Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1921, Page 1

] s WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow, increasing cloudiness, fol- lowed by showers tomorrow night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 72, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 49. at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing New York Stoclu,' Page 21.- i ! | Enatered as second-class matter 0. post office Washington, D. C. 28,115. Che Zy i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, A PRIL 20, 1921-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Star. Member of the Assoclated Press || The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to || the use for republication of all mews dlspatches credited to it or not otherwise ricdited in this paper and also thd local mews published hereln. All rights of pyblication of special @ispatches bereif are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 97,310 TWO CENTS. Viviani Learns U. S. Wants France to Guard Interests BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Copyright, 192 20.—Stephane s who is accompanying the Viviani mixsion, wires to Le Matin from New Yorks It ix true that Reme Viviani hax not saved the lengue of na tions, which God the Father himxelf, it He had dexcended on the banks of the Potomac, could not have xaved. “But M. Viviani has received assurance that the United States ‘will feel no anmoyance if France remains in the present league, and that the United States would even be pleaxed if France would keep a friendly watch to see that nothing ~hould take place within the present meat- tered league which would be injurious to the interests of the PRESIDENT TAKES | UPTASK OF POLICY N POSTMASTERS Talks at Length With Mr. Hays About Wilson Execu- tive Order. [ UNWILLING TO WITNESS * “SPOILS’ SYSTEM RETURN | FIGHT FOR RE Congress May Be Asked to Make System Permanent So Execu- tives Will Lose Power. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding today tackled the A problem of postmasterships through- u val and O e s tnat woua |Farmers at Conference De- muake for efficiency instead of political: cide to Take Appeal to the White House. manipulation and inefficiency. 3 Postmaster. General Will Hays talked at length with the President about the executive order issued by President; = v stmasters were Wilison Y cervice pules. There | today decided to take the fight for lower placed un < ing | freight rates to the White House. has been much misunderstanding | i enbitoanidcatzeltoltavoke [P etunng Froniialeonference at ithe ¢ e been called a. re-| Interstate Commerce Commission, where b 'omer{h S system. Mr.| 2 plea for lower tariffs was made by a S U .s eunwrloliug to have that!delegation from the National Farmers' e :ltached to the plans of his| Union before the opening of its three- :i“:“"‘i tion in respect to post-|3ay session here, the delegates accepted s “He does mean, however. to| With enthusiasm the suggestion that, the e ta®it ‘that all postmasters shall|farmers go to President Harding with ’ Be appointed on a merit system. | their petition for relief in transportation Order First to Be Revoked. Tates. . L ! Immediate reductions in freight rates Although no definite announcement|ywere requested at the informal hearing can be made as yet, it looks as if the administration policy would be some- { mission. s: what as follow! e Delegates, who were accom- the First, revocation. of sentatives and senators from virtual- | executive order whereby only Oneljy every state, told the commission man was eligible for appointment out| that an immediate reduction would of a group of applicants who had passed an examination. ¥) Second. substitution of an executive order putting all postmasters under civil service rules ard requiring ex- amination, but permitting appoint- ment from any one of the top three on the eligible list. Third, recommendation to Congress that legislation be enacted making the system permanent, so that every time a_new President is elected. the post office system shall not be sub- Ject to the whims of executive or-, ders, but that the responsibility for| . change shall lie with Congress as a; whole. = ’ Many May Not Be Disturbed. | _In support of the Harding plan. the argument is made that many of the; postmasters appointed under the Wil- | son administration were placed in the civil service classification without ex. amination and that it isn't fair to per. mit the democrats to re n of- | fice without taking ‘thel ! an open examination. It is insisted | that both republicans and democrats who passed théir examinations under the Wilsoh executive order will not be disturbed. The new arrangement| would apply only to postmasters who hold their jobs by political appoint- ment, and who never were obliged to pass any examination. Of course, there are objections to the examination system on the ground that a school teacher could answer the | 1083 5 0 Questions asked