Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1921, Page 1

Member of the Associated Press “ The Associate¢ Press fs exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all sews d'spatches credited to it or not otherwise cirdited in this | freezing temperature; tomorrow, fair and warmer. four hours Temperature for twenty r tonight, with heavy frost and ‘ ] 28,106. No. post office Wasl Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. ‘Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. AS MIGHTYLEGISLATIVE ~TASK BEGUN TODAY BY G77H CONGRESS Galleries Packed as Session Starts Work Expected to Require All Summer. REPUBLICANS STRONGEST SINCE THE DAYS OF TAFT Senate and House Give Time to Organizing—President’s Message TomorTow. The Sixty-seventh Congress assembled in its first special session at noon to- day, with reconstruction of American affairs at home and abroad as the theme. A vast expanse of legislation, promising to prolong the session throughout the summer, stretches out Dbefore the new Congress. Vice President Coolidge and Tyler Page, clerk of the House, called the Senate and House, respectively, to order. There was a full attendance of the mem- bers. The galleries were packed with visitors who desired to see the opening of the session. G. O. P. in Full Control The session which opened today marked the return of the republican party to complete control of govern- mental affairs. Not_since President Taft’s time have the White House, the | Congress and the executive departments | been under republican rule. The Senate is composed of 59 republicans and 37 democrats, while the House has 300 republicans, 132 democrats, 1 socia.- ist_and 2 vacanci Pre-eminent in the extra aes.!lo_n program . is fiscal legislation. This includes the Fordney _emergency tariff bill, in line for immediate action, anti-dumping legislation, American valuation of foreign imports. per- manent tariff revision, a new internal revenue tax law, a budget sys- tem and a soldiers’ bonus. The re-{ classification of government employes and the reorganization of the govern- ment departments also are pressing.| Te Outline Vital Policles. Both Senate and House gave their time foday to matters of organiza- tion for the new session. Committees were appointed to wait on the Presi- dent and inform him that Congress | was ready for business. Tomorrow the President is. expected to appear before a joint session of the two| outline the administra- | ition on the questions of | particularly the day, the foreign | policy of the administration. | In the Semate two new senators, Norbeck of South Dakota and Bur- sum of New Mexico, took the oath of office. They were unable to b2 present when their colleagues were | b, the- special executive | session at the time of the inaugu- | ration of President Harding. In the House, however, the entire member- ship was sworn in today. The elec- tion of a Speaker and other officers was the most important business. The unfinished business of the Sen- ate is the Colombian treaty, which to be voted on April 19. Lodge and Hitchcock on Joint Committee sworn in af ‘Commiuee to Ask I | President’s Views | On Reorganization | President Harding will be con- | | sulted in regard to the pro- Posed reorganization of the gov- | ernment departments by the Joint congressional committee | on reorganization. At a meet- | inz of the joint committee to- day it was determined to ask j the President for a conference some time tomorrow. f The committee is anxious to | obtain the views of the Presi- I dent on reorganization of the Eovernment departments before { it bexins to outline n program. I In fact, the committee denires to have the fall co-operation of | the execative branch of . the | | Eovernment in bringing about Proposed reform. The final organization of the J committee was postponed agnin today. Senator Smoot of Utah. who will he chairman of the committee, following the meet- | Ing today sald the committee hax decided it wan advisable to talk ‘with the President before Eoing any further with its work. IN A NEW ASPECT Tyler Scheme, at Cost of $13,600,000, Revives In- terest in Power Project. When the Tyler Great Falls power report, estimating a total construc- tion cost of $44,421.000, went to Con- 8ress at the last session this stagger- ing figure was thought to have ended all prospects of an early appropria- tion for the project. It now develops that if a part of the Tyler scheme, namely, the build- ing of a dam at Chain bridge, is adopted, and the hydroelectric plant operated in conjunction with existing fheam plants, which Col. Tyler says is e ideal plan, the cost of Uncle Sam il be only $13,600,000. nd what is more, states the Arm officer, the investment can be liquidat. ed in ‘thirty years. ihe Tyler report, an a hundred typewritten pages, kas not been