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2 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1921 UNIONS URGE MORE /TIME FOR EVIDENGE Fight Labor Board Limita- tion and Demand Delay in Wage Hearing. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 18—The Railroad Labor Board today decided to pro- ceed immediately with the consoli- dated hearing into requests of ninety-seven railroads for wage re- ductions, denying the umions’ plea for a postponement until the ap- poiniment of three new members named by President Harding is con-: fired by the Senate. The board reled it was within the law in pro-; ceeding with a majority of its members present. CHICAGO, April 18.—Charges of ir- recularity in docketing wage cases be- fore the Railroad Labor Board were coupled by labor representatives with a sirenuous protest against limiting the lensth of presentation of evidence in the consolidated wage reduction hear- ing. which convenes toduy. lLabor union heads appeared with a solid front in an endeavor to forestall the s.tion of railroads all over the country. 1inety-seven of which had flooded the hoard with disputes when the case was called this morning. Ask Delay in Hearing. Labor's first move was to request ad- Journment of the hearinz until a full toard should be present. The terms of three members expired last week. and President Harding's new ap- poinices have not vet been confirmed by the Senate. In addition, Albert T'hillips, labor member, has been called fornia by the serious illness of his leaving but five members on the board. The new members of the board nomi- nated by the President are Walter L. Mclenimen of Massachusetts, repre- s nting labor; Samuel Higgins of New York, representing the. railroads, and Ren Hooper of Tennessee, representing tre public A second request was made by heads of union and independent employves’ or- Zanizations alike, all of the labor repre- sentatives entering protest against the eight-hour limit of testimony recently set by the board in an effort to ex- Pedite the hearing. Scores Limitation Plan. Such limitation was the most radical departure from recognized practice ever pronounced by a judi declared W.'S. Carter. head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine- men. “The real significance of the present endeavors of railroads to obtain reduc- tions.” said B. M. Jewell. president of the railway empioyes’ department of the American Federation of Labo: as that the railroads were attempting to take advantage of a temporary depres- sion, adding permanently to profits and creating ‘a smoke screen to conceal their own inadequacies of management. A third request that the trans- portation group. including the four big brotherhoods and the switchmen. be given a separate hearing was made by L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors. The board took ail three requests under advisement and following adjourn- ment of the hearing went inio ex- ecutive session to make its decision. Only five of the fourteen cases af- fecting engineers docketed had been presented to the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, Warren S. Stone, Ppresident, declared. Declares Certification Not Legal. “I do not believe these certifications are legal and proper,” Mr. Stone as- serted. “Some roads called in men perfunctorily on Saturday asked thegs if they would sccept a reduction and when the employes declined, entered their dispute by wire. These confer- ences were not according to the trans- port act. g This matter of wages is vital, and be- fore the destinies of 87,000 engineers are deeided we want all the time necessary to present the case for these men. I cannot agree with the railroads that an emergency exists at’ this time which calls for such hasty action. _ Mr. Carter also urged an extension of time, saying that the railroads would have much data to present and that the employes should have ample time to consider the managements’ evidence and Prepare a fair reply. The railroads, however, were on hand, - Prepared to proceed immediately. Their case was in the hands of John G. Walber of the Pennsylvania, who explained that they had outlined their case so that it could be presented within the eight hours. He emphasized the need for im- mediate action, declaring that wage in- creases had always been made retro- nctive, but this was impossible in the case of reductions. Mr. Walber charged that *if the employes on the roads had been free to deal with the managements, n dispute would be before the board. This accusation brought sharp re- plies from union heads who declared they would show that all union men had been instructed to confer with railroad officials. Strike Kehe Crops Out. An echo of the yardmen's strike of last year cropped out in the middle ©f the hearing when John Grunau, 1ormer leader of the sporadic strikes znd now head of the association of Railway Employes of North America, attempted to speak in favor of ex- tending the eight-hour time limit for argument. His right to appear before the board immediately was challenged by W. G. Lee of the trainmen’s union, Chairman Barton stopping Mr. Grunau amid charges and denials of the legal- ity of Mr. Grunau's organization, but ullowed him to proceed when the sccretary cited the name of the as- soctation _on the docket. B. A. Worthington of the Cincin- nati. Indianapolis and Western inter- the hearing, declaring that his road was facing an $80,000 monthly deficit. Jimployes had been culled in, he said, but had refused to discuss wages or working conditions, saying they had no authority to do so. Outlines Coming Evidence. Jengthy reply from Mr. Jewell, who cutlined the evidence employes will present against wage reductions. The employes, he said, would show: “That for twenty years preceding been ‘absorbed by the issue of ficti- 1ious securities or dissipated through financial mismanagement.’ jected protest against any delay in! urgency brought a ! war period. surplus earnings had | ROBERTS A SUICIDE. Autopsy Shows That Death Was Due to Poison. An autopsy performed on the body of George R. Roberts. thirty-one years old. who was found dead at the place of business of the Standard Engraving Company, 1212 G street, where he was employed, Saturday night, showed that death was due to poison. Coroner Nevitt gave a ocertificate of suicide. Funeral services will be held at his late home, 51 S street, at 2:30 o'clock tomorow afternoon. PLANNING T0 KEEP CANALINOPERATION Threatened abandonment of navy coal shipments over the Chesapeake & Ohio canal to Indian Head caused Senator France and Representatives Zihlman, Hill and Dlakeney of Mary- land, to appeal to Secretary Denby of the Navy today to continue the Navy's support of the historic waterway. con- necting Washington with Cumberland, Md. Senator France had cxpected to ac- company his colleagues on the visit to the Secretary, but was out of the city. The appeal submitted for the canal is said to have the unanimous backing of the Maryland delegation in Con- { gres. Careful Consideration of the Case. Members of the Maryland congres sional delegation who saw Mr. Denby this morning came away with the decided impression that mno haj action detrimental to the canal is con- templated. They found that Mr. Den- by was familiar with the situation| and is considering carefully all the factors involved. As against a prospective saving on coal bought from another field, the Secretary of the Navy is said to be weighing these considerations favor- able to the canal: That the water- way has a military value. which was proved in the recent war; that it has a peace-time value in its potentiali- ties for relieving rail congestion; that the federal government has an in- vestment in the canal, amounting to more than a million dollars, which should not be ignored; that closing of the waterway would deprive several hundred persons of a livelihood. Two Cities to Co-Operate. Simultaneously with their -visit to the cabinet member announcement was made by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association that Wash- ington and Cumberland business men will join hands this weck in an ef- for to bring about assured opera- tion of the canal in the future. A joint committee of organizations of the two cities will seek a conference with Secretary Denby. tomorrow or Wednesday. egotiations which were under way today to bring about a .conference of representatives of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association and the Cumberland Chamber of Com:; merce were said to contemplate the working out of a broad plan of co- operative endeavor for development of the canal's commercial potential- ities. Cargoes for Returning Beats. It not only is planned to appeal for continuation of Navy coal shipments over the canal, withdrawal of which. it is said, would sound the death knell of the canal, but to consider means of developing return cargoes for coal boats that now go back to Cumber- land empty and otherwise increasing trade between the terminals of this water carrier. IMPANELING JURY . INARNSTEIN CASE Jules W. alias Nicky, Arnstein; Isadore, alias Nick, Cohn; Randolph S. Newman of New York and David W, Sullivan, Wilen W, Easterday and Norman 8 Bowles of Washington were placed on trial today before Justice Gould in Criminal Division 1 to answer an indictment for com- apiracy. Joseph Gluck, one of the Wall street messengers who are alleged to have stolen millions of dollars’ worth of stock certificates in New York during the summer of 1919, is also named in the indictment, but is expected to take the witness stand for the government. The defendants are charged with bringing a portion of the stolen secur- ities into the District of Columbia and hypothecating them with local banks in October, 1919. Arnstein and the three Washington defendants were tried last December, but the jury disagreed and a retrial became necessary. Cohn was arrested on the last day of the former trial as he was changing cars at Union sta- tion, but was not called to the wit- ness stand for the defense, as was expected. Newman made his first ap- pearance In the local court this morn- ing. He and Cohn were arraigned on the charge and entered pleas of not guilty. i The examination of talesmen was begun, but it was interrupted at 11:30 o'clock. when Justice Gould was summoned to the White House for a conference with President Harding. It s expected that a jury will be selected tomorrow. The government is being repre- sented by former Assistant United States Attorney W. E. Leahy, as spe- cial counsel, and by Assistant United {States Attorney Paul B. Cromelin. At- itorney William J. Fallon of New York. who conducted the former trial ifor the defense, was not present in court today because of an engage- ment. The defense was represented by Attorneys T. Morris Wampler and FEdwin McGee. e ——— ! repair work in an attempt to destroy i the unions. | Labor leaders present included Wil- liam H. Johnston. president of the Machinists’ International Union. * That employes and the public were debarred from an equitable participa- tion in railroad earnings in the form of wages and decreased rates. The proper reserves had not been set aside for depreciation or improve- ments. ‘That “even under those adverse con- ditions” labor cost had been low be- cause of the efficiency of railway em- ployes. That employes’ wages had not kept pace with the increased cost of living during the war time. That the same financlal control as SIBLEY HOSPITAL “SHONER SUEESS Large Addition to Stock of Linens Received Through Benefit Tea. Sibley Memorial Hospital will ben- efit by additions to its stock of linens | and other necessary articles having a conservatively estimated value of over $3,000 as the result of the high ly successful annual tea and linen shower held in Rust Hall last Friday and attended-by a crowd of several hundred friends of the hospital and of the members of the Woman's Guild, which had the affair in charge. The attention of the visitors about equally divided between piles of snowy linen that were played and the handsome flowers con- tributed by local florists and_other friends, including a quantity of roses and carnations sent by Mrs. \Warren Harding from the White House conservatorie: Refreshments Served. _During the progress of the celebra. tion, which lasted until 10 p.m., and which 'is arranged yearly by the guild to help compensatc for the fact that the hospital receives no governmental appropriation with which to do free . programs of entertainment were and refreshments were scryed Dr. John