Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1921, Page 1

- v WEATHER. Overcast and cool tonight; tomor- row fair, with rising temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 4 today. Full report on page 28. Highest, 55, 5, at 5 a.m. Closing New York Stocks, Page 24. Che The Associated Press exclusively the use for republication of all news dispatches credited t0 it or pot dtherwise credited n ihis paper and also the local news publisa~d here T WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. All rights dispatches | | ication of special are also rescrved. | | { | | Yester;hy'l Net Circulation, 93,838 No. 28,131 ‘Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, —_— CABINET WEIGHS PARTIPATION N ALLIED PARLEY eign Issues to Be Decided by Mr. Harding. ; DECISION TO WAIT FULL CONSIDERATION Several Angles to Questions In- voived in Joining Councils and Reparations Commission. Consideration of American partici- | ‘pation in the sessions of the allied supreme council, the council of am- bassadors and the reparations com- mission was one of the more impor- tant matters before the cabinet ses- sion today. Whether this country is going to take some part, even a small one, in the after-war settlement.of Kurope now remains with President | Harding, and before he gives the mat- ter any deliberate théught he will| seck the individual views of his cab- | imet members. i} The formal invitation of the allied| supreme council, that the United} States -havo representation on that! body and on the two other joint bodies | of the allies, which was received by | Secretary of State Hughes yesterdhy soon was made known to the Presi- dent by the latter and was the sub- ject of half an hour's conference. Although those who are in a po- sition to speak authoritatively are of the impression that the Invitation may be accepted. no decision is looked for until the Presfdent has zone over the whole matter thorough- iy with his cabinet and various mem- b s of the Senate and House for- n relations committees. There are several angles from which this matter must be deter- mined. One question is whether this Country should have a representative | on all three of the bodies in question | or whether the American representa- tion should be confined to the repa- rations commission alone. Also there is the question of whether the Amer- jcan representative should have pow- ¢r to act formally or informally or Whether he shouid be permitted to act at all, but to simply be on hand as an informal representative of the executive and to later report his ob- servations. ULTIMATUM IS CONSIDERED. | Cabinet Crisis Also Has Bearing on German Situation. B the Associated Press. PARIS, May 6.—Leaders of German political parties met™ this morrning to take action' regarding the allied ultimatum, says a Havas dispatch from the German capital. Awalt New Cabinet. BERLIN, May 6.—Prospective can- didates for the new cabinet and the Dolitical parties are reserving de- cision concerning the formation of a new ministry until the parlia- mentary attitude with regard to the allied ‘ultimatum ~on financial in- demnities has been clarified. For this reason no progress was made this morning. i Leaders of the majority socialist party are stubbornly opposed to par- ticipation in the formation of a cab- | inet containing representatives of | the Germany people’s party, and it! is believed that the social democratic | party, headed by Philipp Scheide- mann, former chancelior. has defi- | nitely rejected an invitation to join; a coalition ministry. 2 President Comfers. President Ebert has held the confer- ences with reichstag leaders belonging to the present coalition and the majority | socialist party, but has not succeeded in untangling the cabinet crisis precipi- | tated by the sudden resignation of the Fehrenbach ministry Wednesday night. Former Chancellor Hermann Mueiler | and Otto Welxk have represented the | madority soclalists at these conferences. | Dr, Gustav Strevamann, leader of the | German people’s party, is prominently | mentioned as chancellor or foreign min- | ister in the new cabinet. Belief also ex- | ists that several members of the Fehren- | bach government will be returned to| ministerial posts. President Ebert re. sumed negotiations with party leader: today. Only a few of the Berlin newspapers today comment on the entente ultima tum, which the nationalist press char actcrizes as unacceptable. Comment by Paper. The majority socialist organ Vorwaerts , sible 1o put an end to this movement [ maximum would be forty pupils per expresses belief that once the Ruhr arca |and we hope to have the situation in|class, and it would pave the way for is occupied the prospects of having it | evacuated at some future date under more favorable conditions than those now named would be slim.