Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers tonight and tomorrow; somewhat cooler tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2 noon today day. m. today: Highest, 69, at lowest, 53, at 4 a.m. to- Member of the Associsted Press ‘The Amociated Press is exclusively entitled te the use for republication of all mews dispatches ‘credited to it or not otherwise c:ndited in this paper and aleo the local news published Lerels. ts of publication of spectal “n—'::flhu‘l.unll-m he PNy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Net Circulation, 96,327 dofing New York Stocks, Page 28. . 28,109. FRANCE ACCEPTS " VIEWPOINT OF U.3. ~ UPONYAPISSUE Reply to Hughes Mandate| Note Made Public Today by State Department. BRIAND TO PRESS CASE WITH SUPREME COUNCIL Premier Anxious to Find Solution Satisfactory to This Government. France's reply to Secretary Hughes' note of April 4, regarding the Jap- anese mandate over the Pacific Island of Yap, is interpreted in official cir- cles here as tantamount to accept- ance of the principle laid down by the American government that the United States has surrendered neme of its rights in the former German overseas possessions. Premier Briand of France states fhat a representative of the French government will place before the su- preme council at its next meeting the ap question, with the “greatest de- ire to find a solution which will give very _satisfaction to the United ates.” z A P . This assurance is contained in the French reply to Secretary Hughes' note of last April 4 dealing with the whole subject of mandates. The Freneh premief said the note could ot be answered fully until an under- #tanding had been reached by the ernments of the four powers ad- resséd by Mr. Hughes. o The French note was received by e State Department several days 0 and was made public today, both ‘Washington and Paris. The com- lete text follows: Complete Text of Note. “I have the honor to acknowledge the réceipt of the letter dated the 4th of this month by which your excel- lency’ was good enough to transmit to me a memorandum from the De- partment of State relative to the Islang of Yap. “Sifice this memorandum was sent simultaneously to the governments of Great Britain, Italy and Japan, it can- not be answered until after an under- standing has been reacited between the governments of the four interest- ed powers at the time of the next . ‘um«tln of the supreme council of the lies. = “I_wish, however, to inform your excellency at once that when this ‘ 4 as second-class matter B oMo Washington, D. C. Street Corner Oratory by Radicals Vanishes U r Police Activity By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 1 corner oratory of radic: is becoming extinct ‘war, a report made public to- day by the American Civil Liberties Union said. In a survey of police me- tivities against radical labor speakers and meetingn in elghty- eight American cities, the union waid it found that only thir- teen police departments of the eighty-eight permit street meet- ings without license. ’l‘hm thirteen cities are New York, Boston, St. Louis, Detroit, Bal- timore, Galveston, Tex.; Spring- field, Mass.; Harrisburg, Pa. Fort Wayne and Terre Haute, Neb.; Ind.; Lincoln, Berkeley, Oalit., The survey further shows, it ‘was reported, that radical meet- ingw, either in public or private places, are now being held in y twenty-seven of the ghty-eight cities. NEW AMBASSADORS | has been slated to be chairman of | the joint committee. UPTO THE SENATE WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921—FORTY PAGES. MAY OBTAIN VOICE INREORGANIZATION Executive Branch of the Gov- ernment Plans to Make Appointment. President Harding believes that the executive branch of the government should be represented on the joint committee for the reorganization of the government departments, it was learned today, following a confer- ence at the White House between the President and members of the joint committee. To meet the wishes of the Presi- dent, a bill will be introduced amend- ing the law creating the joint com- mittee, authorizing the President to make such an appuintment. It is expected that the bill will be intro- duced by Senator Smoot of Utah, who It is understood that the President has in mind the man whom he will appoint to serve on the joint com- mittee after the law has been changed, and that he is Walter Brown of To- ledo, Ohio. Mr. Brown was an ar- Harvey and- Herrick Nomi- nated—President Proposes Many Other Names. The nominations of George Harvey were sent to the Senate today by President Harding. the President transmitted more than thirty names of men he had given gress was in recess. The list included the name of John J. Esch of Wiscon- Commerce Commission, whose confir- mation was held up by o the last session. Dawes for Reserve .General Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, who served as a brigadier general in the American expeditionary force, and re- cently headed a committee which in- vestigated governmental relations to Service mem, was mominated for the rank of brigadier general in the Of- ficers’ Reserve Corps. The Presient also sent to the Sen- ate the names of Capt Jullan L. Latimer to be judge advocate gen- eral of-the Navy, and.of David Pot- ter, to