Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 1

. ENGLAND HEADED b sight and history of the country, averted. St be no restriction WEATHER. Rain tonight and .tomorrow, with rising temperature. “Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 60, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 47, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 21. Closing New York Stecks, Page 25. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,103. he Foening 3 ON, ASHIN ' oy Member of the Associated Press The Associated ‘Press s exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise cindited in this paper and also the local news published herein. “D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Al rights of publication of special QGispatches berein are a! rescrved. TWO CENTS. Do Clams Migrate? Sounds Silly to Us But Its Very Vital The age-old ques of whether a clam is a migratory fish came to the United States Supreme Court today for de- cinion. Mussel fishermen operating on » Minswourt, ed review of deeinl ing that removal of FOR TRIPLE STRIKE, DESPITE PREMIER Lidyd George Again Fails to Bring Opposing Sides Into | | the, conrt keid thas | Agreemem_ ble of locomotion sufficient 1 laws vesting all rights to game d fish in the public. bring it within the category of | migratory, finh.” l ot Twsronr_|EYDEAT ERIANY MR. HUGHES TAKES REINS N- SHAPING . FOREIGN POLICY Unhampered Action in Recent | Note Declared to Demon- strate Leadership. I BOLD STAND EXPECTED ON AMERICAN RIGHTS | . | Allied Governments Likely Will DECIDE ON WALK-OUT | oty 1o secs—cees | (| MAKE NEW BID " OAEE, Apeil b1t was stated semi- ment to Call Out Army and | officially here today that a fresh propo- Navy Reserves. sition on reparations was expected from By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 8—~The rail- Germany. Unconfirmed reports are in | circulation that the Germans are making | way men and transport work- another effort to interest the United ers this evening decided to strike i Slowly Accede to Freedom of De- cisions of New State Secretary. ¥ BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Charles Evans Hughes has assumed | the leadership in formulating Amer- | ica’s foreign policy. YOuRE JUusT AS Gaop AS LAbpiE Boy ONLY YOU'VE NO HAD HIS CHANCE in sympathy with the miners Tuesday morninig, failing the re- opening of negotiations for a settiement of the coal strike. LONDON, April 8.—All efforts by Mr. Lloyd George, the prime minister, miners and the mine} owners together to discuss the dif- to bring the ferences which led to the strike in the coal fields - having failed, miners’ executives went into confer- the Staten I Tthe question by negotiations | There is no longer /any question between Karl Bergmann, German under- | about the directing force behind the %crg:rdy ofl the (‘reaAlnr);‘ and R;‘fln:fl}{new administration—ne longer any _ Boyden, formerly American unofficia oy tioe e oy A . | doubt about it on Capitol Hill, where s commission. | Mr. Boyden, how. | Fetervationists, irreconcilables and| ever, now is in Vienna, on his way to|bitter-enders have had their own way Constantinople, it is understood. during the last two years, and no !. ’?33:{':«"...‘5';'&'1’&:‘“:3"3?2“.?1‘:’31:5 longer any doubt at the executive end Germans to meet in Washington to dis- | of the Avgnue, where Mr. Harding, cuss nnnum‘ku;;lml);du d'ecllnhfl here | true to the pledge he made in Florida, there is little likel of such pro-|paq 3 3 J cedure being favored by the allies. | has !‘;'9" Mr. Hughes complete free: . The present expectation is that the:dom of action in the conduct of for- {Important Special Rules Add- | ed to City’s Present Po- | lice Code. ALL IMPROPER FILMS NOW PUT UNDER BAN | iPenalties for Violations Include | Fines and Possible Losses I of Licenses. The Commissioners, in board meet- ing today, enacted a new police regu- j1ation placing five restrictions on mo- tion pictures in the District. The new section in the police code | states that. the existing regulation | against indecent performances of any kind shall apply to motion pictures. “and that, in addition thereto, moving pictures are hereby forbidden: “In which sex relations are shown | or depicted in a manner tending to| {the ‘corruption of moratx: i | "“or which are based upon ‘white | | slavery’ or procurement of women. | |, Which depict nude persons, except | | children, or persons so nearly so as| { to_shock ordinary sensibilities | DISTRICTHEADSPUTIEGHT NEW MEN FVE RESTRTIONS | SLATED FOR HOUSE - ONMOVES ERE|D.C.COMMITTE All Proposed Members of Body Are Deeply Interested in Local Affairs. REPRESENTATIVE FOCHT IS THE NEW CHAIRMAN 1 Best Possible School System Fav- ored to Be Model for -Nation. ; Eight new republican members of the House have been assigned to the |committee handling District of Co- lumbia legislation. on the slate which . is 10 be reported to the republican caucus tomorrow afternoon by the committee on committees, of which House Leader Mondell is ex-officio chairman. All of these new members are deep- ly interested in the National Capital and during the last week or two have been giving special study to the rela- tions that exist betwen the national government and the