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WEATHER. Overcast, with probably rain tonight and tomorrow; occasional continued Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 52, at 6 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 48, at 6 a.m. e v today. z i bering WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Press | The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to | the use for republication of all news dispa | credited 1o it of not saerwise erclited paper and also (he local news pubiisi™ acretn Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also resersed. | this | il i & al Star. No. 28,130. post Entered as second-class matter office Washington, B C WASHINGTON D. (., THURSDAY, MAY BERLIN GETS ULTIMATUM; .S. EXPECTED TO TAKE PARTINALLIED COUNCILS Troops Ready to Advance Into Provide for Issue of Bonds Secured by the Empire. Ty the Associated Press. LONDO! May 5 matum issued to Germany lot?a_\ g mons her to reply categorically by, May 12 at the latest whether she willy perform her unfulfilled nhligzuor!si under the treaty of Versailles, prl-: marily as to the payment of repara-, tions to the allied powers. ? hould Germany f: to comply, lhr. allies give notice that they will pvro-i ceed on May 12 with the occupation of the Rubr valley, “and to undertake ' all other military and naval meas-; wres” § 1 The terms for Germany's pl)menlv of her debt to the allies are lo, hei given her by the allied reparllmns' ion by tomorrow. Preparations to Com . Meanwhile the allies, the ultimatum states. are to continue with all neces- sary preliminaries for the occupation | uf the Ruhr. e witimatum was handed to Dr.| Sthamer, the German ambassador iny ondon, this morning. Prime Minister Lloyd George and M.} Juspar, Belgian foreign minister.: signed the English and French texts/ of the ultimatum first, and were fol- lowed by Premier Briand of France, (ount Sforza. Italian foreign minister. and " Baron Hayashi. Japanese am-; bassador to Great Britain. Immediately after the signing of the | —The allied ulti-} sum- | commi. o | documents the French and Italian Teprescntatives left for Paris and! Rome. i v. led to Take Part. | It w announced this forenoon that /! the supreme council last night had cabled to the American State l)eDlrl-' ment & formal invitation to appoint! representatives of the United States to the altied supreme codncil. the council of ambassadors and the allied reparations commission. The protocol to be handed the Ger- man war burdens commission in Paris by the reparations commission says: _ “Germardy will perform in the man- ner laid wn in this schedule her obligations to pay the total asked in accordance with articles 231, 232 and 233 the treaty of Versailles, 132.- 000,000,000 gold marks, less (a) the amount already paid on account of reparations, (b) sums which may from time to time be credited to Ger- | nany in respect of state properties in ceded territory, etc.: (c) any sums received from other enemy or former enemy powers, in respect to which the commission may decide credits; #hould be given to Germany. plus the I l | H amount of the Belgian debt to the al-:President Harding Is Made a Li!e‘ Ihe the principal and assooiated fow- | jers into a family council and minimize } lies. the amounts of these reductions} to be determined later by the commis- | sion.” Provides for Bonds. ‘The protocol then provides for the issue of bpnds. as has previously been | bership to the TExT oF aep | [Veed Felt Here ULTIMATUM SENT By the Associ LONDO! 5.—The the allied ultimatum to reads ax follo ' “The allied powers, taking of the fact that despite the ve concessions made by allies since the signature of the treaty of Versailles and despite the warnings and sanctions agreed upon at Spa and Parls, as well as of the sanctions announced at Lon- don and since applied. the German government is still in default in fulfillment of the obligations in- cumbent upon it under the terms of the treaty of Versailles as re- text of Germany note 1921, treaty, which the reparations com- under article called upon it mission already h to_make at this date; " “Third, the trial of war criminals as further provided for by the al- lied notes of February 13 and May 7 . and. i Fourth, certain other 1mporl nt under articles 21, 322 and 32 of the treaty Decide: . . “The allied powers have decided: “(a) To proceed from today with all necessary preliminary meas- ures for the occupation of the Ruhr_valley by allied troops on the Rhine under the conditions laid down. ; “(b) Tn accordance with article 235 of the Versailles treaty to in- vite the allied reparations commit- tee to notify the German govern- ment without delay of the time and methods for the discharge by Germany of her debt and to an- nounce ‘its decision on this point to the German government by May 6 at the latest. “(c) To summon the German gov- ernment to declare categorically within six days after receiving the above decision its determination (1) to execute without reservation or condition its obligations as de- fined by the reparations