Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1921, Page 2

9 L] " LUXURY LACK HELD | - HANDICAP TO FARM Secretary Wallace Speaker at National Community Center Conference. of The the farm as rur; comfor drift population from o the city will continue as long i life is without luxuries and according to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, who spoke at today’s session of the’ national confer- ence on the use of community centers at the Thomson School. “There is no use trying to argue a country-reared boy or girl back to the farm, id Secretary Wallace, “un- 1 rural life offers the same cemforts and luxuries as city iife. The logical resuit of the exodus from the country to the city will be the breaking down of the tion Lack Business Skill ctary Wallace pointed out that @ widespread agricultural de- ion throughout the country. due primarily to the fact that the farm- ers have failed to comprehend the Dation's great economic problem. He declared that the farmers had not made any progress on the business side of farming for forty cause they have not been think in economic ierms. Daniel C. Rop former first sistant postmaster general, outlined e work of the Post Office Depart- -nt. and said that the postal serv- would co-operate in the move- 1t to have direct marketing of foodstuffs from rural communities to cities through the community centers. He characterized the postal system as the “best exponent of Americanism yvet devised,” because it ays the open book of knowledge on | every doorstep i Sec) ther pres Other speakers at today's sessions R, were E.C. Lindeman of Greensboro,| 3 4 CHAUNCEY N € W. J. Holloway, state super- | Former United Statex senator fram New York, who celebrated visor of rural schools of Maryland, |sevemth birthday today. He and George W. Guy, executiv re- | morning and puts in a geod day's work. tary of the Co-operative Educational ! taks offic Association of Richmond, Va. Phi- | lander I Claxton. federal commis- | sioner of education. presided. Urgex Poxtal Stations in Schools. Istablishment of brach post offices in public schools was advocated by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schoois the fourth eession of the conference last night at Central place High School. “The logical the branch post office is in th said the superintendent. struction of school chi mechanism of the mail both educaticnal and practical ues. as both the postal service the' schools teach - the same mental_lessons—that is, Dr. Ballon cited the School building. which has a branch post office located in it, and urged | that advantage be taken of the facil: ties provided in Washington's schoo!- houses after school hours for the uni- fyimg of the school and postal sy tems. He said that the Park Vi post office had been very successful in affording u means of co-operation wmeng the residents of the community «nd in instructing the school children in the proper use of the mails. Pareel Post Advantages. The opportunities which the pareel post system offers the producer and con- sumer were outlined by Representative M. Clyde Kelly of Pennsylva attributed the high prices of foodstuffs 1o the faulty distribution system of the country. and held up as the ultimate so- lution of the high prices the post office located in community centers. The par- cel post department, he said. can ef- fectively link up the producer and con- &umer and eliminate the middleman. The conference will close with an in- formal dinner in_ the Thomson School this evening at 7 o'clock. The dinmer has been arranged by Mrs. A. J. Dris- coll. community secretary. The toast- master will be P. P. Claxton, federal commissioner of educatian. PROFITEERING BACK OF RAIL TROUBLES (}oal and Steel Prices Blamed by Unions in Exhibit _ Filed by Lauck. for | and funda. thrift.” Park View w School | CHICAGO. April 23.—War-time and post-war profiteering chiefly in coal and steel products were held responsible for a large part ©of the financial difficulties of Amer- ican railroads in an exhibit filed by the railway unions before the rail- road labor board yesterday Ly W. w€tt Lauck, economist for the unions. “A conservative estimate.” he maid, “of what this profiteering cost the railroads frcm 1916 to 1919 s §7, £00.006 3 year in coal bills and $200.- 000,600 for steel and iron prodiets, including equipment and repair. from locomolive and car companies. The :ailroads expended for coal 2rd other materials and supplies in 1920 zbout $2.000.000.000. Acco)din, 2 wewres published by the bureau of Ibor stat.stice, there was, up o buary. 