4,100,- 1000,009 in victory notes. due in two tvears, is rega:ded as being insepa- iraply linked wih any tax program. I Actlon on the certificate payments {and” maturing victory notes may be tleft for determination by Congress in connection with disposition of the great wartime debt which it has been i | | proposed to fund into long-term | bonds. i Ex-Secretary Houston' Plan. Former Secretary Fousion nad | planned t» merge the victory notes jinto a floating debt to be retired as| lare certificates of indebtedness, but | I sentiment in Congress for a funding | iof the entire outstanding debt may jbring a change in that arrangement. LIFT PASSPORT CONTROL. By a modification of passport regu- | lations, in Be'gium, citizens of the| { United States, France, Great, Britain, {Ttaly, Japan and Luxemburg may | in Belgium.” or pass in transit| through that country, without having | their passports vised by a_diplomatic | or consular officer of Belgium. i | I i i i | i ;Today’s News t | ! secreta in Paragraphs| v Mellosy to tell Congress how to raise $4,000,000,000 needed for-com- ing year. Page 1 District Commissioners to ask new leg- isiation at special session of Congress. Page 1 Women lay plans for the future at-com- ing convention. Page 3 Women hopeful President will aid leg- islation. Page 4 Dawes recomimends consolidation of goy- ernment bureaus dealing with’ treat. ment of disabled soldiers. Page 1 President taking up issie of freight rate/cutting. Page 2' Former Emperor Charles arrives in| Switzerland. Hungarian premier | charges conspiracy against ex-mon- arch. Page 2 ermans are obtaining Russian com- mercial concessions. Page Italian election campaign opens with one of greatest political fizhts in country’s | history predicted. Page 2| Four killed, thirty hurt in train crash | on Queen and Crescent. Page 2 Evidence explodes in New York court, causing ‘“‘court” panic. Page 5} Salvation Army convention opens here. | Page 1 Slain_-body borne to ravine by auto, 1~ authorities believe. Page Gr-ek defeat due to underestimating | | Turkish fighting canacity. 9! | Briand reports »mazing progress in rev- | astated war regions in France. i Page 12 Survey shows many unemployed here. IG Man arrested on forgery charge sdid to have confessed slaving Joseph B. El- well, whist expert. Page 13 Impetus given plan for forty-eight state buildings in D. C. Page 13 Board of education to make special re- quest_for funds for new tubercular school. i Page 13 President Harding and Secretary of | .State Hughes praised by Italian offi- cials. . Page 13 Williams, Georgla defendant,. denies’ slaying of negro. Page 19 Americans misled in mandate_issues, London paper says. Page 20 “War risk director says ’l,l‘l‘l‘ d.:‘lml are now being given every attention. s ing e Page 21 Mr. { 1,0dge and Borah, and even President i Harding dre opposed to any compro- The Associatee paper and also dispateh Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not othérwise c:edited in this All rights of publication of special = Press s exclusively entitied to the local news pablished lerein, lerein are also rescrved. i Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 96,003 TWO CENTS. 1 Reds Overwhelmed | in Effort to Usher in Chaos in England | | By Cable to The Star and Chicago | | I Dails News. Copyright, 1921 | LONDON. Engiand, Apri | | Bolxkeviam's fourth deciaive de- | feat in tke past year in the out- | standing fenture of the pending | induxtrial erisin in Great Brit- | ain. The danger of n zeneral strike ix not yet past. but the reds have been overwhelmed in the councils of labor. It ix he- | lieved that they camnot revive unlexs cither the mine owners or the government blunders badly. From the firt the government was not alone in realizing that the revolutionaries would do thelr utmost to bring about gen- eral anarchy and bloodshed and upact the existing political and wocial xysiem. Labor also xaw thix. The government made prepara- tiénx and labor made prepara- tienw. The zovernmert put the whole country in readiness for an asxault upon harbors. wa houtex, railronds, private | | n and public property and loeal xeatx of nuthori workers—elosed ftx | | for a fight in the council cham- bers of unionixm. FRANCE MAY END MODERATION POLIGY! | H {U. S. Stand Causes Loss of Hope of Peacefuily Set- tling Reparations. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWR By Cable 10 The Star and Chicago 1 Coprright, 19 PARIS, France, April 7.