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- morrow; continued cool. | endedat2 pm. today: H t 2 pm. vesterday; Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. WEATHER. Rain tonight and probably tomor- row morning, followed by cloudy to- Temperature for twenty-four hours lowest, Full report on page 7. ighest, 53, at 48, at ¢4 @he hem WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Staf. 1 The Associated paper and also Member of the Associ | All rights of publication of special | Qispatches herein Are also reserved. ed Pre Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not utnerwise crodit n his || the local news published Lerein. | | | { Yesterday's Net Circulation, 94,207 No. RECLASSIFICATION 28,129. - JOINTHEARINGS T0 BEGIN NEXT WEEK Senator Sterfing Announces | Probable Time for Open- ing Sessfons. EXPECTS BILL TO BE DRAFTED VERY RAPIDLY Senate Committee Beports Favor- ably on Amending Civil Serv- ice Transfers. Joint hearings on reclassification of the government employes befors the Senate and House civil service com- . mittees probably will be begun early next week, Senator Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate com- mittee, said today, following & meet- ing of his committee. He said that the House committes would meet Fri- day to eonsider the matter of holding joint hearings on the reclassification bills. Senator Sterling said that it 1s planned to go forward as rapidly as possible with the hearings and the draft of a bill for the reclassifica- tion of the employes. Reports on Two Bills. The Senate civil service committee today ordered favorable reports. on two bills amending the civil service laws introduced by Senator Sterling. One of these bills repeals section § of the legislative, executive and ju- dicial _appropriation bill approved June 22, 1906. which provides that “it shall not be lawful for any clerk or other employe in the classified civil service in any of the executive de- partments to be transferred from one department to another until such clerk or other employe shall have dm a tel'rrl!.ln of three g‘el‘;‘s ‘in t?e lepartment m which he desires to be transferred.” ‘The other bill reported favorably repeals section 7 of an act making appropriations to supply urgent de- ficiencies, approved October 6, 1907, which prohibits increased pay under lump-sum appropriations to employes transferred within one year. Provisions Called Unfair. Senator Sterling said that these provisions are manifestly unfair to employes of the government who are qualified to accept positions at bet- ter salaries under the government, and that they work a hardship also wpon the government service. CHANGE IN POLICE HEAD IS NOT ANTICIPATED Commissioner Oyster’s Study of Department Has Caused RBumors of Shifts. Although rumors have been in cir- culation recently of an impending change in the head of the police de- partment, it is understood no such move has been decided upon. Commissioner Oyster, who super- ‘vises the police department, has been conferring for several days with a ‘number of officers, including men from the detective bureau, amd these conferences have led to reports of changes_in the department. The Commissioner has made no statement that would indicate he in- tends to make a change in the posi- tion of superintendent of police at this time. The Commissioner conferred with Inspector Clifford Grant, chief of de- tectives, and a number of Grant's men this morning regarding affairs in the detective office.” He also saw Lieut. ‘Wilson, an inspector in the uniformed branch’ of the force, and Sergt. Gray, a precinct man. It is known that the Commissioner 1s desirous of obtaining all the infor- mation he can about the work of all branches of the department with a ‘view to having the force give the city the best possible police service. This aim of the Commissioner is believed to be the reason for his conferences with police officers. BILLS OF LOCAL INTEREST INTRODUCED IN SENATE | Increase in Justices, Widening Streets, Closing Streets in Reed Hospital Area Proposed. A number of bills dealing with the District of Columbia were introduced today in the Senate, _Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District committee, offered the following bills: To add one associate justice to the Supreme Court of the District. T® add two associate justices to the Court of Appeals of the District To widen Georgia avenue from Fair- mont street to Gresham place. To wuthorize the extension and widenir of 14th street from Mon- tague sitreet to its southern terminus, south of Dahlia street: Niche reet from 13th to 16th str Mont quest of the Secreta and alleys within ng bounded by 16th street nnI Alaska avenue on the northwest. Fern street on the north, orgla avenue on the east and As- pe sireet as platted on the south, Senator France of Maryland offered | ¥ 1o own property here SUICIDE FOLLOWS ATTACK Salesman Wounds Retired Manu- facturer, Then Kills Himself. ry proposex to vacate and close in favor of acquitting the self-confess- 3 the area as Walter Reed Hospital, this !l proposing to amend the act in- | orating the Medical Society of the of Columbia, authorizing the Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY ¢4, D. C. SCHOOL HEARING. ‘Needs of Institutions to Be Laid Before Senate Subcommittee. The hearings on the needs of the public schools will begin before the Senate District subcommittee at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Senator Capper of Kansas. chair man of the subcommittee, announced today that the first two witnesses | Would be the president of the board of education, Dr. Simon, and the Supt. of Schools, Dr. Ballou. The hearings | will be held in the District commit- tee room in the Capitol. CONGRESS WARNED NOT T0 ENCROACH President Twice Reminds Against Assumption of Executive Functions. President Harding {s making (t pointedly plain to Congress that he is very determined to draw sharp lines of demarcation between legislative and executive functions and to pre- vent intrusion of one upon the other. It may be recalled that in his farewell address to his colleagues in the Sen- ate last December he distinctly an- nounced his intention of doing this iwhen he should become President. In two notable instances. the latest one yesterday, the President has is- sued a note of warning against leg- islative encroachment. He made it to be understood that he wouid mnot relish an expression from Congress on the subject of the President call- ing a conference of world powers on disarmament. At the same time he | was frank in intimating his sympathy | with the general proposition, but it is an executive function, and kLe be- {lieves its carrying out should be left | to him. In this connection it would not be out of place to say that the impres- sion prevails among many congress- men who have talked with the Pres- ident that he does not deem the pres- ent time the auspicious occasion for taking up disarmament. Jealously Guards Righta. The other instance of the intima- tion to Congress that the executive is vigilant in keeping the co-ordinate branches of the government in their true channels was his admonition in his address to Congress that he would expect Congress, in passing a resolu- tion declaring peace with Germany, not to indicate any suggestions to the executive as to treaty making, a power vested solely in the executive. In senatorial circles it is admitted to be a possibility that the President may yet clash with the irreconcilable republican semators who are viewed as seeking to drive him and Secr: tary Hughes into completely aban- doning the framework of the Ve sailles treaty, when the league of&c tions has been eliminated. The t is mot overlooked that spokesmen of the {rreconcllables arc coustantly harping on the one string—the im- possibility of using any vart of the Versailles treaty. Part of Treaty Useful The President in his address to Con- gress indicated his bellef in the pot sibility of utilizing a portion of that document, and it is generally under- stood that Secretary Hughes is plan- ning along that line. In the mean- time, while the subject is one clearly within the executive bailiwick, a back- fire is being built in Congress, de- signed, it is thought, to weaken the plans of the treaty making power by declaring them foredoomed to failure. There is ample authority, and from the highest source, for the positive statement that the President does not share Senator Lodge's view of the |impossibility of working the Versaiiles | treaty into form. suitable for utiliza- tion. There is ground for the belief that the President is irked over the in- sistence in certain quarters in the Senate to the conrary and that sen- ators who persist in it will be ap- prised of the administration’s resent- ment over the tactics pursued. SENATE FIGHT LOOMS UP ON DISARMAMENT ISSUE Borah’s Action Opposes Adminis- tration Desire to Defer Consid- eration of Navy Cuts. ! An impending fight in the Senate against the administration desire to defer consideration of naval disarma- | | ment proposals was forecast today by! the reintroduction by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, of his resolution to | “authorize and request” the President | to call representatives of Great Britain and Japan into a disarmament con- | ference. | Senator Borah also filed 2 motion to suspend the Senate rules in an effort to pave the way for early considera- tion of his measure. He and other dis- armament advocates plan to press the issue. President Harding is known to have communicated to_leaders in both the | Senate and the House his desire that action on_disarmament proposals be | deferred, because of the Dresent state | of international relations. | —_— | DALTON JURY DISAGREES. Discharged After 24 Hours—Half | Favored Acquittal. CHICAGO, May 4—The jury in the! | disagreed and was discharged today after it had deliberated for nearly| twenty-four hours. About half the| { jurors” were understood to have been ed bond thief CONTROL OF PRICES IN THEATERS HERE 10 BE CONSIDERED House Subcommittee on Dis- trict to Take Up Measure for Regulation. PASSAGE OF PAWNBROKER BILL IS BEING ADVOCATED Chairman Focht Urges Members to Concentrate on Major Pieces of D. C. Legislation. | Plans for comprehensive legislation to regulate the theaters