on an examination | their whole problem.” Mr. Davis added 1i- | that if decreases in freight rates would e with excoutive abiliy and jt-| Dot increase the volume of business to e book lore But Postmaster Gen- |the railroads sufficiently to make a eral Hays insists that the examin: profit for them the farmers would rather fiecd: the setecion il be bascd on | taxes than bear the entire burden of organizing ability rather than mere | high freight rates, as at present. book knowledge. i Clearing House to Be Formed. Favors Merit System. Immediately after the return of the The Postmaster General is hearmy!?n“;:y s ST e R in favor of the merit system, because! (nES OPSTEd St ITEL 1 Sirect heads he thinks it is the only way 1o Putifirs: was the conference of the na- ihe Post Office Department o an <f.itional union and the other was an cient basis. He is full of enthusiasm| ¢yecutive session of representatives about the future and realizes the re-| SFeCutive sessioh of representatives sponsibility of his task. He. there-jiions " "At the latter session a_na- fore, is urging President Harding tof ¢jona) clearing house for the local make it possible for postmasters "”(zrm loan associations will be organ- « be selected on an efficiency basis, so. farm loan assoclations will be organ: that an improvement in the entire|(,)ip was selected as presiding of- L e i1| ficer ‘during the initial session. An T Db e M oung Wil open meeting will be held tonight St & 5 ays and, fier the National Union of Farm Loan Dut all the postmasters under civil| 4Tter the National Union of Farm Lo service rules and require examina-| AFOCIIERE SR UTIONE T R Rree tions of ai umbent ters | ] : enfirs who got their job through politics. Eequet .':"cr‘e';;‘"&‘"fi';‘é‘u’g ‘;;”t::f Wants U. S. to Keep Pace. ! maximum amount which a federal - : . land bank may loan to individual bor- The new Poxtmaster General also|,.ers. The program includes ad- has the full support of Mr. Harding|gresses tonight by William Gibbs Me- in the plan to humanize the Post ("-'A\dol. former cretary of the Tr prove a psychological factor in the economic - rparket of farm products and probably would precede a gen- eral price reduction in other lines. Buyers’ Strike Is Blamed. Speakers told the commission that farmers are virtually in the grip of a buyers’ strike, as they cannot sell and that there i no prospect of im- proving conditions in time to bring better prices Yor next year's crops. Members of the commission asked for suggestions that would make pos- sible a reduction of freight rates in face of the high prices paid by rail- roads for equipment and labor. Commissioner McChord pointed out that railroads had lost about $8,000,000 during the past year, and gsked whether the solution of .the present freight rate problem was. not, after 11, one for labor. capital, shippers and | the commission.” “Money, labor and equipment <re all abnormally high,” he said. Rates a Big Factor. Mr. McChord asked Secretary A. C. Davis of the Farmers Union, whether with cheap freight rates farmers could market their products at a profit. . a freight rate reduction would be one factor. and it would be foolish to reject }any pian that would reduce the farmers’ loss simply because it does not solve . fice Department. There are many | ape’s Lo 2 n Nere . Inany, ypo:Senators Capper of Kansas and Places U ou e Ty wa'cre | Fletcher of Florida and former Sen- & conaltions Su e lerks are 'y, Hollis of New Hampshire. working are conducive to bad health. Mr. { 10, oS Newy Ham) o I e o L P e thowsi | The meeting of the Farmers' Union ~ T e by | was called 10 order by National Presi- JEeTs e dent Char! . Barrett. The sessions | who are spending large sums of mone. will continue three days and the pri- ployes’ organizations and begins to- ""E:t"" e l":r"-‘;lr‘r;;:: r{:m‘r VieHtw d:; morrow a careful study of the whole edlTee e D 3 i subject. All the energy and xm!u,xzry,l""l:':fljr.~l...L”‘IA!xt»n D i which ’\\'Lu Ha ‘M»thn as 'h“""«-l-up e gLiae rcohx_::;‘emw‘l wxar;- of the republican 1 ! cam- | Seeretary of Agric - T keems 16 have heen transfused |1ace, who will discuss co-operative into the Post Office D artment. H l!l;"- rketing; S ’Ifl‘(fi‘r Calder, who is te alive with new plans and new | present rea why he believes the S cheres % , Tt will not be|farmers should back coal regulation his fault country before Jorg|and housing bills: Senators Capper, dcesn't find. an improvement in the wroot and others nail service Urges Inquiry for Remedy. (Copyrizht, 1921.) n opering tne conference Mr. Ba | rett urged the creation of a joint con | gressional committes to inquire into HONOR U. S. HEROES. &/ sugkest remedal measurcs for i ricultural situstion. Declarin lagriculture in America was “goin Ceremony Before Caskets of 2,800 | ;.ialy toward the habitat of the halt. : : Ithe lame and the blind.” Mr. Barrett American Soldiers. lux.\r‘rn‘d “what agriculture wants isj CHERBOURG, France, April 19.