1921, & decline of 383 per cent in average wholesale pricis of a1l commouities, although the Aecrense in ihe caet of living in the same Le- n]‘ wes less than 19 per 1(.] the Iroads claim, this rece Sion > 1o continue, it will be only a com- paralive:y short time before an av. «rage decline of 50 per cent wall e recorded. It is plain that the rame sriount ot materials as purchased in 1 ouid cost §1.uB0.000 660 |, -8, | 4 1ailriua operating wxpenses wonld Le reduced by this an-cunt.” Earnings Set Forth. Earniugs of seventeen coal com- panies et forth in the exhibit showed That from an average percentage carn- ing of 79 in 1912 the percentage rose to 27.2 in 1917, dec g to 17.2 in 1918, During the pre-war years of 1912- 1914 eighteen steel companies had an average net income of $74.650.000. For the war years of 1916-1918 the income | of these same corporations averaged ap- proximately $337.000.000. or almost ex- &ctly four and on the pre- Yar averag. excess war-time farm popula- | ! WIDE WORLD. CONVENTION HALL PLANS FURTHERED Mrs. Dimock Requests Sec- retary Hoover to Suggest Campaign Manager. Plans for the erection in Washing- ton of a George Washington memorial building to cost in the neighborhood of $16,000.000 are going forward rap- idly, and it is expected that a Wash- ington man to direct the campaign in this city to raise part of the fund for the building will. scon be appointed. Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, who told of the need of such abuilding in an ad- dress before the D. A. R. congress last night, conferred with Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com- have asked Mr. Hoover to suggest a Hoover is understood to have men- tioned the name of Arthur C. Moses, who directed the campaign for Euro-. pean relief in Washinzton, as a man for funds for the memorial building. Mr. Hoover will be a guest at dinner at the home of Mrs. Dimock in 16th street tonight and the matter will be fur- ther discussed. Roowters® Meeting Called. The campaign be given additional impetus at a meet- ing to be held at the First Baptist Church a week from tomorrow, which Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, pastor of the church, has called for the purpose of crystallizing sentiment for the erec- tion of the George Washington me- morial building. Mrs. Dimock will ad- dress the meeting and Dr. Tupper hopes to secure another speaker of nationa] prominence to outline the need of a memorial building to the first President. As at present outlined. the building will be exceedingly spacious and will have an auditorium of lafge dimen- sions to be canopied by a dome of- fering good acoustics equal to any on the continent of Europe. At the same time, it is said, such a building will adequately meet the often expressed need for a spacious auditorium im ‘Washington, which civic bodies have frequently urged. REPLY OF GERMANY TO HARDING REBUFF DISPATCHED TO U. S. (Continued_from rst_Page.) dent in this city an inclination to what Germany would offer be- fore reaching a decision as to what future steps the allies would take in enforcing their demands upon the Berlin cabinet. Germany's appeal to the United States to act as arbitrator of the reparations problem and the Ameri- can rejection of that role brought | into the situation certain ties, which seemed to place before the British and French premiers questio of considerable delicacy. The view that the answer of Washington had intimated a readi- ness to act as intermediary in bring- ing about new negotiations gained ground here yesterday, and added { considerably to the preoccupation felt in official circles over the reparations settlement. It appeared certain that Mr. Lioyd George and M would be called upon at their meet- ing at Lympne tomorrow, cither to reject the good offices of the United States or reopen negotiations, today that the polic premiers rejecting any from the Ameri Ready to Ald Rebuilding. On the eve of the Lympne confer- ence Germany has signified her will- nnouncement of Germany's might clear the way for the to reach a decision without offers that might come n capital. Profits of at least $750.000.000 represent # burden of about $30 upon cvery Amer- ian family ingness to place immediately at the disposal of the allies all assistance “The United States Steel C. for the recomstruction of the devas- increased its net income per tom fr | lated areas of northern France and °M | Belgium, This was in reality a re- an average of $4.65 prior to the an average of $14.31 during the 1916-1918. Lackawanna Steel shows an even larger increase, somewhat influ- enced by a deficit of the pre-war years, | while the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com- pany was able to raise its earnings per ton from 32.02 1o $5 84 ! T to years | equipment concerns shown manuals were nearly two times as large as in pre-war v The New York Air Brake Company in- sed its profits from an average of . or 6.2 per cent on eapital stock in pre-war years, to an average of $4,- 053,000, of over 40 per cent for the years 1916-1918. In 1916 this company made over $8.200.000. or approximately 52 per t on invested capital. Such enor- mous profits lic at the root of many difficulties in equipping the railroads. The Westinzhouse Air Brake Company also earned more than half the value of its capital stock in 1916.” BANDITS GET $1,800 CASH. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 23— Three armed bandits held up and robbed James Goldsward, manager of e e Paper Company, of $1.800 bich he was carrying from the company offices this The robbery took place in section. The bandits in financial | nd one-half | in cash, wh a bank to morning The war profits of the seven railroad 1 Struction i -ars. | newal of former offers to restore the districts laid in ruins during the war, but in its details the ¢ submitted yesterday went much fur- {ther than the Berlin government had gone in its endeavor to reach an un- derstanding on the question of recon- In addition the German note invited further exchanges with the allies. and expressed a desire to initiate these discussions as soon us | possible POLICE SEIZE “LIQUOR.” Two Charged With Violating ‘Dry’ Enforcement Law. Detective Guy Rone and several oth- | er members of the sixth precinct command, accompanied by a revenue officer, visited the residence and place of business of George W. Shellhorn, 326 John Marshall place, yesterday afternoon and seized a quantity of al- leged intoxicants. Shellhorn and Daisy Utz were ar- rested and charged with violation of the Volstead prohibition enforcement law. They were released on bond in the sum of $1.000 for their appearance before United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hilt to answer charges of illegal possession and rectifying. 1 reports to hix place merce vesterday, and is understood to| man to direct the jocal campaign. Mr. | well gualified to handle the campaign | in Washington !'m‘ complexi- | Briand | but | there seemed to be a feeling | ‘man proposal | THE EVENING M. DEPEW, x clghty- "This photegrap HAYWOOD CALLED of Mr. Depew was 1 i 1 ‘WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 23.—Federal offi- cials today said they had received in- !formation that “Eig Bill" Haywood, I w to” become 'head of the propaganda bureau of the soviet government. “We have information that Hay- wood was chosen for this work by Lenin certain radicals who have been de- ported from the United States.” said Charles ¥. Clyne. United States dis- trict_attorney. We understand that the first fields for Haywood's propa- ganda will be Germany. Sweden, Norway and Finiand. He will attempt to bring about uprisings there, we believe “Our information iz that Haywood was approached by secrct agents of the Russian government the position. 1 doubt very much if it will_be pos 3 wood. because of the cancellation of the Russian treaty.” Haywood's time at the Leavenworth, tiary, where he was scheduled serve twenty .years for obstructing war activities, expires Monday. Wherenbouts Unknown Here. The Department of Justice is with- out exact knowledge of the where- abouts of William D. Haywood, I. W. W. official, who is to begin a prison sentence Monday. it was said at the department today. GERMANS REFUSE WORK 1 i | Kan.."” peniten- | | | Customs Officers Making It Diffi- cult for Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission to Enforce Regime. By the Associnted Press MAYENCE, Germany, April 22. The interallied Rhineland commmission is meeting difficulties in the applica- tion of the new customs regim: on | the eastern, frontier of the occupied territories, which became effective | Wednesday, as a large percentage of the German customs officersyhave re- to work, while others are op- ing passive resistance. Refusals to work for the allies have been particularly numerous in the re- gion of Ludwigshaven and Duessel- dorf. The commission is prepared 1o itake energetic measures to put the | Germans to work, the nature of which, | however, has not been disclosed, Im | the region of Duesseldorf, allied offi- cials say, the first day the regime came into effect the frontier customs posts actually were swamped with parcels which, the officials declare had evidently been saved for many days in order to embarrass the allies. It is learned that traffic between {the occupied territories and Germany . proper is ten times more in volume than that on the wastern frontier of the German republic, between Bel- i glum, France and the occupled terri- tortes. In the region of Mayence and orms, freight trains have suffered considerable delays owing to the de- i fection of the German customs offi- cers. An official note issued in Berlin by the ministry of the interior reached the occupational zone today. In the note the German government says it cannot bring pressure to bear on the functionaries to force them to work under the new regime, but that if any choose to work, it will not be held against them. of husiness each BY LENINS ORDER Reported Chosen to Headi Propaganda Bureau After Recommendation. i STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY. CHAUNCEY DEPEW EIGHTY-SEVEN TODAY. |PRESIDENT IS LAUDED ABROAD FOR PROMPT REPLY TO BERLIN British and French Papers Unstinted in praisc—-—Gcrmans Admit Tl'ley Were Astounded by Speed of Note. President Harding's specdy rep {mediation on the reparations questions has received u nd France. German newspapers admit Britain from the press of Gre answer. | ¥ the Associated Press I the reply was i i 1 I | H i W. chief, who is beli¢ved to belor either agreeing or refusing to in Russia. had gone 10 thit country {transfer the goid reserve of the-reichs- after being recommended by | pefore October 1 next. and offered |of the to i | the wiles of fraudulent bankrupts on | & grand scale. are sugg Pallies fix the LONDON, April 23.