and other | Places of meeting in Washington, for the protection of lives and to prevent extortion in charges, and legislation to revive the so-called pawnbrokers' | bill. permitting the pawnbrokers to operate, but preventing operation of loan sharks, was considered at the mecting of the House District com- mittee today. Subcommittees were appointed consider both pieces of legislation and report back to the full commit- tee as soon as possible. The meeting of the House District committee next Wednesday has been set aside for to i bill moving picture house from selling jmore tickets of admission than there s seating room. Will Take Up Theater Issue. The subcommittee named to con- sider theater legislation is composed of Representatives Wheeler of Il- linois, chairman: Woodruff of Michi- gan, Sproul of 'lllinois. Blanton of { Texas and O'Brien of New Jersey. This {subcommittee will meet Friday and of Representatives Focht of Pennsyl- vania, chairman; Lampert of Wiscon- sin, and Kunz of Illinois. Tomorrow the subcommittee. headed by Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio. will hold hearings on the Fitzgerald bill, providing workmen's compensa- tion for industrial and domestic em- ployes in the District of Columbia. Friday morning a subcommittee will hold hearings on the bill fathered by Representative Edmunds of Pennsyl- vania for a marine insurance law for the District, which will be a model for other states. Representative Dyer of Missourl,a member of the House judiciary com- mittee and formerly a member of the | District committce, appeared before | the committee today explaining the | | pawnbrokers' bill, on which he has| been working for the last five ses- sions of Congress. He explained tha the law as It stands today allow: only 1 per cent a month as the high- | est rate o interest that can be charged in the District. As a result of this legislation the pawnbrokers | cannot do business here, he said. He: told the commitice that the District | Commissioners arid the police depart- | ment are anxious that the bill which Chairman Focht, at his solicitation and urged by the District Commis- sioners, had introduced should be enacted. This provides that pawn- brokers may charge 3 per cent in- terest on small loans up to $35 and 2 per cent above that amount. It pro- hibits the loan shark business - en- irely. Favored by Labor. It was emphasized that labor or- ganizations in the District have been very earnest in their solicitation for this sort of legislation. The subcom- mittee was authorized to hold hear- ings if it was found necessary after the members had studied the report of the hearings held last year. Chairman Focht again urged upon the members of the committee that it would be possible to get very little District legislation through at this session, and that they should concen- trate on several pieces of major legls- lation, mentioning particularly the proposed merger of the street car lines and the Potomac Electric Power Company, a_comprehensive program for developing the school system and the workmen's compensation bill which is urged by Representative Fitzgerald. The committee again went on record by an affirmative vote that all witnesses before the committee or_subcommittee ghould be sworn. Representative Wheeler of Illinois! explained the necessity for his bill, | which would limit the number of d- ! ture to the scating capacity. Rep- resentative Blanton of Texas declared that some theaters were charging un- warranted prices, and that the Dis. trict committee should consider that in connection with the Wheeler bill. Representative Sproul of Iilinois moved that this should be made the order of special business for the next meeting, and that a committee of five should be appointed to go thorough- ly into the question of congressional regulation of the theaters of the Na- tional Capital. Representative Woodruff of Michi- gan moved that preliminary to the proposed legislation the subcommittee should collect all the legislation, ordi- nances and police regulations in the District applying to theaters or other Dplaces of assemblage. out that the scepe of the Wheeler b, would also include churches, lodg. rooms and other places of assemblage. The sentiment of the committee seem- ed to be that the subcommittee should | consider regulations of the theaters both as ]tl(, protection of life from overcrowding and with regard t prices charged. S the d ave ave of Willium Dalton, sixteen-vear: termir 4" bank clerk, who stole $7712,000 b trom worth of liberty bunds from the Returning 900 U. S. Dead. road from 13th strect | gimerry arust Company recently,| ANTWERP, May 3.—The bodies of 900 American’soldicrs killed in the brought here from_cemeteries bening the fighting lines in France, were placed today on a steamship, en route to the ited States. Religious servi tobo held hers in' thiss o, Services are s oboheMheraniheirhomer GIRLS’ PARENTAGE, LONG DISPUTED, MAY BE DECIDED BY BLOOD TEST ! By the Associated Press. | ATLANTA, May 4.