commis- i (2) to accept and realize wighout reservation or condition iniregard to its obligations the guarantees prescribed by the repa- fons commission; (3) to execute without reservation or delay meas- ures concerning military, naval and aerial disarmament, of which Germany was notified by the allied nations in their note of January 29, those measures in the execu- tion of which they have so far falled to comply with are to be completed immediately and the re- mainder on a date still to be fixed; (4) to proceed without reservation or delay to the trial of war crimi- nals and also with other parts of the Versailles treaty which have not as yet been fulfilled. d) To proceed on May 12 with thé occupation of the Ruhr valley and to undertake all other military and naval measures should the German government fail to com- ply with the foregoing conditions. This occupation will last as long as Germany continues her failure to fulfill the conditions laid down.” ———— RACQUET CLUB HONORS. Member. When President Harding today was 1 presented with an honorary life mem- Rfjcquet Club of the outlined, and which shall be secured. District of Columbia he thanked the on the whole assets of the German!committee which made the presenta- | {tion for the honor und stated thatlvolvedin the Yap mandate controversy lhe hoped he would find it possible to frequently use the clubhouse and to play on the courts. empire and the German states. ‘The first series of bonds, for the amount of 12,000.000.000 gold marks. the proctocol says. shall be created | and delivered by July 1. 1921. but the | interest of 5 per cent. cent for a sinking fund. shall payable half yearly from May 1. ‘The President is the fifth person to plus 1 per|receive this honor from the Racquet be | Club, the others being V e President | Coolidge, who received his member- The second series. for 38.000.000.000 | ship several days ago, and Speaker gold marks. shall be issued on No-, Vember 1. The third series, for 82.- | 099,000,000 gold marks, shall, not later { than November 1, be delivered to the | reparations commission without cou pona attached. and will be issued by | the commission as and when, it is! satisfied the payments which Germany undertakes to make in_pursuance of | this agreement are sufficient to pro-| vide for the payment of interest and | the sinking fund on such bonds. The #inking fund shall be used for re- demption of the bonds by annual drawings at par. The bonds will be German govern- ment bonds in such form and such de-: of managers, and J. H. Gillett, Pershi member nerstone laying of the clubhouse. President "Harding. however, ctive member were presented with th al tion. The Pi hief Justice White and Gen ps at the time of the cor- a ¢ the club, 'having is ! joined in the early days of its forma- committee appointed by resident May of the club to make | the presentation _was composed of Maj. Gen. C. C. Williams, and Capt. E. W. Bonnaffon, U. 8. president of the club. . of the board De Sibour, vice The notice of the life honorary mem- bership _was handsomely and read as follows: engraved ‘The Board of nomination as the reparations commis# Managers of the Racquet Club have sion shall wesciibe for the purpose of | making them marketable, and shall be free from German taxes and charges of every description. present | and future. Until redemption of the bonds, Ger- many will be required to pay yearly 2.000,000,000 gold marks and 26 per <ent of ‘the value of her exports as from May 1. or. alternatively. an equivalent amount as fixed. “It is provided.” the protoeg! com- tinues, “that when Germany shiag: have discharged all her obligatione under thiy schedule, other thaa her liabilfty with respect to outstanéing bonds, the amount payable each year under thix paragraph shall be reduced to the amount required in that year to meet the interest and sinking fund on the bonds outstanding.” Germany is required to pay within twenty-five days 1,000.000,000 marks in #old, approved foreign bills or drafts at three months on the German treas- ury, indorsed by approved German banks in London, Pariz, New York or her place designated by the repara- ns commission These payments will be treated as the first two quarterly installments of the amounts due on Germany's liabi 1o pay 2,000,000.000 marks yearly and' 25 per cent of the amount of her ex-' ports \ « tee tee. ! Within twenty-five days the repara-| tions commission xhall establish a wpecial subcommission, 1o be called the to -consist committee on guarantees. ©f representatives of the all including a representative - United States in the event of that overnment desiring to make an ap- pointment. This committee shall com- prise not more than three representa- | Uves from the nationals of other| powers when it shall appear that a! sufficient portion of the bonds are held by nationals of xuch powers as to| Justify their representation 1 This committee will super application to the bonds ser the funds assigned as security for payment. such as German maritime and land customs duties. and in par- ticular all import and export duties, the levy of 26 per cent on the exports and the proceeds of such di- rect and indirect taxes or any other N funds as may be proposed by the Ger- man _government and accepted by the " (Continued om F'age 2, Column 5.) L] great pleasure in extending to vou, Honorable Warren Gamaliel Harding, the use and privileges of its clubhouse as an honorary membe Today’s News in Paragraphs Bills were introduced in both houses of Congress providing for the establish- ment of a department of public wel fare. Page 1 Ballou tells senators of deplorable con- dition in crowded schools. Page Allies deliver ultimatum to Germany. 