Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1921, Page 13

. GOMEZ DECLINES T0 GONTEST VOIE Submits to Defeat in Cuba . Rather Than “Endanger i Safety of Republic.” U. S. MINISTER'S REPORT! Pl-msh.h.ng Investigation Discloses _ Election of Zayas, Which Deci- sion Should Be Accepted. By the Associated Press. KEY WEST, Fla., April 17.—Assert- ing that he would retire to private life rather than endanger the safety of the republic of Cuba by another American intervention, Gen. Jose Mig- uel Gomez. defeated candidate for the presidency of Cuba, declared in a statement here today that he would not contest the elections. Statement by Gomez. His statement follows: “In Waxhington I laid before Presi- dent Harding and Secretary of State Hughes the proofs that fraud, intimi- dation and violence had been used in the Jate presidential election to pre- vent the Cuban people from expressing their will, and asked the support of the United States government in the demand of the liberal party for the holding of new elections by the Cuban People with larger guarantees. As an alternative. I asked that new elec- tions be held under the authority of the American government, but with the stipulation that this authority should be exercised only for a limited | and definite time to be agreed upon in advance and for the purpose of super- vising the election o “The American administration would give no assurance as to a time limit or that intervention would be limited to supervision of elections. Decides to Abandon Claims. “While personally protesting against this attitude of the American govern- ment, T have decided to abandon my claims and retire to private life at the same time. issuing a statement to my party, ving the result of my mission to Washington and recom- mending the acceptance of defeat} rather than endanger the safety of the republic of Cuba by another Amer- ican -intervention. inasmuch as our case has been so prejudiced by emis- | ies of the conmservative party i their representations to the Ameri can government that justice cannot be secured at this time. My faith in the American people is unskaken and T retain feelings of deepest gratitude for their aid in the past. I shall re-| tire to private life without bitterness and as a plain citizen devote myself to the advancement of my beloved country Gen. Gomez will leave here tonight for New York on private business, after which he will return to his home in Havana. yas' Election Announced. HAVANA, April 17—Dr. Alfredo; Zayas, conservative-popular coalition party candidate, was_elected °presi- | dent of Cuba in the November elec- tion, and, in the judgment of the TUnited States government, notmng! should be done to prevent congress from proclaiming him president. This | decision is embodied in a statement made public today by Boaz Long, the American minister to Cuba. It is expected the announcement of the position of the United States in the premises will have a decisive effect in solving the deadlock brought about by the refusal of the liberal members to attend the sessions of congress and permit of the forma. tion of the three-quarters quorum needed to proclaim Dr. Zayas presi- dent. The term of President Menocal expires May 20. Minister Long’s note reviews in de- tail the history of the election held Jast November. and the later partial elections held last month, which were o courts which had annulled the November ballots in a, . gpumber -of electoral colleges. H ¥+ TU. S. Investigation Thorough. Continuing, the note says that the TUnited States government, “after the most _painstaking _ investigation,” reached the conclusion that there was no reason why the liberal party #hould have been apprehensive of wviolence in the partial elections and e e P L g 0 CRD Special ¥ TIRES $9 80 30x3"2 g Snap them up! CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. 812 14th St- § Doors North of H St The thrill of Announcement Leaps to an Ai}plane From Auto Running 59 Miles an Hour TAMPA, Fla, April 18— Lieut. L. H. McGowan leaped from an automobile going Afty- nine miles an hour to an air- plane piloted by the “Flying Farmer” McMullen on the West Coast roand here, the second time the feat has been accom- plished, it is stated. A. L. Wade, prominent Tam- pa citizen, driving the automo- bile, rrowly escaped serious injury when he ducked as the heavy iron rung of the swing- | ing Iadder swung across the | tonneau of the automobile. | ]! CROWN COMRADES KILLED BY MISTAKE Soldiers Arriving in Limerick County Hotel Fire at Others. Woman Shot. By the Associated Press. LIMERICK, April 18—Two mem- bers of the crown forces were killed and one was wounded in a hotel at Castleconnel, County Limerick, last evening, when soldiers arriving at the hotel in lorries mistook some of their comrades in civilian clothes, already at the hostelry, for Sinn Feiners and began firing. 4 Dennis O'Donovan, proprietor” of the hotel, also was shot and Kkilled. One report says he was taken into the hotel yard and executed on sus- picion of harboring rebels. First Woman Executed. DCBLL April 17.