Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and unsettled - tonight; slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperature for twenty-four hours today cnded at » ig 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 5 p.m. today: Hi Full report on page 11. ghest, 70, at at 6 am. Closing New York Stocks, Page 31. @he Foenin The Associated Preas is exclusivels entitied to the use for republication of all mews dispatc credited to it or not utnerwise credited 1 this Paper and also the local news published Lerein. | Member of the Associated Pres: ” All right dispatches herein are aiso reserved. '« of publication of special ok Yesterday's N 28,124, o. post ntered as office Wa secong-c <hing WA HINGTON, D. C FRIDAY, APRIL 29, MR, WEEKS SCORES HOUSE INQUIRY INTO GEN. BUNDY AFFAIR Secretary Maintains Presi- dent Should Not Be Ques- | ' tioned on Appointments. NAME ON WILSON LIST THAT SENATE KILLED {Senator Says It Is an At- War Department Opposes Flood | Resolution Asking Why Mr. Harding Overlooked Officer. The onpa War the Hriz. recommended P Flood Gen. Omar for Harding. s in o« letter to C1 military House today. of Gen division eside the the The name manded a France, was major nerals sid Wilson i .22 Pre Senate n by tr Hard nt & ident had failed to con viously wou field.” wrot would lead 1o very plications should House may why he The for promotion B matter alone. the “The n Bundy do of nom President in stitutional authorit fore that body in any m it the ice. nomination b me of B s not rations Department ed 1o the adoption by resolution Bundy I Secretary ai committee, Bund at contained to at m id Mr. n strorely the 1 <in was us why not hy romotion Weeks Kahn of i before rvar . who com- the front in in the list of the Senate by it did not ap nitted recent after the ! m the ori open a very Weeks, and serious com- be demand of the did net appoint any of Army which concerned the Sen: Secretary said. and rig appear upon the submitted pursuance . a s accepted t Tresi- indi- the officers President was added Omar list by the of his con- is not be- en. nd HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL PUSH MERGER Representative Zihimas: Pro- poses to Take Matter Up Independently. Without waiting (o #6¢ what comes of the voluntary now in progress, merger the subcommittee on conferences merger of the House District committee, it was learned today, consider consolidation once about traction to a ative chairman will means of W iterests through legislation. Zihiman of the merger subcommittee, of Maryland. proposes to take the matter up inde- pendently of the deliberations started by representatives of the Public Ul ties Commission and the two street rai way companies 1o effect a _merger through voluntary agreement. Such an agreement. if reached, would require actment by Cong re s to legalize it. Representative's Position. The position taken by Mr himan is that the District committes is going to work out the merger problem on its own account. If the committee receives from the traction and utility board representa- of s tives a plan those inte plan and will recomr sary to put it it w d th il merger acceptable to consider the in the event of approving it, slation ne nto effect Will Loxe No Time. Should fail to House depe me ua make Congre ends Representati ble his comm part of next we making a preliminar; situation. The inqu will assume a broad produce an committee, b nquiry. ting at and will b efinite before the ee volunta azrecment, will 21l the fac conference: the ason of s in- 1ve 1ost no < in th in a position to recommendations I k for the . Y. B to resent session hlman will assem- during the early purpose of sanvass of the it is indicated, pe TOWNLEY SENTENG 10 JAIL IS UPHELD ST. PATUL. Minn, Apri} 23 onal Non-Part Non-parti Gil for onal Joseph manag of co r t during the wo Townlay guilty Ju! and Gilb, 12 an an former league, Diracy to encourage dislovalt ert Convic- T.eague, and League, and Minnesota on charges was upheld b the state supreme court today. wers found 1919, by a jury in the Jackson county district conrt and sen- tenced by Judge E. ¢ Dean to ninety davs in the Jackson county jail and fined $500 sach Execution by appeals. Charges Based on Chargea against bert were Tivered in Leagua alf of new trial was and the supreme court St Paul today and could not say wh Tow baked on specches 1 the fn Minnescta ried on July ase was anpealed to th Townley h t would be the of senterice was delayed eechen. ey and Gil- ¢ de Non-Parttsan peal o was not coun here next Gilbert s serving a years sentence fn the Goodhue county Jail at Red Wing, Minn, for convictian on an in dictment charging him with inter- ference with cnlistments in violation of & Minnesota statute which was uy held as constitutional by the Unite: States Supreme Court. He recently was derfed a pardon Allegations fn Appeal. In their appeal 0 the state supreme enurt errors in prema court found Townley and o the trial court, hut thert charged the sa- thae none of the errors of law of which they compla i resulted in their heing deprived of \ anv of their cubstantial righte The two were charged with “con- apiring, combining and doing other ac to teach and adva hv oral &peach and by publicat: at men whould not enter the military serv e” in the world war and also t liherty loan 6 their funds gi¥Ue enterprises. 