- The ca net, it says, will face a momentous de. cision in that it will have to choose be- man industrial section to foreigners of accepting terms the fulfiliment of which =ould call for herculean efforts. “The cabinet,” continues this news-|ually are being forced back by Ker. |$ituation here had been investigated. paper, “will have to ponder the question | whether the future holds prospects for | the amelioration of the entente's pres ent terms if an effort is made to carry them out instead of rejecting them in advance. Nobody in Germany is will- ing to beliecve the entente’s dictum to be the final word in the history of the peacemaking. While the_entente ultimatum was re- ceived in Berlin yesterday afternoon and has been printed here the reparation commission’s proetocol, handed to the German representatives in Paris last night, had not been published in Ber- Lin up to this morning. BRIAND AWAITS “YES.” Returns to Paris as Man at Peace. American Opinion Wanted. the Associated Press. RI> May 5. —Premier Briand, on his Jjourney from London to Paris, & the ‘impression of a man at peace, after five days of intense work. with issues and responsibili- of immense significance to France Germany and Europe generally. returns prepared to defend the ement as a just settlement. one can be defended, viewcd djusted to the resources of Ger- -‘tmough M. Briand does not go 50 far as to say that he believes Ger- | many will a t <Pt the terms, he hopes at” she will do s “I have no desire to sce Franoe spend 109.000,000 francs monthly on the occupation of the Ruhr,” he said, “but nothing can prevent that now xcept a German ‘yes.! without any ‘provided thats, ‘buts’ or where- ases' " i True. Solution Fouad. The premier is convinced that in taking a percentage of the values of xgorts_a_true_ solution has_ been (Contnued on Page 2, Column 8.) ‘official, trom | polut of French interests and yet | “Hughes Touch,” Held | ! as Coercing Berlin; | Wins Allies’ Praise BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Copyright, 19: NDON, England, May 6.— The day of the convening of the H reme council Downing street heard that Germanv would set- | tle. Dow: & street mow has | received amother such report. | It in agreed here that if the neale s been tipped in favor | of a settlement without further occupation of German territory | the United States tipped it. 1 ! Both the British a the ch are delighted with what | they call the “Hughes touch.” | The clear-cut replies of the | | United States to Germany have | | created an excellent impression. | For this reason there in a | heightened desire on the part of the allies for fall participa tion by the United States In the | | wupreme council, the conference | of ambassadors and the repara- tions commission. SILESIA REBELLION LEADER ARRESTED Taken With Staff by Interal- lied Plebiscite Commission, Reports Say. REVOLT AREA EXTENDED Insurgents Now Hold Large Ter- | ritory—British Ask Reinforce- ments. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, May 6.—Unconfirmed reports from Sosnowice early today say that Adalbert Korfanty, former Polish plebiscite commissioner in | [311OWing the first meeting yesterda. ot Ll L 3 afternoon. esia, who 'has proclaimed | It was made clear that the com- | himself leader of the Polish in-|mittee does not propose to investi- surgents in that territory, has been |B3fe any controversics that may arrested by the interallicd plebiscite | ease ot ' Resicrat” Sroiuing jthe) commission, together with his entire stafr. Seizse More Territory. OPPELN, Upper Silesia, May 6. Polish. insurgent forces entered Gross Strehlitz, in central Upper Silesia, about twenty miles southeast of here, at 10 o'clock last night. The cas- ualties among the. troops of oc- cupation in the fighting are given as onme French soldier killed and two wounded and several ltalians wounded NEW COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAV WILL BE FRAMED Draft for School Census Bill Also Asked by Capper Committee. -PRESENT ENFORCEMENT | SCOPE IS INADEQUATE Supt. Ballou Recommends In- creased Pay for Teachers and Playgrounds. The board of cducation and Supt. Ballou of the public schools have been | requested by the Capper school in-| vestigating committee to draft and submit an adequate compulsory aducation and school census bill. It was developed at the hearing in | the Senate District committee room vesterday that the cxisting com- pulsory education law is not working | properly and that there is no census | of school children to aid in the en-! forcement of the law. The bill re-| quested will deal with those two | subjects alone. and will be divorced | from child labor provisions. Senator Jones of Washington and Senator { King of Utah. members of the com- mittee, suggested it would be