—Phé first ex- ecution of a woman in the strife be- tween the discordant factions in Ire- land is announced. She was taken In_Jm her home in the Scotstown dis- trict of Monaghan today and shot and killed on the bank of the river. The woman, whose name was Kitty MacCarron, belonged to the farming class. She was about forty-five years of age a.nd_ !ivcfi with her ents, octoge- nous part of the country. About midnight a knock ‘was heard at the door, and a party of masked men entered and informed the victim they had come for her. She struggled in vain; the assassins fastened her hands behind her back and led her, pleading pitifully, down a lane about a mile to the main road, by the side of which the body was afterward found with a bullet wound through the cheek, which is the customary sign of Sinn ‘Fein executions. A card on the body was inscribed: “Spies and_informers, beware. * Pried, convicted and executed by the Irish re- publican army."” Nearly 1,000 Irish emigrants em- barked at Queenstown yesterday and to- day, bound for the United States. —_— e In Japan the marriage ceremony takes place at the house of the bride- groom, to which the bride is taken, accompanied by her relatives. Her trousseau and the household goods which the bride brings with her are borne by men, who follow the car- riage of the bride, forming a proces- sion which always meets with cheers from the crowd as it passes through the streets. that the government of the United States is confident that if the liberal party had gone to the polls in these partial elections, the clections would have_proceeded ! “without organized disturbances and free from disorder, except that which might have result- ed from the acts of irresponsible in- dividuals in both parties.” “The_government of the United States” the note says in conclusion, “considers that the safeguards and resources provided by the. electoral code of Cuba have been placed at the disposition of the Cuban people with- out partiality or distinction. The re- sult of the elections signifies that the presidential candidate of the Liga coalition party has been elected president. In ‘the judgment of the Egyernment of the United States, the le sho accee] i - cision as final” pEs e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 19°21. NEW WAL SERVICE DECLARED SUCCESS Postmaster. Chance Confers to Further Improve “Quick Collection” System. Postmaster Chance called into special conference today the supervisory officials of the W ngton city post office to devise ways and means for speeding up the transmi n of letters collected from the chain of “quick-collection™ hoxes o Pennsylvania avenue and F street, * 3 More than 13,000 letters collected. from the twenty-four boxes of the coltection loop™ Saturday s to realii that the busines of Washington were. quic ze of the rapid collections offered: s collected from the ¢ fifty minutes re- ndling the cit, special quick cance postn ter wan to bette ble, o cailed into confer- the but if po nd ence the supervisory officials. New Routes Considered. The question of establishing similar routes on 7th street from Pennsyl- vania avenue to K street, as request- ed by thg¢ Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association, and perhaps a route on lith street, was being con- sidered by the post office today. The problems connected with the ishment of such “quick collec- tion” routes are not known to the average person, .but, on the other hand, the postal officials realize that i the “‘man on the street’” is in- ested in is getting his letters to ir destinations as quickly as pos. Therefore the post office offi- want to speed up the transit of letters at every point. It is be- eved that advantage may be taken of ral points to hustle the let- ters along, either to trains for out- of-town delivery or into the hands of carriers for local delivery. That every advantage is being taken by iocal business men of the oppor- tunity for early mailing. in line. with the request of the Postmaster Gen- eral, backed in this city by the local postmaster, was evidenced by the lection” boxes. Heavy Collections. The collector arrived at the city post office at 2:48 p.m. Saturday with more than 3,000 letters, a tremendous number to be collected from twenty d two hundred and fifty-cight let- ters were received in time for local delivery the same day. At present the last collection which the special collector on the “quick col- lection” route can bring to the post office in time to allow the letters to be delivered Jocally is the collection which reaches the office at 1:50 p.m. Early Mailing Favored. It is the hope of officials that as many letters as possible which are intended for local delivery be mailed as early in the morning as possible. In the meantime, methods may be de- vised to hustle the letters along so that a later collection may arrive in time. Postmaster Chance expressesl him- sclf as highly pleased with the ready response of business men and others to his local appeal to “mail early— mail often.” He pointed out today that 3136 per cent of the total Mail received by the Washington city post office last Friday was handled be- tween 8 am. and 4 p.m., as contragted with but 26 per cent of the totak of the day one week previous which was handled between the hours named. This means, the postmaster said, that the people in general, including government departments, business men and others, are seriously trying to get their letters into the mails as early each day .as possible. N e A naval holiday may be all right, but they had better not turn afl the gobs loose in one port.—Arkansas Gazette. 