be paymaster general of the Navy, together with a long list of Marine Corps promotions. — Another nomimation expected .to be made soon is that of Dr. John South of of New York to be ambassador to|,f the government a member of the Great Britain and Myron T. Herrick | joint committeq on reorganization is of Ohio to be ambassador to France | clearly evident, At the same time ! ecutive departments of the govern- temporary appointments while Con-|provide for an appointee of the sin, to be a member of the Interstate | for this new member, probably at pposition at | the senators and representatives. Panama. he Wh represe! ce the examination thereof with the grea: test -te find a solution which will ‘every satis- faction to the United Btates. Freach Leng Interested. “*As your excellency knows. the gov- ernment of the republic has already done all in its power to lend its aid to the American government in this matter. By a note dated February 18, after having noted that the decision { of May 7, 1319, made no reserve con- cerning the mandates attributed to Japan over the of the northern Pacific, my department pointed out to your embassy that nevertheless Presi- dent Wilson and Mr. Lansing had formulated in the course of a former meeting in the presence of the repre- sentative of Japan _catergorical reservations concerning the Island of Yap, that Baron Makino had not ob- Jected, that the question raised by the Tepresentatives of the United States should be placed in discussion and that consequently the Japanese gov- ernment was cognizant of the Amer- ican reservations. “The note concluded that thus there were elements for a resumption of conversations between the United States and Japan, which the govern- ment of the republic would be happy to see result in a happy conclusion. “This note was communicated on ( the same day to the embassy of Japan at Paris, and your excellency was good enough to express to my de- partment your great satisfaction at this communication by giving the as- surance that it would be particularly sppreciated at Washington.” ACCUSED IN NOTE CASE. 8ix Colored Boys Said to Have Al- v will broach It hflybean intimated at the White House that E. Mont Riley of Kansas City, Mo., known as. one of the or Harding men, is undér con- sideration for appointment as gov- ernor of Porto Rico. He was in con- ‘| sultation with the President yester- day, but it is understood that no final decision has been reached. President te Review Parade. President Harding will personally review the parade of the Grand Com- mandery and constituent command- ries Knights Templar on the occa- sion of the observance of Ascension gay, May 5. The President, who is a member of the Marien, Ohio, com- mandery, will take up his position on this occasion at a point on the sid walk in front of the ite Hous He has been invited to attend the services to be held that day in Epiph- any Chi but he has not yet de- termined whether or not he can ar- range matters so as to attend. There were indications that most of, the other nominations to im- portant places in the administration would go to the Senate within the next week. The President is under- stood to be nearing a decision on a commissioner of Internak revenuej and is expected also to fill at least one place on the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and_three. places on the Railroad Labor Board within a day or two. The_situation regarding the Ship- ping Board was said to be somewhat in doubt. It was indicated that the ! President still had hopes of inducing President Farrell of the United States Steel Corporatfon to accept the board chairmanship. Contest for Commissioner. Friends of Edward Clifford of Chica- Virginia, who have been iA for internal revenue. commissioner, brought pressure to bear at the White House and Treasury Department tered United States Money. Six colored boys. ranging from four- teen to twenty-one years old, were | arrested today by Policeman Kegs- bein, an agent of the secret service, on a charge of altering United States money and passing the altered notes, The accused are Robert L. Cunning- ham, seventeen vears old; his brother, Jesse E. Cunningham, ' twenty-one, of 1812 5th street northwest: Jerome Clark. sixteen, 248 12th street north- east; French Burke, sixteen, 1129 G street northeast; Lawrence Webster, ixteen, 2: and Henry Shepherd, fourteen, 1424 Y street “northwest. They will be given a hearing this afternoon bee fore United States Commissioner Richardson. A number of one-dollar notes hgve been located by the secret service agents on which the figures at the corners have been covered over by pieces of $10 and $20 notes supposed | . to have been tnrned in for redemp- | tion. so that the bills have the ap. pearance of being of the larger de- nomination. Several of the altered notes were passed successfully on merchants, it was stated. and others | were received by bank tellers with- out detection. —_——— DEBATE REGIONAL BOARDS’ | region of Asia Minor, where, it is re- | Railroad Executives of Southwest Meet at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Apri] 14.