—The ques- | tion of parentage of Louise Made- ! line, which has been pending in ! the courts here since a few weeks | after her birth, two years ago, ! may be decided by a new blood | test, it was announced last night it he receives an affirmative re- Pittman and both claimed Louise Madeline. As a nurse had given R i | by William 1. Arnaud, attorney for her to Mrs. Pittman, the other NASHVIL] 4.—John H.| Mrs. John C. Garner, one of two mother had to take the baby Reeves, re turer and| mothers who are claiming the lit- neither wanted. She later insti- one of the most prominent citizens| &%k tuted -court. roceedings, ‘mean- i ¢itizens Mr. Arnaud recently read of a while retaining the unwanted of Nashville. was shot in the breast| case in California where Dr. Al- baby. The child fell into an open and seriously wounded just before| bert Abrams of Leland Stanford | grate while playing with other noon today in the Hermitage Club. by . Grundy, a well known sales- man. who then turned his automatic pistol on himself, killing himself in- James A University, by means of a new invention, determined the father of a baby. He said he had written the presiding judge to know if he account was correct sod that ! Garner children and was so bad- ly _burned she died. The case is set to come before a jury in superior court here Fri- day, ) special consideration of the Wheeler | which prohibits any theater or| Saturday in room 510 House Office building. The subcommittee appointed to| study the pawnbroker bill is composed { [investigated missions to any theater or moving | guards and not It was brought | SHELTER FE BERGDOLL COUNSEL WOULD SHIFT GUILT Ansell, Before Committee, Denies Blame for Escape During Gold Hunt. Samuel T. Ansell, former acting judge advocate general of the Army. who. as counsel for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, escaped Philadelphia draft dodger, was instrumental in obtaining Bergdoll's release under guard from Fort Jay, N. Y.. to search for a “pot of gold.” was subjected to further cross-examination today before House investigating committee. Ansell insisted that his first know edge of the $150,000 in gold, obtained from the Treasury by Bergdoll's people, came from the late D. Clar- ence Gibboney of Philadelphia, coun- sel for Bergdoll. He said he never the story by asktng Treasury officials if it were truc. The witness declared he relied on the statement of Gibboney and former Judge John W. Wescott of New Jer: sey, Judge Wescott testified yester- day that he knew nothing of the gold until after Bergdoll's escape. Mr. Sherburne, counsel for the com- mittee, indicated an attempt might be made to show whether the gold, after being taken to Philadelphia, was placed in bank. Turning to other phases of the in- quiry ,Mr. Sherburne asked: “Wasn't it an extraordinary obli- gation on your part to tell Gen. Harrls that, notwithstanding the guard, you stood personally respon- sible for the prisoner's return?’ “It was very unfortunate” he re- plied, “but I did not think it ex- traordinary at that time. Mr. Ansell said Gen, Harris. the ad- jutant general, bad told him if the request for the Bergdoll expedition was granted the practical arrange- ments for it were to be made through Col. Hunt, commander of the bar- racks at Governors Island, where the prisoner was locked up. Carried Out Obligations. “Gen. Harris did not expect me to guard the men,” he declared. “Gen. Harris certainly felt a degree of sure- ty in my statement and that of the other lawyers, leaving active guard- ing to the military authorities. T car- ried out my obligations because the general knew L would not make the % 1 naa_been charged with direct ility 1 wou ave hired e ot Rave permitted the { Brisoner to go to Philadelphia and | ¥isit his mother's home. I reposed confidence in Gibboney to carry out n. Harris® instructions.” rman Peters, taking the witness 4, said he wanted yes or no answers to plain questions relating to Antell's efforts to_prevent escape. “You gave Gen. Harris your personal | obligation that Bergdoll would not a es <And he relied on it?" “Yos."” “Did you do anything in carrying out arrangements to guard the pris- oner?” “I had a representative in whom I had confidence to carry out the ar- rangements, and If he had dono wo i uld have been no escape. My hitgatio measured in the light Harris testified—that i I was | obligation was jof what Gen. |Ta not go on the expedit | « guarantor or surety. B kg - Representative Johnson, democrat, Kentu Mr. Ansell said | he realizéd that “his conduct relative o the escape of Bergdoll is the ques- tion at issu «Mistakes Are Unavoldable.” | There was a long exchange between | Mr. Johnson and the witness over the L e romise of responsibility for | the return of the prisoner. & “No man can prevent things going wrong.” Ansell said. It was clearly understood by Gen. Harris, he added, that ono of the lawyers was to ac- company the expedition to the moun- tains, the date of which was sug- gested by Gibboney. “Has it occurred to you that a de- liberate deception was practiced, if not on Gen. Harris, then on Col. | Hunt, relative to counsel going with | the prisoner?” Mr. Johnson asked. (" *I don't think so.” Mr. Johnson pressed the witness for | an opinion on Gibboney’s conduct. 