—The crys- | tallization of the American foreign policy into the formmia “no league and no treaty" seems to French lead- ers to remove the last hope of set- ! tlement of the’ reparations question | by peaceful means. So long as the possibility remained that the United Staies, by taking an active interest in the European war settlements would bring moral pres- sure to bear to make Germany pa the French, on the whole. were aversc to using force against Germany. This possibility has now vanished. Assurances to Vivi practically-ail of the republican lead- ers, including President Harding, that the United States will under no cir- | cumstances join the league, and will not ratify the treaty of Versailles. It *| is declared that Secretary Hughes in- clines somewhat toward a compro- mis= solution. but Senators Knox. mise whatever, Paris is told. Unless the republican party be split. all of its representatives must follow these extgemists, it is believed here. M. Viviani has been so struck bv the passionate feeling of Americans on both sides of the league of nations {question that he has compared it to the state of mind in France during| the Dreyfus affair. In any case his mission has served its nurpose. He has made it clear to the United States that France cannot envisage the dis- solution of the league of nations or its dissociation from the treaty, and has apparently ascertained bevond all question the intention of the new ad- ministration in Washington to pro- fess a policy of disinterestedness in European affairs. On Her Own Resources. Thus the entire situation changes. France. while making every endeavor to retain American sympathy. is thrown back on her own resoures and intends to act accordingly. Between now and Mayv 1 nothin will be done, but if by the latter date Germany has not fulfilled the term of the treaty regarding disarmament. the trial of the: war criminals and reparations France will prenare to enforce what she cons’ders her rights. Of this much Premier Briand has glven the senate absolute assurance. An effort will be made to co-operate closely with Britain, but if the latter should refuse this co-overation, the vriter has the impression that France proceed alone to some such meas. ures as the occunation of the Ruhr region and more, t00. if necessary. Fpr months now France has been ing a policy of moseration ical results are nil. To expect this modaraton to continue inflefinite- ! Iy under present circumstances is to expect too much. WALD TO MAKE APOLOGY FOR INSULT TO BRITISH Mayor to Read It in Presence of Aldermen and Other Officials. Several Instances Reported. By Cable to The Sta opy COBLENZ. Germany. April cording to the Cologne Post, the or gan of the British army on the Rhine, | several cases have come to light in |take a which certain civilians have insulted British soldiers. Tomerrow the mayor !of Wald, in the presence of the alder- | then and other local officers, read an apology for indignities flicted there on a British captain in uniform. ‘Amid the jeers of the townspeople, an automobiie in which' the officer been sitting deliberately over- turned. The same offense at the ime when the/ Germans occupied northern Frasce and Beigium would have occasioned fines and immediate death. 3 Other cases of obnoxious behavior take such forms as breaking through military columns while on parade, in- Iting soldiers in street cars and frequent violations of the army liqour rules.. Three such cases came up in the British summary court yesterday nd two of the offenders weve sent to on. Rene Viviani has been assured by | |LOYDGEORGE FAILS 10 END BIG STRIKE INBRITISH MINES Railway Men Join Transport Union in Support of Coal Workers. |GOVERNMENT FORCED | TO MEET SITUATION Premier Declares Issue Is Much | Wider Than Question of Wages i to Be Paid. BY the Associated Press LONDON i T— complete break-up of conference between e ives of the miners, the owners and government with the view to settling the coal strike was announced in the house of commons by Premier Lloyd George this after- noon. National Union of Railwaymen unanim decided to sup- port the coal miners in their strike. The exccutive body of the railway- . men’s niom decided to con im- diately with the transport’ workers® org: zation tor the purpose of tak- | ing the most effoctive and immediate ! steps to assist the miners. usal Brought Failure. 