—|an opportunity to help itself.” An impressive ceremony took place| “Money and credit” have been denied here today in honor of 2,800 Amer- | farmers jite the fact “that more jcan soldicrs whose bod have been | ey was available in 1920 than in assembled and are waiting transpor-|any previous year,” Mr. Barrett said, tation to the [U'nited States adding P iotic societies saluted th “It is a notorious fact also that agri- kets and a battalion of mari cultural organizations have not been 8ih ditors lafforded by the transportation sy Dresident ‘ot sthe Hrerch warlte the country the facilities gi D auded the herolam of ihel|en cornorations to distribute the prod- American soldier in an address. The | ucts of the farm.” ‘American commander of the base re i ¢ sponded fittingly WAR BONDS RECOVERED. Department of Justice Agent Gets Securities Stolen in Ohio. WHO DIED FIRSTIN QUESTION FIXING By the Assoc ed Press TON. Pa., April 20—C. W MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 20. r, United States Department| —The effect of carbon monoxide Justice agent in this city, has ad- on ' person: I close s proximite Ao mifted that he holds liberty bonds! P "N‘l"’ lose, 2 ylh valued at several thousand the wall of a room as compared wit which were stolen from th its effect upon one nearer the Ohio. post ..n}i}. ¢ last ;l,u:;uar id re- | center of the room, is being cop- Jorersd by RIS AW ChIN sechon re-| sidored toliy by Judge T M Mr Schroeder would not say Woods of the circuit court. Upon v hiether the be 8 were recovered in the court’s decision rests the title cranton or Wilkes-Barre, but it is to an estate Some time ago George Sheig and his wife were found dead in a nderstood that a large number of the bonds were sold to a Wilkes-Barre bank and that a few of them were W of here. The bonds we . Gou denomiaation, aad 1t 15 room of their home. They were 10 of 100 honds which were| asphyxiated by carbon monoxide ien from the Toledo post office| from hard coal. Sheig’s hody, when found, was resting near a wall, Bave been recovere ¢ FREIGHTS TOGOON, Farmers from all parts of the country | {before the Interstate Commerce Com- | panied by a large number of repre- | the steel industry to solve rather than | “Possibly not.”; Mr. Davis replied, “but | i pay the railroad deficit in the form of | WILL SEEK TOUNITE STATES IN SOLVING JAPANESE QUESTION Senators and Representa- tives of 11 Western States Perfect Organization. IMMIGRATION ISSUE HELD TO BE PRESSING Several Commonwealths Show De- sire to Co-Operate With California in Exclusion Measures. Ry the Ascaciated Press. TOKIO, April 20.—The cabinet Yesterday decided there wasx mno reaxon to alter Japan's cy on the Yap mandate question because ©f the recent American note on the subject, according to the Nichi Nichi today. The decixion of the ministry will be reported riday At an extraordinary meetiag of the diplomatic advisory council, the newspaper adds. The foreign office mald it could neither confirm nor deny the fore- ®oing report. Senators and representatives from | eleven far western states perfected an | organization today with a view to| finding a common ground upon which | they can work to solve the question ! of Japanese immigration. Senator Johnson, republican, Cali forhia, was made chairman of the, organization, and directed to appoint an executive committee composed of one senator and one representative jfrom each of the eleven states. Cali- fornia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, jUtah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. Senator Johnwxon's Plans. i Senator Joknson announced that he | would appoint the executive commit- | itee at an early date and begin ef- forts to unite other states “with the | work. He added that the problems' Wwere of mutual interest, demanding | immediate attention. t The organization of senators and! representatives was formed at a con- ference called by the California dele- gation, at which Senator Johnson and V. S. McClatchy of Sacramento, rep- resenting the Japanese ~Exciusive | Lea v in-| clared that unless the Japanese were | SUreets and the balance on repairs. excluded they ultimately would The new streets on which bids have swamp the white races. jibeeniasied are: street { s ca e Eleventh street northeast. D stree g to Maryland avenve, $10,260 16th | Within the last three months, Mr. | g{rect southeast, G street to Kentucky | McClatchy said, several states’ had | uinie 50505 Kentucky avenue, Ehown & desire to gb-operate With g theast, 15th to 16th _streets, “alifornia in enacting anti-alien land oI T e e bills_stmilar ece | $13,650; to grade 13th street nort P r to_that recently passed | b Shepherd stree in California. In Oregon and Idaho, | West. Buchanan to Shep| et he added, land bills had been pro-|$14155: Webster streelt northwest, posed in the legislatures. but action !16th to 17th, $10.260; Upshur street, ion them postponed indefinitely be- Rock Creek Church road to 2d