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Rain and colder today, cold; temperature near morrow morning. ended at 10 o'clock last est, ¥6; lowest. 60, 1l report on page 11. ATHER. much eolder tonight; tomorrow fair and continued freezing to- Temperature for twenty-twe hours night: High- he Sunday Star No. 838—No. 28112 FRENCH TO PRESS | GERMANY TOLIMIT T0 COLLEGT DEBT Undeterred by Possibility of Further Warfare With the Teutons. GOVERNMENT PLANS MORE FULLY REVEALED Believed Berlin Cannot Resist Pressure More Than 21 Days. England May Object. BY RALPH COURTNEY. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copsright, 1921 PARIS, April 16.—It is now possi- ble to give some details of the French plan to make Germany pay her war debt. To those Wwho regard the French procedure as brutal, the re- ply may be made that it is meant to be brutal. It is intended as a means of putting pressure on Ger: many and the greatest possible pres- sure will be exerted. It is hoped here that the Germans will not resist, but no attempt is made to deny that the drastic meas- ures now contemplated are likely to be extremely annoying to Germany. The only support for the belief that Germany will resort to arms to ward off this new blow comes in a report from Brussels that highly placed per- sonages there ultimately expect trou- ble from Germany. If the French plan is put into operation it is bound to stir German hatred. ‘Wide Operation Plamned. French troops under Marshal Foch will carry out a wide encircling op- eration to surround not only the Rubr, but the entire great industrial region of Westphalia. According to the plans submitted to the national war council by Foch, 80,000 French troops will be used in these opera- tions. The northeastern point of in- vasion of Germany will extend to Hamm, or just short of this city. From all this Westphalian region no product of any national value will be permitted to enter Germany. Not a ton of coal will be allowed to leave this allied controlled area and all the products of the district will be di- verted to the devastated ragions or sold to neutrals for the allled repa- ration account. * , As the allied forces pass tlirough the German cities heavy ffibute will be levied on these to heaT the expense of the occupation ‘and to pay the wages of the workers in the mines and factories while they are working for the allies. This regime will be continued for one, two or three weeks, if necessary, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. RUSSIAN PEA Garrisons Joining Son Provinces Se Bs Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copsright, 1021 BERLIN. April 16.—A new peasant revolt s sweeping Russia, embracing the territory of Smolensk, Vologda. Kaluga, Kazan, Briansk, Juroslav, Odessa and Kieff. The whole Ukraine has large partisan bands fighting the soviets and Rakov- | sky, the head of the Ukrainian so-, viets, is unable to control the situa- | tion despite military reinforcements from Moscow and a reign of terror exists. The garrisons of many cities in cen- tral Russia are joining the peasants, Who refuse to accept or take serious- | ly the latest concessions by Lenin. | The peasants are well armed, even with artillery and armored motors. Communication with Moscow Is either cut or mot in order. Farther toward Omsk, where there are eerious dis- turbances, the bolsheviki are resort- ing to wholesale executions. In the regions of Kurgan and Petro- paviovsk, which are in Siberia, Gen. | Bielofr, head of the peasant armies, has smashed and scattered the red armies. The whole of Siberia is in a seeth- ing revolt against the bolsheviki. There they are compelled to accept a | LA FOLLETTE SEES PEOPLE LOSING GRIP UPON GOVERNMENT Names 19 Huge Combina- tions Having Lobbyists Here—Sounds Alarm. The great issue before the American people today is the control of their own government, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin declared in an address last night to the founder: of the “People’s Legislative Service. “A mighty power has been builded in this country in recent years, so strong, yet so insidious and far- reaching in its influence,” Senator La Follette said, “that men are gravely inquiring whether its iron grip on government and business can ever be broken. “Again and again it has proved strong enough to nominate the can- didate for both political parties. It has dominated the organization of WASHINGTON, D. NTS FIRED TO REVOLT AGAINST REDS s .of Toil—Bolsheviks Scattered in Siberia—Many e Uprisings. slogan which Lenin persistently re- fuses to recognize in Moscow. The workers’ conferences at Moscow and Petrograd are controlled by non- partisans. Workers in industrial centers are demanding a constituent assembly. The Prakda reports that Lenin de- clared: “Unless we are ready to alter our most radical policy, we must sur- render our power.” Thirty million peasants in the cen- tral provinces are facing an unprece- dented famine due to the absence of seeds and machinery. They are unable to till their lands. Russia is confronted with most mo- mentous events. 