R. Edwards, di superintendent, welcomed the wu and complimented the guild on its increased membership and its acti itics which have resulted in gifts the hospital amounting in value $15.000, while Mrs. Henry ance told of the plan for using some of the cash proceeds from the bene fit for a new refrigerating plant Features of Entertainment. Mrs. Charles Dickey. accompanied by Mrs. Harrington Barker, gave a 80lo. and orchestral music by an or- chestra from Petworth M. E. Churoh, and another under the dircetion of Mr. Bovello. *The Marseillaise” was sung in French by Miss Sally Lou Stevens, six years of age, while she and her sister also gave a duet. Under the leadership of Miss Elsic Freeman, the “Queen Esthers” of the various local M. E. churchés gave a playlet and groups of songs. The sale of flowers was in charge of Mre. Fonken, assisted by a group of young women. Mrs. John R. Ed- wards, “assisted by the wives of Methodist ministera presided a.. the toa tables, and uniformed nurses acted | as &uldes during the afternoon and | evening. rict to to —_— ADDRESS THRILLS D. A. R. CONGRESS (Continued from First Page.) grim forefathers, Mrs. George May- nard Minor sounded a warning that the nation was forgetting the lessons of the war and must take stock of itself before it is too late. Radical propaganda feeds on ig- norance, she pointed out, in leading up to a ringing indictment of the so-called hyphenates, whom she charged to be still workimg in the country to undermine its ideals. Mass meetings are being held all over the country in aid of pro-German propaganda, she said. Sinn Fein agi- tation has Hp?elled more daringly than ever before to the ppsaions that lead to war, preaching a world- wide, wicked race vendetta against Great Britain, she declared. Pointing out that last winter “we were afflicted by an orgy of fanatical and disloyal agitation of every kind sweeping the country,” she pn- tinued: “It is time for sanc. yal’ Americans . to awake - and- dle these happenings without gloves. We are too prone as a nation to” go quietly about our business, heed{pss of danger until the last minute, when curative measures may be tao late. No doubt this agitation qwyill burn jtself aut, but it may rn something more valuable in the process before the world comes back to {ts senses, for there is nothing more inflfammable than human pas- sion working in masses. “This science of propaganda has been 8o thoroughly mastered that it now works with the deadly effective ness of a poison gas. It manipulates minds and emotions. It glides like a snake in the grass. and strikes when we see it not. It has recently dered to come out in the open, shocking into sudden realization of what is going on among us.” Legion Sends Warnings. The American Legion last February, she pointed out, sent out to its many posts warnings that such propaganda meetings were to be held, and, sure enough, they came. “Their real purpose,” continued Mrs. Minor, “was to excite hatred of France and England. They booed and hissed the President of the United States, and the chairman of the meeting called the Secretary of State a liar. This outrageous demonstration w: significantly timed to fall in exactly with the attempt of the German en voys in London to evade Germany's sworn obligations under the peace treaty. It was an enemy demonstra- tion under cover of a false American- ism waving American flags. It proved the truth of the American Legion’ warning that disloyal elements .are at work in our midst, striving to drive a wedge between ourselves and England and France. These propaganda meetings, she said, are a part of a world revolution scheme that is seeking the destruc- tion of all that is; they are forces of destruction of which Moscow s the storm center, and are LirTing up an irrepressible conflict. A . “To this crisis our own path of duty and opportunity as a society is very clear and straight. It is our duty to offset this propaganda by spread- ing the knowledge and understand- ing of American principles through- out the length and breadth of the Jand. Don't take for granted that they are everywhere understood, for they are not. Don't take it for granted that they are everywhere loved, for the bolsehvist and his kind hold them in bitter hatred. Our country is call- ing us to the colors as truly as it did in 1917. In every chapter we will answer the call and preach the go pel of Americanism. “This is a specific work which every chapter in our society ought to un- dertake. Each one must stand out openly for pure Americanism without hyphenated mixtures. If you love your country, therefore, and its lib- do everything within your pow- iMrs. ? nstwral Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of lLabo photographed with hix bride in front of the Hotel Woodward, New York, WILL AT CAPGN ENGLAND ANKOLS TOSETILE STRIE OF NURSE SOCIETY Prominent Jewish Women of Dstrict Will Assist in Rais- | Renewal of Negotiations ing Fund Needed. With Miners. By the Associated Press. The woek's campaign to be started, By i q : next Sunday by the Instructive Visit-| LONDON, April 18.—Governmental authorities were anxious today to re- ing Nurse Society of Washington to we raise $50,000 wherewith to maintain |®PéN negotiations between the miners and the owners of collieries through- and expand its health-conservation work is to be furthered by the promi- | 24t the United Kingdom with the hope nent and philanthropic Jewish wemen |°f bringing about a permanent set- of the District, according to an an-tlément of the wage question. which nouncement from Mrs. Corcoran caused the strike of miners on April hom bt it ey 1. and came near involving Great These women are forming a special | Britain last weck in an epochal in- dustrial crisis. There seemed little organization for the purpose under 1ok leadorahip of Mrs. R. B. H. Lyon, | Probability, however, that members of the miners’ federation of Great Brit- who will serve as vice chairman, and |'" ain would take any steps to meet gov- who is a sister of Mrs. Charles Gold- smith, one of the members of the|¢rnment officials or mine owners be- board of managers of the society.