1 1 Page U. S. expected to take part in allied councils. Page 1 ference with De Valera Page Wages of miners will not be cut, Pres; dent Lewis declares. Page trade Foreign taxes on convention warned ._S. men in Philippines. Page in marine strike Tension tightens | Sir James Craig holds important con- government officials fail to bring set- tlement. Page Oldest Inhabitants’ Association indorse: bill proposing connecting ‘driveway by tween civil war forts Page Daniels shows how strengthens the Page 3 separating fleets 3 B. M. Jewell sums up for labor before rail board. Page Neighborhood House fetes to open this | afternoon. Page Golf scores low in rain in tournament Bruce opponents throng school board | chamber, but case is not mentioned. Page 13 One alleged rum runner killed and two Page 20 time or international disarma- Puge 30 caught after officer is slain. Franklin D. . Roosevelt opportune ment agreement. { declares 4 For Observer At Parleys. WOULD HAVE BUT { LIMITED POWERS America s Disposed to Consider the World Above Yap Issue. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States government prob- ably wili accept the invitation of ably will accept the invitation of the meetings of the supreme council. The )inclination is to have an unofficial observer present who will be able to act 8s a means of communication and the United States. and at the same time inform the Washington govern- ment of exactly what occurs. The invitation itself has not yet been acted upon. but the tendency is fo regard it as a favorable op- portunity’ for a closer contact with European affai The Wilson ad- ministration for a long tained an unofficial observer at all such conferences and withdrew rep- resentation on the ground that the Harding administration should be free to decide for itself whether partici- pation in allied councils should be continued, A tages Pointed Out. The advantages of having an Amer- ican representative sit in the allied councils appeal to folks here, because there are s0o many questions arising on which the United States govern- ment desires to be informed, and it is not always possible to conserve Amer- jican interests when American diplo- mats must seek verification of impor- jtant happenings through second- hand sources of information. In view of the indecision here con- cerning American foreign policy, and particularly the extent of American der the Versailles treaty can representative ng in the meetings of the supreme council would have limited powers. He would any Ameri- | 1 explicit instruction of the President and Secretary of State. The govern- ment here may decide to use Ambas- sador Myron T. Herrick if the meet- ings are held in France, or Ambassa- dor Harvey if they take place in Lon- don. It is unlikely that a special en- voy would be appointed for the pur- jpose, as the meetings of the supreme council are infrequent. There is alwavs the chance, how- ever, that the President may avail himself of the opportunity to wend a special ambassador—a man of the type of Elihu Root—whenever ques- | tions of extraordinary importance are up_for consideration. Broadly speaking, the desire of the allies to have America sit with them in determining questions of vital :n- terest to all nations is reciprocall I felt here. In other words, the dis i position is to look upon the allicd | the chances of friction betwren the United States and its associates in the war., o There have been reports that the American government would delay sending a representative to the su- preme council until the principles in- were fully accepted by the allies. In- quiry in responsible quarters brings the information that the United States while deeply interested in the outcome of the Yap controversy feels it ad- visable to consider the broad inter ests of the world rather than her own special interests in a particular con- troversy. In other words, it is felt that a favorable determination of the Yap controversy is actuall and that the reparation problem is of such vast importance to the economic recovery of the world that America cannot afford to insist that the Yap sumes her rightful place in the council of nations. The opportunities for America help the allies by giving unofficial advice, if it is sought. or to correct misapprehensions concerning Amer- ica’s attitude toward her associates in the war are 100 important to be neglected The feeling here is that the Harding administration is doing all in