72 PEASANTS MUST DIE. 320 Convicted for Part in Smolensk Uprising. By the Assoclated Press. STOCKHOLM, April 16.—A revolu- tionary court in Smolensk, after a hearing lasting a fortnight, has pro- nounced sentence on V20 peasants ac- cused of having participated in ' an uprising, according to advices received here today. Seventy-two of the peas- ants were sentenced to death and 200 others to long terms of imprisonment at hard labor. ORDERED 10 SLAY AL, CRONKHITE IS CLAIM OF POTHIER Capt. Rosenbluth Accused of Responsibility for Army Murder in Confession. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., April 16.—Roland P. Pothier; charged with slaying MaJ. Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lawis in October, 1918, confessed to federal authorities that he was ordered b his _superior. .oy N Rosenbluth, to bring gun and “get” Cronkhite, it Wil nounced today by Prosecutof WL Selden, who disclosed five alleged confessions maide by Pothi “I jolned Maj. Cronkhite on the maneuver grounds at Camp Lewis,” the alleged confession of Pothier, made in jail at Providence, R. I, on arch 24 last, reads, “and when sbout two feet behind him I loaded my re- or until Germany agrees to act on the | legislative bodies, state and national | yolver with three shells. I fired one terms dictated by the allies. It is be- |and of the c¢ommittees which frame|ghot into the open fleld, and as the lieved that Germany cannot resist this legislation. Its influence has been mwajor was turning around in my di- pressure more than twenty days, in |felt in cabinets and in the policies of| rection I fired my second shot at which time the allies can levy sum-|administrations and has been clearly|ine major, cient tribute from the occupied cities [ Seen in the appointment of prose- praggr” 1o make the occupation successful. Some Opposs Plan. This plan has not yet received " Great Britain’s approval and is stiM opposed by ome section of govern- mental opinion, but it is the one of the two plans worked out by the Paris government which probably will get the greatest measure of support in France. French popular opinion de- mands strong measures against Ger- many and the plan here presented will doubtless be supported enthusfas- tically by the people. ‘The alternative and moré moderate plan involves the same plan of mili- tary operations but envisages the ultimate object of the occupation in a different light. Marshal Foch is un- derstood to prefer the more moderate plan of the two with the one proviso, that a strong and capable adminis- trator of the occupied district is found. = The second plan regards the new Rhine state as a means of payment of the reparation account instead of a means of putting pressure on Ger- many. The moderate plan would place a customs barrier around the region and by means of tax levies on com- mercial and industrial products of the Ruhr. the allies would exact their due. Despite the optimism of some of the French military chiefs, public opinion in this country inclines to the former plan. Marshal Foch will be placed in charge temporarily not only of the military operations but of the whole interior of the occupied region. As for & permanent administrator, Gen. Degoutte’s name is put forward on the ground that & military governor is an absolute necessity in a district where 80,000 troops are employed as occupy- ing forces. Dificulties Expected. Before any plan is actually put into operation many difficulties are ex- pected to be raised by the British. Already the Paris and London gov- * ernments are exchanging views on the subject and Great Eritzin is un- derstood to be urging a resumption of the negotiations with the Ger- mans. France demands at least 1,000,000,000 marks in gold and further guarantees before any more conferences are held, while Great Britain hopes that the Germans can now be induced to ac- cept the allied terms drawn up in Paris. Great Britain wants France to agree to suspend the further use of penal- ties for the moment if Germany dec- clares her submission to the Paris terms, under which the allied premiers fixed the German debt at 225,000,000, » 000 gold marks. The Germins meanwhile, in the nego- F@eathud-onTigs % CoRmm ) cuting officers and the. selection of judges. This great power, which has taken from the American people the control of their own