printed, which probably accounts for the general impression aving developed that to harness alls for power pur, v cost $45.000,000. " S Approximate Cost Stated. It is true that the report menti this approximate figure as the cont of building two dams, one at Chain bridge and the other at Great Falis, and three storage reservoirs, so that power to meet Washington's needs for vears couid be generated inde- Pendently of & steam reserve. But the report aleo points out the prospective economies of construct- ing only the one dam, at Chain idge, and operating it in conjunc- tion With existing steam plants. And now that there is prospect of a merger of Washington traction and power interests, the Chain bridge plan has come suddenly into the limelight and promises to receive no hlll’,_ attention. This plan contemplates a sort of partnership between the government and local utilities whereby the gov- ernment would build and operate a hydroelectric plant and the utilities receive and distribute the power generated, bringing their own steam covering mors | plants into operation during periods to Wait on President | °f low water in the river. The meeting of the Senate today was | £iven over to the transaction of rou-/ tine business at the opening of the ses- xion. Immediately after the Vice Presi- dent had called the Senate to order the chaplain of the Senate, Rev. Dr.! J. J. Muir, delivered a prayer. The proclamation of President Hard- ing calling the new Congress into spe- cial session was read by Secretary Sanderson of the Senate. The roll call showed seventy-eight senators present. Two new senators, Senator Norbeck of South Dakota and Senator Bursum of New Mexico, took | the oath of office. They were escorted | 1o the Vice President’s desk by their colleagues, Senator Sterling of South Dakota and Senator Jones of New Mexico. The oath was administered by the Vice President. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, presented several | resolutions, including one providing for the appointment of two senators 10 act as a_committee with a similar committee from the House to inform the President that Congress was in session and ready to receive any com- munications he desired to make to it The Vice President appointed Sena- tor Lodge and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska as the Senate committee. Senator Hitchcock is the acting demo- cratic leader in the absence of Sena- tor Underwood of Alabama, who has been called to Bimingham on account of the serious iliness of his mother. Senator Lodge then moved that the Senate recess until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, in order to give the House | an_opportunity to complete its or- ganization and appoint a committee 1o wait upon the President. House Makes Record for New Members; Gillett Again Speaker With a record-breaking republican majority and the largest list of new members who ever took seats in a new Congress, the House started the extra session today. William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, called the | members to order and swore them in, taking the delegations by states. Representative Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, who has served | Jonger continuously than any other in | the House, having served twenty-! eight years, was re-elected Speaker, by a vote of 298 to 122 for Represent- | ative Claude Kitchin, democrat, of | North Carolina, who was the unani- | mous choice of his fellow democrats and thereby becomes minority leader. The House gave a notable welcome to Mr. Gillett when he entered the chamber escorted by House Leader Mondell, Representative James R Mann of Illinois and Minority Leader Kitchin. The oath of office was ad- ministered by former Speaker Joseph G. Caanon. Speaker Gillett. upon resuming the im ir, expressed his appreciation as fol- lows T appreciate deeply-your confidence and the honor you have done me. The first time a man is elected to an office is, doubtless, to him, the most nrilling, but I am not sure but his| re-election is the most satisfying. | Th - time he is necessarily taken < an experiment. Even his friends may not be without misgivings., A ¥ ection comes after he has been «sted and shows that the experiment was not a failure. and the candidate can reasonably flatter himself that e expectations of his friends have, in | some measure, been realized. And so, my friends, while I appre- ciate my shortcomings. yet it is a source of great gratification and %uride that you have been enennsL\.w gas 7. . 