power to prevent the Germans from relying upon American aid s against the allies in pending controversies A decision to sit alongside the allies in the supreme council, even it did not in the slightest degree in- volve the United States in any com- mitments whatsoever, would be strued by the allies as a strengthen- ing of ailied solidarity and as a con- vincing argument to the Germans that they had better heed the allied de- mands and settle the reparation ques- tion. tion fs unofficial and informal, the opponents of co-operation between the United States and the allies will be disarmed, but it is of more than | passing significance that members of the so-called “irreconcilable” group in the Senate are watching with some degree of uneasiness the i tendency of the Harding administra- i tion to take a broad worldly view of |pending problems, rather than to fallow a sirictly nationalistic or isolated policy. (Copyright, 1921.) GEDDES INVITES U. S. i i Sir Auckland Geddes, British am- bassador. carried to the State Depart- ment_today the formal the United States from the allied pow- ers to be represented on the supreme council, the reparations commission and the council of ambassadors. The invitation was cabled from London last night. Comment as to the course the ad- ministration would take was with- 7! held, pending study of the invitation. There were intimafions today in some qualifying rounds. Page 10 nm(;mx:"qu'a‘n'ry hI(;_we’\'er. that ac- 3 othes cfenda ceptal by allied governments o A0 other defendants| o the principle regarding mandates found guilty of conspiracy. Page 13| ocently’ enunciated by® Besoates | Representative Focht would spend $100,- | Hughes might be made the conditioy 000,000 to have Washingt r&' s:;{or unreserved participation ' by the cities., age 13| United States in the deliberations Chairman Focht of House District com-|abroad which it is usked to join, mittee to confer with Dr. Ballou on; This intimation carried ‘with it, school needs. Page 13| however, the inference that the United States might express its willingness o assume u part in the settlement of the reparations problem. The adjust- ment of the economic situation is re- garded as one in which the United States has so great an interest that this government would be justified in aceepting the invitation to particl- pate in its consideration. directly between the allies as a group | time main- | participation in European affairs un-| be unable to take action without the ' invitation as a means of consolidut- | in process | controversy be settled before she as- | to its | though | con- | So long as American participa- | invitation to | i i | i URGE PUBLIC WORK iPIan Drive Against “Open: | Shop” at Opening of A. F. | of L. Conference. | By the ed Presr. | CINCINNATI Ohio, May e { velopment of public work throughout | the United States as a remedy for the present unemployment situation was urged here today by Frank Morrison, | secretary of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement at the opening of the ten-day session of the federa- tion's executive council. “There are at least 4,000,000 workers out of employment,” Morrison, “and conditions are showing no improvement. could be put to work on national, city, county and state public work. “When the nation Is enjoying pros- ! perity it is not the time to develop public work. The time for public im- provement is an industrial lull, such as we gre experiencing now.” President Samuel Gompers, who ar- rived here this morning with his bride, | declined to make any statement re- garding the proposed council's gram. When asked what he had to say about the nation-wide | movement, Mr. Gompers replied: { “They’ll have a fine time doing it.” Officials of the exgeutive council of the building trades department of here, said today that the council would reiterate its stand against wage re- ductions. They declared that in many cities where there are strikes and out employment for months before the employers had attempted to change the wage schedules. J. B. Malloy, grand )tenance of Way Employes and Shop | Laborers, appeared before the council iin an effort to settle the jurisdictional controversy between his organization |and the International Brotherhood of | Carpenters and Joiners. The maintenance of way employes’ union, with its membership of about {200,000, was suspended from the fed- eration in December, 1919, because of {this controversy. If an adjustment can be made here the union will be | reinstated | Discuss Important rPoblems. The important problems confronting {the organized labor movement in the United States were discussed today by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. While the fodera- tion's council. under the direction of President Samuel Gompers, was taking Up matters pertaining to the general sit- uation the executive council of the building trades department of the federation was in session consider- ingz the building trades labor situa- tion. { Among the first of the major is- | sues to be taken up by the federa- | tion council was plans for