government, is the product of monopoly and or- ganized greed.” Menacing Army of Lobbyists. Declaring that never before had the National Capital “attracted so menacing an army of lobbyists seek- ing from the representatives of the people unjust concessions to special interests,” Senator La Follette named nineteen “great combinations of financial power which maintain ac- tive organizations in Washington.” The organizations mentioned were the United States Chamber of Com- merce, National Association of Manu- facturers, American Association of Meat Packers, National Coal Associa- tion, Wholesale Coal Dealers’ Associa- tion, National Petroleum Association, National Water Power Association, National Lumber Manufacturers’ As- ilochlw'n. National Association for Pro- tection of American Rights in Mexi- co, Lumberman’s Bureau, American Beet Sugar Association, American Cane Sugar Association, United States Sugar Manufacturers’ Association, Hardware Manufacturers’ Association, j National Canners’ Association, Na. tional Association of Real Estate Board, American Railway Association, Association of Railway Security Hold- ers, and the Association of Railway Executives. Tells How Lobbyists Operate. ‘The senator charged that “the first weapon of these organizations is per- | sonal influence,” and added: “The high-salaried agents of the hitting him in the right Shooting Is Described. A description of the incilents lead- ing up to the shooting is given in the purported confession, Mr. Selden said. After explaining that Capt. Rosen- bluth first approached him four days before the shooting, Pothier's state- ment says “On the mext day, or the night thereafter, I again met Capt. Rosen- bluth, and he asked me if I remem- bered what he said to me the other night about firing a pistol. I an- swered, ‘Yes' He then asked me if 1 had any idea what it was for, and I answered, ‘No.” He then said, ‘I want to get Maj. Cronkhite.’ ‘I asked him what he meant and he said, ‘I want to kill him." “I asked him what his reasons were for wanting me to kill the major, and he said, ‘Because we want to Eet-him out of the way.'" ‘The alleged confession then stated, as given out by Mr. Selden, that Rosenbluth told Pothier Precisely what he was to do and promised him protection, and then continues: Given Careful Instructions. “Rosenbluth said, ‘Be sure that you hit him in a good place so he won't have a chance to say anything,’ Ros- enbluth advised me. “I asked Rosenbluth what I was to do after I shot Cronkhite and he said, ‘You never mind. I will be some- where around and when I see him fall I will run up and grab him. Then I will yell for a doctor and get him down there and we will go about it just as if he shot himself. It there are any questions asked I will tell (Continued on page 13, column 3.) Honorary presidency of the Na- tional Association of Horseshoe ‘Throwers has been accepted by President Harding, and tomorrow & delegation from the association will wait upon him at the White House and present to him the sym- bol of office, a specially designed silver horseshoe. The Executive has a distinct fondness for this old-fashioned and exhilarating sport, according to his own confession, and he frequently indulges in a game of horseshoe i throwing, his last eontest being in Marion during the latter part of | the campalgn. Whether or not he will introduce this sport at the White House is not known, but his associates are of the opinion-that ' ta (Continued on page 5, column 6.) PRESIDENT OF HORSESHOE THROWERS IS LATEST TITLE GIVEN MR. HARDING if any of his old horseshoe cronies present themselves at the White House, and time hangs heavy on their hands, the President will lead them to the rear grounds for a throwing contest. It is understood that the next week or so will find Mr. Harding limbering up on the tennis courts in the rear grounds. The courts have been completely remodeled, and, according to George B. Chris- tian, jr., his secretary, who yester- day tried them out, they are in splendid condition. Next to golf. tennis is known to be the Presi- dents favorite form of outdoor exercise, and he is said to cleverly wield & racket. C, MR HOOVER SCORES FEDERAL WASTE BY LAX ORGANIZATION Secretary of Commerce De- clares Government Must Eliminate Duplication. CENTRALIZATION URGED IN DEPARTMENTAL WORK “Want No Paternalism, But Aids to Business in Collective Sense,” He Emphasizes. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Illus- trating the need for reorganization of the federal government, Secretary of Commerce Hoover declared in an address here tonight before the Na- tional Engineer Council that so many independent agencies reporting direct- 1y to the, President had grown up in recent years that the executive's office was “overburdened almost beyond the point of endurance.” While all these outside organiza- tions could not be placed under ex- isting departments, Mr. Hoover said, much could be done to mitigate the situation and remedy the duplication of conflicting forces in the executive branch of the government. “I have daily evidence in the De- partment of Commerce of all these forces,” Mr. Hoover sald. “The ques- tion of government aids to naviga- tion {s not by any means one of the principal functions of our govern- ment, but it must be a sore trial to the hearty mariner. He must obtain his domestic charts from the Depart- ment of Commerce, his foreign charts from the Navy Department and his Nautical Almanacs from the Naval Ob- servatory—and he will in some cir- cumstances get sailing directions from the Army. In a fog he may get radio signals from both the Navy and Commerce and listen to foghorns and look for lights and buoys pro- vided by Commerce. If the sinks his lite is saved by the Treasury. He will anchor at the direction of the Army, who rely upon the Treasury to enforce their will. His bollers and lifeboats are inspected by the Depart- ment of Commerce; his crew is cer- b -in- Commerce, A similar ptory, Mr. Hoover said, could be told of the government's re- lations to industry and to domestic and foreign commerce. Economy could be made, he asserted, by placing most of these functions under one head. “The economic changes in the world,” he continued, “growing out of the war and their reflex upon our trade and industry make it vital if ‘wé are to maintain our standards of living against increasing ferocity of competition that we shall concentrate and enlarge our national effort in the aid, protection, stimulation and per- fection of our industrial and commer- cial life. There can be no real De- partment of Commerce or eommercial policies to these broad purposes so long as the instrumentalities of the government bearing on these ques- tions lie in half a dozen departments. Scores Wastefuluess. “There is one problem of the new administration that has received the attention and thought of the organ- ized engineers of America for many years past. This is the problem of the reorganization of the federal gov- ernment. The inadequacy, the waste- fulness, and the inefficiency of our federal organization were evident enough under pre-war conditiors. These inadequacies, these ineffici- ences, these wastes were exhibited to the country during the war at the cost of millions. “Congress has placed the problem in the hands of a very able congres- siona] joint committee. But if this joint committee succeeds in securing the imminently necessary results it will only be by full insistent support to it by public opinion. Many at- tempts have been made at reorgani- zation before, but all of them have gone to the same crematory—the in- terminable differences in opinion among the executive and legislative officials over details. “To any student of federal organ- ization one sweeping and fundamen- tal necessity stands out above all others, and that is that the admin- istrative units of the government must be regrouped so as to give each of the great departments more nearly a single purpose. The hodge- podge of aims in certain administra- tive branches is scarcely believable when we consider our national pride and skill in organization. Such func- tions as public domain, public works, assistance to veterans, public health functions, aids to navigation, to in- dustry, to trade, purchasing of major supplies, are each and every one scattered over from four to eight de- partments, most of which are devoted to some other major purpose. Mnst Eliminate Overlapping. “Economies can be acomplished from a publio point of view by an elimina- tion of the overlap in these different units of administration through uni- fication into groups of similar pur- poses. The real economy to the na- tion, however, does not lie here, how- ever great this may be, but it lies in their more ecffective functioning in their daily relation to the public. The extra cost imposed upon business in general in the determination of the re. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL D.A.R. TOCONVENE IN 30TH CONGRESS ‘HERE TOMORROW Record Number of Members Admitted by National Board of Society. Starting out with a record by the admission yesterday of 2.990 new members, the thirtieth Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution will convene in Continental Memorial .Hall here toémorrow for a week’s session. It will be one of the most - interesting assembles of thi organisation of revolutionary descend. ants. Legislation in Congress and inter- mnational relations have been given an important place on the program, and the opinions of the women ex- pressed on the floor are expected to develop many interesting points on subjects uppermost in the minds of Americans today. The admission yesterday of 2990 new members by the national board of management was declared to be the greatest number of members ever admitted at one time in the history of the society, and is looked upon as giving great impetus to the patri- otio work of the organization. Represent Famous Women. One of the big features of the pres- ent congress, and the first of its kind ever presented at its national meet- ings, according to those directing its affairs, will be the historic evening on Friday, when living pictures of his- toric women will be presented. This series of tableaux, showing some epochs in the history of the several states, will be in the charge of Miss Jenn Winslow Coltrane, historian gen- eral. ‘While this is not the election year of the body, eight posts will be filled at the session which opens tomorrow. A new registrar general will be chosen, as will eight vice presidents general. The congress will be formally open- ed tomorrow morning at 10:30 by a bugle call sounded by Arthur S. Wit- comb of the United States Marine Band, following which the pages will enter the hall, acting as an official escort for Mrs. George Maynard Minor, president general, and the other na- tional officers. ‘Will Inaugurate Congress. Mrs. Minor, upon reaching the plat- form, will drop the gavel, formally inaugurating the thirtieth congress, after which Mrs. Selden P. Spencer, chaplain general, will offer prayer. Miss Annie Wallace will lead in the salute to the flag, and William Tyler Page will recite his ‘“American’s Creed.” “America” will be sung by the entire assemblage, and Mrs. Minor will de- liver her annual address to the con- gress, following which there will be the singing of the Connecticut state song, after which Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey will speak. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton will also make an ad- dress. Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, chairman of the credentials commit- tee, will make a report, and Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, chairman of the program committee, and Mrs. Henry B. Joy of the resolutions committee will report on the standing rules. The reports of the national officers will be received at the afternoon ses- sion, and at the evening session Sir Auckland Geddes, amabassador from Great Britain, and Ambassador J. J. Jusserand from France will be the principal speakers. Rev. Wallace Rad- cliffe will pronounce the invocation and the benediction. At the session Tuesday morning, following the Invocation by Rev. James E. Freeman, Mrs. Joy will read the report of the resolutions com- mittee. Other reports to be received at this meeting are: Pilgrim memo- (Contisued on Page 3, Column 1) { " (Continued on Page 2, Columa 3.) 17, 1921. SKEPTICAL. Woodrow Wilson Gets Right to Practice Law in New York ALBANY, N. Y, April 16— Former Preaident Woodrow Wilson was given the right to practice law in the state of New York by a measure emact- ed in the closing hours of the legislature today. The act was passed under an emergency message from Gov. Miller, who wrote that “thix distinguished citixen has a just title to a privilege the cor ferring of which, I Delleve, would be an eminently graceful act und one universally ap- | proved.” 600D OMEN SEEN “FOR NEW CONDUIT Passage of $35,000 Water Filtration Item Reveals Interest in Congress. Favorable action by the Senate yes- teréay on the $35,000 deficiency item requested by the War Department for the District water supply system averted a threatened shutdown of the filtration plant. The House approved the item Friday and it now goes to the President. Had Congress not acted so promtply, the War Department would have been without funds for operating’ the water supply system after the 20th of this month. Funds were needed principally 1for preliminary treatment of the | water received into the Dalecarlia reservoir and its filtration at the Mc- Millan Park plant. Now that uninterrupted operation of the filtration system is assured, Con- gress is expected to act speedily to avert a possible failure of the water supply by authorizing the construc- tion of a new conduit, as recommend- ed by the War Department. By decisive votes in both the Senate and House, Congress, just before the close of the last session, attached to the Regular Army appropriation bill an item for this improvement, but the President’s pocket veto of the bill increasing the salaries of the mayor and controller of