—In its editorial ! this morning on the American nn\-i ernment’s rep! the German note | | to requesting mediation on the repara- tions question the London Times says | what might have been ! Tt obscrves that President | altogether to ar- expected. Harding bitrate or mediate. “He could not, undertake cither had just adopted the European entanglements t declines | indeed, well offer | task after he attitude toward ken in his { recent message to Congress.” says the newspaper. Alluding to the “general distrust”| of Germany's calculations of repa tions, to which Dr. Simens Teferred in | his speech, the Times says: with cynical Americans, of their long and intimate knowledge g, it will that the appeal in itself admission that Germany capacity is a variable factor, depend- ing on whether the President or the amount of her debt.” be scen, a virtual Only Rep! asible. | Like the Times, the Daily News, says the American reply was the only | one that could possibly have been made to Germany ‘It would be inconceivable” thel Daily adds, “that a third party | hou rvene, even if it desired tol do o, except on a simultaneous in-| vitation by both disputants. and the German proposal speaks il for the itical judgment of Fehrenbach and Simons This been h con- newspaper, which has strongly combating what it termed France's warlike plans, tinues that the American reply “sounds a note to which the pre- miers at Lympne cannot close their | ears.” What America wants,” the Daily News adds, “is an immediate resump- tion of negotiations and the formula- tion by Germany of propusals such as President Harding himseif might be willing to commend to the ailies. It would be singular diplomacy on the part of the allies, who have the best reasons for not TUNNINg counter o Washington's views. to meet the suggestion with a prompt occupation of the Ruh German Hope Forelorn. The Daily Chronicle “In view of the hopes. freely ex- pressed in Berlin that America might be induced to take a line adverse to her wartime associates, the timely significance of the reply scarcely needs to be unlined.” ‘Germany's was a forlorn hope,” the Daily Mail's editorial says. “There never was any doubt that the United tates would through all the trickery of the boches.” Closer association in post-war prob- lems between the United Stages and the allied nations is foreseen by the Liverpool Post in the exchamge of notes between Washington and Ber- lin. The newspaper says: fr. Harding’s reply to Germany is regarded here as a sign that the United States government is ready to abandon its attiutde of aloofness to_Europen affairs.” The Yorkshire Post of Leeds says the last sentence of the Ameracan re- ply to Germany aro the feeling that the “new American administra- tion may be trying to open gently the door for a return to the allied council. and this _impression is strengthened by the hint received a few days ago that under certain cir- cumstances the United States might send an observer to the next.meeting of the supreme council.” OFFERS TO HOLD UP- GOLD. v ! Germany Makes Counter ‘Proposal to Allied Demand. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Avpril 23.—Germany, instead bank to occupied territory in the Rhineland. as the allied reparations commission had demanded, has of- fered to agree not to export or permit the exportation of gold fram Germany Germany's note in reply to the reparations commission, delivered to the commission today, in which this offer is tendered, says her proffered agreement would adequataly protect the allies, who had demanded the Poland. { transfer because the second paragraph of article 248 of the sailles. prohibiting the expartation of Zold, becomes inoperative May 1. treaty of Ver-! ] The second paragraph of article 248 peace treaty reads: “Up to May 1, 1921, the Garman gov- ible to extradite Hay-|ernment shall not export or dispose of., and shall forbid the export or disposal of, gold without the previous | mit for reporting {approval of the allied and associated ! powers acting through the reparations to | commission This proviso was intended to prevent Germany, should she feel inclined to| do so, from disposing of any of her | g0l holdings prior to final settlenient | of the amount and methods of her reparations payments. _— 1 Enough liquor prescriptions have been issued in San Francisco in twelve months to give every man, woman and child in the city half 4 pint of whisky. . i Iy to the German note requesting hanimous praise i they expected the plea to be rejected, but express surprise at the prompt By the Associated I'ross. PARIS, April 23.