continu- | | & a nation-wide drive against the ‘open shop” and the “American plan.” Plans for a campaign federation’s 5,000,000 for dise The coun will also receive a re- port from President Gompers on leg- | islation affecting organized labor. { This report, which is of considerable length, will deal with past legislation | «nd that now pending in Congress. to the membership over the mark were also scheduled ion, put To Oppose Imjunctions. Plans for a nation-wide anti-in- | Junctior night is also to be considered by the council. This matter will be brought up in an appeal from the | central trades and labor council of { New York, which asks the exeuctive ! council to aid its campaign already | under way in New York state. Re- | peal of the Kansas industrial court | Jaw and compulsory arbitration leg- | islation in other states, it is expected, also will be urged by the council. While the council will discuss the entire labor situation, including the marine strike. the printers’ strike, clothing workers' strike and the building trades walk-outs and lock- outs, no action will be taken unless the interested unions appeal, for the federation’s support. Besides a large amount of routine matters and jurisdictional disputes, the council will also consider The unemployment problem. Fight for Board Adjustments. Questions pertaining 1o the set- I tlement of the railroad situation, and { the fight of the worker for national boards adjustment. Retail prices and wage reductions and the attitude of the Harding ad- ministration toward same. While meeting here the members 1of the executive council will address a number of labor mass meetings in southwestern Ohio towns, includ- ing Hamilton. Dayton and Middle- town. President Gompers will ad- dress a mass meeting here Monday night. at which time he will reply to the “open shop™” advocates of the country. FOR UNEMPLOYED said Secretary | Many of these men | pro- | “open-shop” | the federation, which is also meeting ; lockouts the workers had been with- | vice president| of the United Brotherhood of Main- | 5, 1921 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Yesle;t;l;'s‘flet Circulation, 94,136 TWO CENTS. LooK LIu(E _TAKING A SUMMER X\ VACATION!S KMATE M |ONCE CLERK NOW CHIEF. |W. H. Riddell Made Superintendent [ of Railway Mail Service. tmaster General Hays today ap- ted Walter H. Riddell as general superintendent of the railway mail service, to succeed William 1. Den- [ ning. who is to be assigned to spe- cial work in connection With the ipay of railway mail employes. Mr. Riddell was appointed to the | service as a railway postal clerk in 1559, In his new position ®he w | charge of the fifteen divisions of the i railway mail service. He was former- Iy a division superintendent, with headquarters at Pittsburgh. D. C. BODIES WILL Employes’ !nsurance Meas- ure Expected to Meet Ob- jection Before Committee. Civic and trade organizations in the District of Columbia are expected to voice their opposition to the Fitz- gerald bill for an employes’ insurance law in the District of Columbia at the next meeting of the subcommittee of the House District committee, which will continue its hearings ome week from today. Opposition also is expected to be made to the provision of the bill which | requires employers of domestic help in the home to insure such help as well as industrial employers. | Little Opposition Today. Little opposition to this proposed law was voiced at the opening of the hear- ing today. There were indications, however, that the hearings will con- |tinue for some time. Representative i Roy G. Fitageraid of Ohio, author of !the bill and chairman of the subcom- imittee in charge of the hearing, an- nounced today that all members of the other members | subcommittee—the jbeing Representative Underhill of Massachusetts, and Representative O'Brien of New Jersey—are in favor of the bill. This same sentiment was expressed at the meeting of the full District committee, when the subcommittee was appointed with the main idea of de- veloping opposition to the measure that it might be combated when the bill is brought out on the floor of the | House. Gives Survey of Costs. Carl Hooksdadt of the Department of Labor laid before the subcommit- tee a survey of the cost of industrial insurance all over the United States, with comparative estimates of stock companies and state fund companies. He said that the private concerns have a rate about 30 per cent higher than the state organizations. A. B. Andrews, representing the American Association for Labor Leg- islation. appeared in support of the Fitzgerald bill. " Robertson Jones. secretary-treas- urer of the Workmen's Compensation Publicity, New York, opposed compul- sory features of the Fitzgerald bill. ‘WOULD CUT CAR SERVICE. RICHMOND, Va.. May 4.