|fOT® next Friday, when representa- Mrs. Lester Neuman will, on the com- | {ive8 of British miners will confer on the situation in this city. pletion of the organization, serve as its chairman, assiated by various sub- In the meantime Great Britain is facing a serious coal shortage, and chairmen to be selected at a meeting to be held tomorrow morning, on (every effort is belng made to ske out present stocks until some adjustment which occasion the preliminary or- ganization, composed of fifteen Jew-1of the situation can be made. Begin- today, train services were cur- ish women well known for their(nin, charitable, welfare and civic activi-|tailed and steps taken to bring to the realization that the eoal ties, will be enlarged to twice that(people a shortage was really serious. number. 1t is the intention to have this group Refuse t 3 o o Buaker Coal. asdiae the mies's aduimiry cammition:| . ) masaifpsating af The members or the Coal Porters’ Union was held in formed some days ago under the leadership of Walter Bruce Howe, in Canning Town, a sufurb of London, yesterday, and resolutions were covering the downtown and other business houses of Washington dur- ing the progress of the camp o So far the women's group includes | fir’xp’n‘:l‘:ll‘ol:n:(‘ k’::r:&;!?{:dficflf Neuman, chairman; Mrs. Lyon.| man coal the union would refuse, Mrs. Milton Baum, Mrs. Morris Bin-| from tomorrow, to bunker any fuli loads, and also would decline to tran- ship imported coal. sheimer, Mrs. Sam Goldenberg, Mrs. Stanley Lansburgh, Mrs. Fulton Bry- lawski, Mrs. Dave Pressler, Mrs. L| The meeting adopted resolutions of Greenbaum, Mrs. Harry Sherby, Miss| sympathy for the miners, but it is Rickie Gans, Mra. G. J. Sworzyn, Mrs. | noteworthy, in this connection, that Leon Adler, Mrs. Frank Rosenberg|the coal porters belong to the Na. and Mra David Robinson. tional Union of Dock Laborers, the secretary of which, James BSexton, member of parliament, ridiculed, in INTORONTO TODAY He declared the dock laborers had By the Assoclated Press. been ready to support the miners, but that after the government had accepted tNs suggestions of Frank TORONTO, Ont, April 18.—Ontarfo's voters went to the polls today to make known their desires in regard Hodges, secretary of the miners union, Which the miners' delegat to the Importation of liquor into the province. later ‘rejected, there was no longer any basis upon which the dock work- A prohibition law was effective in| this province in September, 1916. A ers could continue their support. Important Meeting Scheduled. ban on importation of liquors then was imposed as a war measure, but A meeting of the parliamentary was lifted fifteen months ago. which labor committee and the trades runjon congress will be held on Wednesday, and it is believed that at this gathering some program may Reimposition of this ban, would make the provinoce “bone dry,” is_the issue in today’'s referendum. In a plebiscite on November 20, 1919, be formulated for presentation at next Friday's eonference of miners. the same date on which the provincial elections were held, a majority of Meanwhile the Daily Herald, or- 406,676, In a total vote of 1,138,408, gan of labor, is furthering a cam- was returned against the repealing of paign to provide the miners with financial assistance through volun- the prohibition law, known as the “Ontario temperance act.” tary contributions from all union men of 1 shilling a week, thus en- abling the miners to carry on what the Herald insists is “their fight for the whole of trades unionism.’ Three weeks without wages have left the mine union treasuries de- pleted from the payment of “lockout grants.” and the Severe weather now . prevailing is bringing distress to ————————| the homes of thousands of miners and those in other employments who are idle through the coal tie-up. ent. In the roll call the District of | It is estimated that the eighteen idle Columbia reported 79 present. days in the coal pits have deprived Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett, chairman of |the nation of 11,000,000 tons of fuel, the committee on program, explained | With serious reaction on various in- its preparation and asked its ap-|dustrial interests, recovery from proval 8s the order of business. which is daily growing more difficult. Mra. Henry B. Joy, chairman of the Triple Alliance Criticised. resolutions committee, read a repoct) There are no means of determining containing the -!-nd!nf rules under ' with any definiteness the attitude of which the congress will operate. The |the rank and file of the nation's or- congress approved them. ganized workers as to last Friday's Resolutions of sorrow on the|triple alliance split. deaths of Mrs. John K. Hume, vice| In some parts of Wales and Scot- president general, and Mrs. James|jand, noted as hotbeds of labor disaf- Spillman _ Phillips, former registrur | fection, the railwaymen and the trans- general, were adopted. port workers are denouncing what is termed the “treason” of their exec- D. A. R. NOTES. utives in calling off the strike sot for iday night. Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, the only |y, otner centers, where the moder- survivor of the four founders of the ates dominate, the triple aliiance de- soclety, occupied a position on the|cision was accepted without comment, e which is variously interpreted as in- FosEumMAtIDe opening of the sesston [ 0. 0 Ui or indlMTerence: There is also a sprinkling of those Miss Marion Howard Brazer, re-|Who have always doubted the poten- ent and founder of the John Paul tialities of the triple alliance and are Jones Chapter of Boston, brought to now deriding l‘!\a long-feared organ- this congress and formally presented ization as the “crippled alliance. the chapter’s valuable relics to the reported 585 voting delegates Prime Minister Lloyd George in an- | I i KILLED IN FIGHT OVER GIRL'S LOVE Jealousy Alleged Cause of Shooting Young Man in Maryland Town. CUMBERLAND, Md.. April 15 (Spe- cial).