residents of the District. They have been studying allies will issue an ultimatum to Ger ign relations. LOYALTY. L R Ty e erem rations | (N€ Needs of the National Capital and ence this afternoon with their part- many on the expiration of the time ners in the triple alliance—the trans. i | limit set for the payment by Germany ! The significance of what has been going on more or less under the sur-| port workers and the railway men—to decide when the members of the al- lied organizations should be called out in a sympathetic strike. Gevernment te Call Out Troops. The intention of the British gov- ernment to issue an appeal for volun- teers for the transport and other sential services, in view- of the pro- epective triple alliance strike, was an- nounced in the house of compons late today by Mr. Lloyd George. A royal proclamation would call up the army and navy reserves, he said. The government also intends to en- roll special comstables and form a special emergency force for a period of ninety days to protect the police in_the execution of their duty, the| pensation should be paid for losses | consulted, the initiative must rest as. {it always has with the Department of ZeN8’ Associations that it be permit- | which disappeared upless Germany 'State. minister added. night's decision by the prime minister, at the suggestion of the!' more te labor interests, to in-| vite the miners and owners to a con- | ference this morning, at which the| prime Last first subject for discussion would be ' the_ resumption of ml-p(:: to clear | the mines of water, led the general: public to %-ufim‘m iR that .impending strike; to be the.gventest in ) 5 “-F Miners Adamant in Stand. ‘The miners, however, were gdamant in their stand. insisting there should irding the ques- tions 1o be di Y and an exchange of letters between 1 being due to the war. | of 20,000,000,000 marks gold, May 1. | German Viewpoint. The allied commission on repara- tions today heard the German delega- tion here on the German viewpoint of the maritime damages for which Ger- many should pay. The Germans maintained that Ger- many should not be obliged to pay compensation for merchant vessels sunk while doing’ war work and un- der military or naval orders. Cargoes lost should not be paid for, they de- clared,. if of & military or naval na- ture. German ships seized in allied ports or captured. if used by the govern- ment seizing them and then sunk by the Germans, should not be paid for. the Germans contended, and no com- due to maritime risks nor for ships should be proved responsible for their disappearance, Germany ' admitting certain disappearances of yessels as ‘The value of the cargoes for which Gesmany is liable to pay should be eatl at the price paid by the las ed, and ships lost should be paid for onshe basis of their value at the tim: they were lost. The mission expects to an- nounge jts decision shortly. Sces Question Reopened, -In" answering the recent German “delegates assert- | {face—or rather on the quiet—in the ilast fortnight is just beginning to b i fully understood. | The process of making each person-| lality in the situation understand that| {after all the executive is charged with| { the conduct of foreign relations under | {the Constitution, and that the Secre- itary of State accepted the portfolio| PARLEYONMERGER B NITTOBERRLE {sension. There is no trace of discora| Oitizens’ Federation Denied | above or below the surface of things. ipuflif’."{. tvzr':lrboldy (!::mcerned rec-| ognized that Charles Evans H il i il LEE o mant mind and e me menes Part in Considering Street Railway Problem. {to do the best he can with the tangle! in which he found America’s foreign | relations and that, while the Senate foreign relations committee will be! {ted to participate in the street rail- way merger meetings, which begin Already Sepatqer Lodge. whose diffi- | in the District building next Tuesday, culties as republican leader were, has been denied. The federation’s {multiplex when his party wzs on the proposal was presented by William flensive in Congress. is using his, McK. Clayton at the preliminary a concillator in I)ringlngimer‘er conference held at the Capitol the party into line back of Mr. Hughes | this week between the 'Puhlnl Util- from a @&fensive point of view. Of|ities Commission and members of the course, a handful of senators may:Senate and House District commit- never play bail at all. but the re-|tees. e Pl asINELiY 1 suiclantly] Jarge| . 1t was the opinion of several of the u - . pont::lal St o hetere e s‘:f.:i: eongressmen that as the public’s in- or House in respect of foreign rela- | terests are represented by the util- . lities commission there was no good Party Lining Up. by the conferees | communication to Washington on the | tions. subject of reparations- Secretary of et of the 1] 8 = them and Mr. Lioyd George failed to|State Hughes said the United SIates | respation must pe aopted with 1ns | Feason for giving the public addi- change their minds, | government believed that it Tecof- | kaswiedze that Seermises tumpeh the | tional representation. This view hus The government was just as firm in | nized in the German memorandum “a | determine the exact moment when it | Prevailed. amd meXt e o with its view that the threatgned destruce | sincere desire on the part of the Ger- |is lsorect for Congress fp act. This| Snces. it is announced, will begin wob con: witl e allies on a new 8" repre: ‘Thus early this afternoon it cameiHe® expressed the hope “that such |OnPomee e ie oy be fonal o Ofl-|sion and the two rallway companles. to be known that a deadlock had been reached and that apparently nothing short of a backdown by the govern-! ment could avert the industrial up-; heaval. The triple alliance, which has now taken over command of labor's side of | the controversy, has a membership of 500,000 miners, 300,000 railwaymen and 50.000 transport workers.