125 20 mTY 9 hey saould not assist in finar amnaiens in nw s b Non-Part'san | FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING. tResolution in Senate Would Ad- vance Eastern Time One Hour. i Standard time in the eastern zone !would be advanced one hour bezin- ninz at 2 am. next Sunday and ¢ tinuing until the same hour on <t Sunday of September. under a ' Cintroduced today in the | by Senator Edge, republica i rsey | i KNOX PEACE PLAN BY HITCHCOCK | HIT tempt to Dictate to Presi- dent Harding. Adeption of the Knox peace reso- lution would be an attempt to dic- tate the international policies of Drosident Harding, Senator Hitcheock of Nebraska, ranking democrat on relations ¢ in the Senate. a senator attacked idle and ineff. committee, the it was , heing =h like a gas franc through a eity council “‘when votes can be depended upon. ' resolution is to be voted on tomor- row Quotes Harding Address. Quoting from President Harding ddress to Congress. in which he op posed any statement of policy by Congress,” Senator Hitchcock ~ said Congress in this resolution did “a sume the function of the executiv It assurcs,” he to dictate he terms of th, ¥ which only the executive has power to negotiate. W become of the famed n between the rious of the government? Is the President’s request to Congress not to interfere in his constitution: power to be floated at the first chance? 1s Congress to dictate to the executive what sort of a treaty he 1S to negotiate with Germany?” “Ix There a Conflict.” | “Is there already a conflict between the new executive and republican leaders in the Senate? Are we about to witness an attempt by leaders in wontrol of this Senate to dictate to ithe President, to ignore his recom- mendations, to override his protests in the matter of foreign policies? “The manner in which this matter has been brought into the Senate and handled in the Senate is perhaps i without a precedent. It is apparently to be put throuzh by machinery. Not i speech has been made in support tof it, not even a speech by the sen- ator who introduced it, not even a speech by the senator who reported !it from the committee. No discussion tas to its merits; no consideration of |its effects. | A resolution involving the foreign |policy of the United States and as- suming to dictate to the President of ythe United States a vote here without {effort to explain its m tify its enactment. | through the Senate Bas franchise or cit | roaded throuzh a city council when the votes ‘can be depended upon.' Would Have Little Effect. _ Senator Hitchcock said that in his judgment the adoption of the resolu- tion would “have little effect in the United States and practically none abroad.” He argued that it was futile {to attempt repeal of the state of war, that a state of peace already had been ,declared when the law was passed March 3 repealing virtually all war- time legislation. Reservation of rights property in this Hitcheock said was “We can do this w tion, he declared do it adds nothing powers. It is not it's written on unles to it” pparently any ning or jus- It is to be rushed very much as a contract is rail- to country, ile thout any resolu- “A resolution to to our rights or worth the paper Germany agrees German Senator Say Terms Restriet. Terms of the resolution, Hitchcock contended, “restrict the President. but they do not bind Ger- many. “When we have doned the Senator Versailles treaty” he continued, “we abandoned all rights under it. Can say in this resolution many. although seidenty EE Makes Reply. tor Kellogg, republican, Mi it may need Scnator Hiteh thit the war law tepeal I the effect of declaring ended technicaily and le 1id the repeal resolution merely 1o xpecific E Senators 4 publican, Idaho, and Reed, . Missouri. denied Senator Hitchcock's assertion that the Knox resolution nterfered with c- tions of the Pre Ith tun ent. Senator Borah d that cleariy foll within the pow- rs of Congress Senator Reed sug mested that the Nebraska senator overlooked the direct invitation in sident Harding's address to Con- s for onal resolution to Agree to Vot informai An the peace resolution before adjourn- ment tomorrow was reached by the agreement to vote on republicans and democrats yesterd: That the resolution will put through is conceded by all the afternoon by n was under fire by ‘nderwood of Alabama, dem- der of the Senate, yester- »on. The Alabama senator assalled the resolutfon as “inoppor- tune” in view of reparations negotia- tions. and also as an “abandonment™ of the allies. He declared it would ! “compromise the honor of our peo- le,” and make the United States an outsider” in claiming the Island of Yap or other war Settiementn, Senator McKellar, democrat, Ten- nessee, interjected a Btatement that the resolution Was unprecedented, and that the United States could not clatms under the treaty < without belng a party to ! can, Idaho, replied that i{ wag good pr 17 Lo be established, “We may not have & Figkt (o axpeet that the party In power should ratify the treaty of Versailles, but we dn have a right to expect the conclumton of a p which would be in accord with the aims ¢€ the war” { Underwood safd. NEGROES KILLED IN RAID. Stills, Liquor Seized in North Carolina, RALEIGH. N C, April 29 cornered fight 'ate y Ina three- sterday between a party of revenue officers and guards at a4 big fllicit moonshine whisky still near N. C., three unidentificd negroes killed, according to mcager Vices received here today. None of the officers was_hurt The officers Seized three ex 25,000 gallons of beer - and $2.500 worth of material The plants were operated by the Bala- din brothers, ncgroes, notorious block- aders, the advices stated. scal wers hig distill- 150 gallons of is 10 be pushed to ! of | enator Borah, republi- Senator and Materfal Are. ad- | CUTOUT ALL SLURS NOW UNNECESSARY No Discriminations Against District Unless Demanded by National Necessity. EQUITY IN ALL THINGS Bditorial Correspondence of The Star.