—The American re- Ply to Germany's request for media- tion. which reached Varis too late for morning’s comment in yesterda newspapers. is dealt with prominent- 1y by all the Paris journels this morn- ing. the intc st in it eclipsing even that in the Lympne conference be tween Premiers Lloyd George and Briand, ‘nt Harding and Secretary of State Hughes saw the German trap and were careful not to be caught.” says the ¥cho de Paris. "It TMany makes sincere proposals they will find us ready to hear them In a signed article in L'Eclair, Emile Burc, who formerly was Premir Briand's chicf of cabinet. says The note opens the way to a guar- antee of permanent peace and gives back to France the moral support which U iTon refused it The Bigaro says o United State invices us to find a speedy solution ©f the reparations problem. and the government must express Tly and conciscly what it wants.” Sayx Pitfall Was Lvaded. _The Rovalist newspa L' Action Francaise says: ° rding cvaded the pitfall into which Presi- dent Wilson fell. He ref to be the umpire between creditors and the — debtors, President Harding vishes to help us, but con- dition that we know w it The communist organ nite s Marshal Foch and mier Briand wanted to go to war, but America has spoiled their little party The reparations question cannot b solved by the capitalistic regime.” The gaulois says: “France will ex- amine no proposition from Germany until the latter pays the billion marks due March 23 and gives solid guar- antees for payment of the balance of 11 000.000.000 marks due us May 1.” The secialist Topuluire saye: W, con der American intervention as the t_mll- means of extricating both the French and German governments from the tragic situation in which the are entangled by their respec- tive errors.” The Temps, commenting on the reply of the United States to Germany's Tequest for mediation with regard to reparation, says: “One truth overshadows all in the exchange of the German and Ameri- APRIL 23, 1921—PART 1. CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT ON WEIGHTY MATTERS CONFRONT: | | ING THE GOVERNMENT Secretary of State Hughes and Senator Lodge, republican leader of the Senate, hotozraphed at the W RENT BOARD SOON 10 BE COMPLETE! | The vacancy on the rent commission | of the District of Columbia will be| filled by President Harding early next !week. according to intimatiol made today at the White House. The cancy was caused when C; F. Oyster resizned to hecome a m Iber of the board of District Commis- oners; and, because of the great in- crease in the business of the com- | mission resulting from the rccent ruling of the United States Sup Court upholding the Ball rent {which created the commission. a full membership is deemed imperative. | President Harding's attention has I been led to this and it is known il)\:l( he is giving the matter his a tention and that he will in a few daye reach a decis of Capt. Oyst William F. Gude Suggested. No indication has been given official- ly as to who will be selected, but it is understood that William F. Gude, former president of the Chamber of Commerce and for many years one of the civic leaders in this city, is being seriously considered. 0 as to the appointment SUCCOSSOT, can notes: If the German government Edward F. Colladay, republican were ready to bring forth acceptable | tional committeeman for the Distric proposals it would not make a detour|and William T. Galliher, chairman by way of Washington. It would sub- | of the republican state committee of mit directly its offers to the repara-| the District. called at the White tions committee before the total Ger- | House offices today and placed Mr man debt is fixed and the mode of |Gudc's name before Secretary Chris- | payments decided upon. {tian and urged his appoinunent | “The invitation of the United States| In their recommendation they laid | | for Germany to formulate accepiable proposals is impossible for the Simon government, in view of the past two ears of odious propaganda, in which Dr. Simons himself helped by February speeches and by pre to the German people that they are not responsible for the war, that they owe nothing. and that they have not been vanquished. If the Fehrenbach- Simons government attempted now to back-water and formulate just and equitable propositions it would be rried away in the flood of lies and Pi\lfrz-d which it has helped to accumu- ate.” Speed Awtonixhes Berlin. BERLIN, April 22—The German newspapers are not surprised at the American government's answer to Germany's note regarding repurations, but they are somewhat astounded by the promptness of the reply The Tageblatt, which is liberal in its views, says: ‘Despite the confidence the Ger- mans have in President Harding, his reply was what many of them had ex- pected—only further evidence of his sagucity. Evervthing now hangs on the German proposals.” The Vossische Zeitung says the re- ply was the only answer that could reasonably have been expected. The nationalist oTgans assert that it only confirms their predictions, and reaf. firm that no nation and no govern- ment will be willing to intervene be- tween the Germans and the victorious entente. 