New York city from 1$15,000 to $25,000 and that of the president of the board of aldermen trom $5,000 to $10,000 was passed by the senate. e ORDERED TO GERMANY. Lieut. Col. Harry B. Jordan, ord- nance department, at Rock ' Island arsenal, Rock Island, 1ll, has been ordered to Coblenz, Germany, for duty as chief ordnance officer of the American Army of the Rhine. He will relieve Maj. James K. Crain, ordnance department, who is ordered to .the United States. l I r | negatived the action. There is much interest in Congress as to whether the Army bill to be re- ported out in the near future will re- tain the water item. The District Commissioners have asked for a conduit in their deficiency estimates, as they regard the need of welfare of the capital RAISES PAY OF N. Y. MAYOR. ALBANY, N. Y. April 16.—A bill ORLANDO, Fla., April 16.—Sup- posedly, an unknown murderer, exhibiting uncanny precautions against exposure, buried with his victim, George H. Bryant, sixty, of Orlando, a pet dog so that the affectionate animal's keen scent would mnot betray his master's grave. Such was the discovery today when the sheriff disinterred the body of the man who presum- ablly -had-lain in-8ix feet-of-earth 1 DOG BELIEVED BURIED WITH MASTER TO PREVENT HIS BETRAYING MURDER Member of The Assoctated Pross fs excl the use for repubiication of credited to it or not stherwise crodited -u this paper and also the local news published nerein. All rights of publicatio dispatches herein are also reserved. { Associated Press ively entitled to mews dispatches the of special FIVE CENTS. L0SS IN MILLIONS IN TORNADD AREA: DEATHS REACH 100 Thousands Homeless as Re- lief Is Rushed to Devas- tated Region. FIVE STATES ARE SWEPT BY DISASTROUS STORM Heavy Rainfall Adds to Damage of Wind—Transportation and Com- munication Systems Paralyzed. B the Associated Press. NEIGHBORS PAYING D.C. FORCHILDREN'S SCHOOLING VETOED Federation of Citizens Blocks Plan to Ask Tax Against Virginia and Maryland. ‘The Federatiori of Citizens’ Associ- ations, meeting in the District build- irg last night. refusefl to go on rec- ord in favor of requiring certain resi- donts of Maryland and Virginia to pay for their children who attend the District public schools. After two hours of spirited debate the federation, by a vote of 15 to 12, laid upon the table the report of a majority of the educational commit- tee, asking the federation to go to Congress for an amendment to the school laws to require tuition from non-resident children unless they have a parent in the Army, Navy, federal or District service. The re- port also sought to have the term “non-resident” more clearly defined. Under the plan as reported by the majority of the committee any taxes paid to the District by Maryland or Virginia residents would be credited on the tuition for their children in the local schools. Snowden Ashford, former municipal archjtect, submitted the report for the majority of the committee and led the debate for its adoption. He was supported by Warner Stutler of Ben- ning. Mr. Stutler asserted that Mary land farmers who send a few bushels MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 16.—Tor- nadoes which swept ecastward rom Texas to South Carolina last night and today claimed a total of approxi- mately 100 lives, injured several hun- dred and damaged property and crops to the extent of millions of dollars, according to reports fllitering into points of communication tonight from sections of the storm, swept area of half a dozen states. The storm toll in lives, indicated in dispatches received up to midnight are as follows: Texas, six dead at the town of Avinger: one dead at Atlanta, and several others reported killed near O'Farrell. Arkansas: Twenty dead near the town of Hop e. eighteen in the vicin- ity of Texarkana. fifteen near Pres- cott, one at Gravely, Yell county; one at Delight, Pike county: three near Russelville, Pope county. Several other deaths were reported in iso- lated sections of Hempstead county. but the reports had not been verified tonight. Mississippi: Five persons killed at Steen, near Columbus; one at Sontag, one at Rural Hill, near Aberdeen; one killed in an accident near Laurel. Alabama: Five dead at Cave Springs, near Tuscumbia; four at Ralph, Tuscaloosa county; three at Sulligent, Lamar county; one in Dal- las county. Owing to interrupted wire com- munication, only fragmentary reports have been received thus far from the sections reported to have suffered the greatest loss of life and property. Relief Parties Searching. Relief parties tonight still were searching the storm-swept areas, and until they report the full toll taken by the wind will not be known. The storm apparently broke in