| THEODORE W. NOYES. us assume that our President.| and the capital com- co-operating faithfully rnestly and effectively to promote the welfare of the nation's city. What the needs of the capital | which must be met in order to bestow d pros- Let our Congress L munity are are it a maximum of deser perity What are tae diser ln:llinniflitnihtv‘ must be removed in order 1t it may enjoy the maximum of rerican fair play? ‘The District ix entitled to every American right, privilege and power | which is not inconsistent with that! full control by the nation of the na- | tion's city. which the Constitution pro- | vides. | ‘The acid test of every discrimina- tion to which the peopie of the capital | are ubjected ix thix: “Does the n: tional safety or the national welfare abxolutely demand this sacrifice by the capital community " What, then, are the Americ privileges and powers, heretofore de- nied th District whic in equity as {the result of the application of this tacid test must be restored or be- stowed? What does the Washingtonian need to relieve him of hurtiul d rimina- tions that are not demanded by con- sideratons of national safety or na- tional necessity? i which it A | n right WHITE HOUSENOW Reliet From Defamation. First, neecs continued and un- | grudging recognition by the nation and by Congress of his public-spirited | he s services as u capital builde tributor in land and money, as | payer and otherwise, to the city's de-) velopment; he needs faithful fulfiill- | ment of the nation’s own financial ob- | | ligations in respect to the capital and | [t times he needs relief from slanders | lupon his public spirit and from un- rved slurs as a mendicant. The | ashingtonian is entitied to financial ! ty in taxation and appropriatio, rding the just disbursement of ac cumulated tax surplus And the | Washingtonian is entitled to his good name. Access to Means of Selt-Support. Second, he needs access for his sons | to local means of self-support, that they m not be cxiled in order Io| H live. The eéstablishment of light and clean manufactories, like those ot Paris and Vienna, and the develop- ment of local trade, wholesale and retail, must be encouraged. Then re-| peal or end. in the interest of the| District, the apportionment of offices law, s0 that the youth of Washing- ton. if the most meritorious of all ap-| cants, mav have ready access 1o the wovernment departments and workshops. which, for Washington, | take the place of iron mills in Pitts. | burgh and the cotton. woolen and | shoe factories of many New Eng-| land cities. Congress, by its policy of | ouraging commerca and manu- facturcs at the capital, excludes all other great factories gnd workshops | than its own, and then by the ap- ' portionment of the offices law (a relic | of the old spoils system. distributing offices like bandits’ plunder among @e states in proportion to ftheir ! strength) shuts out the growing | youth of the city from the classified service and from access to the only locai means of self-support of this kind which it permits to exist. In the nation's city national workshops are loeal. Washington fix the only mmunity in the world where em- | syment of the local youth in the *al workshop, inxtead of being e couraged, is prohibited: where the younz man must go abroad in order become eligible for employment at | ome. » 1o Repeal Apportionment of Offices Law. During the world war the appor-! tionment of offices law was exposed in ail its unbusinesslike, hurtful in- efficiency. In order that the national kovernment might function quickly | o effectively 1o meet the require- Ments of the business of war-nmaking the hampering apportionment of offi- cos was evaded, ignored, sus- Under a true megit system h taw pended. the government should be able to use the nation's work, whether in tted of Amer- to do War or peace, the best- {ran applicants, irrespective of the | Siate 6r territory or section from | Which they hail. Ax an integral part | of the mystem of business efficiency to which the new administration in mincerely committed the napportion- of offices Inw should he r pealed an unsound in principle and hurtful in practice. Judicinl and Political Equity. Third, the Washingtonian needs ac- cess m equal terms with other Americans to the federal courts: the same right to ue in a federal court as that enjoyed by the citizen of a state. Fourth, without disturbing nation- control of what remains of “the ten-miles square.” he needs repre- sentation in accordance with Ameri- | can prineiples In the national legis- Jature, which exercises this exclusive control, and which may dispose of | his property, his liberty, hig life. | " Wifth, he needs, like other national | Americans, representation in accord- ance with American principles in the al |electoral college wilch clects the { nation's President. | These rights, when granted, will not necessarily weaken in the slight- est the natlon's control of the Na- tional Capltal or redu, in the least 1ty obligation to participate financial- | |1y tn the capital’s development: and | they eannot much longer be denledv1 No New Discriminations. i | Mennwhile the Washingtontan, hould be scrupulously protected inm' the menger tigen of reprementa- | tion and participation in hia own gov- | | ernment and affairs which he now en- ' Joxx by custom or by law. He should endure no slurring diseriminatior mew or old, which fx mot clearly shown to be essential to the n lonal | Wwelfare. In his innugzural gddress, de- | livercd March 4. 1841, under weather onditions Which bLrotght to . him speedy death. President William | Henry Harrison aid: -1t fs in this District only where Amerjcan citizens | lare o bo found who, under settied system of policy, are deprived of many important political privileges without any inspiring hope as to the future. Their only consolation un- der circumstances of such depriva- tion_is that of the slevoted exterior | suards of & camp—that their suf-| ferings secure tranquillity and safe- ly within. Are there any of their countrymen who would subject them | to greater sacrifices, 10 any other | humiliations than those essentially neocsaary to the security of the ob- == “(Continued on Fifth Page) ! Bekir Pasha. n DAUGHTERS oF DAUGHERTY FoR| DEFLATING New vesterday. POLITICIANS® MEGCA Heated Patronage Fights Center About President as Court of Last Resort. Pre: dent Harding is not permitted his time and attention to igh brow” problems of internation- al and domestic importance, numerous and grave as they are; the politicians won't let him. Don't picture his pri- vate office as the cloistered sanctum where gather exclusively statesmen with portfolios and legislators with great plans for saving the countrs. Vary it with scenes of excited poli- ticians, clamorously setting up as- to give al | serted rights to patronage and state ontrol. For the President is the court of Last resort in a number of exceeding- Iy vexatious state contests among actions for control of the party ma- chinery up to and including the next campaign. It is only fair to say that it is .ot alone the patronage at stake; the patronage is just the test which will assert the supremacy of the contending factions Missouri, Wisconsin. are raging. In the three republican states the contention is strongest and at times seems almost hopeless. Tlli- nois presents a milder case, which promises susceptibility to adjustment. Harmony Forms Contrast. Standing out in charming contrast to these states are Kansas and In- diana, where the republicans got to- gether out of court, arranged their patronage squabbles among them- selves and presented a slate to the acministration with the suggestion that the President need not bother himself further than to send in the rominations, which would be entirely ‘tory to the factions. ouri_republican factionaliem is a hard nut. The kernel of it seems to be whether Jacob L. Babler is to dispense the patronage and control the state or whetner Senator Spencer and republi cans of other factions sl 1 have rec ognition. The decision will be shown when the I'resident sends in the nomi- | nation for the district attorneyship for the western district of Missouri and if | he renews the nomination of Charles C. Madison, prescnted at the last session of Congress but not confirmed because it was objectional to Senator Spencer. Missouri Compromise Looms. A “Missouri compromisc” is possible, and. in course of suggestion, by giving Mr. Madison something cquaily as good and letting Senator Spencer fill the at- torneyship. That course would be sat- isfactory to the senator, it is said, but the Babler faction would still be ag- grieved. It is asserted that the republi- Can national committee last year prac- tically repudiated Babler, but his fol lowers, Who are numerous, now refuse to accept the ban of outlawry. Presi- dent Harding wants to hold Missouri for the republican party and is trying his best to iron out the troubles, The Oklahoma contest between the adnerents of the late national com- mitteeman, Jake Hamon, and the op- posing faction is still seething. The Jatest returns of the progress of the feud are discouraging and of a nature to give great comfort to the demo- crats, who confidently look forward to regaining the state, the loss of which was to them one of the bit- terest pills they had to swallow in the last elections. If any one could devise a plan to unite the Oklahoma republicans factions, the administra- tion probably would be grateful enough to_ offer, like the fairy god- mother, three wishes, all to be granted. NAME NEW COMMANDER. Turkish Natlonalists Dissatisfied With Western Army Results, LLONDON, April 23.—A dispatch to the London Times from Constantino- ple says reports have been received from Anatolla that Rafet Pasha has been removed from command of the nationalists’ western army because the Angora government was dissat- istied with the conduct of the un- successful and costly attack on tne Greeks at Tulu-Punar, The dispatch says it i understor 1 his succeesor will be Kiazim Ka:a former commander on the Armenian front. TEN KILLED BY BLAST. PAMPLONA, Spain, April 29.