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Of the total number of let- ters collected from the special boxes 10.158 were put aboard mail trains for out-of-town deli , 3.227 were for city delivery and sixty-five were special delivery letters. One thou- SECRETARY HUGHES SAYS TRADE WITH REDS IS IMPOSSIBLE NOW "Soviet Russia 1s a Gigantic Economic Vacuum,” He Tells Gompers in Reply to Query. Besumption of relations between the United States and Russia is not in prospect by the administration while the soviet political and economic s tem prevails, Secretary Hughes indi- cates in a letter to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who had asked the Secre- tary of State for a statement of “the facts” regarding Russia. Secretary Hughes' letter replies to various statements characterized as propaganda, which contend that re- sumption of relations. trade or po- litical, with the soviet would open a great current of trade of advantage shipments of Russian gold have al- ready been made to other countries in payment for goods. ‘Soviet Russia,” Secretary Hughes says, “is a gigantic ~economic vacuum,” adding that “no evidence exists that the unfortunate situation is likely fo be alleviated so long as the present political and economic system continues. Purchasing Power Very Low. Referring specifically to the charge that the scarcity of goods in Russi lis due to the blockade, which was r moved July 8, 1920, ana the state- ment that the demand for manufac- tured goods in Russia is so great and the purchasing power of the soviets so vast that it is almost impossibie to determine the capacity of the Rus- !sian market to import, Secretary Hughes wrote, in part, as follows: “Though there is almost no limit to {the amount and variety of commodi- i ties urgently needed by Russia, the purchasing power of that country is |now at a minimum, and the demand must consequently remain unsatis- fied. “The attitude and action of the i present authorities of Russia have {tended to undermine its political and cconomic relations with other coun- tries. The Russian people are unable to obtain credit which might other. wise be based on the vast potential wealth of Russia, and are compelled to be deprived of commoditics imme- diately necessary for consumption, raw moterials and permanent produc- tive equipment. “It should not be overlooked that there has been steady degeneration in even those industri in soviet Rus- sia that were not dependent upon im- ports of either raw material or partly finished products nor in which there “Oh, aren't they cute!” “My! Doesn't she look proud:” These were the universal excla- mations which greeted “Mrs. Brown Bear” as she led forth her four cubs yesterday afternoon at the National Zoological Park for their first pub- lic appearance since their birth, January 7. Whether the mother bear really «“looked proud” was a subject for debate, but that the four cubs were “cute” there was no doubt at all in the minds of those who were fortunate enough to see them. Lsok Like “Teddies.” “The cubs look for all ‘the world man cartoons, and are as lively little fellows as ever graced the Zoo, and bid fair to be the most popular at- traction the animal park has evi ad. A 1 ™ the cubs were born to the “white collar” class, three of them having well defined ruffs of white around their necks, the other not having the collar so well defined. All, how- ever, are well formed and full of play. | P Ohe of them has a penchant for standing on his hind legs. This cub Special Sale Milk-Fed Veal Chops () ___. Chops @oin) _____. .. Veal Catlets . ... Smoked Hams— Fresh Morris “Supreme” | Shipped Brand, the Ham with the flavor. Lb., 28¢c Sug\ar— Best Cane G Evaporated Milk “White House,” tall cans, 2 for 25¢ Every og; it's so tas ‘and Virginia Farms. teed Fresh. Dozen, 30c Only ihe cholcest boans are P-K @@ used in this blend. That's why Eggs— directly to Margiand Sugar cured, ma- chine sliced, with rind off. Try it for breakfast. Lb., 40c ranulated 10 lbs., 85¢c Fresh Creamery Butter The finest you ever tasted. Cut from the tub. Lb., 63c Ib., 25¢ g guaran- . ‘““Make Believe’’—Fox Trot ~ 'ANSELL, BISHOP 1221 F Street & TURNER, Inc., Open Evenings like the “teddy bear” of the Berry-; has been any shortage of labor. There can be no relation of the failure of all these industries to blockades or civil war, for most of them require no imports, and the men mobilized since the soviet revolution were far less in number than before that event. Big Orders, Little Credit. “It is true that agents purporting to be representatives of the so-called bolshevist commissariat of fareign trade have placed immense orders for the purchase of goods in the United States, Europe and Asia. It is esti- mated that perhaps $6.500.000,000 worth of orders have been booked. But shipments as a result of these orders have been made only in small volume because the soviet agents were unable either to pay cash or to obtain credit so as to insure the de- livery of the goods ordered. As 4 fact, the Secretary says, trans- fers of Russian gold to other coun- tries have been small, and at the most liberal estimates the soviets have not more than $175,000,000 of gold in their possession. He points out that even the immediate ex- penditure of the whole amount in the United States would no pro- nounced effect on American trade or industry. and it might take away the seant hope that is left of a sound re- organization of the Russian system of finance #nd currency. Since December 18, 1920, Secretary Hughes wrote, there have been no restrictions on financial transactions h:tween the United States and Rus- sia, although there is no assurance that the mint or the reserve