possible to put such a_bill through Congress with practically no opposition. | ingineer Commissioner Kutz testified | before the committee this afternoon. The investigation of the schools will | be confined to the need of more build- | ings and other facilities, and more | adequate pay for the teachers. it was | announced by Senator Capper Kansas, chairman of the committee, | i | | Bruce of .the colored schools. May Probe Bailding Cost. Th connectfon with the school build- ing program. which the committee hopes to draft after complete hear-, ings on the subject, an investigation of the building situation in the Dis-i trict may be undertaken. Senator King charged that excessive prices were being asked by builders erect- ing public buildings here, including school buildings, and said that before he would vote a dollar for new build ings he would insist upon an inves- The Poles agreed to permit the | tigati igation. g'lll!":ll‘e and local troops in Gross| The sole witness before the commit- | rehlitz to remain there, in their {tee vesterday was Dr. Ballou. super- barracks. An inter-allied representa- tive was expected to arrive here this morning for the purpose of negotiat- ing with the insurgents. The revolt area is reported to be ex- tending and to have reached nearly to this city. The insurgents are de- clared in messages received here to be forcibly recruiting males, inciud- ing Germans, between sixteen and forty-five years of age, in the vicinity of Kichenau and Schoppinitz. Reinforcements Asked. Col. Pond of the Hritish army, in making his report to the allied com- mission here, urged the necessity of sending reinforcements, laying em- phasis on the need of machine guns and ammunition. The French officials here declared they were unable to furnish more soldiers, saying they were short of men everywhere in the plebiscite zone. The Poles %ge reported to be in posgession of tLe entire eastern sec- tion of Silesia as far north as Rosen- berg, which the commission heard they occupied yesterday without op- position. Fighting is still going on at Rybnik Tn southern Silesia. Organization of civilian police to | the number of 3,000 to reinforce en- tente troops -s contemplated here. These police would be Upper Silesian Germans, it is indicated. When a copy of the proclamation issued by Adalbert Korfanty, in which he declared himself governor of Up- per Silesia, reached the interallied commission here, a French official said: “Korfanty is now a rebel, and should we apprehend him, he will be treated as such.” - The proclamation, which, it is un- derstood, was issued at Sosnowsic. where Korfanty has his headquarters, demanded obedience to Nowina Dol liwa, named 33 chief of the insur- genty, and Korfanty on pain of death. It also threatened thieves and plun- derers with the death sentence. Freneh authorities here accepted Kor- fanty’'s action without surprise, say- ing it would make little difference with the eventual outcome. “With_insufficient forces,” said one ‘we are doing everything pos- hand in two or three days. Had the Germars not behaved so well, cond: tions would have been more serious. The interallied commission has in- tormed Germany's f Upper Silesian Germans, number of 3,000, with which to au ment the entente forces which grad- fantry's insurgents. BERLIN. May 5.—An Oppeln dis- ! patch from a German source says that | robbed.” said Senator Ki % the ' interallied commission has de- |are being robbed elnewhere for buf) thousand ded to incorporate three ermans. preferably Upper Silesians, in the plebiscite police. The commis sion has sent a message to the Ger. man plebiscite commissioner at Rati- bor for 500 men for that purpose. i Ted. un aristocratic pup, had the time of his doggfh life ves- terday afternoon at Columbia road and 18th street, when he caused an open break between the Dis- trict health department and the police department, and got away with breaking the rule. which re-, quires dogs to go muzzled in the | | | | i | i | representatives ¥ !here that it will not oppose the or- tween surrendering this important Ger- | ganization of civilian police. made up to the PET PUP, MISTRESS, DOG CATCHER AND POLICEMAN IN EXCITING ROW | intendent of schools. Dr. Abram Si- | !mon, president of the board of educa- tion sat beside the superintendent | and offered evidence corroborating ! the testimony of Dr. Ballou now unE; then. Dr. Ballou gave the committee ‘s graphic description of the conditions | existing in the schools because of4 lack of buildings and adequate play- | grounds. He explained to the com. | mittee the need of the $5,000,000 pro- | gram which was prepared bs the! board of education several months | ago. With reference to the $2.000,000 ! program sent to Congress by the Dis- | trict Commissioners this week. Dr.!