—Execu- “ tives of railroads in the southwest met here today to discuss a propo of the “big four’ brotherhoods of railroad employes that regional boards of readjustment be formed 1t was planned to go thoroughly into the matter and obtain a definite cxpression of the sentiment of the officials. There was no indication of the ac- tion that would be taken, but it was stated the decision evolved from the conference will be presented at a na- tional meeting of railroad and broth- crhood representatives by B. F. Bush, yresident of the Missouri Pacific. The date of the joint conference has rot Leen set. U. S. FLAGSHIP AT VENICE. ¢ v 1C April 13.—The United . States cruiser Olympia, flagship of * 4he American fleet in the Adriatic, arrived here today from Pola. 9 _15th street northwest, | again today. Because of the sharp contest being waged by the partisans, the President had been strongly urged to name neither of the men, but to I'seek a compromise selection. As a compromise candidate for the place, former Gov. Hooper of Tennessee, has | come to the fore recently, although i there are many other aspirants, any one of whom might be chosen if Mr. | Clifford and Mr. McDermott are /elimi- | nated. l Chief_Gi 1 unner Robert Edward Cox, 3 was on President Harding’s callers’ list today to receive a con- gressional medal of honor for ex- traordinary heroism April 13, 1304, on the occasion of an explosion on the ! battleship Missouri, which caused the | loss of thirty lives. A flareback from the after turret guns set fire to pow- | der near the magazine, dut Cox flood- jed the magazine and saved the vessel. TURKS AND GREEKS FIRE, IGNORING AMERICAN FLAG: | i |Shots Endanger American Women’s Hospital Unit at Station of Near East Relief. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 13— Skirmishing is going on between the Turks and Greeks in the Bardizag i | ported. neither of the combatants is respecting_the American flag hoisted |over the Near East Relief stations, {shots having been fired at the Amer- ican women's hospital unit of Mrs. Mabel Nickerson. Miss Bernice Everett of the Welles- ‘ley College unit has been cut off in} Brusa, although the orphans in her care have been transferred from that pl to Bardizag. cek headquarters have again been transferred to Ushak. Landing . parties from the Greek fleet on the { Gulf of Ismid have come into contact ! with the Turks. COMMUNISTS WALK OUT. | _ MADRID, April 14.—Communist | Melegates to the Spanish socialist | congress, in session here, announced their secession from the organization early this morning, following a vots which rejected a proposition that | the party declare its adhesion to the third internationale of Moscow. All socialist members of the cham- ber of deputies and all the lead, of the organization remain wi the party. | “moonshine ring.” go. and Joseph H. McDermott of West | the lead | dent supporter of Col. Roosevelt and one of the bull moose leaders. He was a candidate for nomination for senator against Senator Willis last year. During the campaign Mr. Brown was active in support of the republican ticket. Need of Member Seen. The advisability of having a rep- resentative of the executive branch according_to sup- porters of the proposal. The joint committee is dealing with the ex- ment in bringing about the proposed reorganization. Il the law is amended so as to President as a member of the com- mittee on.reorganization, it is ex- pected that a salary will be provided the rate of $7,500, the same pay of Work to Take Long. The work of the committee on re- organization is likely to take a long time. It has been variously esti- mated that it will require from a year and a half to two years for the committee to complete its investiga- tion and make recommendations. It is possible that the activity may be extended even beyond that period. At the conference between the President and members of the reor- ganization committee it was decided also that the bill to consolidate under a single all government agen- cies dealing with. former service men should not wait for perfection of the general reorganization plan. Senate and House leaders, it was said, would frame legislation on that subject within the next few days. GOVERNMENT SEES PLOT TO WIPE OUT DRY AGENTS. ‘Widespread Conspiracy Charged in Alabama at Trial Over Death of Federal Officer. FLORENCE, Ala., April 14.—Con- tending that a widespread plot existed ic Colbert and adjoining counties to wipe out all* prohibition e‘ntorc-uunt officers, the government today made ready for the opening of the trial in United States district court of four- teen men indicted jointly on charges of conspiracy in ten counts in connec- tion with the death of Don Stephenson. a federal officer, in January. Four of the defendants are now serving terms ranging from fwenty years to life in state’s prison, as a re. sult of convictions in Colbert county circuit court. These men were brought here today to be placed on trial with the other ten defendants. Will Holmes, landowner, one of the number serving u life term, was charged at his trial by other defend- ants as being the leader of the allegea ‘These witnesses testified -that he provided the money lg‘sromule the plans of the band and the thinking” for the outfit. MUST HAVE LICENSES. Places Which Bun Soda Fountains Classed as Restaurants. All establishments where soda foun- tains are conducted. whether they serve