'WATCH PAPER MAKERS. Department of Labor Interested in Strike Possibilities. ossibilities of strikes involving up- ward of 30,000 men in news print pa- per and pulp mills in the United States are being watched carcfully by the Department of Labor, it was stated today by officials, Rejection of decreases ngthening of hour: in puy and ulphite and Paper Mill Workers in returns from forty-four locals on a referendum on the situation. Only five members dissented in the rejection proposition. ix companies agreements which expire May 1, and several others have agreements ex- piring May 11. Forecasts of a strik which would tie up the news print situation in the Tnited States caused the appointment of Commissioner Charles Bendheim of the conciliation service to the situation. In it was said, the depart quest the continuance the postponement of had & chance to mediate. rent would re REVOLVERS AND SHOTGUNS ISSUED TO POST OFFICE EMPLOYES EEDRR IR CLISALEES TO GUARD MAIL TRAINS LEAVING WASHINGTON FOR THE WEST in the mills was { prisonment. made by more than 6,000 cmployes of the International Brotherhood of Pulp|at the Henrico county jail here. have nvestigate | ase of a deadlock, of work andiw strike until it {ware and Hudson train at Hughes Cross- emphasis upon Mr. and Gude’s long pub- high lic service and ability According local leaders that the Pre point the U torney for the District The appointment of a recorder of dceds and the reappointment of Cor- poral Tanner as register of wills for the District are expected to follow immediately. In the scramble over the vacanc character to the helief of it is considered dent next ited S some likely week will s district of Columbi in the federal court of appeals, caused by.the death of Judge Pritchard Jus tice Ashley M. Gould of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia is| being promincntly mentioned and it| is understood that he can have the! appointment if he desires it. It 151 known that he stands ix high favor| with the new administration and that the President has regard for him per- somally and for his ability as a jurist Justice Gould, however. has given no indication that he would accept the place if tendered. Judge John C. Rose of Maryland also is being promi- nently mentioned for the place, as is! Judge Edmund Waddill, jr, of Rich- mond. TURNER HANGS JUNE 24. Counsel for Torpedo Expert's Slay- er to Appeal to President. RICHMOND, Va.. liam Turner, negro, victed last summer in the United States district court here on the charge of murdering T. Morgan Moore. government torpedo expert, in | Alexandria county, was today sen- tenced to be hanged Friday, June 24 April 23 —Wil- who was_con- After sentence was passed by Judge Waddill, counsel for the condemned may announced that they would ap peal to President Harding to havy the sentence commuted to life im- Unless the President acts on the case the negro will be hanged LAST OF CUSTER SCOUTS DIES. | MANDAN, N. D.. April 235 —James Flanagan. eighty-four years old, said to be the last surviving white scout of Gen. Custer's 7th Cavalry, died here yesterday. THREE KILLED BY TRAIN. MONTREAL. Quebce, April Three persons were killed and three others injured when their automobile i struck late by a southbound Dela- | | ing, near Lacolle. {the union on th 1 is | tion, and hi: hite Houxe yesterd: PRINTERS WILL CONFER WITH SECRETARY DAVIS 14-Hour Week Issue Is to Be Dis- Monday Afternoon. cussed on An informal conference with Presi- dent McPariand and ret Hays of the 1T national Typographical Union will be held by Secretary of Labor Davis Monday afternoon, it was learned to to discuss the contro- versy between employing printers and national issue of the fort our-hour working week Official authorization for a strike on May 1 has been given unions by head- quarters where employes of job shops are not on_a forty-four-hour basis by that date. Exceptions are made in cases where the contracts do not expire on that date. A 10 per cent assessment will be laid on members in case of serious conse- quences, it was stated. A referendum to the individual unions will be voted on here during the next few day: Various communications from in- dividual printers and local unions have been received at the Department of Labor. it was but no direct request for mediation has been made by either side. Newspaper shops of metropolitan cities. including Washington, will not be affected by the strike. since the forty-four-hour week already is in The job shops throughout the country, it expected, will feel the brunt of the fight {DR. BELL INCENSED OVER DETENTION (Continued from First Page.) account of the incident, then brought up the passport question again, notwith- standing that his “chief” earlier in the cvening. had waived the necessity of a vise before there was a protest about the head tax. Miss Mackenzie was informed by agent that she had been abroad within the vear and had not had a year sidence | Canada’ previous to this entry to th Unite tes, her British passport must be vised by the United States consul in St. John before she would be allowed to proceed into the State She was told that she must leave the train at Vanceboro and be held