—Jealousy over girls is held re- sponsible for the killing at Oldtown, near here. of Charles Carter, twenty four vears old, last night after serv- ices at the Methodist Episcopal Chureh. A party of young men of the vil- lage, it is reported, piqued because of the attention paid local girls by Gil- bert Caschenberger, twenty-one, and his_brother William, seventeen, sons of Henry Caschenberger, farmer and miller of Spring Gap, attacked the two on their return from Oldtown. and in the melee which followed a re- volver in the hands of Gilbert went off. fatally wounding Carter. Halted by Crowd. The boys had driven in a car to the church and had taken home Mary Ginneva and Miss Jane Cripes. Returning home they were halted at the village outskirts by the group of young men, scveral jumping on the running board. According to Gilbert Caschenberger, he called out to them that he wanted no trouble. but the group ordercd him and his brother from the machine As they alizhted. the former was struck on the face and jaw, while the Younger brother was pummeled. the dark, according to Gilbert, the volver in his hands went off and the crowd scattered, leaving Carter dyving on the roadside, with a wound in his breast. Denies Intemtional Shooting. Gilbert said that he had not aimed at any one in particular and did not know the revolver was loaded when he took it in hand. He denied that the revolver belonged to him, saying that he had been given it at the home of 1. A. Cagter., where he visited during the day, as a precau- tion against trouble. Carter, he said, advised him to brandish it in case of attack, believing that without firing a_ shot the group would be dispersed. An inquest will be held tomorrow. Eoth young men are in jail at Cum- berland, awaiting the ouicome of the inquest. This is the second tragedy of the neighborhood in two weeks. Daniel Crabtree is in jail charged with the killing of his cousin, Melvin Crabtree, in a dispute as to the pos- session of property. ‘Without Police Proteetion. Oldtown is without police protec- tion. According to residents of Cum- berland, the crowd of youns men have been “running the town.” Dur- ing the past month there occurred two incendiary fires, a barn and a church being burned. Guy Elbin, thirty-three years old, a farmer, was locked up charged with arson in connection with the barn fire. All of MILLION-DOLLAR OUTPUT OF 16 DISTRICT PLANTS DURING YEAR OF 1919 ixteen establishments in the District of Columbia in 1919 man- ufactured products valued at more than a million dollars annually, the census burcau announced to- day. while te establishments manufactured products valued at Between $500.000 Of th milii nd §1,000,000 doliar t pro ! groun five were p and pub- Hishing coneerns, or concerns print- ing newspapers a drca There were 595 manufacturin the Instrict in au announce in which 14.101 persons were ed. Capital for these lishments totaled $63.008,179 $18.856.410 was paid out ries and wages in 1 being paid in salaries 031 in wage! EXCLUSION URGED OF ALL JAPANESE Absolute exclusion for the future of {21l Japanese immigration, with per mission allowed for only temporary dence urists, ktudents, com- , artists and teachers, was proposcd before the House imm on committee toda V. 8 cClatchy of Sacramento, Calif., as the fundamental basis for permanent immigration 1le ion. Mr. McClatehy presented a declar: tion of principle drafted by the Jap- - Exclusion League of Californ and approved by the California leg- islature and other western states. He appeared as the official spokesman for the leazue The declaration called first for ab- solute exclusion in the future of all Japanese immigration, “not only male but female” as well 3 | borers, skilled and unskilled, those of all trades and profe as recommended by former President Roosevelt. Uniteq States officials would en- force such exclusion under specific laws and regulations, and not, as at present, under an arrangement by which Mr. McClatehy declared the United States surrendered control and regulation to Japan. Attention of the committee was in- vited by the witness to what he characterized as “the surreptitious entry” of 700 Japanese who had s tled in Nebraska. They came with- out passports and were unable to send for “picture brides” Mr. Mec- Clatchy said, with the result that 10 per cent of them already had mar- ried American girl Mr. McClatchy declared that Japa- nese in the Hawaiian Islands would comprise a voting majority of the people there in a few years and would largely control the affairs of the island. He said the Japanese in the continental United States did not seek citizenship and that only 114 had become citizens under the act of 191%. Mr. McClatchy told the committee Japanese in the United States were required to report regularly to IEXEMPRESS'BODY - TAKEN T0 POTSDAM Ex-Kaiser Absent as Train Departs—Touching Scenes at Family Funeral. By the Assor 1OOT i Aprii 15 —The funeral train bearing the remains of the late former 1 % Aususta Victoria of Germany to Potsdam left the littl at Mauarn, thres miles fr . at 7:45 o'clock this morning Former Emperor Willlam did not : B0 1o Maarn to see irain depart, ?. t remained st the house of Doorn in company with his brothe o Honry ‘of Prussia. Princess Luise. daughter of the late empress. and 1 Gen. von Gontard, chief of the house- | hold. ‘were the ones present to see the funeral car leave Service at Doorn Castle. .A servioe in mourning fe the former rman impress Augusta Victoria was held in Doorn Cast yesterday morning, attended by ail the members of the former imperial houschold, some of its most intimate friends and several offcials of the Duteh government. The service was an affocting _one, and during its progress former peror William frequently sobbed und at one point *finxo-d on the verge of a breakdown. 