street, cause of telegrams from Washington {43.420; Allison strect, 1ith to 16th s saving that such actions by the states {streets. $7,123; 7th street northwest, would embarrass the federal govern-|Webster to Allison, $6.460; Taylor ment. | street northwest, cast of 14th street, In the House today Representative !s7.585; Bryant east of North Raker. democratic, California. Dro- | Capitol, $5,986; kvarts street, east of, posed ‘an amendment to the Consti- | xarip ¢apitol. $1.750. tution providing that no child “here- | Nt TAPUPT LRI e e cob- after born in the United States of | NOTRNCSL— 000 (RITMT, 1% roet foreign parentage shall be cligible to | Pac) roaqWay of T JEOOh o STy | | ASK$400,000BIDS FORGITY STREETS Commissioners~ Will Give Contracts for Paving, Re- surfacing and Repairing. Bids have been asked for by the Commissioners for the expenditure of $400,000 after July 1 in the laying of new streets and the resurfacing and repairing of others. Out of the total i | i I f | citizenship in the United States un- |0} ! 0 ¥ ) loss both parents are eligible to be- | NOTthwest —For paving the road- comes citizens of the United States~ | Way of New Hampshire ave tween Upshur street and Grant Circle, fifty feet wide, with ten-foot center {RUSSIA BARS AMERICANS, |nuiina, At ol Tt iacs v | UNOFFICIAL REPORT SAYS fiiiiing itttk s snere 15! ' ‘qu.‘\'l:r“l'l|i."l:sjl’~l:'l“nr grading 2d_street, | Laurel street to Whittier street; East-1 érn avenue, Laurel street to Whittier treet; Whittier street, 1st street to hittier street Newspaper Says No More Will Be Admitted—May Mean Only i2d street: lst sireet, Wh ot [0 Van. Buren street, and Van Buren Tightening of Regulations. {8 "3" " Wrect to 20 street, $10,185. RIGA, April 19.—According to the | Riga newspaper Gevodia, the Moscow government has decided that no more Americans shall be admitted into Russia. ' | The official bolsheviki news agency {today informed the Associated Press|Vienna Paper Claims France Forms that” it had received no advices to | i this effect, but that M. Tchitcherin. Alliance for Offense and {the bolshevik foreign minister, re 'ALLEGE PACT TO PREVENT | AUSTRIA JDINING TEUTONS | cently had decided that Russia could Defense. not freely admit immigrants from * _ 3 iy !the United States without having | VIENNA, April 19.—The Slovenske !'had an opportunity to vise thejr|Narrodni of Laibach says that a | passports and otherwise investigate | treaty has been concluded between them. | France, Jugoslavia and Czccho- | slovakia, under which the pledge is 1 | hade for common offensive and de- ¥ fensive action in the event the pro- VIVIANI BOARDS STEAMER. hosal for Austrian fusion with Ger- . ! hany reaches proportions threatening Special French Envoy Expresses |jealization. The treaty has not vet been Satisfaction With Trip. jaiznsd 2 | GET L Communists Sentenced for Attempt to Bomb Berlin Manument. BERLIN, . April convicted NEW YORK, April 20, R e nearly a month a8 special envoy ench government, board- amship France shortly be today to rcturn to his | 20.—Eleven com- of having made native Aside from expressing general sat- | muni s isfaction over his trip. officially and | the recent attempt to blow ‘up the socially, the former French premier | yictory, monument in the Koenigs- made no statement platz were today sentenced to long Perms of imprisonment in the peni- | | tentiary. The evidence implicated | ! LIFT BAN ON U. S. SHIPS. |3 ‘ifoetz one of the alicged lcad- = £ 5 |ers of the (-ummun)m! uprising m! . i ali. Germany, who was arrcsted American Line Given License in ';c.“‘lu-rlin April 15 and now is locked | 7 lin the Moabit jail in this city. German Ports. UPhe attempt to” blow. up the Vi YO DADEili20 AN conce m’""" monument was frustrated by | do busincss in German ports on a|the police. who discovercd a box basis of equality with German-con- | SONtININE [00T BCOSCS L O anee trolled companies has ber suc 7 iand other < naRitors s rmany (o the ~American Jing | UP the monument and tore £way af ips. it was announced here ! HERLEd fUSe 0IN O Of the Rote | by the International Mercantile Ma- | | Herr e i Fiag) the organ of the certain restrictions had boen imposed ALEeSL - | | on the American line because of th existence of a technical state of war i | The Evening and ‘ Sunday Star Full reports of the D. A, R, Convention, April 17 to 24, in" DOUBLE TRAGEDY ? HEIRS TO ESTATE { while the woman's body was i H | the center of the room. Mrs " ||| clusive i Sheig’s beneficiary instituted the f i i | court proceedings in an. effert o Mail, postage prepaid United. )| gain title to the estate, claiming States —Twenty-five cents that Sheig died before his wife. (25¢)- ; The case is against the “unknown heirs” of Sheig In presenting the argument for the beneficiary. counsel submitted a written opinion of L. J. Desh of Lexington, Va., a chemist, inwhich it v-as held that carbon dioxide emitted held that carbon monoxide émitted from a stove, rises to the ceiling and in cooling. follows the walls when dropping by its natural weight to the floor. The chemist suggested that a pergon near the wall would be affected sooner than a person in the center of the-room. Canada — Thirty-five cents (35¢). Foreign — Forty-five” cents (45¢). Leave order with Star repre- sentative at Memorial Con- tinental Hall, br at .Star Office, 11th and Pennsylvania Avenue. | 1 i 1 | | | ) { THE {of i pealed to the governor for help for “'634 | President Harding makes address laud | Daniels talls of Mother Goose rhymes ANXIOUS MOMENT. 