1Owiiaged o8 Eage 3 Sobunn &) Sum Named Covers Interest. Inasmuch as the appropriation that would be required—3$13,600,000— would cover interest during period of construction, estimated at five | years, and the investment, according to the Tyler figures, would be re- turned* in thirty years, Washing- tonians, in the meantime, receiving electric power at cheaper rates, the plan is thought to be assured of a thorough probe before the present Congress ends. Members of Congress, it developed today, consider that the Tyler Chain bridge project has a direct bearing on the question of a merger of local traction and power interests. Should the merger conference, start- ing tomorrow, go beyond preliminary stages, informal congressional sug- gestion to the conferees that they consider the power project undoubt- edly will be made. It is_pointed out that the Tyler plan of joint development and dis- tribution of power by the government and the utilities could be worked out more effectively if the government had but a single company, covering all the traction and power interests to deal with. Greater Econemy Possible. Another reason advanced for consid- ering power development and merger jointly is that economies resulting from a hydroelectric development would be reflected in reduced street car and power rates—reductions the public could not hope for through a merger alone, but only through the basing of a consolidation upon plans for reducing the cost of developing power. Today’s News in Paragraphs Georgia grand jury investigating charge of wholesale killings of negroes. Page 2 National League of Woman voters opens week’s convention program in Cleveland. Page 2 President Harding assured harmony in Congress as factional differences dis- appear. Page 2 Shaughnessy, transportation’ ex- pert, appointed second assistant post- master general. Page 4 Aviators save couple from drowning in ulf of Mexico. Page 5 Coufessed slayer of Elwell admits story hoax because of family affairs. Page 7 . S. mandate note discussed in Japan. Page 10 England has suggested an Anglo-Ameri- can conference of commissioners con- fer for the purpose of adjusting the dispute over oil rights in Mesopo- tamia- Page 10 How President Wilson revoked cable permit revealed by testimony before Supreme Court today. Page 10 Secretary Davis favors new laws for handling of labor disputes. Page 10 Five Japanese sailors arrested in at- tempt to smuggle liquor into United States. Page 13 Judge Pritchard dies in Asheville, N. C. Page 13 British debt of $25,000,000 to U. S. due Friday. Page 12 Prime minister of Canada urges strengthening of friendship tles with United States. Page 13 Senator Smoot proposes distribution of tuxation burden by levying on sales an Brogoo- smoke masks for D. C. Pan, Page 13| Church of Kansas Page Jidin Missouri, CONFERENCE HELD N BRTIH STRIKE Mine Owners and Employes Talk Settlement Basis. Advised by Premier. B the Associated Press, LONDON, April 11.—British mine owners and their striking employes conferred for an hour at the board of trade this morning on a possible settlement of the controversy which led to the miner's walk-out last week. The conference adjourned at noon un- {til 4 o'clock this afternoon. Robert S. Torne, chancellor of the exchequer, | presided. | readers against expectation that the | negotiations would proceed smoothl |or that work would be immediately resumed, as the fundamental differ- ences berween the parties still mained acute. Estimates of the cost of the miners’ dispute to the country, including the loss of unmined coal, unpaid wages, decreased railway traffic and the cost of emergency measures, place the bill which the country is paying because of the strike at nearly £16,000,000 a week. re- Belleve Sitaation Impreved. Leaders of the “triple alliance” of labor viewed the situation today as being considerably improved, John Robert Clynes, chairman of the par- liamentary party. being quoted as say- ing he was satisfied a solution of the problem could be found. The Daily Herald, organ of labor, declared “the first round has been won by labor,” adding that reports of rail men opposing the strike were untrue or grossly exaggerated. A Information has reached the gov- ernment, says the London Times, that everywhere but in Fifeshire the min- ers are observing instructions from their officials not to interfere with safety measures and pumping, which have already been begun in South Wales and elsewhere. Mr. Lloyd George, the prime min- ister, made the suggestion during the conference today that the owners give a full presentation of their case, stat- ing the reasons why they considered the wage reduction justified, after which ~ the miners’ counter claim should be fully presented. He pro- six representatives to meet six repre- sentatives of the mine owners, with or without government representa- tives present to “begin the examina- tion of possibilities. and report to their respective constituencies.” Government's Pesition. and the owners: “We have definitely concluded that we could not recommend to parlia- mont that we continue paying profits to the owners. and the owners to the men, from the general taxes of the country.” In setting forth the government's desires to the l:;znferoeg and proposing full presentation of posing cases the prime mxnu.:!’ -x? “First, let the mine owners present their case for their new scale. They should put their case fully. Then the miners should present their case or their view of the owners’ new de- mands, they may have, stating their case ter exhaustively on both sides. “We want these two counter pre- sentments to be the basis upon which we can examine the whole situation on both sides, so that we shall be fully informed what the issues and counter issues are. Then I suggest that you intrust to a small body the examination of those proposals—a quite informal body and ‘a quite in- formal examination—and that this small body should report afterward to the full body here, and that then we should endeavor to arrive at a decision.” - The miners’ executive conferred for some time after the meeting with the owners and the prime minister. At the conclusion of the miners’ meet- ing one of the miners' representa- tives characterized the situation as more hopeful, saying he believed there was no danger that a triple al- liance strike would be begun Tues- day night. it was understood that the main conference was _adjourned _ because the owners were not prepared to pre- sent their contentions, 50 they were given until 4 p.m. for this purpose. May Continue te Midnight. Adoption of the prime ministers proposal for the appointment of nego- tiating _committees probably will mean extended discussion between the two sides to the dispute. However, no time is to be lost, and it was ex- pected this afternoon that the later session would be continued until mid- night. Mr. Lloyd George's speech with which he prefaced his sugges- tions was essentially a recapitulation of the circumstances of the whole dif- ficulty. “It is not now a question of sharing profits, but a question of sharing very serious losses,” he admonished both sides. “The whole problem is, What can the industry bear for the moment; how can it bear it; what is the best meth- od of arriving at the figure it can bear, and what is the best method of arriving at a permanent way of ad- justing the wages of the miners to the capacity of the mines?” These proposals by the premier, it is hoped, will form the basis for a successful reopening of the negotia- tions. As given, they were summar- ized by him, when the conference ad- journed until 4 p.m. In the house of commons today W. E. Bridgeman, undersecretary of the board of trade, speaking with regard to the coal mine stoppage, stated that forty coal pits, involving 16,000 work- ers, " had been completely fiooded. It was impossible to forecast how many of these could be worked again, he sal MAN DIES IN FLAMES. ‘Women and Children Carried ¥rom Burning Apartment. NEW YORK, April 1].—One man was burned to death afq a number of persons were injured early today, when fire destroyed four three-story apartment dwellings in Brooklyn. Women and children, their exit blocked by the flames, were carried to safety by police. PASTORATE IS ACCEPTED. Rev. Dr. W. S. Abernethy Will Succeed Rev. Dr. S. H. Greene. A letter of acceptance of Rev. Dr. William S. Abernethy as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H streets northwest, was read to the congregation at the services yester- day. Dr. Abernethy, who succeeds the late Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Greene, will assume his pastorate here the first Sunday in May. He comes from the First Baptist City, the largest Protestant Church ané Sunday 1001 HINGTON, The London Times today warned its posed that the miners then delegate| Mr. Lloyd George told the miners| with any schemes or pllnll tully and entering into the whole mat- | henin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, APRIL = 1 11, 1921 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. FAVORSD.C.VOE INULS,AFFARS Representative Burroughs Reintroduces Resolution for Representation. | National representation for resi- dents of the District of Columbia by an amendment to the Constitution. as | Droposed In a Joint resolution intro- {duced by Representative Sherman | Burroughs of New Hampshire in the |1ast sesglon of Congress, is again pro- posed in an identical resolution in- troduced by Mr. Burroughs today. Briefly this propoSes that the Dis- | trict of Columbia shall have repre- sentation in Congress and in the electoral college on the same basis as the several states of the Union. A | hearing _on this resolution was by the House judiciary com- in~ the last session of Con- | gress, at which authorized repre- | sentatives of the business, profes- | sional, civic, patriotic and similar or- | ganizations in the National Capital went on record