banks will_accept Russian gold, as public institutions must be assured that title is not open to question. Trade at Present Impossible. “The facts,’ Secretary Hughes . “show that Russia does not 'on hand for export commodities which might be made the basis of immediately profitable trade with the United States,” adding that the Rus- sian transportation system is so de- moralized that it could not move them if they existed. “It s unquestionably desirable, the Seccretary concluded, “that inti- mate and mutually profitable com- mercial relations on an extensive scale be established between the United States and Russia, and it is the sincere hope of this government that there may be readjustments in Russia_which will make it possible for that country to resume its proper place in the economic life of the world.” Four Bear Cubs Frolic at Zoo To Amusement of Sunday Crowds yesterday got on the top of the highest rock he could find in the cage and then stood up as straight as could be. While his brothers and sisters played and tussled. he spent most of hig time trying to climb up the side of the rocks and cage. Mother Puts Them to Bed. As usual in a family, one of the cubs seems more aggressive than the others. This lively fellow yesterday ran after its mates, chased them around the cage, tumbled them off rocks and wrestled with them con- tinuously. Finally “Mrs. Brown Bear” decided that her children had enough exer- size for one day. She shooed them into the cage, then calmly sat down in the doorway, completely closing the den. | a2 i MONGPOLES HELD HIEH PRIGE CALSE Federal Trade Commission Places Blame on “Open Price Associations.” SHARING OF LOSS URGED Conditions Will Continue, Says Re- port, Unless All Concerned Will Divide Cost Burden. Recommendation for legislation to eliminate unnecessary brokerage tran- sactions, to facilitate a wide distribu- tion of information regarding market conditions and to strenzthen the pow- ers of the federal government in its price investigations made by the Federal Trade Board in a report on the general -industrial situation, taken at the request of President Harding, and made public last night at the White House. “Open price associations.” which operate within the law to keep their respective members confidentially ad- vised of one another’s price schedules, are accused by the commission of con- tributing to the maintenance of un- duly high retail prices. It is sug- gested that means must be found to reduce costs of necessities, such as fuel and housing, before other com- moditi n come back to normal. No Proportionate Drop. Asserting that the cost of commodi- to the consumer has not, broadly aking, been reduced in proper pro- portion to the decline in agricultural and other raw material, the commis- sion sets forth its belief that “in gen- eral, it would appear that the move- ment toward the reduction of prices to the consumer is retarded chiefly at the retailing stage, and that relief at this point would be reflected in in- creased production, which would re- duce the production cost and relicve to some extent at least the check upon the manufacturer, and by increasing the demand for raw materials would react on the producer. “A fundamental difficulty at the pres- ent times lies in the fact that there is no complete information available to any one with reference to the proper ad- justment of manufacturers’, wholesal- ers’ and retailers’ prices in any indus try,” the report continues. *“When it becomes possible for any fact-finding governmental body to determine at any age the cost which a commodity rep- nts at that stage, it can be deter- mined whether an excessive charge being placed thereon.’ The general causes of price inequali- ties and suggested remedies are summed up as follows: irst, the excessive price of many basic commodities, prominent among which is coal, which vitally affects the cost of other commodities. ‘Second, the existence of the typical corporate monopolies, and in distinc tion, agreements in violation of the anti-trust laws, illustrated in the lat- ter instance by the condition in an- other basic commodity, lumber. Third, open price associations, in many cases not yet challenged by’ the Law. “Fourth, interference with the chan- nels of trade by distributors’ trad: associations, particularly by activities tending to maintain an unnecessary number of inefficient ‘regular’ deal- ers, while shutting out new dealers seeking to seil at lower prices, and especially co-operative purchasing ang distributing organizations of consum-- er: Fifth, the condition with respect to foreign combinations in the inter- national market, to which reference has already been made.” “It should be said.” the report con- cludes, “that following the disordered condition of the world's affairs, a shrinkage in values is inevitable and that normal conditions will be the more quickly restored if the producer, Jrdrveds Corzreecizcee, Poppy is Adopted Memorial Day Flower By American Legion NEW YORK, April 18—The American Legion has pted the poppy as its Memorial day flower. On May 30 thousands of tiny red silk flowers will be distributed throughout America by the legion and other patriotic organizations. The popples—exact replicas “blow League. They were brought to America by Mme. Anna E. Guerin, who | founded the league for the pur- pose of perpetuating the frie ship between the tions which had its inception on the battle- ficld. The poppy national emblem, dren are the self-constituted guardians of graves of the American woldiers dead in France. ECONONIC CRISS ALARIS SWEDEN Serious Depression in Vital Industries Throughout Scan- dinavia and Finland. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 18.— Economic depression throughout Scandinavia and Finland has been re- flected in nearly every report issued during the past month, especially those giving the statistics of the vital industries that produce the greatest annual revenues. Finnish paper milis and sawmills are closed completely. with only a small part of their usual product sold, whereas last year their total output for the year was sold in January. The economic situation in Sweden is distinctly reflected in a report by the Department of Commerce show- ing that the number of companies formed since January is only 253, as compared with 436 in the correspond- ing period of 1920. Stagnation in the lumber market has brought the Swed- ish sawmills to a critical situation. Virtually every mill in the country must cease operations in the near fu- ture unless tnere is immediate im- provement in the demand. Lumber yards throughout the coun- try are filled, but there is no present prospect of marketinz any of this lumber abroad. By April last year the sawmills haq closed contracts for the delivery of 600,000 standards, as compared with contracts for only 40,000 this year. The shipping that is 'usually busy in the transportation of lumber is now idle. With such depression in the basic industries there has followed very naturally an_extraordinary reduction in prices. During the past four months the cost of living in Stock- holm has been lowered 15 per cent. But, in spite of the price reductions in Sweden, every one who is planning to spend the summer in Finland, Germany or Denmark, where the large difference in money values makes living even cheaper. By spending the summer in Denmark Germany, Swedes can reduce their living expenses by one-third. e the laborer, the manufacturer, the jobber and the retailer wild each share at once in the unavoidable loss and further that any effort by any clement to place its share of the com- mon loss on the shoulders of others, and particularly of the consumer, can but result in a continuation of the conditions under which the countgy is now suffering. » Lrlerzor Decorator " Special orders executed carefylly and promptly. 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The colonel made this statement to- day when a committee representing the Stanton Park Citizens' Assoc tion went to the District building t ask for better illumination on Mas avenue northeast Stanton Park to Lincoln Park. The Engineer Commissioner told t delegation that the Commissioners are receiving numerous requests from citizens for improved lights, but the lump sum of money available for street lighting will not make it possible to meet the requests. He also pointed out that an experi- ment is now being conducted on K street and Q street northwest with an inverted gas mantle in place of the upright_mantle in use in the gas lamps. This inverted mantle, he said, undoubtedly is an improvement o the upright mantle. He asked the Stanton Park citizens if they had preference between electric lights or improved gas lights for Massachu- setts avenue. They replied that they would rather have electric lights. The Engineer Commissioner remind- ed them that any improvement made in the quality of the gas lamps would have a _tendency to postpone the day when that avenue would get electric lights. The spokesmen for the Stanton Park committee were W. H. Rowe and Robert L. ‘g In urging the nec v for better lighting on Massachusetts avenue east of Stanton Park, Mr. Bier stated that not long ago a young woman was held up by a colored man near 6th street. He directed attention to the fact that dark streets encourage hold- ups. The yards on Massachusets av { nue are unusually long, he said, which makes it impossible for a person a tacked to get into a house to escape an assailant. Commissioner Oyster, who is inter- ested in better street lighting as a crime and accident preventive, will inspect tonight the new gas manties being demonstrated on K street from 10th to 13th streets. Col. Kutz stated after the heafing that the Commissioners have not yet received from the Welsbach Street Lighting Company of America a pro- posal to install the new inverted tle in all of the gas lights of the Di. trict. see- —_— BARON FERSEN TO RETURN Will Meet Members of Former Classes in Healing. Baron Eugen Fersen, who conducted a course of lectures on healing last winter in this city, will return to ‘Washington tomorrow and tomorrow evening, at the residence of Mrs. Wil- liam H. Moses, 2129 Wyoming avenue, will meet the members of his former classes, all of whom are invited to be present. Affiliated . Establishments Standards Are Strongly Endorsed by The Con- L C. The ' necticut Avenue Association. Randell H. Estate. Allan E. Walker & Co.—Realtors. M. Pastesnch—Women’s Apparvel. Emile—Hair Dressing Pearlor. Ash—Weomen's Appavel. f-:- Co~—Real Zimmormean—MNilliner, Jokn A. O’Rewrke Co—in- terior Decesaters, Underwoed & Underweed—Pho- tographere. Story & Cobb—Reslters. Cooke-—Flower Shop. Sharpo—AMen’s Tailer. Haénhde— Cleaning and Dyeing .. Dupent National Bank, Playm—Laedies’ Tailor and Im- porter. Hausler Engravers. Ogilvie Sisters—.Hair Specialists. Young—Millinery Importers. f Washington Csdifloe Ca. & Co~—Stationers and %