- It is_the iid_of Robert Smillie, who has been its president since its formation in 1915, and who recently resigned the chieftain- ship of the miners’ federation. Young 3ea to Lead Strike. ‘The leadership of the strike, however, will be in the hands of the younger | men who brought about the present situation in the belief that the reduc- | tion of wages which the miners were | asked to accept would also be forced | upon the other workers should the min- ers’ strike fail. > The mine owners were in waiting throughout the day to meet the miners, and they were still at the board of trade | when the news of the break reached | them. i Considerable opposition to the strike i i among the rank and fiie of the rail-| waymen appeared today. The Liverpool union telegraphed to J. H. Thoms, gen eral secretary of tie rail ‘men’s union. declaring the Liverpool men would not strike unless a ballot of the men favored such action. In their reply to this invitation to the noon conference, they were ready to meet the owners and the government “soon as we hear from you that the ‘conference to be held entirely freed from any prelimi- nary conditions as to what is to be discussed or not to be discussed.” To this Mr. Lloyd George replied: “We have never suggested that any Jimitations should be imposed upon the discussions, but as regards the order in_which the matters be dis- cussed the national interest in the preservation ,of the mines is para .mount and must take first place.” Miners Again Confer. The miners reassembled at 2:30 o'clock to consider the government's reply to their refusal to confer. Leaders cf the National Federation of Transport Workers and of the National Union of Railway Men. which organizations have voted to support the, miners in the great coal strike, s negotiations, once resumed. may lead to a ympt _settlement which will at the time satisfy the just claims of the allies and permit Germany hopefully to renew its productive ac- tivities.” There was no suggestion in the correspondence, however, that any | meeting to this end should be held in Washington. Germany alréady has made one new move in connection with reparations in announcing officially April 7 that a note would be sent to the allied su- preme council before May 1 embody- ing an offer for the employment of German labor and material for recon- struction of the devastated regions of northern France. CENTRAL AMERICAN It is due to the practical- | Ities of the situation. Mr. Hughes has | embarked on the Poldest, if not the! Commissioners Kutz and Oys- most_difficult policy, that has ever| jee’ the utilitlex board representa- {before confronted an American Secre- | 4ive3, are disposing rapidly of mat- |tary of State. Every day he is ne-|(ers pending in their respective de- In anticipation of the conference proceeding _ bevond __ preliminary listening to the oral conversations of | free to give the bullk of their time to ;m'-lelgnt:lnlomnlhtdor“exlnmlnlnx ('xre-{u,e merger problem. | fully e confidential memoranda 5 o i |from our ambassadors and ministers; JIF Rudolph's Duties Enlarged abzbad. He must have a free hand.' The burden of running the District Prosident Harding recognized it at | government will fall the outset. Whe Senate foreign rela-| commissioner Rudolph =~ while the '-10'“ o e merger negotiations are under way. Will Stand for U. S. Rights. iOne prophecy is as good as another | 1 i tain foP America the rights which our | outcome of the conferences. The first | government says accrued to us as a|problem will be to find a basis for a | resuit of the war, whether or not the merger. There are three suggested Versailles treaty is signed. The bases and each will have an advo- ; . ‘Some will advocate all three. stroRgilensuast of Mt Hughey d*"'"’rr?\l; e uu‘:‘sih]t‘ starting points are val |laration and his powerful logic have!yation, relative earning power and been commended on all sides here, but | outstanding securities. If a merger basis can be agreed Request by the Federation of Citi- | {gotiating with foreign governments. | pariments, in order that they may ‘be| NEGRO DIES WITHOUT DIVULGING MYSTERY OF CONFEDERATE SEAL ! The whereabouts of the official seal of the Confederacy, a mys- tery unsolved since the death of 1 Jefferson Davis, will ever remain unknown, for James Jones, col- ored, said to be the only person, who ever knew where it was buried, died today at his home, 58th and Dix streets northeast. During the war Jones was a body servant of the president of tHe Confederacy, and before he was captured, 80 the story goes, he buried the effects of his mas- ter, among them being the old seal of the Confederacy. Jones had been employed in the Senate office building for rs, and had become a ~miliar figure about the place. , He came here years ago with Gen. Cox, at one tUme secretary of the Senate, and wlterward was given a position in the stationery room - of ‘the Senate. Jones never revealed the hiding place of the seal, and to his death was faithful to his trust. 