positively as favor-. ing the passage of the resolution. Text of Resoluti The text of the resolution follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That the following amend- ment to the Constitution of the Unit- ed States be proposed for ratification by the legislatures of the several | states, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states, shall be valid as a part of said Constitution, namely, insert, at thel end of section 3, Article 1V, the fol- lowing words: “The Congress shall have power to admit to the status of citizens of a state the residents of the District constituting the seat of the govern- wment of the United States, created by Article 1,"section 8, for the purpose of representation in the Congress and |among the electors of President and Vice President and for the purpose of suing and being sued in the courts of the United States under the pro- visions of Article III, section 2. Provides Representation. “When the Congress shall exercise this power the residents of such Dis- trict shall be entitled to elect one or two senators, as determined by the Congress, representatives in the House according to their numbers as determined by the decennial enumera- i | | | mittee in number to their aggregate repre- sentation in the House and Senate. “The Congress shall provide by law the qualification of voters and the time and manner of choosing the senator or senators, the representa- tive or representives and the electors herein authorized. “"The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be ncces- sary and proper for carrying into ex- {ecution the foregoing power.” GERMANY MAY MAKE FRESH APPEAL TO U. S. French Viewing With Distrust and Anxiety Washington-Berlin Reparations Talk. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Ouble to The Star and Chicago Datly News. PARIS, April 11.—Reports are per- sistent here that Germany is consider- ing the American reply to its repara- tions note as unfriendly and is pre- paring to make a fresh appeal. The French view with distrust and anxiety the conversation thus begun between Washington and Berlin on a matter, that concerns France so intimately. | The French are utterly unable to| ] understand the apparent American contention that nothing President ‘Wilson did at the peace conference is | binding on the United States in any respect. They deolare that accgptance of i this principle would make all: inter- ! national negotiations in the future ! next to impossible, for no plenipo- | tentiary could pretend to be 'speak- ) ing in the name of his country. Latest reports from Washington are that President Harding is plan- ning to call an international confer- ence on reparations and finance in the American capital next summer. These reports are received here with astonishment. How, it is asked, can the United States declare that it has no interest in European affairs and at the same time take the initiative in such a conference? “We_refuse to believe these re- ports” writes Andre Geraud in IEcho de Paris. “Our American friends will do well not to decide lightly. Unintentionally they run the risk of reinforcing German stubborn- ness, and theredy condemning Europe to fresh perturbation”™ S =) tion, and presidential electors equal|” WEEKS 61 TODAY. Friends Remember War Secretary With Bouquets of Roses. Several large bouquets of Ameri- can beauty and other roses graced the desk of Secretary Weeks this morning. To visitors who inquired about the display he explained: “Why, some kind friends happened to remember that this is my birth- day. And I'm proud to admit I'm sixty-one.” RETIRES 10 STUDY 10 WRITE ADDRESS !President Denies Himself to! Callers to Finish Mes- sage to Congress. Denying himself to all callers, the President devoted himself today. to the completion of his address which he will deliver to Congress tomorrow. For the first time since his inaugura- tion he made no appointments and did not go to his offices in the execu- tive building, but remained closeted in bis study in the White House. He worked for several hours yesterday in his study, and attaches of his of- fice said today that ne indications are that he will be occupied during the greater part of this afternoon. Topics Probably Discussed. The President's address will deal with many of the important matters and problems uppermost in the minds of the citizenship of the nation at this time—matters in which the people of America are vitally interested at this moment. Although the paper will be devoted mainly to domestic poligies, it will contain sufficient reference to European and’ international questions to make it clear that there is not the slightest possibility of this country becoming entangled in foreign designs or alliances, according to the belief of those who are close to the President. Also it is believed