| Ballou said that it consisted of the| most urgent items in the $5.000,000 program, and had been prepared by the board of education, The adoption of the $2,000.000 vro- gram did not mean, he said, the abandonment of the $5.000.000 pro- {gram. It may be considered merely the first unit in the needed expendi- turex to bring the District public luchools to the condition in which they should be. Recommendations Made. In addition to the building program, Dr. Ballou made the following recom- mendations: Increased pay for the teachers, and ig the $240 bonus is to be eliminated in the genéral reclassification of gov- ernment employes the teachers should | be included in the reclassification legislation. A corps of paid substitute teachers. ‘Additional playgrounds. H An_enlarged board of examiners for teachers. Additional appropriations for re- pairs and alterations of the school buildings. A new compulsory education law and school census. -~ Increased medical insnection. i the $2,000,000 emergenc: TO| for_uchool buildings It adepted Dr. Ballou said, it would make it possible to do away with the part-time classes in the schools and give the children full time: it would make it possible to reduce the size of the classes in the elementary schools so that the | )ihe ultimate abandonment of the e | {called “portables.” which are difcult to heat and ventilate and otherwise | ! undesirable. Tt would not make it pos. sible, however, for the immediate abandonment of the “portables. | At the outset of the hearing, Senator King announced he favored improving the schools. but that he should vote | for no buildings until the building inxtonians Being Robbed. | “People in the District are belng s the ing_construction. Prices are from 20 to 50 per cent higher than th h {060 p ey ought Senator Capper suggested that Dy lnnllnu might_give the committee in. (Continued on F his own. but anyhow. e thized with the )p).'fl,“' he sympa. d_without further ado took It away | captors ana ey, Jrom his ut it 0 ofhiars and DUt it in the automobite The poundmaster's col. s 2olored thought they had the Iuw.‘:r.l | their side. even though the arm ‘u'n: ml;» rl)aw reached out and took ¢ pup. S0 they argued, a. Poundmaster Smith himseif u’:d scended from his D. C MAY 6 ., FRIDAY, , 1921—-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ISEE FAVORABLE REPORT | ON MINIMUM WAGES House Committee Likely to Report SAID.O00 00 L0SS GUDE FELICITATED FIRST TO JOIN NEW STAFF. Col. Palmer Ordered to Report to Gen. Pershing. Col. John McA. Palmer. d In- fantry, has been relieved from duty at Fort Jay, N. Y., and ordered “to re-{ port in person to the general of the| Army for duty This is the first order issued _b.V the War Department in connection | with the plan to establish * a skele- ton general headquarters of thel| Army” at the War Department, inde- | pendent of the general staff of the Army, with Gen. Pershing in charge. The projected organization is to formulate plans for putting the en- tire military strength of the United States on a war footing without de- | lay in case of an emergency. i Secretary Weeks is expected to an- | i | | i noflnce the details of the new pro- posed “skeleton general headquarters” in a few days THEATER MENHIT | TICKET SALE CURB |Witnesses Before House Sub- 5 committee Say Proposed Regulations Not Needed. Harry Crandall and Roland S. Rob- | bins, manager of Keith's Theater.| were witnesses today before a spe- cial subcommittee of the House Dis- trict committee inquiring into the proposed regulation of price of ad-| | mission to theaters in the District and regulations to safeguard the lives of Representative Wheeler of Iilinois will hold further hearings tomorrow. after which the subcommittee make its report to the House District committee. Oppose Sale Regulation. ! theater patrons. 1 is chairman of the subcommit:ee, which | will | TWO CENTS. PROPOSE: HEARINGS ON RECLASSIFYING 10 BEGIN MAY 16 Chairmen of House and Sen- "ate Committees to Arrange the Details. INQUIRY TO BE PUSHED TO EARLY CONCLUSION Bills Relating to Conditions Re- sulting From Civil Service Retire- ment Also Under Consideration. Joint hearings on le ation for re- classification of government employes will be held probably during the week beginning May 16. Chairman Lep!