25-YEAR PRISON! TERM ! FOR WOMAN’S ASSAILANT iColored Man Convicted of Two { Grave Offenses, Including At- tempted Felonious Assault. Jystice Gould today sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary James H. Bates, colored, recently con- victed of an attempted felonious as- sault on Mrs. Isabel D'Angelis, and who pleaded guilty to an attack with a pistol on her husband, Nicholas D'Angelsi. The court characterized the largely uponicrime against the woman as one ofjPrecedence, with' the others follow- | the most atrocious coming under his observation. 3 Bates was employed as a window Secretary Hughes is trving {6 re-|as to what will be the duration orjcieaner, und knew Mrs, D'Angelis was: ! alone in the house. He made a vicious attack on her, it was testified, and {was prevented from accomplishing | his purpose by the arrival of the { husband. Bates then shot at the { husband and fled. The court imposed the maximum { penalty of fifteen years for the at- the miners said UNION NOW A FACT 1 viewpoint. | 'GUATEMALA CITY. April 8.—Ap-| i proval of the treaty creating-the Cen- | tral American Union has been voted by | JREUE o juxqopal [aaeyoabl by the treaty of Versailles, and that, v l [ , and that, | | SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva- | while a willingness exists to treaf i dor, April 8.—Dr. Miguel Tomas Molina | America equitably, it must be under- | has been named Salvadorean delegates |8tood that the treaty is not under ne- | | to the provisional council of the Central | EOtiation. but a closed incident, be-| American Union. Honduras has appoint- | €ause forty nations have signed it. ed Gen. Eionisio S. Gutierrez as a meme | From the European viewpoint, the | | ber of the same body. The Salvadorean | Situation is complicated not because | ! national assembly has named fifteen of any antipathy to America's argu- | | deputies to the Central American con- ' ments, but because to #copen the' stituent assembly, which was created | treaty may offer Germany a loophole | { by the treaty forming the Federation of Of escape from her obligations. For ; Central American Republics, and Hon- | instance. some diplomats see a par- | duras has taken similar action. The ticular danger in granting America’'s | | constituent assembly will elect a per- | point on that article of the Versailles | manent council for the union. treaty whereby Germany was to re-| ! nounce all her rights and claims to i Guatemala’s ratification yesterday of | overseas possessions only to the prin- ithe treaty signed at San Jose, Costa!cipal allied and associated powers. | { Rica, in January, providing for the es- | Germany might range herseif along- | tablishment of the federation of Cen- ' side the Inited States in declaring | | tral America, means that a new nation' many provisions of tiue Versailles| has been born in the family of Americas | treaty invalid because the United | i with a total population of 4,100,000, a | States did not become a member of | total area of 101.164 square miles and a | the reparations commission, for ex- foreign trade with the United States|ample. or take part-in other decisions | which amounts to $45,000,000 annually. | provided for by the treaty. The al- | ! The new nation is composed of Hon- | lies have had cnough experience with already indications that London is get- | ting ready to question Mr. Hughes' | arguments on the ground that war questions with Germany were closed | e e togec " n& pon strike bY | durss, Salvador and Guatemals. | Germany net to offer her chances to | By the treaty providing for the N e ohie Official ~announcement that the { extablishment . of ~ the federation, | c*¢2P¢ bY technicalities such as this: “triple alliance’ today. A general strike of the rail- roaders and transport workers will be called unless the striking miners had decided upon a strike was made shortly after noon : | signed by Honduras, Salvador, Guate- ‘mala and Costa Rica, ratification to make it effective was necessary by Congreasional Action Important. | Secretary Hughes will try [to com- it is realized that the allies will | supinely surrender to the Ameri::;:‘llncn. there will remain the super- l'mr:;l-d wmmllf onn lhe" w‘zfe and They will bicker and bar- | structure to be erected upon il flddg, tetl yencs Tor the Shpck on the ter as long as they can. There are|Work that unquestionably will c 1|' husband. for time and extended conference Finally, if the conferees report out a merger plan, the stockholders of the companies must be won over to it, for, in the final analysis, they have FOCH MAY COME SOON. | Has Not Been Advised of Legion's | bwnership rights which cannot be abridged A It basic principles of a_merger can Invitation Here This Summer. be worked cut satisfactorily, the con- ferees will face a delicate task in considering the question of personnel. x s Poxsible. It is assumed the present operating forces would be pruned considerably and that ofie .of the first economies %o result from a merger would be a|America during'the present month, reduced salary account. One com-ipyut his plans were deranged by the pany or the other, apparently, will{necessity of conferring with the su- place the best brains in its organi- |preme allied council. 