—Counsel for the Washington and Virginia railway are before the state corpora- tion commission today with a petition for abandoning the Rosslyn branch of that line between Rosslyn and the Fairfax line. Members of the board of supervisors of Arlington county and residents of Fairfax are here to oppose the plan. — A New Series of Stories By Sewell Ford Begins in the Magazine of Next Sunday’s Star You are familiar with Torchy, Shorty McCabe and the other characters of Ford's famous yarns, so You must meet Inez and Trilby May. Inez is a “Swede on both sides and a lovely girl"; Trilby May is “short on looks, but long on_conver- sation.” Meet Them in Next Sunday’s Star Firgt Publication Anywhere i He was born ag Cortland, TIl.! i1l have | The bill proposes to create a board consisting of the chairmen of the House and Senate appropriations com- mittees and the controller general, to which applications for deficiency ap- propriations must be submitted and authorized before they are trans- mitted to Congre: ARMED POLES TAKE ADDITIONAL LAND Push Seizure of Territory Far i Across Former German Frontier. UNABLE TO HALT REVOLT Upper Silesia Situation Nears Crisis—German Ambassador in London Presents Protest. By the Associated Press. ~ LONDON, May Polish elements tin Upper Silesia have forcibly taken {busxkssion of a wedge-shaped region ithe base of which is the former Ger- ! man-Polish frontier, and the upex of | which has reached Gross Strehlitz. it is declared in advices received here. The cities of Tarnowitz, Koenig- shutte, Kattowitz, Rybnik, Rativor, i Beuthen and Lubinitz are said to be in the hands of the Poles, who have yreached the Oder river and are march- KENYON EXPLANS PROPDSED SERVICE Describes Bill to Establish a Department of Public Welfare. In conformity with the desire of! | Pres i i : ] bl oK Apa “:'f;“:l:‘"idecland their intention to seize the i = ekt i region, over the possession of [ blishu b | whole i'pr.:e:famw-f:.o&m.';‘f' »M:mfo{ *::‘d‘ which a bitter political struggle has | ithout: delay, Sena “€%" i been waged and the future status of in the Senate and Rep-!which was to have been determined by iyon of lowa, | resentative Fess of Ohio in the House| the plebiscite held recently. Franece Sends Proteat. ihave introduced bills for this purpose. | The measure was drafted after a| The Daily Mail said today it had learned that Premier Briand of rection of Oppeln. Dispatches from Silesia assert the | Poles, angered by reports that the | recommended the awarding of only ihearing by the Senate committee on| BILL BACKS PRESIDENT. ! Proposes Board to Pass on De-! ficiency Appropriations. | | ing toward the northwest in the di-| ! interallied plebiscite commission had | | the regions of Pless and Rybnik, in! southeastern Silesia. to Poland, have | OPPOSE MEASURE, education and labor of Brig. Gen. Sawyer, who came here at the request 1of the President particularly to aid in making the necessary survey of gov- ernment.agencies before the creation of the proposed depar:ment. Senator Kenyon issued a statement explaining the scope of ihe bill. “The bill establishes a department of public welfave,” he said. "It pro- i vides for a cabinet officer to be known {as the secretary of public welfare. “There are four distinct divisions provided for in the department. each under an assistant secretary of pub- lic welfare. They are: “1. Education. = Under this 1grouped all the different functions {now exercised by any of the depart- iments of the government with respect | to education. { 2. Public welfare. Likewise are | grouped here the different activities {of the government with respect to public_health. 3. Social service, which has gen- jeral charge of all matters pertain- ing to social welware, such as the chil- dren’s bureau. “4. Veterans' service. Under this are co-ordinated all thedifferent ac- tivities of the government dealing {in any way with the war veterans. 1Under this department will be the war |risk insurance and vocational train- |ing. | Oficen Abolished and Transferred. i “The new department will work jout a decided saving to the govern- iment, as a large number of offices ar abolished and the functions co-ord! {nated with those of other offices. | “The following offices are abolished: Director of war risk insurance, sur- geon general of public health service, commissioner of education, chief of the children's bureau, federal board for vocational education, board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, “The laws and duties of these of- fices are transferred to the new de- partment. Various bureaus in the government are also transferred, in- cluding the children’s bureau, bureau of war risk insurance: public health service, bureau of education. bureau of pensions. Freedmen's Hospital, Na- tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, functions of the Columbia | Institution for the Deaf, Howard University and St. Elizabeth's Hos- pital. “The United States employes' com- pensation commission is also trans- ferred to the new department and the number of commissioners is cut down to one. The work of this commission is to be carried on under the new de- partment “The bill also gives power to the President, in the interest of efficiency and economy, to assign all or any part of the functions of any division ore- ated by the act to other divisions of the department, and the power to re- organize, consolidate or abolish any office. bureau or other agency which by the act is transferred to the de- and to set up any neces- gencies i olumn GEM QUEEN OLGA TAKEN BY U.S. CUSTOMS MEN| .. By the Ausociated Press. PARIS, May 5.