- bach of the House committee on re- form in the civil service and Senator Sterling of the Senate committee are today endeavoring to determine upon a day agreeable to the members of the Senate and House. « At the first meeting of the House committee today Chairman Lehlbach | was authorized to make such arrange- ments. It is the intention of both {Scnate and House committees to con- jtinue the hearings until they are lished, 8o as to report out Yhe conclu ions of the joint committee as soon s possible. Chairman Lehlbach proposed to in- roduce a new reclassification bill which will, as far as legislative pro visions are concerned, follow substan- {tially the bill which he fathered in the “last session of Congress. Mr Lehlbach said today that his bill will of | i the future of Amcrican merchant ma- | the flect at prices bearing a fair re- temporary improvement in ocean| freights the world's idle tonnage | cannot be absorbed under three “It is time to recognize the fact | that the policy of the Shipping Board since its Inception of endeavoring to build up trade routes from ecveryl Atlantic. gulf and Pacific port to practicaily every port in the world, ON SHIPS CHARGED 1 J.A Farreil, Steel Man, Says . U.S. Should Have Sold . 1 After Armistice. | By the Associafed Press. i CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6.—In an address this morning on maritime policy at the National Foreign Trade ! Council convention James A. Farrell} i | Luther Stuart. president of the Na- of New York. chairman of the council | yicmal oadoration of - Federal Em- {and president of the United Statesiployes, and Miss Ithel Smith, repre- | 5 e ation, told the delegates|senting the Womens' State Union ! Steel Corporatl {League and federal employes, were| rine is at stake; that the government merchant fleet was signed; suggested an interna-, tional conference of maritime nations ! (o stabilize the shipping situation: ! recommended_ the chartering .of the | government fleet to individuals! eith- r on a bare boat basis or on time rgoes and advocated a revision of | American shipping laws. Marine’s Future at Stake. Mr. Farrell spoke, in part, as fol- lows: it “The future of our merchant marine development is at stake and its pres- ent position is the outcome of hap- hazard efforts to deal with a problem the requircments of which necessi- i tated from the beginning a settled policy and a well defined purpose. It is the duty of all Americans to pre-j vent the elimination of our overseas fleet from the world's carrying trade. “The signing of -the armistice on November 11. 1918, found us with a flect of 16,000,000 deadweight tons built and under contract as the re. sult_of the dictates of military ne cessity. Efforts were made after the armistice to Induce the Shipping Yoard to sell a large portion of the fleet to foreigners. For a period ex- tending into 1919, an opportunity ex- isted to dispose of a large portion of lation to a moderately depi cost. Not taking advantage of this opportunity. the government ‘missed its market. and it i estimated lost a chance to realize at least $800.- 000,000, being the difference in the market value of the tonnage of steel ships which could have been sold at that time and the appraised value today. F a Sacrifice. “To sell the fleet, whicly cost the taxpayers of the United States more than three billion dollars, without legislation revising our navigation laws, is impéssible. It is questiona- ble whether, under present condi- tions, any considerable tonnage could be 80ld except at a sacrifice Which is rot warranted. “Serious consideration must be given to the problem of maintaining our merchant marine. Even with a years. All maritime nations are af- fected. Approximately 7,000,000 tons of the world carrying capacity is laid up out of a total of 60,000.000 tons (of which 5,000,000 tons is still under construction “It might serv a useful purpose to ourselves and to the world to bring about an international con- ference of the maritime nations to stabilize the rhipping industry on the theory that one part of the world cannot be crippled economically while the rest is prosperous. Policy Impracticable. 18 expensive and impracticable. Tntil trade revives and opportunity exists for obtaining a fair sale price for the ficet an early retirement of the Shipping Board and liquidation of its shipping _business seems impracticable. A partial solution of one of the difficul- Ules confronting the Shipping Board is to continue to lay up a considerable por- | tion of their tonnage and in line with the slogan ‘Less government in business, more business in government,” withdraw from all but supervisory activity by chartering the steamers to reputable and experienced operators, either on a bare boat basis or on time charters, allowing the charterers the option of purchasing the steamers when conditions improve. Effects on Great Lakes. ASHE TAKES OATH Next Week on Nolan The contention of the theater man- | be reintroduced in ample time beforc i the hearing, so that those who are to ’ |in charge of the witnesses from the: | Daniels tells of 100,000 schemes “to ¢nd Bill. ! Favorable report probably in an-! other week upon the Nolan minimum wage bill for the District was fore-| cast at a hearing today .before u-e; House committee on labor. The next meeting of the