1t is most diffi- %ion at the head of the consolidated cult for the marshal to make plans ompany, who will determine|in advance. During a holiday of a month in 1920 he was recalled from Brittany to Paris three times. Marsbal Foch hopes, however, to be able to find time for a visit to America in the near future. .NOW DIPLOMATIC CASE. PARIS, April 8.—Marshal Foch has not as yet been advised of any invita- tion extended to him by the American I Leglon to visit the United States dur- |ing the coming summer. He had Intended, however, to visit % Which company is to have the ascen- dency is the problem that no light! has been shed upon. ! Commissioner Oyster. author of the nference plan, originally considered proposing § compromise on the valua- the view of establishing a Dbasis for a_merger. The valuation Situation undoubtedly will be can- | Vassed at the conference, but consid- eration will be given a8 well' to the relative earning power of the com- panic# and their outstanging securi- fies, and doubtless other possible tions with of State Department. Extradition from Germany of Grover | Extradition of Bergdoll in Hands! three states, Guatemala’s action ves- Costa Rica terday making the third. |is expected to ratify the treaty and become a member of the union. and | when certain objections on the part of Nicaragua, the fifth Central American state. are overcome, similar action is expected by that country. When those and the owners of British coal pits reach a settlement. After the consultation between the traneport workers and the railroad men, J. H. Thomas. a leader of the raliroaders, emerged from the confer- pel Europe to give America equal!bases for a merger. treatment throughout the world on all : | questions arising out of the war, and may withhold agreement to the fa- mous paragraph five, whereby Amer- | jea would pledge herself to come to ' nor, the milifary aid of Europe in an emer- penalty gency, until the various points in, EXECUTED FOR ASSAULT. RICHMOND, Va., april 8.—Giles Sid- twenty-four, negro, paid the death this morning in the electtic Cleveland Bergdoll, - wealthy Philadel- phia draft evader, is a diplomatic ques- tion and is in the hands of the State a letter to Serator Capper of Kansas. The Secretary added, ho r, that the War Department would Department, Secretary Weeks says in | ———— | of passionate love or scenes of vice. {._“Which use titles and subtitles con- itaining salacious suggestions, or use {in congection therewith advertising matter, photographs or lithographs of | this character.” - Penalty for Violations. The penaity for conviction of a violation of the new section shall be | fa fine of not less than $5 or more and |than $45 for the first offense {upon conviction of a second of: ithe license of the persons conv iPart of Building Program In- | e==. | The action taken by the Commis- cluded in Deficiency Fig- |1 ioiey, aiso makes appiicabis e {possible ine following existing sec- H ition of the police code. ures Submitted. { “No person shall Xake part in any 'De“'-""'cy estimates of the board |museum, circus, menagerie or exhibi- of education, with the new school | tion of animals, panoratha. exHibit of { building program iacorporated, have | Painting, sculpture, wax wstks-or " demain, gymnastics, game, ball, musi- 1Py public school authorities. They !cal party, concert or agy other ex-; will be Included In a deficiency ap.|hibition. entertainment: show or ture in any building, tent or place in’ | Bress next week by the city heads. lmg District of Columbia, whether as! Items in the school board's esti-an @ctor. performer, director, man- | B in which entertainment any person | | building project; 1t is understood, pro- | shall uee sy Indecent: Iansusee on| | Yide for a site and bullding to re- |conduct himself or herself in an in- | Peulae ol e e er- irender ‘music of an indecent char- teachers in the mimht schools the | ot morl oy jopcren any person Dube T BT 1 T jor movement. or make any indecent [ Ao i m:fl'l:‘:;;";'& be: | gestures or exhibit herself, himself or| i-llnu-ry. themselves in a2 manner offensive to! ]wlhalsnever shall appear to be in-any- s | wise presented or_exhibited which in tea 55 Piiding program, as submit- |any manner is offensive o common vided into two distinct’ sections—one In Effeet in Thirt; vide for the most vitai needs and et the other for about $3,000.000 for |, ¥1€, Commissioners are required by | | neceasitics, but - which @ afieisie Lo |law to give thirty days' notice of| if_the' city heads decide that Con: |f0Fe enforcing them. { gress will’ be unwilling to grant an |4 & memorandum to the Commis- appropriation of $5.000,000 for the | Sioners Corporation Counsel Stephens The program was so drafted that hibitors express themselves as satis- the most urgent of the additional | 