—Ten workers were killed and a dozen others badly burned through an ac- cidental explosion last night in the cartridge factory of Juan Martulez Goni, in the outskirts of the town. The blast from the exploding powder was followed by fire, which destroyed the factory and several nearby build- ings. N Oklahoma. | Georgia, Tennessee and Texas top the | {list of states where factional fights! Balks at Bachelor Tax, as Spinsters Gave Him the Mitt Br the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS, Mont.. April 20 ~Declaring that “spinsters are responxible for my not being married in their refusals of m* wooing in the paxt,” William At- zinger, thirty-five, n member of the board of directors of the Hontann state fair, today noti- ed the assessor of Chouteau county that he wiil refuse to pay the poll tax of $3 levied by the lant leginiature upon bach- elor. “Tax the spinsters of the same age and | will gladly pay, but otherwixe it in class legixiation, and I tand upon my rights,” he declared. “Furthermore | refuse to xet married to escape jail, and 1 re- fuse to pay a bachelor tax to ex- eape jail.” HIP STRIKE LOOM AS PARLEY FAILS Unions to Lay Case Before President After Refusing Benson Demands. Failing to reach an agreement with the shipping board and American steamship owners on a basis for read- justing wages and working conditions in conference here today representa- tives of the unions announced that they would lay their case before Pres- ident Harding. Chairman Benson's proposal for a 15 per cent wage cut was rejected by William S. Brown, in behalf of the iMarine Engineers’ Beneficial jtion. which already has U strike call for May 1. |” Andrew Furuseth, for the Interna- tional Seamen’s Uaion, asked that ! the board and owners agree to certain \ issued a |changes. in working conditions, but this was refused. Mr. Furuseth then suggested that the_whole controversy be submitted to_President Harding for arbitration. Chairman Benson rejected this pro- posal, saying that the President was already heavily burdoned. and that it was for ecach one present to ishoulder his own responsibilities, | William A. Thompson, representing the steamship owners, indorsed this statement. | Mr. Furuseth then said that since the conference had failed to come to an agreement. there was nothing more to be done, and the meeting broke up. After the meeting Mr. Furuseth in- ted Mr. Brown- to go with him as a commitee of all the marine workers and lay their case before President Harding. The existing working agreements between the “Shipping Board, ship owners and the marine workers ex- pire tomorrow. While no strike order has been issued by the seamen, union |leaders said that failure to reach a ‘wage agreement hefore expiration of existing _contracts would necessarily Imean a general strike of workers, iTod ay’s, News in P: in Paragraphs “Mail-early” area Is widely extended in the District. Page 1 Mayor Hylan explalng veto of water meter bill; answers Untermyer. Page President and Mrs. Harding return from review of Atlantic fleet. Page 2 Danlels tells of saflors who risked and lost life to save others. Page 3 Board of Trade backs Sawyer plan. Page 4 I Mothers and Parent-Teachers' Congress discusses proposed legislation, Page 11 Sixteen Mexicans acquitted of murder in Villa raid case. Page 12 Board of Trade shifts to Senaté in fight for additional D, C. water supply. Page 17 Merchants and Manufacturers' Associa- tion to_present appeal for support of C. & O. canal by the Navy Depart- ment. Page 17 hairman Kahn urges Increase of stand- ing Army to 175,000 men. Page 17 lo cope with congestion. Chicago officlal threatens trouble if red flag ie carried. Page 17 Representatives of local hospitals plan to observe May 12 as “Hospital day. Page 17 Georgla_governor aroused over “night riding" charges. Col. Hayward I torney in New York. Associa- | 1921—FORTY PAGES. Note—\Women “with positive conversational powers™ can make a bigger dent in retail prices than the whole Department of Justice machinery, Attorney General Daugherty declared i i 1 | | 1 Schools condemned In 1906 used now to | just as t Page 17 |ing loaded into a truck to be taken 3 Page 20 {prints leading from the car to a dock. 8 in race for U. 8. at- It ic believed they escaped in a motor Page 25 boat. * Net Circulation, 56,01‘5 TWO CENTS. ARBITRATION IS PLEA. Bernstorff Says Criticism of Appeal Will Further Weaken Cabinet. Ry the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 29.