committee will be a week from today, when a decision will be reached regarding the report on the bill which proposes a minimum | wage of §3 a day, $80 u month or $1.080 a year. cmployes of the District government, from the government printing office. All the witnesses testified that the government employes now have a hard struggle to get along on the; wages they are receiving. They em-} phasized deplorable living conditions, | high rents and that prices of neces- sities are not declining sufficiently so that they can get a good existence. D. C. MARINE INSURANCE LAW HEARINGS BEGIN House District Committee Told Urgent Need for Model Regu- lations Here. Hearings were started today before a subcommittee of the House District committee, of which Representative | Focht is chairman, .for a model ma-{ rine insurance law for the District. | The urgent need for such a law was elphasized by Dr. Huedner of the University of Pennsylvania. who was introduced by Representative Ed- munds of Pennsylvania, acting chair- man of the merchant marine com- mitee, as an expert on marine insur- ance. * Dr. Huedner told the committee that this country must encourage the de- velapment of the marine insurance business in the United States for the protection of commerce and for the national defense. He explained that more than two-thinls of the marine Insurance on Amcrican ships is car- ried in British companies. This not only gives the profits from a lucrative businessinto forelgn companies, but places much confidential _information regarding ships and cargoes at the disposal of the trade rivals. It was pointed out also that as the American merchant marine has been built for its potential value in times| of war as much as for commerce, an intimate knowledge of these ships should not be made available to for- eign agencies. An attorney representing the mer- chants and shippers of New York and the secretary of the United States Shipping Board are to be heard when the hearings are resumed at 8 o'clock tonight. SNOW IN GREENVILLE, ALA GREENVILLE, Ala. May 6.—Snow in very light form was seen falling here Wednesday by citizens. It was the first time there has been a snow- fall here in May in many years. Today’s News in Paragraphs S. lost $800,000,000 J. A. Farrell says U. by failure to seil shipping marine when armistice was signed. Page 1 Plans are under way for joint congres- sional_hearings on reclassification to begin May 16. Page 1 Silesia révolt leader and staff-reported arrested. Page New compulsory education law and ~school census bill will be framed. Page 1 of L. Page 2 “Open shop” fight heads A. F program, for coming year. Gen. Sawyer tells edUCatOrs Of §Nterest | e e s in’ proposed health department, Page ! District | - seat on the ac! i ce."”” | wakon and joined i 3 “The main factor in determining| the war at once. Page 3 | Ted is the property of Mrs. M. | ment. Now i poadimstlC ATEUS | poiher e can compete suscessfully | pormer secretary of State Colby em- LeRoy Goff. 2303 California street. sexsed of sy I8 PO%- | Jith foreign tonnage lies largely in our) “fiilizes friendly British-American He was nosing hix way around | said, and Poundmaster’ gpity ! *shipping Jaws. The latier are not only! rejations in London address. Page 9 | Mount Pleasunt yestcrday with- thought he was safe. B rz nx"" th - rangling our oceangoing shipping, but ' citi ¢ associati 1 | out w muzzle and wax caught by | liceman did ‘not sec it nar®Jhey lare aftecting the carriers on the great| Firore ignt. for et tunntla ndor two célored assistants to Pound- and arrested 1 X c | master Walter R. Smith, who were | a charge of l:imn';?i:'r‘l’lym“c!r:e; @ jlakes hips must be managed by com- | railroud tracks. P 13 | prepared to place him in the wak. | had him take' hia seat ‘in- fhe |petent crews suieient in number to op: | Congestion Yery serious in cighth, public on along Wwith a motley herd of common curs. when Mrs. Goff ap- peared in an automobile and asked the release of her pet. The poundmaster told Mrs. Goff the pup was breaking regulations, and had to go to the pound, and at the pound alone could it be re- deemed. Mrs. Goff went straight to Trafic Policeman Marvin Car- penter, who was working a “stop- and-go”" signal at the corner. Police- man Carpenter may own a pup of [ | pound wagon and acco him to the neares mpanied n t police station. There Capt. Judge suggested that the affair be ended. But Poundmaster Smith wants a test of the case, and the policeman and his prisoner were ordered to re- port to the Police Court next :‘u;;fl:z"::"alatmm; the right of o foter doficncherl. ere with the eanwhile Ted remains the most stuck-up pup in 'Washington. te economically and safely and American sexmen should enjoy the best possible conditions, receiving in wages Teagonable return for service