at the C. P. R. depot for refected immigrants until she could be sent back on the next morning’s train to St. John. Again, Dr. Bell protested. He told the agent that If his secretary was to be put off the train in the dead of night he and Mrs. Bell would go with her. The agent looked uncomfortable and said there were no accommoda- tions at Vanceboro except for “re- jected immigrants.” ‘onstable Enforces Order. Shortly afterward a constable of the C. P. R. appeared at the drawing room and announced he was under orders to detain Miss Mackenzie. Dr. Bell protested as an American at this treatment of a citizen of a friendly country. the train. They were ushered into the office of the inspector with whom Miss Mac- kenzie had had her altercation last September. The officer is said to have received them sitting at his table with his hat on and his back turned. He is said to have shown them no civilits At Vanceboro the party Jeft or courtesy. When the interview was over, Dr. and Mrs. Bell and Miss Mac- kenzie were escorted to the rooms maintained at the C. P. expense for detained immigrants, and there they remained through the the night. Wires to Relatives. In the meantime a wire had been sent to relatives in Washington. When the travelers reached St. John next day they went to the office of the American consul. where they learned he State Department, had telegraphed instructions to the immigration au- thorities to waive all passport mat- ters. Miss Mackenzie returned with doctor and Mrs. Bell to Washington In speaking of the incident today she said they had learned in St. John that the immigration officer was authoriz- ed only to collect a head tax from her if he was not satisfied that she was to return in less than six months *“Thus. the levying of the tax.” said Mackenzie, “was at his discre- discretion consisted of re- fusing to accept either my statemen: that [ was returning in June, or Dr. Bell's vouching for me. “The inspector exacted a head tax from me where there was ample proof that T was exempt from it and sent me back to St. John on the strength of a passport regulation which, a it tle ‘earlier in the evening, he had dis- missed as unimportant. 1 do mnot think it could be more plain that he was animated by personal malice.” e balance of the REAL ESTATE AGENT DIES. Charles C. Nixon, member of the Board of Trade and connected with the sales department of the real es- tate firm of Boss & Phelps for the past two years, died last night at the George Washington University Hos- pital. Death resulted after an’ iliness of six days following an operation for appendicit He resided at 3407 34th place, Cleveland Park. Mr. Nixon was born in Sewickly, Pa., December 29, 1883. He was gradu- ated from the public schools of this city and also from the National Uni- versity Law School. After a short residence in Tulsa, Okla., he returned to thix city and entered the real « tate business. During the world war Mr. Nixon served in the United States Marine Corps. 'uneral services will be held Mon- day afternoon at 2 o'clock at his resi- dence. Rev. Frank E. Bigelow of the Cleveland Park Congregational Church will officiate. Interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery. Surviving him are his widow. for- merly Miss Marjorie Mertz of this city, and a daughter, Olivia Nixon. LINCOLN SUPPORTER DEAD. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., April 23 Justin Lilly, delegate to the Chic republican national convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for pres- ident, in 1860, is dead at his home here.’ He was born at Medina, Ohio, WILL ABANDONPART (OF INTERURBANLINE ‘W. R. & E. to End :Service Between East Riverdale and East Berwyn May 1. Service between East Riverdale and East Berwyn, Md.. will be abandoned by the Washington Interurban Rail- | road wompany on May 1. This was announced today by the Washington Railway and Electr Company, which controls the inter urban road. This stretch of track, ap proximately two miles in length, will be Jeft idle with the approval of the Maryland public service commission. Thes commission approved the appli- catiom of the Washington Railway and Efectric to make East Riverdale the endWof the Bladensburg road line on_the coanpany’s showing that oper: ating exga'nses from that point to last Berwg'n exceed the revenue de- rived. The comimission, however. denied the companyA: request to remove the tracks from Wast Riverdale out, ex- pressing the hope t it may be possibla to resmame operation of that part of the line later. Renidentas. Disapprove. Residents of th:a part of Maryland appeared at the hWiring granted by the Maryland comwission and op- posed abandonment af the two miles of k in question In its decision the YMaryland com- mission kes with the policy of the District Pub Ultilities Com- mission in refusing to consider. in fixing the rate of fare, ta\flic carried or expenses incurred im Maryland On this subject the Mary@and com- mission states: “On the other hand, festhtony was introduced to the rffect that tA® Public Utilities Commission