Smith county, Tex., swept sections of Good, Gregg, Casewan and Bowie counties and passed into Miller and Hempstead counties, Arkansas, where the reported dead list tonight had reached fifty. Six of the seven per- sons killed in Texas were crushed to death when their homes in the vil- lage of Avinger were wrecked. An- other death was reported at Atlanta, Tex. Crossifiz into Arkansas the storm skirted the city of Texarkana and cut a swath a half mile wide through a heavily wooded section of Miller and Hempstead counties. In the vicinity of Hope, Hempstead county, the list of reported dead to- night had reached twenty. Fifteen others were said to have lost their lives in the vicinity of the town of Prescott, and a like number north of Texarkana. One fatality was report- of potatoes or other products into theied in Yell county. District from time to time are held to be doing business in the District and thus enabled to send their children to the local schools. Bad Time to Make Enemies. Jesse T. Suter of Takoma Park, chairman of the educational com- mittee, submitted a minority report against changing the law under which these children attend the District schools. He was supported by A. E. Shoemaker, George W. Evans and a numBer of other delegates. Mr. Suter told the delegates it would be a serious mistake to inject this issue from the school question at this time when the Commissioners are about to go to Congress to ask for a large building program for the school system. Any move to restrict the attendance of Maryland or Virginia children in a safe water supply as vital to the, .o pigtrict schools, he said, would antagonize the delegations in Con- gress from those states, who, he point- ed out, frequently champion the cause of the District in Congress. Those who advocated requiring the non-resident children to pay tuition unless they fall within the exempted classes contended that the 3.000 of these children now in the local schools are adding to the congestion under which Washington boys and girls are receiving their education. Mr. Suter argued that even if all of these children were excluded from local schools the need for additional buildings would not be eliminated. Mr. Suter moyed to lay the ques- tion on the table and his motion was carried by a slight majority. A. E. Shoemaker offered resolutions (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) for three weeks before the grave was discovered by a farmer, who noticed a broken wagon near a mound of earth. Death is believed to have been due to a blow on the head delivered by a sash weight, which fitted a groove in the dead man's skull. 1t is stated that the victim had a son, John R. Bryant, now in New Jersey, both father and son leav- ing this vicinity-at or about the.jpersons were killed, same -time, three—-weeks l”"" 4 Five persons were reported killed at Steen, a small town near Colum- bus, in Eastern Mississippi, and one at Sontag, sixteen miles east of Brookhaven. Leaving Mississippi the storm swooped down again in northern Ala- bama, in the Avcock community mear Tuscoumbia. Seven persons were re- ported to have been killed and three others lost their lives in the town of Ralph, in Tuscaloosa counmty. * Hundred Homes Destroyed. In Birmingham ten persons were injured and a hundred homes in the northern and eastern suburbs of that city were damaged. The property damage there was estimated at $30,- 000. In Memphis a heavy rain storm damaged streets, sewers and drain- age canals to the extent of approxi- imately $10,000. Newport, Lynville and Connersville in the central and eastern part of the state also reported property damage. At Rome, Ga., where the storm struck shortly after noon, several persons were injured and property damage estimated at $20,000 was done. The rainfall in Mississippi was re- ported the heaviest on record. At Jackson 6.5 inches of rain fell from noon yesterday until early to- day, damaging a number of stores and causing other damage. Train service throughout the state was disarranged and in some in- stances suspended because of wash- outs and damage to railway roadbeds. Rallway Train Ditched. One wreck was reported, a Southern railway mail train running into & washout near Laurel, Miss., and top- pling into a ditch. One passenger was killed. Announcement was made tonight at the headquarters in St. Louis of the southern givision of the Red Cross that all its available resources would be offered for relief of sufferers from the storm, while relief funds already have been started at Hope, Ark., to afford immediate relief to the storm victims in that state. FIVE DEAD IN MISSISSIPPI. Cyclone Strikes Small Town East of Columbus. COLUMBUS, pril 16.—Fiv en seriously +