3 lure of the conferen i Georz declared,. came : quence the refusal of the {miners féderation to aitow the pump- {men to return to work until the min- ers’ conaitions of a national wage sys- {tem and « national profits pool had been accepted. | The premser added that since it had ! been made clear the miners’ federation | would not consider any settlement except on the sconceding of their des }mands in full, the government, rely- ling on the assistance of the great {mass of the people, n tuke every means in 1ts power to meet the situa- tion. The view of the miners’ federation, {Mr. Lioyd George asserted, was that to permit the pumpers to return would be to relinquish the weapon ; with which the miners hoped to bring {the govern jto 2 speed ent and the mine owners acceptance of their terms. Amidst cheers from the the premicr deci ed was much wider than that of what wuges should be paid. The government, he said, had always Kept {an open mind on the question of wages and_was prepared to use its good ofticcd in reaching a solution. He rcgreitcd extremely that- the miners hiad taken so grave a decision, jinvolving injury and misery to their { fellow citizens throughout the coun- jiry as well as to themselves. { Pariey Lasts Two Hours. | The coaference of the ‘prime minis- {ter and the miners' leaders lasted up- {ward of two hours. Mr. Lioyd George, who was accompanied by r Bobert S. Horne, the chancellor, of the exchequer; Thomas J. Mac: mara, minister of labor, and ofticials of the mines department, urged the miners to accede to the owners' con- dition that pumping be resumed pend- ing negotiations. This the miners’ representutives aleclared they were unable to consent to. and shortly aft- {er adjournment of the conference the jboard of trade issued an official state- men saying “the negotiations have LIOREN usw N Leaders of the Tranport Workers' | Fedcration, ihich already has de- ded to support the miners, met this - {morning. ~ but adjourned ~until 4 jo'clock this afternoon in order that - !they might learn the result of the iconference of the miners and the prime minister before deciding what the support will take. ew digturbances occurred in the wn of Cowdenbe: ht. During the th, Scotland, last disorder a shop 1o inig! | window was Qroken and the contents {of the place wore carried away. The i police dispersed the crowd with tHeir {ciubs., according to a Central News dispatch from Dunfermline. Trans- port workers of th- British fleet in lthe Firth of Forth have been given {slecping berths on bourd the battle- and Rosyth. Double g !sons in the Forth area i Navy Units Get Word. STOWN, ireland, April units here and at other home on all cais- QUE Nav | ports have been instructed..as a re. !sult of the strike of British miners, {to hold themselves in readiness for | emergen vice. hore leave has | been curtailed, even officers being re- fquired to return to their ships by {8:30 o'clock in the evening. Naval {officials view the situation as being filled with the sravest possibilities. The question of shifting large num- i bers of the crown forces in Ireland to { England. if disorders ensue, has been | fully consideres if such | said. the Torces tn it is und ood, and shouid be taken, it fs ferred will prob. iabl include many au iaries regard- “jed as especially qualified by their jwork in Ireland to deal with elements ceki to stir up trouble. Officials, however, are aware of the possibility that the Irish republican army may dvantige of the opportunity of- !fered by disorders in England, and ! military authorities are reluctant to n ireland. i decrease the, torces SCHOOL MORALS SCORED. |Ohio Superintendent Cautions Par- >nts of Danger Facing Pupils. | CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 7.—In a report read and discussed by the child welfare department of the Cleveland Federation of Women's Clubs, Supt. jof Schools R. G. Jones said immorality i1s the greatest menace of the publie schools today:- that we are fast drift- ing toward free love in this country; that the mothers of the nation are not making good om the jobs and that da in Cleveland schools will be tirely unless jt is conducted as a wholesome pleasure and enter- tainment for school pupils. ‘Officialdonz s Deuces and Treys Menace Prohibition ”fLandis By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 7.—The country | shoultl give the prohibition gmend- | ment a trial for about-fifty vesrs “to see whether it is the best thing for us o not,” in the opinion of Judge The judge spoke last night on the subject at an anniver- | sary celebration of America’s entry | o the war. 1ot you that the eighteenth | K. M. Landis. “I warn amendment 18 in danger of nullifica- | through It for a year tion by buredu heads—those deuces | guch o | and 1 saloonkee ! too: treys of officialdom—who making a lot of rules wh. soft drink saloons to ooze in bottles labeled 25 per cen: alcoho!: for medicinal purposes only.’ Judge Landis. “And ther are ich permit are a lot of Dors getung away w with a lot o doc.ors and druggusts iz ¢ 2. instances wiere for &s nigh 25 §: they do it? a quart. il Iow do I huve boeu wnd it's too for_me.’ N ~