2x-Crown Prince Frederiok William, his brothers Adalbert and Oscar and o ©of the mourning party were visibly moved as they knelt befors he catafalque bearing the coffin in which lay the body. The service was conducted by Dr Dryander, the former court chaplain, who took the text of his sermon from the tenth verse of the sscond chapter of Revelations: “Be thou faithful unto and 1 will give thee a crown ef | { Pathetic Seenes at Statien. Never was contrast between formen glory and present state of humilia- tion more accentuated than when Wilhelm followed the body of his wifa to the station, where he entrusted the faithful companion of his gran- deur and his sorrow to his sons and {riends to tako back to the Faiher- and. The emperor that was and the ex- crown prince and other sons present were all attired in full uniform of the Prussian guard, their helmets crepe covered. The funeral procession arrived at the little station at Maarn in dark- ness, only broken by the light from a few lamps on the railway embank- ment. First came a huge car covered witk flowers, followed by servants, who loaded the wreaths into the rail- way carriages. About ten minutes later the hearse arrived, flashing pow- erful searchlights. It was draped !;’“'{, black cloth, with white cross and order. Daughter With Ex-Emperes. l the incidents occurred within a radius of ten miles. —_— FEDERAL POSITIONS CLASSIFIED IN BILL PRESENTED TODAY (Continued from First Page.) $2,400. Number of classes of em- ployment is twenty-four, ranging from the making of verbatim re- ports of the proceedings of non- technical meetings to the engraving on copper plates of topographic maps ‘or nautieal charts of intricate design. ' Grade 10—Salary range, $2,160 to $2700. Twenty-four classes of em- Pployment, from making verbatim re- ports. of formal conferences, whers the reporter is not privileged to re- quest the repetition of a statement, to the preparation of instruction for medical examination of claimants for pensions. Grade 11—Salary range, $2,460 to $3,000. The number of classes of em- ployment is eighteen, ranging from supervision of and laying out of the work of a group dealing with tariff rate questions to the engraving on copper plate of topographic maps or similar work where there is much technical detail, repairing defective and worn plat, Grade 12—Salary range, $2,700 to $3,300. The number of classes, seven, ranging from responsibility for the accounting work of a small govern- ment accounting organization to the oconstruction and suggestion of im- provements and new designs in in- struments of precision, requiring familiarity with practical astronomy. Grade 13—Salary range. $3,000 to $3,600. The number of classes of em- ployment, eleven, ranging from the supervisor of an entire system of accounts in a large office to the ad- ministrative control over the clerical force of a large independent estab: lishment or a major bureau or di- vision of a department. Grade 14—Salary range, $3,300 to $3,900. Three classes of employ- ment, directing editorial work of a department and being responsible for the conduct of a minor subdivision of a technical, scientific or profes- sional organization, and designing and constructing instruments of pre- cision. Grade 15—Salary range, $3.600 to $4,500. The number of classes, ten, ranging_from the supervision and responsibility for accounting Wwork of an organization requiring ex- tensive accounting operations to the responsibility of receiving and pay- ing money in one of the largest gov- ernment organizations. Grade 16—Salary range, $4,500 to $5.700. The number of classes of em- ployment, five, ranging from general supervision over design and installa. tion of accounting systems to admin- jstrative control of the clerical force and responsibility for the general business operations of ome of the largest departments. Grade 17—Salary range, $5,700 to $7.500. Two classes, chief law officer of a department, commission or other independent government _establish- ment, and having responsible charge of a major subdivision of a techical, scientific or profe ional organization. Grade_18—Salary range, all above $7,500. Employments include all tech- nical, scientific, professional and ex- ecutive employments whose charac- teristics_and requirements are supe- rior to those in the lower gradea. No salary in excess of $7,600 may be paid to any persons unless specifically au- thorized by Congress. —_— Japanese government officials and maintain_ allegiance always, adding that this form of dual citizenship was a very dangerous menace to the United States. PROVE U. S. STAND AND COUNCIL VOTE ON YAP, SAYS TOKIO (Continued from First Page.) been cxpected had the published text rot conformed to the American un- derstanding of the action of the council. JAPANESE ARE DIVIDED. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 17.—A sharp division of opinion in.governmental circles as to what attitude should be adopted with regard to the American note on mandates is reported by close observ ers of the situation, an influential group. it is said, insisting that Japan should maintain her stand on the award made to her by the supreme council at Paris. The Jiji Shimpo, in an editorial ar- ticle, expresses the opinion that Japan will reply negatively to the note, lay- ing stress on the contention that the supreme council's decision in awarding the mandate for the former German islands in the north Pacific to Japan was an agreement collateral to the peace treaty, and therefore valid in the same sense as the decision regard- ing the distribution of the German warships. Moreover, it notes that the United States failed to file a protest when the mandate was published in May, 1919. The Kokumin Shimbun expresses belief that Japan will seek to satisfy America by settling the controversy over the Island of Yap separatel The standpoint of those who believe Japan should stand upon the council decision is voiced by Prof. Uesugi of the Imperial University, in an article in which he declares that should Ja- pan be forced to comply with the American_demand it would be the greatest national disgrace since the return of the Liaotung peninsula to China under pressure of the Euro- pean powers after the Chino-Japanese war. Information from official quarters on the subject is that Japan is still in _consultation with the allies. The Teikoku News Agency quotes an unnamed cabinet minister as de- claring Japan must follow the de- cision of the league of nations, that tled between America and the league. This cabinet minister, the news agency declares, expressed the opin- jon that Japan should reply to the United States along the lines he in- dicated. The agency also quotes M. Hayashi, councilor of the foreign office, as saying that America should approach the league of nations, as Japan has no right_to interfere with its de- cisions. Nothing certain was known as to the views of Great Britain, France and Italy, the councilor is Qquoted as adding, but he hoped that, whatever their views were, Japan would remain firm. Until the Yap question was_settled, Japan, he de- Clared, according to the agency, must maintain her present military admin- istration of the