sandwiches or not, will be re- -{of Commissioners. iquired by the police department and ithe superintendent of licenses to pay |an annual restaurant license of $18, it | was learned at the District building | ay. Notice to this effect has been sent to ade H. Coombs, superintendent of |licenses, by the secretary to the board It also has been torwarded to the police department. Sending out of the notice to these officials resulted from a decision of the District Court of Appeals ren- dered several weeks ago involying the question - whether a soda fountain came within the section of the law Wwhich requjres the payment of a res- taurant tax. - 3 Supt. Coombs said many applica- tions for restaurant licenses have been filed by druggists since the deci- sion. i TO FIGHT CROP PESTS. | Washington Entomologist an Of- ficer in New Organization. REGINA. Saskatchewan, April 14.— Appointment of a permanent organ- ization to be known as the northw. international committee on Crfl;hve::: was announced today after a meet- Ing of entomologists representing the [ ahd someof " Tha “aegtoeTImenty States. = s } Norman Criddle, Dominion ento- mologist, is chairman of the com- | mittee, the members of which are { A V. Mitchener, Manitoba; J. Sea- j mans, Alberta; R. A. Gooley, Boze- : S. Lockwood, Washing- St. Paul, Minn., . P. Tullis, Saskatchewan. The grasshopper, considered by the entomologists to be the most de- structive of crop pests, was named as the first objective in their war, Farmers, it is said, will be instructed to plow their ground before graas- hopper hatching time and to burn straw at night along roadsides in an effort to reduce the ranks of the hop- ping crop-killers. . $15,000 CIGARETTE THEFT. CHICAGO, II., April 14.—Cigarettes i\nll\le\'l at $15,000 were stolen from a | man. | ton, 1 terday. A robber disguised as a tele- graph messenger induced a watchman to open 2 door and then struck him down. Three companions joined him in loading a truck with the loot. The d rned for a second it were frightened away. bwa raiiroad detective, % warehouse of a cigar company yes-|Y. N N NN BIG SLUMP IN MAILS TODAY IS BLAMED ON OPENING BALL GAME That ball game yesterday took all the “pep” out of letter writing on the part of the business men of the city, according to interesting statistics compiled today at the Washington city post office. Nearly 100,000 fewer letters were received at the post office during the twenty-four hours ended last midnight than were received the day before. Postmaster Chance could see no other explanation than that the business men were at the opening game. CANTFIX CONDUITS WITH CITY WATER ON New Aspect of Seriousness Seen in Washington’s Problem. Washington's water problem ac- quired a new aspect of seriousness to- day when Army engineers announced no extensive repairs to the single conduit supplying the city can be made without completely interrupt- ing the service. This was said to mean that the capital will have to depend on the conduit without repairs, which is un- der great strain, for at least three years as, even with an immediate ap- propriation by Congress for a new ‘water line, the construction work ‘would require all of that time. Two-Day Reserve. Washington now has a reserve water- supply sufficient to meet two days of normal consumption. It re- quires about two days to unwater the condult. This bagely gives time for & hasty inspection of the tunnel and no time whatever for extensive re- pair work. % Col. Tyler of the District engineer office, who made the.survey for a new water supply, which was the basis of the appropriation authorized by Congress at the last session, said today that but for the fact the pres- ent conduit had been well £onstruct- ed Washington might hav4 been con- fronted with a serious water shortage years ago. He believes the conduit may hold up until it is replaced with a new one, though he admits there nothing certain about it in the situation, and that a serious break might occur at any time. Situation Is Watehed. Engineer officers are watching the situation closely. They have antici- pated possible breaks and will be ready to rush temporary repairs should the conduit go out of com- mission. At places where breaks are considered most likely to occur it is proposed to use wooden flumes temporarily. Congress chnnot act too soon to prevent a possible catastrophe should the capital's water supply fall, en- gineer officials to a man agree. They have anticipated favorable action by Congress and will be ready to begin operations immediately if a new con- dult is authorized. —_— DEMAND STANDARD COAL. Baltimore Dealers, Forced by Con- sumers, Ask for Better Grades. Spetial Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, April 14.