—Queen Olga, mother of King Constantine of Greece, is in such circumstances that she is reported to have offered some of her jewels for sale. It has just become known here that she recently sent a young Greek officer to the United States with a large emerald brooch, with instructions to dispose of it at the highest price. The young man was dressed in civilian clothes and served as a mate on the steamer, which was the King Alexander. Upon arriv- ing in New York he failed to de- clare the jewel, and he was arrest- od and imprisoned for twenty days. He was also fined $700, which was the foreign value put upon the brooch by the customs authorities. The captain of the vessel also was penalized for failing properly to acquaint passengers with Ameri- can customs requirements, . The brooch, which had been in are! the | surgent force: (Continued on Page 2, ,_._—_——l—————"—— ; France had asked Prince Sapieha, Polish foreign minister, who arrived i here on Monday, to transmit & r { auest to ‘the Polish government to take immedjate steps to end the dis- iorders in Upper Silesia. So far as | known, Polish military forces are not { engaged in the reported disorders in | Silesia. but dispatches indicate that { elements which have crossed the Sile. | sian frontier are well organized and | are armed with rifles and machine | guns. French, British and Italian control officials have been ignored. it is said, and a report reaching this city last night stated that Italian soldiers | forming the allied garrison of Gros Strehlitch had been engaged in an Iurl!llery duel with Polish bands at- i tempting to take the city. Germans in the neighborhood of Rosenberg, northwest of Lublinitz, were reported 10 be organizing forces to defend that city, or to launch a counter offensive against the right flank of the ad- vancing Poles. Situation Alarms. | Allied officials here to attend the meeting of the supreme allied council make no secret of the fact that the situation in Upper_ Silesia has ap- | proached a crisis. It is realized the allied military forces in Silesia are inadequate to cope with the revolt. Adelbert Korfanty, Polish plebiscite commissioner in Upper Silesia, has been recalled by the Warsaw gov- lemmem. Dr. Sthamer. the German ambassa- dor here, last night presented a note 'to the foreign office, protesting |against the Polish coup in Upper S: lesia as an apparently concerted ef- fort to take the province by force, and refusing all responsibility for | the situation and its consequences. The note also has been communi- 'Caled to the other allied governments. 50,000 IN REVOLT. Removed Plebiscite Commissioner 1 Joins Insurgents. By the Associated Press, .—Adalbert Kor- ish_plebiscite commis- in Upper Silesia, who was re- moved by his government following i the outbreak of disorders. has issued a proclamation in the Polish Janguage, according to a message to the Tage- blatt from Beuthen, in which he de- clares he has assumed the leadership of the rising. The German newspapers estimate the number of armed insurgents in Upper Silesia_as 50,000, Korfanty is quoted by the Tage- blatt as saving: “The Polish government removed me from the post of plebiscite com- missioner because I was not in a position to suppress the revolt. 1 am no longer plebiscite commissioner. “The same blood, however, runs in our veins. As your brother, I will fight with you. ~We at any cost will shake off the German-Prussian Ibomlaze. No power in the world will ble to prevent us doing s0. e appoint the insurgent Dolliwa as commander-in-chief of all the in- HOPED TO SELL the family of the Greek dowager | for a century, was confiscated at the New York custom house. and, | according to Paris stories, Queen Olga now is trying to find some means of retrieving it. Anti-royalists in Greece assert that the whole Greek royal family, comprising the King and Queen, seven princes and about thirty princesses, are feeling the effect of the economic distress in Greece. Several weeks ago officials of the United States customs service in New York seized a lavalliere, with an emerald studded pendant brooch, which they found in the possession of an _ electrician on board the steamer King Alexander. ‘The jewel was appraised as having a vaiue of more than $1.000, and it is still in possession of the govern- CROWDED SCHOOLS DEPLORABLE, SAYS BALLOU AT HEARING Representative able. republican. | Ohia, put into the House today a billy designed. it was said. (o carry outj President Harding’s announced policy of curbing demands from legislative departments for definciency appropria- tions in_excess of the regular vearly sums alfotted them by Congress. ,Lays Original $5,000,000 i Building Program Before | Senate Committee. ASSERTS TEACHERS FACE REDUCTION IN THEIR PAY | | Expects 2,000 More Pupils to Be " Enrolled in Already