—Criticism level- ed at the German cabinet’'s appeal to President Harding in the reparations question was calculated to weaken still further the position of German diplomacy abroad, declared Count von Bernstorff, former ambassador to the United Stat in his maiden speech before the reichstag yesterday. Sup- porting the German note to Washing- ton. the former ambassador deprecat- ed the temper of the debate. “The democratic party. to which T belong.” he said. “has contemplated with profound regret the discussion Eoing on this pariiament yester- and today. At a time when the fatheriand is in dire distress, when we are immediately threatened with the ETAVESt Coercive measures, we are in- dulging in heated partisan discussion linstead of realizing national unit which alone will enable us to over- come the menace with which we are confronted. Actuated by Economies. “The United States i actuat iy by economic motives in its tre ment of Luropean problems. Ameri cannot possibly be interested in a chief- i: ing Germany dismembered or depriv- ed of territory which is now coveted in the western quarters of Europe. T expect far-reaching political aid from the United States. I believe. would be an error. The present issue, however, is not purely poliiical. but it involves the principle of grmly re-establishing | the solidarity of the interests of all nations.” “Proof of this may be found in pre- vailing world conditions. The United States’ is overstocked with raw ma- terials which we badly need. The thought of solidarity of nations. how- ever. involves the principle that the negotiations be conducted on a basis of equality. The imposition of ihe GERMANPROPOSALS - NOT YET REJECTED AS PARLEY BASIS 1Attitude of England and Italy Differs From French and Belgian . HUGHES SAID TO HOPE FOR REOPENING MATTER 'Exchanges Are Considered Possible Even After Invasion of New Territory Begins. Presiient Harding and his cabinet are understo to have discussed the German reparations proposals again today, Secretary Hughes laying before them the views of the principal allied powers with regard to the offer. Meantime the American reply to the German communication was held up. While the cabinet was considering the question it became known that reat Britain and Italy had not defi- nitely rejected the German offer as unaceeptable as a basis for negotia- tions. | cesstul fifty" {p.m. and the amount collected between jwith 428,000 between 1 p.m. and mid- penalties with which we are threaten- ed would be tantamount 1o a resur- rection of the state of war ileventh-Hour peal. “Under these conditions, we feel we were justified ip making an eleventh- hour appeal to arbitration. To this nd we proposed giving the United States an opportunity to the principle to whic well as its former have fully subsecribe In the course of h EARLY MAIL' PLAN MAKES A BIG HIT New Area of Collection Start- ing Monday Is Greatly Enlarged. mailing” is proving so su in Washington that a “fifty relation practically has been reached between the amount of first- class mail collected from 8 a.m. to 4 relief work carried on in Germany In contradistinction to other speak- ers. Count on time. OCCUPATION PLANS EXPECTED TO STAND Briand Willing, However, to Consider New and Serious Berlin Offer. By the Associated Press. PARIS. April 29.—Premier Briand, “Early 4 p.m. and midnight. Yesterday 330,000 letters were received at the city post office between 8 a.m. and 4 po,, as compared with 350,000 let- ters receivéd beiween 4 p.m. and mid- night. ~ Officials - tcday were highly pleased at the figures. *“These figures demonstrate that the people of Washington are taking a helrly interest in the ‘mail early—mail often’ campaign, and are getting their letters into the mail boxes as early each day as possible.” declared an official. Alds Plan, When-The Star begar several weeks ago to co-sperate with the Washington city post office in the “mail-early” cam- paign for expediting the letters of Washingtonians, the proportion of mail received at the city post office during | the two periods named was heavily over- balanced in “favor” of the hours be- tween 4 p.m. and midnight. The average number of letters re- ceived at the post office daily for thel‘ six days of April 4 to 9 was about 180.090 between the hours of 8 am.! and 4 p.m., as contrasted with about day, consider any serious new is going to Lbndon ready out first having pledges as a guarantee that the pro- posals would be made good. Consequently, it was said. {not expected that any new Germany might make in London would prevent the extension of the occupation of German territory. Prime_ Minister Lloyd George Great Britain_would _consent to occupation of the Ruhr district of rmany only after an ultimatum, granting a certain amount of dela had been sent to Germany. said the London correspondent of the Matin. It is declared he takes this attitude in order 1o “appease those inclined against penalties.’” - of 400.000 between the hours of 4 p.m.| . von Oertzen. head of the Ger- and midnight. < | man war burdens commission. re- During the week previous to that|fysed to attend a meeting of the the average number of lotters re-| ceived daily between 8 am. and 4 p.m. was about 168,000, as compared , reparations commission today for de- termination of the time and methods of the German pavments. i Dr. von Oertzen, replying night. | Pt gty ' : . | ssion’s notice 1o attehd The “quick collection” route estab- | toatin é . lished on Pennsylvania avenue and F|MeGURE and preseat the erman ob street has had « large part to play in | fi View e tew Aftyontios hart | he should attend in view of the pres- relation, | % it officials believe, and anticipate that |0t conditions the extension of the “quick collection” | Commis Figures Disappoint. service Monday to the greater part| The figures of 132,000,000,000 gold of the downtown business area will materially _increase early mailings. the number of ' mission as the total amount due from | Germany on account of war damages. { element in French politics, especially The area within which all mail {the members of parliament