2 “Gibboney's conduct was irresonsil- DIy he Will seck a court order for | apje with ~his promises. Ansell an- a similar blood test by Dr. |swered. “I believe Gibboney became Abrams. i party to taking Bergdoll to the lat- | 4, Girl babies were born the same !ter's home in Philadelphia out of van- { day at Grady Hospital here to |ity. self-glorification and a desire to | Mrs. Garner and Mrs. Daniel C. n s the Bergdoll family with his impres | capacity to do things. | sensational things.” Veracity Charge Causes Semsation. A sharp question of veracity arising | between Samuel T. Ansell, former act- {ing judge advocate general of the Arm; | ana former Judge John W. Wi New Jersey created intense e: at the investigation yesterday. Called to the stand before Mr. Ansell, counsel for Bergdoll, had completed his long _statement, Judge Wescott, who_is (Continued on Page % Column 2. He liked to do | | cott of tement L] military ! ROM |INDIANS SLAY PERUVIANS. i Aborigines Massacre Many in At- tack on Village. THE STORM OF LIMA. Peru, May 4—Indian bands |attacked the village of Juli, in southern Peru, on April 30, and many persons were killed and wound- ed before gendarmes and civilians | succeeded in driving the aborigines from the town, says a dispatch to the newspaper La Prensa, which is Inow operated b ythe Peruvian {ernment. For several weeks there thave been quite serious disorders among the Indians in that part of the country. JIMOROS ARE SLAIN ! Philippine Constabulary Practically Wipes Out Band, Including Fanatic Leader. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. L. May 8.—Ninety Moros, including Maharjah Untong. a religious fanatic leader, were killed Sun- day by a detachment of Philippine con- stabulary in an engagement near Tag- 11ibi, on "the Island of Sulu, 500 miles from here, according to advices received today at constabulary headquarters. The slaying of the Moros followed the murder Saturday of Lieut. D. Velas- quez and three constabulary troopers. After killing the four men the Moros took their guns and escaped. All avail- jable constabulary forces of the depart- ment of Mindanao, stationed on Sulu island, were dispatched in pursuit of the Moros. overtaking them near Taglibi. In the battle following, virtually the entire band of Moros was wiped out. "The constabulary forces recap- | tured the guns taken from their mur- dered companions. One constabulary man was wounded in the battle. The following telegram was received today from the Governar of Sulu: “All guns recovered, band killed or captured, except three unimportant members. Danger entirely over. Con- stabulary did excellent work.” The reason for the attack by the Moros on the constabulary forces is not known here. —_—— WITNESS IS SENTENCED. Gets Five Years for Part in Shoot- ing of Japanese. NORFOLK, Va., May 4—Roy Tinder will spend five years in the penitenti- ary for the part he played in the fatal shooting of Hadie Sasaki, seaman of the Japanese steamer Kaisho Maru, in Norfolk harbor last Christmas eve night. John G. Moore, one of the/six men who raided the ship for contraband liquors on_Christmas eve, has been liberated. Because he turned state's evidence and gave testimony that re- sulted in comviction of four of his associates, the case against him, at the request of the commonwealth’s attorney, today was nolle prossed. Pleading guilty to ‘a charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Hadie Sasaki, Tin- der today threw himself on the mercy of the court and, because of the minor part he took in the affair, it was agreed that he take five years in state’s prison. Today’s News in Paragraphs ! Joint reclassification expected to begin next week. Page 1 Germany to get allied ultimatum Fri- | i day. Page 1 Printers’ pay cut $4.35 per week in Chicago. Page 2 U. S. Building Superintendents’ Asso- ciation meets. Page 2 Dutch will answer U. S. protest on oil ‘monopoly. Page 2 Daniels tells of U-boat attacks off U. S. coast. Page 3 American Railway Express Company to cut wages and change working hours. Page 7 i Board of visitors starts annual inspec- tion of Naval Academy. Page 12 Forty-three survivors of burned ship reach Seattle hospitals. Page 14 Alabamans to cheer up Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow. Page 16 Mule-power street cars out today as tribute. Page 17 Senator Johnson flays David K. Blair. Tage 17 Harley V. Speelman elected head of Columbia Heights' citizens. Page 17 Byrroughs clubs getting under way ere. Page 18 Speaker at Waldensian convention urges closer relations between churches and foreign-born population as aid to ‘Americanization. Page 13 House budget bill puts bureau directly under President, ' Paga-20 EXTRAV. ! gov- INBATTLE IN SULU 1921 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ! AGANCE STILLMAN RESUMES FIGHT FOR DIVORCE |Banker, Who Resigned From Head of National City, Presses Charges. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 4—James A. Still- | man. who yesterday resigned the ipresidency of the National City Bank, today resumed, in the first of a series of secret hearings, his fight for divorce from Mrs. Anne Urquhart Still- man. It was said at the outset of the hearing today. which is being held {by Referee Daniel J. Gleason in the! Tooms of the Bar Association, that the i presenting of evidence would require {at least three days. Several Frenoh Canadians from| Three Rivers, Quebec, site of the Still- man summer camp, are here for the hearing. In this connection it was said that Mr. Stillman would produce testimony to support his contention that his wife is the mother of @ male child by their former Indian guide, Fred Beauvais. In addition, it was Teported, further charges of alleged misconduct would be preferred against | Mrs. Stillman. It was announced that | witnesses summoned by counsel for Mrs. Stillman in her counter charges of infidelity, will be called to testify lat a later hearing. Shortly before the hearing, held be- hind closed doors. began, & smartly dressed woman stepped into the room. Newspaper men thought they recog- inized Mrs. Stillman, and lawyers on both sides failed to deny it was she. asked directly if it was Mrs. | One, Stillman, replied: . “I1 presume it was she.” . ! Mr. Stillman was not present. Host of Lawyers. An imposing array of legal talent. representing both sides, assembled for today’s hearing. Present also were Francois Lajoie, a Canadian lawyer, who acted as translator for the French-Canadian witnesses, and Wil- liam Rand, special deputy attorney general. The reason for Mr. Rand's presence was not explained. { It was learned that the first wit- nesses called were two French-Can- iadians, who had not testified at the | previous hearing last December. When a recess was taken for lunch- eon it was learned that the only wit- ngss examined at the morning ses- sion was George Adams, a carpenter of Three Rivers, Quebec. The nature of his testimony was not disclosed. Mrs. Stillman was smiling as she emerged from the hearing. She walk- «d briskly down the corridor with one of her counsel and departed in an automobile. Resignation Accepted. Mr. Stillman unsuccessfully sought to resign from his bank several weeks ago, after his wife had charged him with being the father of the son of a former Broadway chorus girl. At that time the directors unanimously,| refused the resignation. Yesterday, when Mr. Stillman again sought to step down from the office. his resig- nation was accepted and Charles Ed- win Mitchell, president of the National City Company, was elected to succeed ! him. Mr. Stillman also gave up his title as chairman_of the board, this position going to E. P. Swenson. i The retiring financier was born {forty-five vears ago. His family counted its wealth in millions. When { death removed his father, James Still. man, from the presidency of the tional City Bank in March, 1918, a forty-million-dollar fortune was left for division among five children— James A., Charles Chauncey and Ernest G. Stillman, Mrs. William G. Rockefeller and Mrs. Percy R. Rocke- feller. June 3, 1919, James A. Stillman was elevated to the presidency of the bank, succeeding Frank A. Vanderlip, who resigned that day. Mr. Stillman is a director of sev. eral other powerful corporations, in- cluding railways, banks and insurance companies, and is a member of some of the wealthiest and most fashion- able clubs in and around New Yor! By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, May 4.—With nineteen of its alleged members under arrest, local and state po- lice express the belief that they have broken up one of the most menacing blackhand gangs that ever operated in this section of the state. All of the prisoners were held in heavy bail after hearings by city magistrates. Five of them turned Btate'a evidence and redited on the » Sultan's {Polish frontfer. TWO CENTS. ALLIES WARN GREECE. Told Neutrality Must Be Observed. Government Also CONSTANTINOPLE. May 4.—Greece and the suitan’s government ha been notified by the allied high com mission here that the neutrality of Clonstantinople and_of the straits must be observed. The wers also ormed that they not attempt to exerci the right of arch or the control of any allied rchant vessels. These steps were ! taken in order t reoccurrence of the incidents similar to the search of a Japanese vessel here recently might be prevented. UM SILESIANINVASION, BATTLING ITALIANS France Gives Warning of “Qerious Consequences” to Polish Interests. By the Associated Press. OPPELN, Upper Organized Polish forces, 20.000. have occupied all of upper Silesia, south of a line running from Kosel to Tarnowitz, with the excep- tion of a few large towns, and are moving farther northweard, according to inforamtion supplied by a member of the interallied representation here. France's Warning. PARIS, May 4.—The French gov-| ernment, it was learned today, ha strongly impressed upon the govern- ment at Warsaw the grave conse- auence to Polish interests likely to result from a Polish uprising in upper Silesia. 