performed. But it must be equally obvious that pro- visions of employment which require American vessels to maintain larger crews—65 per cent of whom must be licensed men—than is the case with for- eign vessels and to carry as the engine- room crew 30 per cent more men {nan the steamships of any other nation, nec- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) s school division. Page 13 Heads of committees report on com- fhunity service activities the past year. Page 13 Ulsterites put peace in Ireland up to Sinn Fein. Page 13 Claxton tells City Club small schools should be junked for fewer but finer ones. Page 14 Ex-Gov. Catts of Florida indicted for - all acceptance of $700 for vote in. on case. Page 18 - D. C. Rent Commission | Unanimously Elects A. L. Sinclair Chairman. ! Witliam F. Gude, recently appointed | a member of the reat commission to; succeed James F. Oyster, District Commissioner, was inducted into office today. The oath was administered by Justice Ashley M. Gould in Criminal Division 1. The court congratulated Mr. Gude on his appointment and wished him success in the position. A. Leftwich Sinclair and Mrs. Clara |1ost '$500,000,000 by not selling its{from the bureau of engraving and!Sears Taylor, the other members of | When the armistice | printing. the Library of Congress and ! ihe commission, were present. as was| algo William P. Richards, District as- sessor, who is“advisory assistant to the rent commission. feveral mem- bers of the bar crowded around Mr. Glldle lhnd"lxtendtd their felicitations: “I shall try to ] see 1€ A hoat fokt or Tesor” With this declaration Mr. Gude sssumed his duties at ‘the rent ctommission shortly after taking the oath. ‘With the arrival from the court of the new commissioner the other members of the rent board held a joint conference and elected Mr. Sinclair chairman of the commission. Mr. chairman since the resignation of Capt. Oyster. He is a lawyer and is thoroughly wersed on all details of the Ball law. The nomination of Mr. Sinclair to be chairman, made by Mr. Richards, was seconded by Mrs. Tay- lor and unanimously approved. ing until Monday. The rent board holds no hearings Friday and Satur- day, these days being set aside for the filing of motions for rehearing, dis- missal, etc. Monday it is expected that a docket of more than fifteen cases involving rental and possession | disputes will be ready for hearing. With a completed personnel commission hopes to make decisive inroads on the accumulation of cases resuiting from the upholding of the Ball law by the Supreme Court. New petitions are being received at the rate of more than twenty a day on an average. —_— INCREASE SPEED LIMIT. Commissioners Set 15 Miles An Hour on Highway Bridge. The Commissioners, in board meat- ing today, increased the speed limit for passenger vehicles on the High-| way bridge from twelve to fifteen miles an hour. Trucks will be re- quired to continue at the twelve-mile | rate. This action follows the transfer of supervision over this bridge from the War Department to the Commis- sioners, which was done last week. The new regulation will be effective thirty days from now. MISSOURIAN REWARDED. E. Mont Reily Named Governor General of Porto Rico. President Harding today appointed E. Mont Reily of Missouri to be gov- ernor general of Porto Rico The nomination, along with several others for minor federal positions throughout the states, was sent to the Senate to- day. This announcement came as no sur- prise in official circles, and it has been generally Rnown for some time that| Mr. Reily, who 18 known as “the orig- inal Harding man” of that section of the country, would be taken care of in some high federal post. During the last few days Mr. Reily has been In Washington, during which time he has been familiarizing him- self with matters pertaining to his new official duties. The appointee is a prominent real estate man of Kansas City, and did_considerable organiza- tton work in President Harding's.pre- convention campaign.”He was es- pecially active during the national campaign. 3 VIVIANI THINKS U. LEAGUE, IF DRASTICALLY AMEND By the Ansociated Prew PARIS, May 6.