—Coal deal- ers of Baltimore have decided that they will not longer stand for the inferior ‘grades of coal which the mige operators have been shipping here for the last two or three years, and have served notice on_all an- thracite mine owners ’in Pennsyl- vania who ship to this city that in the future all coal must be of standard grades or they will not re- ceive ft. The dealers have been forced to take this action by the number of complaints they have received from their customers, and the matter has been brought to a climax this month by the refusal of the public to buy until the dealers can guarantee that the coal will be of first quality, and not half slate, stone or other un- burnable substance. This the deal- ers have been unable to do, as they were forced to take what grades-of coal the operators shipped here, and consequently the consumers fused to pay the present high prices for inferior grades of coal, which in some cases run as high as 50 per cent waste. . OIL PERMITS WITHHELD. Mexican Government Denies Ex- ploitation of Lands for Present. MEXICO CITY, April 14.—Permits for the exploration and exploitation of petroleum lands in Mexico will be withheld by the department of com- merce and industry until article 27-of the constitution, governing. subsoil rights in this country, is given offi- cial interpretation, it was declared by Rafael Zubaran Company, head of that department, last night. He added that contracts made in violation of this ruling would not be respected. This statement followed newspaper an- nounceinents that the petroleum com- mittee of the chamber of deputies had reached an agreement regarding arti- cle 27, and that the article was held not to be retroactive. Extonsive concessions granted Jose Limantour, secretary of the treas- jul f’ during the administration of Por- !firio Dias, have been nullified, and. plans have been completed for their return to tho government, it was offi- clally announced’ last night. These include eancessions vasttracts lan in various parts of the republic. Senor Limantour now resides in Paris, have re-- NEW WHITE HOUSE DOG. Pedigreed English Bull Pup Was Born Here March 4. The White House kennels were in- creased today by the arrival of a full- blooded English bull pup, which was born in this city March 4, and which was given to the President by Morris Bermann, 503 12th street. This pup, not yet named, has a pedigree a foot long, his mother, Melba, being valued at $3,000. The new kennel member, after being made acquainted with Laddie Boy, was turned over to Wilson Jack- son, the master of hounds at the ‘White House, to be put through a course of training. WAKE CANAL PLEA TONAVY SECRETARY Maryland Congressmen See Disaster Through Navy’s Coal Cancellation. Members of the Maryland delega- tion in Congress, headed by Repre- sentative Frederick M. Zihlman, ex- pect to’ call upon Secretary of the Navy Denby today and solicit his support for the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, which faces disaster, it is stated, through prospective cancella- tion of Navy coal shipments. For more than twenty years coal mined in the Cumberland, Md., dis- trict has been going to the naval proving grounds at Indian Head by way of the canal. This is the bulk of the business done over the canal. But the Navy is now considering buy- ing coal for Indian Head from an- other fleld, which is said to have been offered at a cheaper price. ported During War. ‘When the canal, which was started by George Washington and is the most historic inland water in the country, oonsidered closing down during the war because of high oper- ating _costs, the Maryland congres- sional delegation rallied to its sup- port. The result was that the gov- ernment ordered the company to con- tinue operating the waterway in or- der to relieve railroad congestion. It agreed to guarantee the company against operating losses. It is un- derstood these losses amounted to ap- proximately $40,000. In addition, the government built ten barges and placed-them in service on the canal, this equipment, it is understood, rep- resenting an investment of about $50.000. In view of the fact that the United States government has an original in- vestment .in the canal of about one million dollars and during the war increased this amount by approxi- mately one hundred thousand dollars, it is the contention of the Maryland congressmen that this investment should be protected. Would Continue Buying. “Even ‘though the Navy Depart- mént might ‘effect a small saving this year by buying coal for Indian Head from other sources, it would be eco- nomically ‘unwise,”. said Representa- itive Zihlman today ,“for the depart- ment to ‘take a step which would jeopardize:-the future of the canal and the investment the government now has in, this waterway. The canal has been of great service to the Navy in the past-and it is inconceivable that it will not be of service In the future. In times of rail congestion it is of the greatest value. But if it is once forced out of business it will be a dif- ficult matter to reopen it.” Mr. Zihlman believes that the with- drawal of the Navy business will sound the death knell of the canal. Several hundred persons who depend on the canal for a livelihood have been waiting since March 28 for the commencement of the boating season. However, plans for starting trafic over the canal were still held in abey- ance today, depending upon the ac- tlon‘lo be taken by the Navy Depart- ment. g —_— SIR ARTHUR E. VICARS SLAIN IN IRELAND Home of Former Ulster xlng-éf- Arms Is Also Burned. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, April 14.—Sir Arthur Ed- ward Vicars. former Ulster king-of- drms, was shot dead thls morning-at Tistowel and his residence was burned. A tag was attached to the body, reading: “Traitors beware. We never for- & RAS &ste HUGHES WINS WAY [NWORLD AFFAIRS First Triumph Is Achieved as France Accedes to View- point on Yap. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States 'is slowly winning its way in negotiations with foreign governments. France has acceded to the American viewpoint on the status of the Island of Yap, and there are indications that Japan, Great Britain and the other allies will fall into line and agree to dispose of the contro- versy by internationalizing the island. ' The significance of what is happen- ing, however, does not lie merely in the Yap question itself” Something broaderis involved. It is the ‘ex- pro willingness of France to be erica in shaping s Great Brllllnyhon zl fore tHan one occasfon since the war manifested a desire to work hand in hand with| America on matters ot world politics, and the Harding message to Congress is known to have prdvoked.informal approval among the diplomats gen- erally. Secretary Hughes' Record. Secretary Hughes is handling the delicate negotiations with splendid tact and perseverance. Although he is not being quoted in the newspa- pers every day, and is careful about the comments that are authorized for. publication, he is giving the Wash- ington correspondents a rare example of frankness in dealing with the press. Mr. Hughes prefaces his remarks usually with the injunction that he is not to be quoted, but he discusses questions with amazing freedom and with a clarity that leaves no room for misunderstanding. Just the other day, somebody .asked him to com- ment on a note that had been receiv- ed by the United States government. The communication itself was ob- viously agreeable to our government, but Mr. Hughes pointed out that he didn’t want to start a precedent of comment. Cases might arise, he thought, which might not be so fa- vorable, and if he failed to comment his silence would be regarded as sig- nificant and perhaps a meaning given to the incident that would be un- warranted. There has been a good deal of trou- ble about press agents, ¢ publicity and propaganda. There will, be no such trouble under Mr. Hughes. He is his own best spokesman. He gives the slant to the news of the day that he feels should be given. ‘But his-most signal service is In foreseeing possible grounds for misunderstanding. He can see in a question asked by correspondents further ahead sometimes than the newspaper men themselves. Would Aveld Persemnel Fears. A case in point was a.rumor that the entire State Department was soon to be reorganized. Mr. Hughes ad- mitted that such a plan was in con- templativn, but the thought flashed through his mind at once that even such an admission might be the basis for speculation and disturbing stories about personnel. He .quickly e plained that the supervisory personn-1 was all that could be desired, that in Undersecretary Filetcher, Assistan Secretaries Deering and Bliss, and Director Carr of " the’ consular serv- ice, the department had a splendid group® of experts, but that what re- mained to be done was co-ordinating the work of the bureaus and tying together certain activities that werc related to each other but were sepa- rated at present. - Mr. Hughes appears to. be well sat- isfled with the progress made in the negotiations thus far with foreign governmenter -~The Department of State has had a difficult job—taking up the threads of'a tangled interna- tional situation. But President Hard- ing and Mr. Hughes have talked over the whole fleld of foreign affairs and Mr. Hughes knows the cardinal pfln-' ciples. 4 ‘With the same zeal and enthusiasm that characterized his handling of big legal problems in the past, Mr. Hughes tackles _each' question in diplomacy with a rapidity and thor- oughness that have already produced a favorable impression throughout the National Capital. It is not usual to find_early enthusiasms so_ quickly justified. . Admissions by France. The note from France is the first triumph.- _ Erance admits . that the handing out of mandates in the past was rather baphazardly done. The French have gone further in their in- formal oral expression than in their note. They have said frankly that they didn’t think it was becoming of the great powers to take advantage of America’s absence 'from the confer- ences by giving away territory without the 'express consent of the United States. There is as yet no'acceptance or re- jection -of the principle stated in the American " circular namely, that s tway, Atlanta and the south. i QUICK MAIL BOXES FORBUSY STREETS Will Be Established on Penn- sylvania Avenue and F Street. City Postmaster Chance today pro- posed the establishment of a chain of special “quick collection” letter box- es on Pennsylvania avenue and F street to expedite the city’s busine: mail, as the latest step in the “mail early—mail often” campaign., now fully under way. The plan is contingent upon the de- sires of the business men of the city, who have already given evidence of Seeing the practical value of the “mail early” campaign by lessening the volume of mail received after 4 o'clock each day at the post office. Under Postmaster Chance's plan the special letter boxes would be placed on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue and along the south side of F street, these boxes to be painted a bright red, and collections to be made from them at short intervals. Special Automobiles. Special automobiles from the main city post office would make frequent hurry-up collections, on a much closer schedule than is used to col- iect from downtown boxes, although twelve collections are made mnow from the business sections. The col- lection cars would make a quick | “loop” back to the post office. Lotters would be speeded up tre- mendously for out-going trains, it is believed, and important business let- ters for delivery in the city would be insured of delivery the same day un- der the proposed plan. There would be no restrictions upon any one placing letters in the “red quick delivery” boxes, of course, and these Jetters would receive the same treatment as any letters in the box. {Merchants and others would know the function of these special boxes and could take mail to them. Postmaster Chance will send out tomorrow to business men of the city a ' special early mailing schedule, stressing anew the advantages of early mailing, both from the stand- point of the city post and the business ‘men and others of the city. The postmaster will present the following schedule of important mail trains leaving Washington, which are avaflable for matter mailed early in the day. Letters should be placed in boxes at least two and one-half hours earlier than the hours given, as the hours stated designate the time of closing for each train at the post of- ce. ‘The schedule follows: 8:30 am., train 235, Southern rail- 8:40_am. train 93, Seaboard Air Line, Richmond and Fioria. 8:55 am., train 15 Baltimore and Ohio, Cincinnati, Cieveland, Pitts- burgh, Chicago and the west. 10:20' a.m., train_ 118, Pennsylvania line, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and the east. 11:10_a.m., train 406, Pennsylvania lines, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and the east. More Available Tratns. The above trains, it is realized by the post office, are not so available for early mailings by business men, but the continuation of the schedule shows trains more available, as fol- lows: 1:06 pm. train 5, Baltimore and Ohio. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Chicago and the west. 1:30 p.m. train 5, Baltimore and Ohio, Virginia. West Virginia and points in Kentucky. 2:30 pm., train 412, Pennsylvania line. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York. Chicago and the west. 2:40_p.m., train 85. Atlantic Coast Line, Richmond and Florida. 4 p.m., train 1, Baltimore and Ohio, Cincinnati, St. Louis and the south- est. . All the above trains, it is pointed out, are mail trains. and leave the Union ‘station half an hour after the above times. Letters for Chicago, for: example, mailed at the city post office -build- ing by 2:30_pm. would go out on the Pennsylvania train 412, and would arrive at destination at 9:55 am. the next -day, in time for delivery that day. If mailed after 2:30 pm. or mailed at a better box down. town, they usually are net delivered until the second day after mailing. |T6day’s News in Paragraphs Executive department plans to have voice in reorganization committee. Page 1 “Quick _collection” mail boxes to be .Qpllned on F street and Pennsylvania | avenue. Page 1 Hughes wins praise by skill in handling | foreign affairs. e 1 1,500,000 workers outside triple alliance join British strike ranks as crisis nears. Page 1 Former Secretary Daniels tells of Ger- many's great error. Page 3 New social laws urged by convention of National League of Woman Voters. Page 4 President’s message to Congress gives Germans feeling of compiete isola- tion. Page 9 District charities get over $40,000 from 4,504 members contributing to $50,000 campaign. Page 18 iminal records charged to some “dry” crll.genu by National Civic Reform League. Page 17 Senate .again swamped with bills, old ‘and new. Page 17 H. T. Andrews, New York broker, lives ‘with two wives under one roof in Jer- sey City- Page 17 roposing voluntary merger of Dis- Blet Chraction. companies. reintroduced in Congress. Page 17} nslon of service hospitals is urged AP Gity Club health group. Page 17 Rabbi Loeb issues appeal for sppport of Themberahip drive In Zionist Srganiza: TWO CENTS. 1,300,000 WORKERS T0BACK UP STRIKE OF TRIPLE ALLIANCE |Federation of 100 Industries Votes Support of Walkout. LLOYD GEORGE SUGGESTS NATIONAL VOTE ON ISSUE Faint Hope of Settlement Disap- pears as Conferences Fail to Satisfactorily Meet Crisis. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 14—The Federation of General Workers, representing 1,500,000 persons in more than 100 in- dustries outside the triple alliance, decided today to support the tripie alliance in its strike in the interest of the striking miners. A conference held this morning be- tween Lloyd George, the prime min- ister, and a delegation of officials of the triple alliance, which called a strike for Friday night in sup- port of the striking miners, was con- cluded within two hours without any progress apparently having been made toward an adjustment of the grave labor situation. It was reported from the confer- ence that the prime minister made a long statement, appealing strongly to the railway men and transport workers, who with the miners make up the triple alliance, asking them to exercise restraint and not precipi- tate a crisis. This plea, however, does not appear to have had effect. J. H. Thomas, gen- eral secretary of the National Union of Railway Men, after the conference that he could see no pros- pect for the reopening of negotiations {;)r an adjustment of the strike situa- on. Outlook Regarded Gloomy. On the government side it was said the labor men were unable to present new arguments giving the govern- ment any different view of their case, while the government, it was understood, did not indicate that it was prepared to make any further concessions. Thus the situation, early th noon, appea: outlook gloomy. During the conference, it developed, Mr. Lloyd George made a plea to the labor men that they resort to the bal- lot, suggesting that they put their case to the nation and saying that the government would do likewise with its case, and let the nation decide the issue. ‘The - vailway men the transport ‘workers went to ‘a'nh!t street, where Mr. Lloyd .George and other members of the cabinet met them, on their own lnluula Their pstensible errand was to d in person the answer to the premier's request of last night that the miners set forth’ specifically the reagons for their re- Jection of his propasals for adjusting the dispute between the miners and the mine owners. When the triple slliance board ad- journed late last evening the under- standing was that this reply would be communicated to the prime smin- ister in writing, and the miners were not apprised of the intention of the: railway men and after- unchanged and the transport g until their visit to Downing street had: been arranged by telephone. # When Harry Goslin, for the trafs-.. port workers, and Mr. Thomas, for the railway men, had finished their pres- entations of the miners’ case and had outlined their reasons for deciding to support it by sympathetic strikes, if necessary, Mr. Lloyd George appealed to them to consider whether reason was on their side. If 80, he asked why they had not availed themselves of the ballot box. Plea of Lioyd George. “Starvation I8 not your only weapon,” said the prime minister, “you have exactly the weapons you had before, the weapons of civilization—persua- sion, argument and reason. You can leave it to the nation to decide. You have your plan, we have ours. Put it to the nation and we will put ours to the nation. If the nation decides that your plan is the right one, why should you starve your people in order to achieve something which you can achieve by reason, if reason is on your side. “If reason is not on your side, why should you force the nation, by starv- ing it," to surrender to unreason?” asked the prime minister. “They are not an unreasonable people. The vast majority of the people you appeal to are workmen. If the workmen are against us we have no chance.” These declarations were made by the prime minister when he was pointing out the impossibility of the government accepting the miners de- mand for a national pooling of profits, which he defined as “nationalization up to the point of meddling, an. not of managing, which is a worse turm of nationalization.” In furtherance of his argument, Mr. Lioyd George said the miners’ scheme for a pool in order to equalize wages represented neither private owner- ship nor nationalization, but had the defects of both. He continued: “Nationalization is an idea and pri- vate enterprise is an fdea, but 1 never heard anybody advancing such a proposition as this except as a sort of makeshift in order to get over a temporary difficulty, and while at- tempting to get over our temporary difficulties we would be landing the nation, the mine owners and the miners in infinitely worse difficulties than they ever were in before. “If we had not had mearly seven years' experience of that system it might be argued, but having seen it actually operating, I can not under- stand Mr. Hodges (secretary of the miners’ °© union) .recommending it again. He is a nationalizer—very well, Jet him put his case for nationaliza- tion. But that he should recommend this sort of mongrel scheme is a thing 1 cannot understand a man of his intelligence putting forward.” House Labor Members Confer. Labor members of the British house of commons, the national executive committee of the labor party and lead- ers of the Trades Union Congress met here today to discuss the situation resulting from the call of the strike by the “triple alliance of bor.,” which is to begin at 10 o'clock Friday night. Heads of the “triple alliance” had consented to’'send representatives to the meeting, which was considered here today to afford the solitary ray of hope that the great strike might yet be averted. Labor members of parliament, however, are quoted by the London Tines as discouraging the building of overoptimistic hopes. The house of commons was prepared today to discuss the reply to the king’s proclamation regarding the recruiting of reserve forces to act in the event a great strike should develop. The tion. Page 26 r pages announced for D. A. R. con- ‘Vention to.begin here Monday. Page 27 phlet labor party had given notice that it would move the following amendment to_th house his