Jammed Buildings Next Fall. Deplorable conditions in the public | school system, due to the serious {overcrowded conditions, were de- in'rlbed by Supt. Frank W. Ballou at | the initial hearing before the Senate | subcommittee on education of the District committee this afternoon in the District committee room. Senator Capper of Kansas is chairman of the committee which is investigating the needs of the school system. Dr. Ballou laid before the commit- tee the original $5.000,000 school building program. which school au- thorities hope will be approved by Congress at thi sion. He also told the committe of the urgent need for increased wages for {school employes, and pointed out that |the teachers are confronted with a { reduction in pay if any of the pro- | posed reclassification bills pass Con- | gress without including the teachers. | He said that a committe of the teach- jers’ council was now at work upon a | salary schedule which probably will | be approved by the board and submit- {ted to Congress for inclusion in any reclassification passed at this ses- sion. Would Relieve Conges | Referring to the overcrowded con- ditions in the school system. the su- perintendent said that the $5.000,000 ! building project, proposed by the | board of education and supported by virtually all civic organizations, trade bodies and clubs in Washington, in {addition to the Central Labor Union {and the National Congress of Mothers {and Parent-Teacher Associations, | would provide only a sufficient num- {ber of rooms to relieve the present congestion. He expressed the belief school enrollment mext would be increased at least 2,000, and { indicated that more over-size and part-time classes would have to be created to care for the new pupils. Will Inspect Schools. In addition to more buildings to re- lieve the overcrowding and increased pay for school employes, Dr. Baliou impressed on the committée members the need of other improvements in the school system. They include enlarge- ment of the board of examiners and | the establishment of a paid corps of | substitute teachers. Dr. Abram Simon. president of the {achool board, was scheduled to follow Supt. Ballgu on the witness stand. Others interested in progressive leg- islation for the school system will be called later. | _After the hearings Senators Capper jand Ball will make & personal in- spection of the schools, and then con- {fer with Senator Phipps, chairman of {the subcommittee on appropriations, {who will decide the final question of i relief. that the September PRESIDENT WILL REVIEW KNIGHTS TEMPLAR MARCH {Mr. Harding May Attend Services | Tonight After Seeing Parade | From Portico. | President Harding will review the parade of the Knights Templar to- night from the front portico of the White House, and Monday afternoon from the same place, he will review the parade of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine of the District of Co- lumbia. The Knights Templar will be in uniform and will enter the White | House grounds at the northwest gate, pass the portico and leave by the northeast gate. They will then marc directly to the Church of th Epiphany, where the Ascension da: services of the order will be held, 1t is considered likely that the Presi- dent will attend the services. The parade to be staged by Almas Temple will be held in connection with the ceremonial session of the temple and the imperial visitation by ,Elllu Lewis Garretson of Tacoma. imperial potentate of the Mystic Shrine. All of the uniformed bodies, including the Military Band, Arab { Patrol Drill Corps and the Oriental Band and Drum Corps, wiil partici- pate and the Shrine Glee Club will accompany the marchers. The procession will form at 15th street and Ohio avenue at 3:30 o'clock. It will proceed to the White House and. after the review the marchers will then proceed to Penn- sylvania avenue, east on the Avenue to 8th street. where it will turn and 0 to Poli's Theater, where the cere- monies will be held, and which will be attended by the President. $1,000,000 STORM LOSS. New York Damaged by Rain and Winds. .YORK, May 5—Property damage - estimated at more than $1,000,000 was caused by the heavy rain and wind storm which visited New York yesterday and last night. Telephone “and power wires were blown down and many localities were inconvenienced today. Twenty-five steam and sailing ves- sels riding at anchor in New York bay began dragging late last might and were compelled to call for tuks to assist them. DROP NEWBERRY CHARGES U. S. Attorney Instructed to Nolle Prosse Indictments. Formal notice has been sent to nited States District Attorney Walk er, at Grand Rapids; to nolle prosse all pending indictments against Senaton ment. The customs officers have disclaimed any knowledge of the history bf the jewel or identity of its owner The seizure was made 07 a charge of attempted smu gling. Newberry, it _was announced by the Department of Justice. The instructions were sent, officials said, as & result of 'the Supreme Court's decision Mohday clearing siulor Newberry. ' * 4 . i KL o £