formin, boxes will be “quick collection.” be- | the nucleus of the majority that sup- ginning_Monday, is bounded as fol- ' ported the Clemenceau cabinet. It is lows: Beginning at the southeast!understood that Andre Tardieu, a corner of Tth street and Massachu- |leader in that group. will fight hard setts avenue. running along the east !for immediate discussion of the in- side of 7th street to F street. along the | terpellations on the subject he has north side of F street to th street. |announced following Premier Briand's along the west side of 5th street to,return from London. Louisiana avenue, along the south| The fecling aroused by the discrep- side of Louisiana avenue to John!ancy between the commission's fig- Marshall place. along John Marshall | yres #nd the amount of damages place to Pennsylvania avenue, along ' g i av a o 3 | Wrance claims to have sustained at south side of Pennsylvania avenue to!Germany's hands is cited as proof 6th street. along east side of 6th|that France cannot be made to stand street to southeast corner of 6th and!(he making of any further conces: Missouri avenue, across stract and up | i (rermany. . i west side of 6th street to 6th and B| p, i streets. along south side of B street | eorre aenayo W10 1€t for London to 15th street, up west side of 15th | io street to north side of Mall, -rouna1pr,'\,,'\’.,":§.‘,,'.'i‘.‘1! J::f;;‘;f‘:, oL ihe a0 executive grounds to State. War and|bn atmosphere of @ confidence and Navy building. through the building |hope,” said the Journal this morning. “The position of France is well de- to north front. along south side of | Pennsylvania avenue to Madison place. | aned and is very strong. The exprese. ed determination of the government up west side of Madison place to| northeast corner of Vermont avenue and H street, along north sida of H | street to northwest corner of J4th | and H streets. up west side of 14th | street to northwest corner of 14th and L streets, across streetuto north. east corner, down east side of 14th street to northeast cornar of @ H street, along north silde of H Atreet to southwest corner of 12th streat and New York avenue, thence a 'straignt | line due east to Sth street, up west on. side of Ith street to New York avenue: | X s Soon’ as the suprome ocouncil along south side of K street to south- | reaches a decision,” said the Eclair to- gast corner Massachuselts avenue and | qay. “which probably will be Sunday or 5 onday, the French gov It 18 to be understood that the Above | ane thy necessaty SLeDE Lo moBiiis port festations of pariiament and public opinion.” Final Cabinet Plans. The cabinet council met vesterday and reached a final decision on the attitude to be taken by the representatives of France at the London conference. It also finished consideration of measures to be taken for the occupation of the deslgnated line 1a a boundary within < which all letter boxes will be collected | oF,00° will ‘be raplaced Moo by remraits prery R M Atles | from the class of 1921, who are now | belng trained. Organization of various SHOT ]N MA"_ HOLD-UP | economic services, as well as food sup- * |ply, must be undertaken, for it is not | impossible the Berlin government will Bayonne's Baggageman Wounded | cut itself off from the Inhabitants of the i newly occupled zone. These matters by One of Four Robbers. : will require a few days, but the advance g | into the Ruhr district will be completed BAYONNE, N. I. April 29.—Mat- | within two weeks after the declsion in thew Lyons, baggagemaster on the Jersey Central Rallroid here, erman propositjons are abso- was | lutely unacceptable and made under shot and seriously wounded today by‘.uch ‘conditions as to justify us in doubt- one of four men who held up a group|ing Germany's good faith,” Premle of post office employes an with three bags of mall, on contained reglstered mail. The men drove up In an automobile wenty bags of mail were be- d_eScaped | Briand declared to-press correspondents © 0f Which | hero this evening. He added: “The presence of Americans in our | councils would help immensely in the settlement of many questions. COL. RIDLEY TO LEAVE. to the post office. Immediately after | shooting Lyons, who resisted tha hold- up, the men drove away, having pre- viously turned in a fire alarm to dis- tract the attention of police. The machine was found later near Newarki bay, and police found foot- gineers, formerly in cnarge of public buildings and grounds in this eity, has been ordered to the Panama Canal Zone for assignment to dyly in_comnection Witn ‘the maintenante and operation of the Panama canal, \ propagate its present. as administrations speech. the for-| mer ambassador referred to American von Bernstorff consumed ten minutes of the reighstag's it was declared in official circles to- to proposals made by the Germans, but not with- in hand further it was offers | the ; marks, fixed by the reparations com-| {have proved disappointing to a strong is strengthened by the united mani-| Col. Clarence S. Ridley, Corps of En- | It _was understood. however. that the French and Belgian view {as transmitted to Mr. Hughes, were that the terms were unacceptable. According 1o information in usually well informed quarters, Secretary Hughes still ix hopeful that negotia- tions between the allies and Germany can be reopencd It if a final de- before the said is i that even on not reached French begin to move into additional tierman territory. the exchanges can continue after that time. U. S. POSITION PLEASES. | Allies Thankful for Consideration Thus Far Given. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Great Britain and France are deeply grateful to the United tes govern- ment for the courtesy, as well as the lovalty. displayced to the allied gov- ernments in handling the German reparation proposal. Officially, indéed, nothing has hap- pened—the allies haven't rejected or accepted the German proposal: they haven't expressed their views on how it might be modificd satisfactorily; in fact the allicd goveraments have re- jceived no proposition from Germany, {because the United States hasn't transmitted any document. Comment, { therefore, as t0 its unacceptability as {an offer ‘or its unacceptability as a | basis for negotiations has not been formally uttered by any of the allied | Rovernments to our government. All this is diplomatic fiction and custom, but it tells the stopy. For, as a mat- ter of fact, Secretaly Hughes did give duplicates of the German proposal to the ambassadors and ministers of the allied powers just as soon as the tele- graph operators handed a bookful of carbon copies to him. And within a ! short time thereafter the American Secretary of State learned the im- | mediate. reaction of the diplomats here to the proposal. And since then, too. the British and French premiers have spoken publicly their disap- proval. | What, then, is the next move? Since |the allies have received no proposal ;from Germany officially. they have nothing before them. As announced by Premier Briand. unless a satis- factory proposal is before the supreme council on May 1 the occupation of the Ruhr valley by allied troops will l;e llwgun as a penalty for German de: ault. i Mediation Offer Falls. So far the United States has not de- cided to send the German proposal to the allied conference, for intimations, public and private, show the American government how unacceptable the German offer is. Therefore. the Ger- to the man maneuver of mediation through the ! the United States government has {temporarily at least fallen through. servations, declared he did not believe| An cleventh-hour attempt to stop the occupation of the Ruhr can still be made by Germany either through the United States or directly through allied diplomatic representatives in { Berlin, but it is hardly expected. The original German proposal, how- 'ever, lies on the desk of Secretary ! Hughes unacted upon. The cabinet meeting here cannot advise any af- firmative course, but simply ‘must & | wait developments. There has been a | good_deal of talk to the effect that the United States government has not | from the beginning been desirous of | finding out whether the German pro- i posal was acceptable, but whether it | would afford a basis for negotiation. Inasmuch as_officially the American zovernment has not vet transmitted | the document to the allies, the chances lare that the supreme council will not |comment on the German proposal, !cither as to its merit as a basis for | negotiation or anything else. U. S. in Pivotal Position. One important fact rerains, how- ever, and the allies are deeply sensible {of that fact. It is that the Germans have formally placed before the | United States government a document | which the American government can answer if it chooses. either now or | next week, after the Ruhr valley has been occupied America. in _other | words, has become a means of com- miunication between Germany and the allies, and if the United States wishes to adopt the role of mediator next | week that position is still open to the Washington government. But the allies view such a contin- gency with peculiar emotions. They | fnsist that if the United States acts {as an intermediary, the Washington government automatically deserts the allies and becomes more or less neu- | tral as between the allies on the one | hand and the Germans on the other | hand, and is no longer a partner in | the reparations question on the side |of the allies. This the allies declare means also that any proposition made by Germany and transmitted by the United States will eventually have to | be underwritten by the United States. | The allles have no faith in German | promises. Will the United States.be ' ready to furnish military or economic support to the allles if the Germans, | after agreeing to pay, decide to re- | pudiate thelr promises? ~The allies imagine that an administration which | has repudiated the league of nations |and entanglement in European affairs | will decline to take the responsibility | of mediating in a KEuropean affair, ai- | though to be sure the allies would be | happy to have the United States under- write German promises either finan- | clally or otherwise. In other words, will America, a8 a negotiator for Ger- many, accept the responsibilitles which | any agent assumes in carrying on any | transaction for his principal? | Officials Perplexed. The Department of State is welgh- ing these conslderations carefully and {the entire administration is disin- clined to get mixed up in the repara- tions controversy at all, and if Ger- many imagines 8he has pleased the American government by dropping (Continued on Fage 2, Column 1.) (3 d