5 Unrest has heen reported in this| region over the rumor of an allied decision giving Poland only two dis- tricts there as a result of the recent plebiscite. A mining strike is also in progress there. Serious rioting is reported to have occurred in.some sections and French 'troops of occupation have had clashes with bands of Polish insurgents. Troubles Not Yet Ended. The latest advices, received today. indicated that the troubles were not yet ended. and some anxiety was expressed as to whether the Warsaw government would be able to get the insurrectionists in hand. fhe in- surgent activities yesterday took the form of cutting communications with Germany, bridges between Breslau and the Silesian mining regions being blown up. French infantry. with tanks. have succeeded in clearing Beuthen and Kattowitz of rioters. but the utmost apprehension exists here as to the development of the movement. which, according to official advices, was pro- voked by articles in the German newspapers announcing that the su- preme council had decided to give Germany all of upper Silesia, with the exception of a small part of the mining Tegion. Uprising Spreads Rapidly. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, May 4.—The insurrec- tionary movement in upper Silesia, begun suddenly Monday night, spread rapidly in the districts of Beuthen, Pless, Rybnik and Tarnowitz. Ac- cording to the newspapers a Polish civilian fighting organization occu- pied Kattowitz and other towns, after machine-gun encounters with the Germans, but French troops finally controlled the situation. Newspaper extras last evening re- | ported eight Poles Killed and sixteen wounded in the Kattowitz region in clashes with the Germans, in which the Poles attempted to gain control of the districts bordering upon the were in power in these districts, bu the interallied commission inter- vened and quiet eventually was re- stored. Adalbert Korfanty, the Polish plebi- scite commissioner in upper Silesia, | has been recalled, because he ex- ceeded his powers, it was announced today. Warsaw dispatches of May 3 an- nounced that Commissioner Korfanty had issued a proclamation criticising the reported decision of the inter- allied commission assigning the greater part of upper Silesia to Ger- many, the comymissioner disclaiming responsibility for possible violence which_he believed would follow con- firmation of the rumors regarding the commission’s award. Sees Important Polish Plan. BERLIN, May 4.—There is no evi- dence that Polish regular troops are | participating in the disturbances in upper Silesia, said Foreign Minister Simons, in addressing the reichstag last evening on the Silesian situation. Everything_pointed, however, to the existence of an important Polish plan of action, he declared. Dr. Simons added that members of the interallied commission, in conver. sation with_the German Dlenipoten- tiary, had fully acknowledged that the German inhabitants had given the Poles no provocation. The commis- sion had left no doubt concerning its JQetermination to use every means in its power to restore order, he said. POLES MENACE VILNA. By the Associated Press. KOVNO, Lithuania, May 4.—Polish troops have ceased their alleged provocative raids in the neutral zone of Lithuania, but are continuing to | mass troops in the vicinity of Vilna, | a according to advices received here today from Lithuanian sources. At the same time the Lithuanian foreign office has been informed from Brussels that the Polish delegates to the conference of representatives of the two countries, which will en- deavor to settle the territorial dis- pute, will propose the separation of Pithuania into two cantons, one of them to be Vilna. The Poles also intend to offer an alllance with Tithuania concerning the military and foreign policies of the two coun- tries, it was indicated. The Lithuanian government has in- structed its delegates Dot to accept these proj BIG BLACK HAND GANG BROKEN UP; PRISONERS ADMIT VARIOUS CRIMES | stand some of the alleged prac- | | tices of the band. Headquarters of the band, ac- cording to the informers, was maintained at Carbondale, Pa., and men were sent out from there to perform blackhand miscions in many sections of the east. Its ef- forts, they told the authorities, were not centered on extorting money from citizens, but its mem- bers also engaged in robbing freight cars and business places. Breaking of the oath of loyalty ‘to the gang was said to mean death to the offender, For a time the Poles | ALLED ULTIATUN TOGERMANY TOG0 FORVARD FRIAY 'Financial Plan Being Split Into Legal Portion and Part Related to Guarantee. |BERLIN DENIES REPORTS ! OF ANOTHER PROPOSAL {U. S. Invited to Name Member of | Supreme Council—German Cab- | inet Crisis Looming Up. By the Associated Press LONDON, May 4.