76,000 NEAR DEATH [D. . COMMITTEE FROM STARVATION Alabama Coal Miners- Make Crying Appeal for Desti- tute Families. Ry the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM. Ala, April 20— Twenty-six thousand persons are at 10 MEET TUESDAY Mr. Focht Favors School, Street Car and Pawn- broker Bills First. Chairman Focht today issued a call for the first meeting of the House District committee Tuesday. mass of legislation awaiting action, the point of starvation in the coal £ fields of northern Alabama, Gov. ‘Mr. Facht said today that he believed Thomas B. Kilby was told today in | the three measures to receive earliest an appeal by the Salvation Army, | consideration should be the street car southeastern division, with head- | MerSer. the school building program quarters here. The organization |27d the pawnbrokers bill, which he stated to the governor that it was | Introduced today. Representative Focht personally be- lieves that the needs of the District school system should receive earliest consideration-and that the committee should concentrate its efforts on this measure uniil it has been disposed of. “Above all else we must take care that the children are given adequate helping to the limit of its resources, but that additional aid must come from other sources. Clubs and civic bodies of Birming- ham made appeals for help on behalf the miners and their families, many of whom are described as hun; gry and_almost naked. i A Birmingham newspaper a 80 ap- pealed for funds “to aid the thou- | At 5 2 2 ¢ school facilities,” said Mr. Focht. “If |sands of men. women and children | TERS! IAENSTICS PRGN TOAL for e o ANt L Tnion Mine | school buildings is as serious as is Workers of America, made formal | ¢laimed and this is developed during demand upon’ Gov. Kilby either for, <ommittee consideration. 1 know of re-employment In the mines or for | NOthing which so much deserves the By I e T T, 0r | most careful attention of the com- mittee.” Permanent School Needs. Representative Focht said in this connection that he thought the course of procedure would be to endeavor to determine the permanent normal needs in school buildings. He pointed out that the influx of scholars during the war should be ascertained and also what the exodus has been. He the governor says that “3,400 souls of our local alone are in dire cir- cumstances,” and adds, “We have ap- plied for re-employment and have been flatly turned. down.” Continuing, the Pratt City local |ays: We make this appeal to you because the settlement of the strike was placed in your hands.” The local union at Marvel also ap- destitute , women and children.” This local says in a statement to |also emphasized that the problem of Gov. Kilby that “our local has re-|prov school facilities for hun- ceived circular letters from the op- |dreds of children from Maryland and Virginia whose fathers are govern- ment employes is a serious one for his committee to pass upon. * In offering his pawnbroker bill in the House today, Representative Focht emphasized that it is “distinct- Iy not a loan shark bill” and that it is copied largely after the law in Pennsylvania. He said he realized after a conference with other House members who have taken a particu- lar interest in District legislation that there will be a sharp contest by those who are endeavoring to get loan shark legislation. Pawnbroker Bill. erators that they will not re-employ any member of the union.” PANAMA’S WAR ATTITUDE. Continues Preparations on Frontier, | Costa Rica Reports. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 20. Panama continues to make warlike preparations along the Costa Rican| frontier, it is reported here. The Costa Rican government, it as- rted, is ready to enter into nego- is With a| | BOSTON $40,000 SHORT. zofiicial Involved, 35 Years in Serv- ice, Was Named for Treasurer. BILLIONS WASTED ' BY RAIL OFFICIALS, - CHARGE OF UNIONS BOSTON, April —A shortage in , the city treasury $10,000 became known today as a resuit of an ordered by City Treasurer Thom Murray on the cve of h from oftic The shortage was found in the ac of audit w. ment retir counts of Thomas J. O'Daly, cashier of the treasury department. Mayor ST % e had veen ninis-nve | MANAgerial Inefficiency As- )’93:::!