Pacific islands. _— PRESIDENT HARDING AIDS NEAR EAST RELIEF FUND From the next automobile Chaplain Dryander alighted, wearing black robes. Immediately behind came an automobile, carrying the former em- peror and his daughter, Princess Vic- toria Luise, which drove on until it reached a shelter of shrubs, hiding it from view. ederick William, the ex-crown prince, ang Prince Adalbert, in long gray mantles, walked briskly for- ward. Other members of the family alighted from their cars—Prince Os- car, the Duke of Brunswick. Prince Fuerstenberg. Gen. von Gontard, chief of the household; Countess von Keller and Countess von Rantzau, the stanchest friend of the late em- press and ladies in waiting in the old days, and the court chamberlain, Bzron von Spitsemberg. Representatives of Queen Wilhel- mina of Holland, the dowager queen, and the prince consort, together with representatives of the King of Spain and the King of Sweden, and a num- ber of Dutch officials closed the pro- cession. Leaves Body Aboard Traia. ‘When all had collected around the jcoffin Court Chaplain Dr. Dryander, his voice vibrating with emotion, de- livered a brief oration. The coffin was then placed in the railway oar- riage, which Wilhelm Frederick Wil- liam and Princess Luise entered and remained for a few moments. Then the ex-emperor led the way to the cars in which the other members of the party were to sleep and remain during their journey. He thanked them all and took leave of them. For a brief period Wilhelm became dimly visible to those who had j ®athered to watch the ceremony, his figure, that of a man broken by sor- jrow. Princess Luise entered the automobile with her father, the door closed and the car glided on, carrying the exile back to confinement at Doorn, to face his fate without the devoted wife who until now had shared his humiliation. .Soon after the departure of the former emperor the ex-crown prince left the station precincts and returned to the ocastle, with the Duke of Brunswick and others who are stay- ing in Holiand. TRAIN CROSSES BORDER. Dutch Officials Accompany Party to Elten, Prussia. ZEVENAAR, Holland, April 18.—The funeral train ng the body of the former German Empress Augusta Vic- toria crossed the Dutch frontier at 10 o'clock this morning. The train stopped at the local depot only a few minutes, ‘where it was hidden from view by two freight trains. Dutch officials and the German consul Ex-Crown Prince-Could Not Return It He Went to Potsdam, BY WILLIANM E. NASKE. By-Cable to The Star and y-Cable to Ohicago Duily Mews, you know that the crown prince wanted to go to Pots- dam with the remains of bis mother,” said a man in close touch with the government to the writer today. “He desisted on the advice of the Dutch cabinet, the members of which told him that ofhoe he had crossed the frontier he could not return to Hol- land. If, by the insistence of the al- lles or the German socialists, he should be forced to leave Germany where could he g0? The risk was too great to run. If he had decided to go. however, I do not see how the Dutch government, by virtue of Dutch law, swering questions in the house of commons today declined to introduce legislation affecting the privilege of trades unions. Samuel Samuel, unionist, had asked whether “in view of the threatened political strike” of the railroad men before the war, debarred from ‘“ex- ploiting” the railroad properties by the transportation act, had instituted ‘a new form of explgitation of rail- way resources through contracts with equipment and supply companies. That the productive efficiency of em- MAKES APPEAL TO I C. C. erty. er to rebuk propagandist, no matter what his hy- phen may be.” 4 Mrs. Minor’s bitter condemnation of Germany's acts against civilization was greeted with prolonged applause. { 8pO! {WILL HEAR BUSINESS MEN U. S. Commerce Chamber to Dis- cuss BR. R. Transportation. a tal nization for preservation in Con- e Taatis o e ot Memorial . Hall. She has been a member of the society for twenty-seven years. She also is au- thor and publisher of a book on the ken and silent drama. Receipt of a generous check from{could have piaced obstacles in his President Harding for the Near East|way. Relief fund was annuonced today by Mrs. Cabot Stevens. Other recent contributors to the fund are: The Twentieth Century Club, Na- —_— TRIBUTE PAID DEPARTED. Walsh Flays Practice of Outside Railroad Repair Work. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., April 18.— TPractice of a large number of rail- ways. particularly the Pennsylvania. in entering into contracts to have their locomotive and car repair work performed in outside establishments, “has become mo extensive as to affect scriously a meneral public interest, vieclared Frank P. Walsh. in present. iz a petition in the matter at an Iricrstate Commerce Commission Fearing here today. Mr. Walsh appeared as counsel for the shop craft group of railroad Workers at the first of a sertes of L.earing® to investigate the construo- tion and repair of railway equipment. The practice of turning work over to outside shops, maid Mr. Walsh, menaces “acutely the economic well- being of large classes of rafllway em- yes and threatens to deprive these «mployes of certain fundamental in- -dustrial rights gueranteed to them by the transportation act of 1920." Today's hearing before Examiner ¥. H. Barclay was confined to locomo- tives of the Pennsylvania railroad, and was instituted by the commission following contentions of railroad ¢+ shopmen’s unions that carriers pay, . €xcessive prices to outside shops fofy ployes “has been greater than before the war, but the old inadequacies of management have been continued.” Gives Other Reasons. “That the real significance of the effort to reduce wages is to attempt {to take advantage of a temporary in- | dustrial depression to impair the stand- ards of employes, adopted permanently to railroad profits, and to create a smoke screen to conceal their own inadequacies of management.” That a reduction of railway wages would be “indefensible,” because the rate of pay in other industries was not below that on the railroads, cost of living “had not really declined be- low the level on which the present wages were fixed.” and that the pres- ent rates were not sufficient to main- tain