that he will remove any existing doubt about the possi- bility of the United States joining the league of nations, although modified. The new tariff and the formation of a new basis of taxation will form the most important part of President Harding’s address. He has, as a mat- ter of fact, plainly indicated this on more than one occasion in the last two or three weeks. He has held a number of conferences regarding the tariff_and_tax questions, and it is (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) FIRE ARM CONTROL . BILL INTRODUCED i [ Congress Asked to Prohibit Unlicensed Possession of Weapons. Control by license over the pos- session and sale of firearms and other !thnxemun weapons in the Distriot of }flolumhla is proposed in the first District measure introduced in the House for the extra session today. This measure is fathered by Repre- sentative Luther W. Mott of New York, and is identical with the bill | introduced by Representative William | H. Hill of New York in the last Con- ‘mfl- This measure provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to own & firearm in the District. without a written permit from the superintend- ent of the police. Such parmits are to be issued only to persons of good charsoter who can establish the fact of their good character by means of affidavits of at least two reputable citizens. A bond of $500 also is re- quired. e permit may be revoked by the lice at any time. “It is time that a real, serious effort is made to control the possession of firearms in_the District” said Repre- sentative Mott. “The present law, which gives every person a right to purchase dangerous weapons _has, without doubt, contributed lgrtlly to !the wave of violence and crime with which the police of the city have had to contend. It is time something was done to keep weapons of this kind out of the hands of criminals. My bill, if passed, will accomplish that purpose and I shall urge upon the District committee the necessity of enacting it at an early dat - QUAKES DAILY IN CHINA. Shocks Follow Terrific Tremor in December in Kansu Province. SHANGHAI, April 11.—Minor earth- quakes have occurred daily in the province of Kansu since ‘the terrific tremor on December 16 last. Investi- gators who have visited the earth- quake district report that sixteen great landslides have dammed up the Tsingning river and that there is | danger of floods unless work of ex- icavation is immediately begun. An Absorbing Story of Our Navy in the World War By JOSEPHUS DANIELS War Secretary of ‘the American Navy Beginning EXCLUSIVELY IN The Evening Star "This is-a _story crowded to overflow- ing. with . dramatic and spectacular events, incidents and episodes hitherto un- revealed. - The inside - story of our First. Line’ of Defense: by the only man .who knows all that went i ‘'on behind the scenes. Thfirsday p.m. today: Highest, 47, at 2 paper and also the local news publistied lereln. | p.m. vesterday; lowest, 31, at § a.m. STRr Ip ket ToF Ao toda also reserved. ] Fuil report on page 17. <t Saturday’s Sunday’s Net Circulation, 92267 Net Circulation, 95,064 TWO CENTS. Weather Forecaster, However, Pre- dicts “Rising Temperature.” Fair and continued cold, with heavy frost and freezing temperatures to- night. was the prediction for the Dis- trict by the weather bureau today. Tomorrow the temperature will start up again, so that by Wednesd the weather bireau expects a resump- tion of normal spring weather here | Thirty-one degrees above zero was the official low mark recorded at the bureau. although one or two degrees below that was registered in outlying districts. No reports had governmental agencies today as the extent of damage which may have been done by the freeze of last night. EXKAISERIN DEAD INDOORN RETREAT Augusta Victoria Succumbs Year After She Suffers First Heart Attack. By the Associated Press. DOORN, Holland, April 11.—Former Empress Augusta Victoria of German | died here at 6 o'clock this morning. By |a strange coincidence the end came just ione year after she suffered her first serlous attack of heart disease. It was. while she was preparing to enter the house of Doorn, the present home of theyformer Emperor of Ger- many, after her long residence at Amerongen, that she was stricken with what at the time was believed to be a fatal attack. That was on April 11, 1920. For.a few days there were re- ports that her death was momentarily expected, but she rallied, and accom- panied her husband to Doorn on May 15 last. | Attacks Sapped Vitality. | Attacks of her fatal malady recurred |at frequent intervals, each sapping her ivitality and nullifying the measures itaken by _specialists to restore her health. When her son, former Prince Joachim, committed suicide in Berlin last July, she was in such serious con- dition that the news of his death