‘|:1 H‘I;; (;A(\' s¢ r\n‘-!, had l\"l(h. sa] d b E h . e Ml Tt N lled by Exhibit Before The day Srom O'hate, who was waii| Railroad Labor Board to be ill at his home. | v The ‘uu(h:‘is”v;;ntnmins: 0 ccording | = to Art r 5 ill, corporation coun- s and tne” aiserennes of 340000, | INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT which has been disclosed ma vised —_— ENFORCE DRY LAW, . D.A.R_RESOLUTION be' re- BLAMED FOR HIGH COSTS Employes Cite Improved Devices Which, They Say, Would Save Thousands in Operation. the Assaciated Pross. CHICAGO. April 20.—Wastes amount- N 10 4 billion dollars annually were laid to managerial inefliciency on iContinental Congress Asked vh\mvru':ux railroads in a detailed ex- { hibit placed before ailroad La- to Take Stand for U. S. | bor Buara toies e pens oot Archives Building. labor's -fight against a reduction of Recoverable wastes were e timated by the employ. ¥ 1 ployes at $578.500.- Strict enforcement of the Volstead prohibition act. petitioning of Con- £ress for early provision for an ar- wages i 000 a year, and other wastes, impos- sible of estimation, would equal that amour®, it was declared. chives building here, and congres-| The employes point out alleged sional petition to make tax-free the| wastes in the present railroad ad- proposed administration building of | ministration and maintain that if the D. A. R. here, were subjects of | resolutions offered at the morning | session of the thirtieth Continental| Congress of the Daughters of the those deficiencias management were paired and defaults in redressed and re- there would remain no reason for attempting to reduce wages, As American Revolution, at Conlinenulifl method of correcting wasteful Memorial Hall today. methods and increasing efficiency Prolonged applause greeted the of-| of employes, the exhibit advocated {fering of the resolution concerning | intoxicating liquors by Mrs. Alice G Ropes of Wollaston, Mass. The resolu- | tion said that as the society was| pledged to the enforsement of the Constitution, and as the eighteenth amendment now was a part of it, the Daughters of the American Rewolu- tion shouid bend every effort to see that the Volstead law was fully en- forced. All of these resolutions went to the resolutions committee for considera tion, and are expected to be reported out tomorrow morning. Near East Relief Indorsed. Indorsement of the Near East Relief was given by the congress today, act- ing on a resolution reported favorably by the resolutions committee. All chaptérs were urged to adopt Near co-operative effort between manage- ment and workers and added that this co-operation could best be ob- tained through the medium of uni- form agreements reached by o lective bargaining. Cite Unnecessary Expenses. Recoverable and easily estimated wastes were divided by the exhibit under nine heads, having to do large- ly with construction and care of lo- comotives and shop machinery, cost accounting and labor turnover. | The wastes which the unions said jcould not be estimated in terms of money included a variety of sub- jects. ranging from defective train equipment and tracks through alle- gations of incompetent and extrava- gant management. In the last class emphasis was laid upon publicity and advertising and on what the unions thought ere F 4 | unnecessary legal expenses. Such Zast Relief as a regular part of their! .ynengivures, it was claimed, have patriotic and instructive programs. |lcrled to increase and have been L as signed by Mrs. | charged wrongfully Thomas A Edison of New Jersey: Cous oL} CDEERINE Mrs. Cassius C. Cottle. California; Mrs. | - < Franklin P. Humeway, Massachusetgs: | ot o8 4150 charged that much of H ssac jthe defective equipment which the Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, North Ca#- | munagement of the read lina; Mrs®C. Carruths, Florida; Miss | he' o on S T (g ] ref C. Carr = gument for the Weed of de- B. G. Fisk. New York. and Mrs. How- | creased wage costs oould meve b ard M. Hodgkins of Washington. avoided if the roads had declared The congress also adopted a reso- | less liberal dividends and used 4 lution. reported by the committee, pe- | prono,' I GivIdende and used 4 titioning ‘Congress to take quick ac- | (o tstablish renlacemente Tuege & tion on the bill to purchase the land | ““rhe following tabulation onisent: at Yorktown made famous by the | oqf [OLOWINE fubulation represents surrender of the English forces 10 yitnooses and for which aaiuons i the Continental Army and use it for | N cid itor Wich Sniharity a national park and monument. e anoles. xiving smpeiloations g Resolutions’ came thick and fast at e an ot KByyh.Sh Tt WeN the morning session, but under the . e et < rules they were quickly disposed of | L Modernizing locomotives. —Gross DY Sending them to the resolutions | reparable defictencies in the tractive ey Shen o e | power of the railways is pointed out Perpetuation of U. S. Stock. application. 0 " the Jocomatives of A resolution was introduced by Mrs.! demonstrated improvements such as Johnsen of California providing for | superheaters, brick arches. mechan the D. A. R. to undertake the support|cal stokers and feed water heaters of every fourth child of a D. A. R.