an American standard of living. That the railway employe was “th residual sufferer from industrial d pression.” A decision on whether the case would prooeed or would await ar- rival of additional board members was to be decided this afternoon. In case the hearing continues, the railroads were prepared to fioscat evidence con- cerning eastern lines which asked a wage cut. - Her charge that the American people were not profiting by the lessons of the war, but were growing weaker where they should be stern. met with a hearty outburst of applause. Mrs. Guernsey Urges Co-Operat Facetious references to previous congresses, when she spent foodless days and sleepless nights preceding elections of national officers, made by Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, hon- orary president general, in her greet- ings, caused considerable merriment. Co-operation is an essential to suc- cess in anything. Mrs. Guernsey said. Every member of the D. A. R., she continued, must have an understand- able working knowledge of just what co-operation is. It must be practiced by all chapters. She pledged her loyalty and allegiance to the present D. A. R. administration in the same manner “that you gave me in the three trying years of my administra- tion.” Mrs. Minor called on Mrs. William Cumming Story, former president general, although not on the program, to speak. Reports Submitted. .Mrs. Livingston 1. Huntér, chalr- man of the credentils cdgmittee, . and transport workers the prime min- The Massachusetts delegation has|ister would introduce a bill making it voted to provide tickets of admission|«“s criminal offense to interfere with free of chargo to a theater here for|the men in the execution of their all veterans from Massachusetts at|work, seeing that there is no dispute the Walter Reed Hospital or question between the employers and employes in those trades.” The national committee on conser- vation and thrift will hold a meeting in the California room tomorrow at 2 o'clock. ' MEETS IN _CONVENTION. Quarterly Assemblage of Holy Name Society This Evening. The quarterly convention of the Washington section of the Holy Name pages are holding a meeting|Society w e held this evening at ey ®i €| the parish hall of the Church of the Holy Name, 11th and K streets north- o] east. each afternoon in the banquet hail| Delegates from the forty parishes 2 g of Washington and vicinity now or- trom 4, o'clock until @-o'elock. ganized will be in attendance. The There will be a meeting of the re.|Holy Name Parish Society has made ception committes in the Ohlo room|elaborate preparations for the enter- foday at 4:30 o'clock. tainment of the visitors following the business of the conveRtion. ¥inal Thers. will be a meeting of the|srrangements will be made for the Order, of the Crown of America at thelannual convention of the Archdiocesan Boma ot Georgs ‘T, Smaliwood,| Union of the Holy Name Soclsties 35701801 street northweat, igmorrow which will, be held at 8t Domlnic’s at 4 o'clock. it was announce; Hq‘l' neyxt Sunday. X \ A meeting of the New Jersey dele- gation in the New Jersey room has been called for 2 o'clock tomorrow afterncon. Tea will be served the delegat ) and increasing the efficlency 6f railroad be discussed by representative business men from all parts of the country at the ninth annual meeting of the Cham- 9. irnis discussion will take place at the railroad group meeting to be held on Speakers wi Foad executive, a large shipper, a lead- i InE addition to these special speakers, the whole rail the different railroad interests will par- MRS. TRUETT SEEKS DIVORCE. Proposed plans for reducing the cost transportation in the United States will ber of Commmerce of the United States to be held at Atlantic City April 27 to the first day of the annual meeting. include a prominent wail- banker and an eminent engineer. there will be a general discussion of question, in_which ticipate. —_— Mrs. Margaret H. Truett today filed suit for a limited divorce from Dab- ney Truett, a former life-guard at the tidal basin, whom she described as “an all-round athlete, possessing great physical strength.”' They were merried November 19, 1919, and ha no children. Attorney Raymond Nue- decker appears for the wife. tional Cathedral School for Girls, All Souls’ Alliance, Mt. Vernon E. Epworth_League, Brookland Baptist Church, St. Thomas’ Church. St. Paul's Church, St. Stephen's Church, St. Mar- garet's Church, St. James’ Church Christ Church, Georgetown P. E. par- ishes, Anacostia Lodge, Merchants’ Dr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Gates, Rev. Williamson Smith, John B. Larner, | Incarnation. 12th and N | e: Dr. and Mrs. William C. Rives, B. F. Saul, William H. Baldwin, Frank R. Jellefr, Fred D. McKenna, Charles W Semmes, Rudolph Jose, Charles J. O'Neill, James Sharp, Ed ham, Carl A. Droop. W. H. 0. Taylor, H. N. Brauner, ir. ter T. Weaver, illiam Gude, Henry W. Fitch, Mrs. Theodore W. Noyes, Ross P. Andrews, Miss Evelyn Bigelow, Miss Emma Gray, Miss Ella Underwood, Harper-Overland Com pany, Parker - Bridget ~Company Woodward Lothrop, House & Herrmann, S. Kann Son: Co. and Crane & Co. A committee of Greeks, Syrians and Armenians gave an entertainment last night at Immaculate Conception hall for the benefit of the relief i e Memorial Services Held by Temple- Noyes Lodge, F. A. A. M. Members of Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, F. A. A. M., and their families paid tribute yesterday afternoon to deceased brethren, the memorial sery- ice being held at the Church of the reets north- st. of which Canon William Tayloe der. chaplain of the lodge, is rec- tor. Those in_ whose memory the service was held were Harvey S. Ir- Yin, Clement W. Huske, W. Clifford Long. George F. Schutt. Joseph M. Stoddard, William F. Haliam, Richard Kingsman and Herman A. Phillips. Special floral decorations were pro- vided for the chancel of the chureh. Canon Snyder officiated. There was commemoration by Ralph P. Barnard, master of the lodge: an address by Carter B. Keene, past master. agd & solo. “Fountain of Youth” by Mrs. Barnard, accompanied by Charles H. Kocher, _Other _special music was rendered by the ‘Séttiah Rite Quartet, 3, ‘Walter Humphrey. @irector; John ¥. M. Bowie, Homer §. and Karl 8. Kerr, with Harry G. mball,