was kept from her for a long time, and it is |said she never learned her son killed { himself. - Late last autumn the former em- press’ condition worse, and on several occasions her children were called to Doorn, but her strength was such that she rallied ibravely when the end was believed mminent. Since the first of this year t had been . known.that she was gradually sinking. The former emperor and Prince Adelbert were at the bedside when the former empress died. They had | been called by Dr. Haesner, who at- | tended the former empress’ through- out her residence in Holland. Death Shock to Castle. The death came as a shock to the dwellers in- Doorn Castle, as during the last week the patient's condition had seemed-less merious. Nevertheless last Saturday Dr. Haesner, after con- sultations with Prof. Hymans, the Dutch heart specialist, thought it ad- visable to send a message to Princess Victoria Louise, the only daughter of the former emperor and empress, calling her to Doorn. The princess. who then was in Vienna, had no reached Doorn when death came to the ex-empress this morning. Last night the patient was only semi-conscious. She was kept from jections, but her breathing appeared to become hourly more difficult. At o'clock this morning Dr. Haesner as- sisted the attending nurse and Count- ess von Kellas. an old friend of the former empress, to adjust the pa- tient’s position So that she might be- come more comfortable. Ex-Emperor at Bedside. As the day broke breathing became still more difficult for the failing pa- tient and her pulse grew weaker. It then was evident to the physi- cians that the end was near, and Dr. Haesner warned former Emperor Wil- liam and Prince Adelbert of its ap- proach. The ex-empress became unconscious and her breathing became fainter and fainter until, at 6 o'clock, life left her frail body. The ex-emperor stood at the bed- side with bent head as death came to his consort, and he remained in the room for some time afterward. It is stated former Emperor Wil- liam will accompany the body as far as the Dutch frontier, the dispatch add: ‘The quiet little village of Doorn was greatly affected by the news of the ex-empress’ death, which spread rapidly early in the day as the arti- sans were - going to work. As the death bells tolled the streets filled with little groups of villagers dis- cussing the event. Beloved by Villagers. Augusta Victoria had lived in Doorn less than a year, coming here with the ex-emperor from Amerongen last May. During the first months of her residence she visited the village tw or' three times, but afterward malady grew more serious, and she was only occasionally ‘seen by the people driving in the park in a pony cart. Since her attack in November last, when it was expected she would die, the former empress had not left her room. Dr. Haesner declared toda: that the end would have come sooner but for the devoted care of her nurse and two old friends, Rantzau and Countess von Keiler. Expressed Longing to Die. Augusta Victoria had expressed a longing to die since she learned of the ‘dedth of Prinée Joachim. She frequently suffered spells of profound melancholy. The presence of Dr. Ernst von Drylander; the former court chaplain, and Pastor Weiss several patient. i Collapse of Central Powers Lowered | i Curtain on Life. Collapse ‘of the central powers and the vicissitudes. of war that drove former' Emperor. William of Germany and his consart into practical exile in Holland in_November, 1918, was the lowering of the curtain in the life of the once beautiful empress and Queen | of Pruseia, Augusta Victoria, who for: nearly forty years..had been the most | beloved hausfrau of the German peo- . e. | l’l'!'lle ex-empress’ gravest cloud, next to the abdication of William II, was the tragic death of her son, Prince Joachim, who committed suicide by | Shooting himself in Berlin in 192, ! She was never informed, it is said, | that Joachim had taken his own life. Another . depressing _event which haunted her. was the Russian revolu- | tion and the fate that befell Emperor Nicholas and his family, with all of | whem, before the war, she had been | {on the kindliest terms. i Net Especially Gifted. Augusta Victoria was notable chiefly for her keen interest in charitable living conditions of the German poor. SEES FREEZE TONIGHT. | been received by | to gradually became | suffering by frequent hypodermic in- | her | Countess von | times had a quieting influence on the | DRIVEN INTO EXILE BY WAR. FRANGE MAY MOVE 10 OCCUPY BERLIN ASTEUTONS DELAY |Must Have Assurances That Reparations Will Be Paid | or Act by May 1. ND MINISTRY WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE %BRIA Unless It Meets Popular Demand | Poincare Will Lead—Support Likely in Czechoslovakia. | By the Associnted Press | PARIS. April 11.