|there would result an annual saving member, as A means of encourage: | of at least $272.500.000. ment of the perpetuation of the sturd : S American stock. The resolution als S o provided for the appointment of a . Locomotive operation. — The Committee to study the matter of the | magnitude of the railways coal bill conservation of the pioneer stock. is considered and certain of the larg- The erection of a memorial fountain | €r wastes calculated, and it is con- at Jamestown, Va. by the D. A. R.|cluded that by use of better methods was asked in another resolution. | of coal purchase, coal inspection, Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln, editor | careful receipt and efficient firing of of the society’'s magazine. reported|the locomotives an annual. saving that it had passed through a very!could be effected of at least $50.000.- ponular year. 000. The business management of the| "3 magazine was reported on by Mrs Charles H. Bissell. She reported a deficit of $16.448. She recommended {that beginning with the July issue Ithe price be increased $2. > i Shop organization improve- ments.—The sad and almost incredible inadequacy and out-of-date cquip- ment of the railway shops are re viewed, the defenceless wastes con- | sidered and it is conservatively esti- Conaecation s TR | mated that by a proper shop organ- A report on_conservation and thrige | /ZALion an anoual suving could be ef- | was made by Mrs. Cassius C. Cottle and | feched BT AL lest 315000090, - ione on patriotic lectures and lanterni , .+ Power plant fuel saving.—The ¥ 5 | obsolete and wasteful condition of the | slides by Mrs. Bertha M. Robbinx. | power plants in the railway shops is The bill, as proposed by Mr. Focht.] Statns of legislative measures in which e . i tiations with Panama for the purpose | requires all pawnbrokers to gixe A | the coclet fs mterocted was sutlined by | considered and it is estimated that of reaching a satisfactory solution of | bond of 00, which can be renewed | Alice Bradford Wiles, chairman of | i this fleld the possible saving:or the boundary dispute between the two | by payment of §500 a year. The rates | the committee on legislation in United Tuel _u’oulq.l h_f s‘]‘fl“v’o’n :.’:Y'num to an countries to be charged on loans would be fixed | gi3te Congress. Too many bills are | AnBual total of $10,000.000. at 3 percent @ month on all amounts | pune fostered by the society. she Reviews Way Maintenance. up to 335 and 2 per cent thereafter. | jaimed, and urged curtailment of the! “3. Water consumption savings. — ’s N Provision J8 made that if Several|recommendations. However, she would The railroads’ expenditure in main- oaay’s ews {amall loans are mafde after they havelpave the society stand firmiy behind re- | tenance of way and structure is re- 2 “"f;_f} ol oty ”e“;;s";‘f” ,‘:’,’; lief legislation for soldiers, lors and ; viewed, the nece seary wastes noted, . at 2 F marines. | and it is estimated that easily attain- ' shall be at 2 per cent. |z s SR m Paragraphs The Focht bill also takes bodily out | Action on National Anthem. e A e el of the Pennsylvania law a sectioni Indorsement of the bill introduced yo*<1% §00 000, g D. A. R. resolutiéns. vet to be acted on, | Which prohibits any boy under six-|in the House vesterday making “The | "% SUUTC0 of supply savines —The demand enforcement of Volstead pro. | Leen, ¥ears pawning anything or be-: Star Spang’ed officially the | 8 = SR hibition law. Page 1|¢Comins an intermediary. The Focht |pational anthem of this country uasv““’"“‘llf“_‘“." Yt sabeie ‘:’:d“‘x"""‘ Bt bill also provides thal every pawn-|given in a resolution offered by Maude | Plies has been inqu nLe Senators an Epresentatly from | broker must have adequate insur-jB. Greenawalt of this city. It went to|avoidable losses surveyed, and it is cleven western states seek to unite in f ance covering all articles pawned. so | in 3 | estimated the wastes and ab legislation on Japanese issue. Page 11that there will be absolute secuirty 26,000 near starvation. in Alabama coal | against loss by fire or theft. fields. Page 1| The Focht bill also covers all sec- Ppresident takes up knotty problem of | ond-hand stores. junkshops or Storage postmaster: Page 1{or war 4;;»«.\:‘5» concerns. It provides a Billions wasted by railroad mif‘mg"am-l\'p;.rofur}.ny';Z(Efi]g;:;l:"rr;"fgzx;g;3«"; ment, unions charg Page 1|ifence” for stolen property. « s masks to protect entire battleships| When the committee meets it will proposed. Page 2|find th t all of the bills whick have been introduced or reintroducd so far in the extra ion have been properly indexed for prompt consides- gritish miners/reaffirm demand for na- Page tional wage pool. the resolutions committee. Plea for the continued help of the |amount annually to not le D. A or the Berry schools, which 000.000. for the B hool 00.000. 