1% With these regulations. accommodations needed are given | The corporation counsel rejected a {shall be revoked by the Commission- | {to moving pictures, in so far as is | entertainment, play, opera, lecture, been submitted to the Commissioners Gomain memraiions, tricks of leger- probriation bill to be sent 1y Cab. |amusenient of whatever name or na- i Mates. besides funds for financing the | 855, eXhibitor, lecturer or employe. | i place the Hamilton School for-tuber- ; JcCSIT Mmanner. or sing any song or | wages they lost when revenues for | Snoi, Take an Indecent motion sign | common decency, or wherein anythlngi { Schoel Building Program. | aecency.” calling for about 32.000.000 to pro- o {lieve can ‘be overlooked at present, | ShANES® In the police regulations be-} schools at this time. states that the moving picture ex- suggestion that pictures be forbidden i ing, arranged in the order of their | Which ridicule or deprecate a minister importance. Therefore, it is pointed | ©F Public officer. | lout, the city heads. if they find it | —_— | | project;” can .'f:?:““.nl':*...fi"u"'m:;VOTE $95,000 ADDITION i TO TELEPHONE EXCHANGE | end and work toward the beginning. The complete program, jt is said, is simHar to the one submitted to jCongress at the: last session, which icalls for 183 addiuonal classrooms. It Is estimated that $5,000,000 will be necessary to finance it. Part Time Elimination. | | | Imprevements in “North” Termi- | | nal Are First' Steps Toward Au- classes in the elementary schools. It | Company today approved plans for | does not cail additional rooms to | , $95,000 addition to the “north” ex- replace the portable buildings, sev- eniy-elght of which are mow em.|change, at 14th and R streets, which ployed in the school system to re-|i3 to be the home of Washington's lieve overcrowding, nor for any extra | first automatic exchange. - rooms to reduce the oversize classes.| Details’ of the company’s plan for No provisions are made in it for re- | COns'ertiag its equipment from man- lieving crowded conditions in the high | Ual to automatic within the next ten schools. ! years was announced several months The second section of the program, | ag0. The step taken by the board which probably will not be sent to | of directors today, is the first move | Congress in the deficiency raeasure, | toward carrying out that plan. i provides for additional rooms fo reme. | The board meeting today was at- dy conditions which Supt. Frank W i tended by H. B, Thayer, president of Ballou has previously characterized | the American Telephone and Tele- | as “undesirable.” These include the | gnaph Company: Walter S. Gifford, { portable buildings. oversize classes | Vice president of the parent company; and rented structures. | H. F. Thurber, president of the New | York Telephone Company. Other | members of-the board present today | were Albert E. Berry, president of ! tne Chesapeake and Potomac cam- | | pany; Charles J. Bell, John Poole and | C. N Carter. | | PLEA FOR DISARMAMENT. enator Borah Proposes Appeal to Labor Conference. Senator Borah will appeal | conference of farmer and labor lead- lers, callea by the People’s Reconstruc | tion League to meet here April 14 Page 1334 15, for Support of his disarm: Witnesses called by rail board in Geer| ment program in the coming session lettér ‘case. Page 2| of Congress, and will address the con- Salvation Army members to go to White | ference at its morning session on House today. Page 2| Friday, April 15 the session being | . in_all-Ameri v open to the public. 3 ! P relen influence =¥ SPeech | *Altending the conference will be | Baltitnore. conference, M. E. Chumh}represenmlwpy of the Farmers' Na- | Today’s News in Paragraphs { Englana faces triple strike; government l to call out army and navy reserves, Page | Secretary of State Hughes demonstrate: unhampered polty in dealing wit Toreign governments. Page i 1 Utilities commission denies citlzens“‘ o the i body representation at conference on street raflway merger. Page 1 Germany is_expected to make new re- paration offer. i dation, 1in #aterviews given today declare | their intentions to work earnestly to supply those needs and to lend their inflience toward building up a great- er capital. For Best School System. |\ They are empratic in their state ments that the city of Washington should have the best possible school system, one that will be a model for all the rest of the country. They strongly favor an adequate water supply, pointing out that the federal government, Uncle Sam himself, is the biggest consumer. Seme of them have already strongly formed convictions that the residents f the nation's capital should be “Americanized” by being granted na- tional representation, and all of them have open minds, favorably disposed toward granting the people of the federal city every American right. Mr. Focht Is Chairman. Representative Benjamin K. Focht of Pennsylvapia, the new - chairman of the House District committee. en- ers upon these duties with a strong ambition tb do big things for the nation’s capitah and has been work- ing among his colleagues to.get such a committee as wonld co-operate with hi:n in these plans for a greater capi- tal. He is well pleased with the character