of the Diwtrict of Columbia has not taken inte comsidera- tion heretofore in fixing rates for the Washington Railway and ElectricwCom- pany and the Washinzton Intersbhan Railroad Company. iraftic carried orex- penses incurred outside the District “Nearly all the patrons of the Mars- land part of the Washington Interurbaa Railroad Coms line are emplove: of the federal government or other pe sons having economic terests in Washington Congestion Caused Action. ‘ongestion and dearth of housing facilities in that city or preference for suburban over city life caused them to move across the boundary line into interests. social and remained unaffected, differing nomie, in no way from those of residents in suburban developments the Dis- trict of Columbia “This basic similarity of situation., particulariy as regards the need for transportation facilitics to Washing- ton, was not altered by the interven- n of a line of political severance. Recognition of this fact by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission of the Dis- trict will insure the contnued opera- tion in Maryland of the lines of ihe applicant and other roads similariy circumstanced., and the commission hopes and believes that such recogni- tion will be accorded, as only thus will normal suburban development in the vicinity of Washington be pro- n.oted.” LONDON IS HOPEFUL OVER GOAL CRISIS 1y the Asenciated Press. LONDON, April 23.—Delegates of local unions of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain met here today, but it was understood before the meeting that no definite decision relative to the controversy with mine owners, which caused the minees’ strike, April 1. would be reached untll after leaders of the federation conferred again with Premier Lioyd George Monday. Mr. Lloyd George conferred with the miners yesterday, and at the-close of their conversations the situation was considered quite hopeful. It was said the prime minister had appealed to both sides in the mine controversy to remew negotiations regarding the wage question, and thdt the govern= in of national wage pool. one of the chief demands of the miners. Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners’ union, who has been in a rather delicate position. since the breakdown of the triple alliance strike, received a vote of confldence from the miners’ federation yester- day. The position was considered 8o hope- ful at the close of yesterday’s confer- ence, which was held at the board of trade, that Mr. Llayd George, who previously had intended to remain in London overnight. started immediately for Lympne 80 as to be able to mect Premier Briand of France tomorrow at_Dover The official report of the board of trade conference shows thut the pre- mier appealed to both sides to come together and investigats the wage question. It was arranged ihat dur- ing the adjournment to Monday the coal owners prepare for submission of papers showing in greater detail the effect of their proposals both upon the miners’ wages and their own orofits. This ix considered an important point, it having been maintained by the miners that figures hitherto advanced by the owners to prove the industry was unable to stand a higher wage scale than that they offered were mix- leadinz, and that in any case it was unfair 1o base a permanent wage scale upon a_period of abnormal depression in the industry Unofticial and unconfirmed reports are current that the government is dis- posed to agree to a =ort of national wages pool, as distinct from a profits peol, and is strongly urging the own- ers to make a better wage offer. Al- though the miners ure firm on the de- mand for a national pool, the fact that they have not withdrawn their confidence in Mr. Hodges leaves the hope that a compromise settlement is possible. TOKIO ADVISORY COUNCIL APPROVES STAND ON YAP By the Associated Press TOKIO. April 22— advisory council today approved the attitude of the cabinet on the man- date question, after Viscount Uchida, the foreign minister, had given an ex- position of the government's view- point, according to newspaper reports. Nothing official as to the nature of the council's decision has been given out, however In diplomatic ecircles here the im- pression prevails that every effort will be made to reach a settlement mutually _satisfactory to the powers concerned. The government, accord- ing to the Asahi Shimbun, is consider- ing the advisability of appointing a special commission with this end in view. The diplomatic A Tokio dispatch of Wednesday uoted the Nichi Nichi as saying the inet on Tuesday had decided there Was no reason to alter Japan's policy on the Yap mandate question, be- cause of the recent American note on the subject. The decision of the cabinet, the newspaper said, would be reported Friday to the diplomatic ad- visory council at an extraordinary meeting of that body. While the foreign office would neither confirin nor deny the Niehi Nichi's statement the Tokio newspal of Thursdig ‘. o or professional in-* 2 ment was disposed to agree to a sort’ ] ’ ' ( ‘-