5 have for years been undertaking to | Shop cost accounting savings.— overcome illiteracy, was made by Miss | Attention has been given to the mat- Martha Berry 2 L ter of uniform railroad statistics and Rebuitaing” of one of the fonr vil- |0 st or eiicient methods of cost lages on the edge of Belleau wood. ! ,clounting only. An annual savin At at the! Mands orivhe haliaa] woMBADE (cABIBIE S KBS IBDRRS L 4 S 1 $10,900,000 States troops. as a fitting memorial | $10:900: . e : e American forces, was sumesst, |- “b. Labor turnover savings—The in e oniress by Ars . Goners | dustrial losses due to unnecessary la ad Btosih B ames | & urnover and to inadequate trasn. s than President plays golf and then hastens |! Carroll Frazier of the Belleau Woods < %o desk and digs into work. 5|50 Memorial Association, In [ing of prrsonnel have been reviewed coretary Denby advised to accept = Recommendations of the legislation and it | estimated that the avolaxble * figure, §400,000,000, as Navy committee included centralization of wastes mciden = appropriation. Page :'TRADE MEETING, PLANNED. | soldier relief work, instead of triple alone amounts to more than $40.080,- Southern business interests memorial- 5 ; givision, under whieh it now works; 000. L Os';:"rung for actment of tarift | Mexico Trip to Be Made by 800 !another petition to Congress for an Loss and damage savings.— to save industries. Page 2 D archives building in this city; petition quiry has been made into the amount : A : 5 Delegates From This Country. of Congress to exempt the proposed o the annual loss and damage ac- A romntar s Readmay L NEXICOL CITY s office building of the D. A. R. from count of the railways, and into the U. S. departmen Page 2| MEX] Y. April —DMore | taxation on the ground that it is being .. table causes of such losses, and Senator Moses today was elected chair- n 800 delegates from the United|used for the welfare of humanity and DT ctimated that an annual saving man of the Joint congressional com-|States will attend the international |not for gain; and that the organiza- It 15 WSIVEEE LK B (000 OIS mittecioniDady e, Page 4|(rade conference to be held in Mexico | tion. in acting on bills to be sent to L™\, ooy 7 Agriculture Welfare Association ar-|City in June, it. was announced by |Congress, should indorse principles in ¥ P € - 5 ranges for visiting nurses. Page 4 |members of the delegation that hay|these bills and niot partichiar bills. . ;":‘il‘rm‘:"fl l‘v‘:‘r(m::fxdd‘:;le :!:'l Five more violent deaths reported in|becd touring the United States on its| _Mrs: Dhilin North Moore, chairman, | avoiSan's WOCE '™ le “accom- Trcland. . Page 7|return to this city yesterday. Glontinued on Page %, Column 3) | PArtaly Tomeese s mates, mevertho- Hinois state law keeps girl from school, [ Jess, the sum of these incomplete fig- work and husband. Page 9 | B ey Germany alarmed by allied demand to iransfer gold. Page 10 Engineer urges quick action on water supply. Page 13 ing Pythian fraternalism at order's anniversary celebration. Page 13 Business men join fight to save Chesa- e >age 13 Delivery of telegraph messages by tele- phone opposed by Kalorama citizens. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.—A white-haired man dressed in blue overalls yesterday entered a building here which is being converted into a Page 13 . . = ) for the American Legion, : tes to d clubhouse 3 e e, decide aEAIn | Jooked around curiously and then ac- costed the man in charge of the vol- unteer workers. “I heard you were trying to fix up hings for your opening party, April 7" e said, “Can I heip?: “Sure, pitch in,” was the answer. Fifteen midshipmen called as witnesses in “bootlegging” inquiry. Page 16 sompers attacks 1. H. Gary's attitude towards unions. Page 17 and dauntless subchasers. Page 18 » “PITCHESIN”AND WORKSIN OVERALLS TO AID LEGION—JUST SEE WHO IT IS ures repres | waste of §i | Large Seales W | Further alleged large-scale wastes, | losses and inefliciencies in the equi; ! ment and operation of the railways, | Gimtult of approximate estimate = dollars and cents, in the exhibit_as follow Wastes due The man “pitched” in with hammer, | saw and broom. For several hours ! he worked in silence among the Vol- are given to remediable de- unteers until he Was interrupted by | oots in car equipment. ehaits 3 Sl Wastes due to defective power Why general. how long have you| . o WSS been here?” Former soldiers, sailors and ma- rines looked wonderingly at the man in_overalls. Then _they recognized Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett, former field command- er of the lst American Army over seas and until his retirement, sev- eral weeks ago, commander of the 9th Army Corps Area. 3. Wasies through ineffigient han- dling of tractive power. “3. Wastes due to inadequate en- gine terminals. Wastes due_to defective main- The American Rail- way Engineering Association, dis- cussing lo sses th h lack of stand- (Continued on Page §, Column 1.) » tenance of w v