of men assigned to the committee and believes that much important legis- lation of benefit to the Distriet will be enacted. New Pledge for Schools. “We are congratulating the commit- tee on committees on giving us pro- gressive legislators of business ex- perience and keen mentality who are interested in doing a big work for’ the National Capital,” said Chairman Focht today, after he had been in- tormed regarding the majority per- sonnel for the District committee. “We intend to end the disgrace of nhavine inadequate school facilities in the District,” he continued. ““Where- ever money is available we will use it first in building schools so ‘that every child may have an opportunity to get an education.” Schools and hospitals are to be given every necessary facility as the first step of the District committee, Mr. Focht said. If the $4.000,000 surpl to the credit of the District in the Na- tional Treasury is needed to provide adequate school facilities, Chairman Focht =aid that he would advocate its use. and believed he would have the earnest support of the majority of the committee. < Veterans Who Remain. Veteran republican members who re- tain their places on the District com mittee, in the order of seniority. are Representatives Benjamin K. Focht. Pennsylvania. chairman; Loren E. The firs: section’ of the program, | tomac Equipment. Wheeler. Tilinois: Stuart Fimneed' calling for.an appropriation of about | £ | West Virginia: Frederick N. Zihlman, $2,000.400, provides for the additional| . 1 DO4rd of directors of the yjirviand: Florian Lampert, Wiscon- i Yooms to eliminate the part time | Chesapeake and Potomuc Telephone (sin. and Anderson H. Walters, Penn- sylvania. The new republican members are Representatives Oscar E. Keller, St. Paul, Minn.; Rov O. Woodruff, Bay City, Mich.: Elliott W. Sproul, Chi- cago, 11l.: Charles L. Underhill. Som- erville, Mass.; Warren 1. Lee, Brook- Ivn. N. Y.: Roy_G. Fitzgerald, Dayton, Ohio; Frank C. Millspaugh, Canton, Mo.. and Joe Brown, Chattanooga, Tenn. When the five-million-dollar school building program for the District of Columbia comes up for consideration in the new Congress. it will have no more staunch supporter in the House than Representative Elliott W. Sproul, representing the third “Tli- nois district Wants Schools Best in Worl Representative Sproul is an enthu- siast for making the schools of the National Capitz] the best in the world, arA says that “the only way to save the nation through education.” When it comes to planning new school buildings here. Representative Sproul will be glad to co-operate with the- District Commissioners and _school authorities, and can give expert a vice. He has been a building con- tractor for more than “forty years, and has erected more public school buildings than any contractor in the state of Illinois. He beligves that Congress should do_everything pos- sible to put the public school system here on the strongest possible foun- and that there should bs a Gesk in a properly built and mAin- tained school for every child in the District of. Columbia. Representative Sproul is also ready 10 assist_in a larger way in building up the National Capital He believes it is the finest city in the world and * ence room appearing much dis- | CX) g g anArious points ini . in the Virginia state penitentiary se ‘every ef-| n ot Couneil, the American Feder < tressed. ; two countries join the federation. the this weeks note are accepted by the S fouug o school teacher near | fort to-have Bergdoll returned to the |~ South, o raise education fund, [ tlonar Tabor. the United Farmers of | should constantly be improved. For “A ‘triple alliance’ strike has been ' Tt "“Rilong tihe mations of 1atin Lation, and that's why the executive Houston. Halifux county, about six custory s the Wnited (Biates milliary age 3 America, the railway brotherhoods, |one thing. he savs that all Eovern decided 'upon.” e dectarea. "Hfi 'Wil lation Lutin| uation. and that's why the executive | Houston, authorities.” : Greek expeditionary forces in Turkey | international, mational and “state |ment acvition Siouh 00 ASMIRLY e conteg At R emsentive: % here is attached to'shall not pass resolutions having a n gra 3 eat losses. | unions, and farm organizations. The | hould b committees of the three bodies. which 0 Uch interest g toans 2 g o) . : Page 13 | oo ce is called for the purpose of | ngs, and tpat there should be a & = A ; the formation of the new state, be- ' bearing on foreign policy. | g i s ¢ i e erouping of these buildin will meet thiS afternoon to take | tausc representativés of the signatory | And last, but not least, when the o Commission named by President to in- | planning a joint campaien for legis- | WAtE FLSP 08 Pidarian purposes charge and make NECesSAFY ArTunge- | Comerr moo siationed in Washmosirh Knot resolution is passed . treaty Posta ns ector S romoltion Vestigate government relief work | lation in the interests of both. farm- | with a_view fo v nents. e I e ithdrawa and vt | Wi Germany must 'be made either | { among_ service men submits recom- | ers and labor at the coming session ; Oppones Premier's P | Llaced by one diplomatic representa- with or without the consent of the | ' ' mendations. Page 13 | of Congress. Urges Congress'omal Action. Besides Senator Borah, other leaders of both houses of Congress will speak he legislative issues before Con- | Congress should ot parsimoniously Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association raps weigh the dollars that go_into such s {allies. Indications already point to! > District _engineers for condition of Objections 10 the suggestion of Jec Ll of Mr. The new government probably will! the fact that the Harding administra- | lioyd George that the government | roul be- “would participate in a meeting of the be recognized by the U parties directly affected by the strik. vere made by many Yernon Hartshorn, labor leader: nited States | tion will make a pro-ally rather than | a pro-German peace. This means that | i{he separate peace treaty whereby America avoids the obligations of the within a short time, but no indication | of this government's attitude toward | the union has been Intimated. i member b Toare of commons and a leader of the | In Central America one of the first | treaty of Versaillcs will be negatiated miners’ union.- declaring that the ¢ffects of the new government's for- | NOt W =5 el‘m 3-':0_\:";‘ the al- Ve mininters offer was mat “en¢ mation will be the establishment of | lies, Who are co-r s with <onditional.” free trade between the member states, | America 0 many's rights. 1t was reported during at <\ecutive committee of the union werc blamed for bungling matters. | ni t was argued that if the prime min sier had not raised the difficalt poin ast eveninz both thé government and the Dication and transportation, and uni- OParies Evans Hughes, Whose fegai Ability won him fame when he was a ber of America's highest cou form export and import duties, with|PS™VE0,{ea “this Intricate problem ® untlozns SOESERAE FEatem: [with a_determination to do the best A constitution has been drawn up, | thing for America, -“irrespective of assembly will | boitical considerations or campaign ! {mprovement of facilities of comm {iand a constitutional rding the return of pump men|meet soon to adopt it. This will be | chatter. The first step i the program " 'work. pending negotiztions. the|followed by elections. held as pro-|has been the elimination of congres- “vers and minet: weuld have met|vided in the constitution, which is|sional meddling. Mr. Hughes is ion would bav satisfactory solution of thelbased in many respectsfupon that of been reached. tha United States. Sec- retary of State. ; Coprsizht. 1921.) v / May Mean Salary Reduction draws $4,200 upon being transferred as a post office inspector-in-charge, as yet unassigned. " This state of affairs, whereby t chief receives less than inspectors. in-charge throughout the country, comes about as the resuit of the re- cent postal reclassification, in ‘which inspectors-in-charge were given $4,- 200. These men belong to the field service of the department. ‘The position of chief post office in- spector, however, belongs to the de- partmental service and awaits re- ification along with the hun- of other positions in the serv- Washingte: Rush D. Simmons, new chief post office -inspector, 1 the victim of.a curious set of circumstances exist- ing in the postal service, whereby a man may be promoted and get less salary than he received before. As inspector-in-charge at Chicago Mr. Simmons was drawing $4,200 a year salary, but now, being promoted 1o chief post office inspector at the Post_Office Department here, receives but $4 000. ©On the othgr hand, George M. Sut- ton. rormcr\fimr inspector, who got S6000 foi Umt hoad josition, mow. Kiingle Ford bridge. Page 13 Dr. Bowerman urges $10,000 appropria- tion for branch library in southeas: section. Page 13 jon t | gress and attend sessions of _the ! Fxrmer-labor conference, all of which | will be open to the public. e buildings, Representative f lieves, and cites as an illustration of the broader vision that begets pros- perity the work dome by the Central Final'arguments made to jury in Georgia slaying case. Page 14 Mexican business men given luncheon by U. S. Chamber of €ommerce. Page 15 Dr. Sifs Yat Sen reported elected presi- dent.of seceding provinces of south Chind. Page 17 ver 30,000 Russian refugees unwillin O%eT work_depend on_ charity In Fine STATE TO TAKE BRIDGE- Special Dispatch to The Sgar. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., April §.— Condemnation proceedings have been filed in the circuit court of Stafford county, with a view of taking over the Faimouth bridge property for the tate of Virginia. "The original owners of this property land. Page 21 | will be n;:ly :omnn-‘ted ‘(fir u‘ ac 3 21, robbery was {tual worth and the state will ma (-l: L e part of the Richmond-Washingto) d for two weeks in order to I &l nce: = Page 33 i anufacturing District Club, of which e director. With 200 members composed of business leaders the club has erected more than $20,000,000 worth of buildings, bringing a tre- mendous_industrial growth on the prairie. He is a member of the Build ers' Club, ex-president of the Build- ers Employes’ Association, of the Mason Contractors’ ‘Association and other builders’ and contractors’ or- ganizations. : = also feels Representative Sproul that C hh; ‘under -the Com- ag