—1It is no longer { doubted in circles here considered {to have the best sources of infor- | mation that France will, either alone or in common with the allies, take | radical action against Germany if satisfactory assurances regarding the Payment of reparations are not forth- coming by May 1. What form the action will take is still only a matter for surmise, but | semi-official opinion is that it will be such as to impress the German peo- ple as they have not beén impressed since the armistice. Proposed Way Least Costly. The occupation of the Ruhr val- |ley and the entire industrial region | of Westphalia is advocated by rome. | Others are convinced that the French army should this time go to Berlin, |in order to make sure, they argue. | of finishing a task which they hold | would be achieved much more cheap- {1y in the end by this method than | through the successive application of | lesser penalties. The temper of the French chamber of deputies, observers consider, admits | of no doubt that Premier Briand will be obliged to act or resign. He has no thought, however, of giving up the task, it would appear. but will | grapple with the situatior. as it de- i velops May 1 with the dtermination finally to produce the effect desired. It is thought in official circles hers |that the Berlin government is well |aware that there remains no room { for_ procrastination after the end of this month. Hence. after failing to interest the United States in her case, {@s the French interpret the outcome | of the recent correspondence between Berlin and Washington, Germany is understood to have made a tentative effort to draw Switzerland into the | reparations question as a mediator. Prepared te Act Alone. | If the allies hesitate to go to the | lengths desired by Premier Briand, {France, it is declared, will act alone, | possibly with the co-operation of some of the associated powers. { It is understood Czechoslovakia is disposed to join in the application of economic penalties against Germany. |and even to contribute to military pressure, if desired. A change in the French govern- {ment in May with a cabinet headed | by Poincare in power is predicted in well informed parliamentary circles in” case Premier Briand should not succeed in putling effective pressure upon Germany. This, it is conceded, would be likely to mean the taking of an even stronger attitude by France toward Germany. OCALLAGHAN MUST DEPART BY JUNE 3 Secretary Davis Allows Sixty Days From Date of State Department Ruling. TUnder orders issued today by Secre- tary Davis, Donal J. O'Callahan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived in this country as a stowaway last January 4, may be deported by immigration {officials any time after June 5 should he not leave the country before that time. The Irish official, who came to {the United States to testify before the commission of the committee of one hundred investigating cond tions in Ireland is given sixty days to leave the country from the date of the decision of the State Depart- ment holding that he as not en- titled to asylum as a political ref- ugee. This decision, it was di | closea today, was handed down April 6, In a formal statement dealing with O'Callaghan’s case, Secretary Davis said he accepted the ruling of his predecessor that O'Callaghan was a seaman and as such_ entitied to a reasonable time in which 1o reship. for a foreign port. “I have no doubt.” said Mr. Davis, “that O'Callaghan will comply with the logic of the situation and reship as an alien seaman within the rule.” | BOY CASHIER GETS YEAR. Sent to D. C. Training School by Judge Landis. CHICAGO April 11.—James Carey. the nineteen-year-old bank cashier of Ottawa, Ill. whose theft of $96.000 last November was followed by criti- cism of Judge Landis when the latter permitted the youthful culprit to re- turn home pending sentence, was to- day sentenced by Judge Landis to serve one year in the National Training School for Boys at Washington, D. C. BALTIMORE CLUB ROBBED. BALTIMORE, Md.. April 11.—The entire detective and police force of Baltimore has been busy hunting a gang of bandits that early yesterday successfully worked the boldest hold- v n this city. T svoutd men ‘gasricd! the ap- proach to_the Citizens' Democratic Club, 222 West Franklin street, at 3 am. seven men, six of whom were masked, entered the club, backed six- teen members against the wall with revolvers and robbed them of jewelry and money amounting to $7,000, it was reported to the police. One member, Dr. J. C. Crawford, was struck down unconscious by a work and in the betterment of the)plow from the butt of a pistol in the Bands of the leader. The gang then It has been said of her that she was|drowe off in automobiles, after threat- (Continued on Page. 10, Columa:3. ening to kill any who o an ousery, | £