—The allied gov- ernments’ financial plan for Germany, | which seemed to be a completed docu- |ment yesterday, was being separated {today by members of the reparations commission into two parts. One of [ these is the purely legal portion, con- forming to the treaty of Versailles, while the other chiefly relates to the i guarantee bonds, which it is planned to issue as security for the German {payment, and the rates of interest | upon these securities, these questions being outside the provisions of the treaty. It is not possible to determine yet precisely what specifications will ‘be presented to Germany, but according |to present intentions the reparations commission will send to the German overnment Friday a bill of liabilities strictly in compliance with the peaca reaty, while _simultaneously the llied governments will send another part of the plan, as a modification of the treaty favorable to Germany, and which she can accept or not. Form Being Studied. It was explained today that what was being studied now were ques- | tions of form rather than of essen- tials. Members of the allied reparations commission were in this city today to receive from the supreme ailied coun- cil the ultimatum to be sent to Ger- many, which was considered to be the final word of the allies on the reparations question. The supreme council reached an agreement yesterday regarding the details of the ultimatum and the drafting committee was busy until late last night in completing the document. which was ready for pres- entation at today's meeting of th. council. A German official- dispatch from Berlin this afternoon says there i< no foundation for the report that Germany had made a new repar: tions offer to the aliles. Rumors of New Offer. Rumors were current in this city las: night that Germany had presented | new reparation proposals through Dr | Stahmer. the German ambassador, wh« paid a call at the foreign office. Noth ing authoritative was learned regard ing the subjects discussed during bix visit. An invitation has been sent to Wash- ington inviting the United States gov- ernment to appoint a representative who will act a5 a member of the su- preme council. The United States ix also requested to name delegates to the reparations commission and the council of ambassadors, this was probably the most useful piece of work doné at yesterday's session of the supreme council. said the Dailv News this morning. Total Is £6,750,000,000. The total sum which Germany will be called upon to pay has been in- creased to 6,750,000,000 pounds ster- ling by the inclusion of the sum due Belgium on account of her debts to | the allies. | Under the bonding scheme to guaran- | tee the payment of 100,000,000 pounds nnually, plus 25 per cent tax on Ger- man exports, 600,000,000 pounds in bonds | will be issued when the ultimatum ex- pires or Germany accepts the terms. Bonds to the amount of 1,900,000,000 pounds will be issued in November. The balance, 4,250,000,000 pounds, will be issued in accordance with ’Germany’s capacity to pay. That capacity will be gauged by the product of 25 per ceat on exports. ‘Besides the 5 per cent interest on the bonds an additional 1 per cent will be imposed on them to form a sinking fund. The amount required for service bonds will be thus 2,500,000,000 pounds. { Reserve Could Be Issued. Should the 100,000,000 pound annuity and 25 per cent on German exports amount to more than the 150,000,000 pounds required for interest on the serv- ice bonds, to be issued immediately and in November, a sufficient amount of the | remaining bonds held in reserve will be | automatically issued in order to absord i the balance. | There will also be an addition of 1 per cent on German exports for the purpose of providing a fund to pay the interest on the bonds held in re- serve. Interest on any bonds paid oft will continue for the purposes of the sinking fund. It is calculated that these bonds will be redeemed within thirty-seven years from date of issue. In no case, according to the scheme, will Germany be paying more than 5 per cent interest and 1 per cent sink- ing fund on the total debt of 6,750.- 1000,000 pounds. These amounts are {to be a charge on German customs or any other revenue that the repara- | tions commission is prepared to ac- cept. | Commission to Take Bonds. | The reparations commission will re- ceive the bonds and apportion them mong the allies’in accordance with in-.- Brussels agreement. £ach power will dispose of them or hold them as it pleases. 3} | " Fifty persons making up the staff of the allied reparations commission accompanied members of ihat body to this city from Paris. The com- mission brought large quantities of documents which will be used in its conferences Wwith the supreme allied council. Marshal Foch and Admiral Grasset, commanders, respectively, of the mil tary and naval forces of France, left for Paris this morning. German Cabinet Meets. BERLIN, May 3.—The German cab- inet met this foremoon in anticipa- tion of discussing developments at London. A meeting was held yester- day, but no action was taken relative to reparations problem. Just how long the Fehrenbach cabinet will continue in office is be- lieved to depend on the nature of the uitimatum being sent to Berlin by the allies and the attitude assumed by he reichstag. ~ The parlimentary tuation had not been wholly clari fied last night. ‘While the Berlin government was not unprepared for the answer con- tained in the American State Depart- ment's reply to Foreign Minister Simons, both the foreign minister and his colleagues in the cabinet had hoped that Secretary Hughes' answer would be a trifie more precise in in- dicating the American interpretation of “clear, definite and adequate pro- posals.” 'To this extent the American answer left the cabinet in a confused state of mind, it was stated.