—Belief that the United States could not stand aside “from the work of world regenera- tion” if the league of nations cove- nant was drastically amended was expressed today.by Rene Viviani in replying to queries from American correspondents . ag . to what he thought of the prospects of .the ’ league after his recent visit to the - United States.; u “The league - the | {agers was that the proposal to regu- late the sale of admission tickets to the actual seating capacity of the house was unnecessary and that ex- isting regulations cover all that thej legislation proposes. \ The witnesses argwed that it was a fallacy to handle this matter of seat- ing theater patrons through legisla- tion. “We t to do it now and can do it best when we are not hampered by a set of rules,” they told the committee. | They pointed out that it is their ainf| jto safeguard the public. because in | doing so they safeguard themselves. They sald this was the policy of all the theaters and motion picture { houses in the National Capital. Invited to Imspect. | The members of the subcommittee and members of the Yuil District com- mittee ‘were invited to make an in- spection of the theaters with a view to finding out for themseives exactly how the question of overcrowding is being handled under existing regula- tions. The subcommittee had under consid- eration, 1 introduced by Repre- eentative Wheeler. but the various members were advised to prepare their best thought on the subject so as to get the most efficacious legisla- tion. 1 | New Bill introduced. Representative Woodruff of Mich- igan, a member of the District com- Sinclair has been acting a8|mittee. today introduced another bill| regulating and restricting the sale of tickets at public amusement per- formances, including theaters, motion | picture houses and haii games. The Woodruft bill ‘proposes io limit the sale of tickets to the scating capacity. % and then would allow the owner or | Mr. Gude will not have an oppor-|jnanager to sell stamling room tickets. [ tunity fo take part in a public hear- | yith the privilege of taking a vacated | | seat, ‘the price of the standinz room ; ‘t!ckel tg he 10 per cent less’than; the: regflar price. 3 { The bill authorizes the District Commissioners on the grounds of pub- !lic health and safety to regulate the | seatinz capacity of any amusement; place. the manner of ventilation, num- | ber of ushers required. fire protection and similar safeguards. | | 'PUBLIC PRINTER BANS | ALL GAMBLING IN 6. P 0. Dismissal Will Result From! «Bookmaking” or Other Forms of Gambling. 1 Pubiic Printer George H. Carter to- | {day made public an order placing the | ban on all types of gambling bookmaking” in government printing office. Dismissai will result from infringement of the order by any ofticer or employe of the shon. The order States that “betting or preparing to bet on races ia any form, either directly or indirectly, and gam- bling during working hours. includ- | i ing the lunch period. is positively forbidden. It warns officers and employes “against frequenting or having any communication either directiy or in- directly during such hours with any place Iwhere betting or gambling is carried on.” 5 % Any officer or employe,” the ofder adds, “found guilty of betting or gambling, or preparing to do either, fa any form during working hours, including the lunch period. will be summariiy dismissed.” |PRESIDENT BARES SECRET Tells Camp Fire Girls He Wears 1034 Slippers. NEW YORK, - May 6.—President Harding's size for bedroom slippers is 101z. Confirmation of this fact was made by the President himself.in a letter addressed to Dorls and Edith Brown, Camyp Fire girls. They planned to give him a bouquet of flowers while he was here for the unvelling of the Bolivar statue. Failing to reach the President, the girls decided to send him a pair-of m slippers, and wrote to ask the size. His appreciative response revealed the secret. | S. WOULD ENTER the September meeting of the as sembly, be, relieved of its cumber- some, objectionable features through amendment of the covenant,” he said. “It will become rid of the articles which make it appear like a superstate, When this is done, I cannot believe a nation like the United States ean keep aloof from the work of world regeneration.’” M. Viviani asked the correspond- ents to thank the American people on. his.behalt:{or the cordial'recyp- Mm in the United s 4 loffer téstimony at the hearing wil |have an opportunity to digest the Lehlbach bill and discuss it when thes lsee it before the committee Other Messures Comsidered. The other reclasification bills noa before the House committee are the Fairficld bill, which is the joint com- sion bill, and the Wood bill. which was prepared by Herbert D. Brown. chief of the bureau of efficiency. Two bills to relieve conditions sulting from ci re- vil service retirement act were considered today and an early report foreca: Both of thesc I bills are fathered by Chairman Lehl- | bach. One covers payment to the re- | tired emploves who were temporarily ire-emploved and whose pay was | either withheld or deducted from their annuity. The other bill proposes w reinstate those who, without any question of efliciency, were refused fhntinuance in the government sers- ce. BUILDING REGULATIONS TQ BE TESTED?IN COURT — : i ~ |Case Involves Powess of District Commissioners fo Enact Restrictions. The extent of the powers of the Dis- trict Commissioners to enact ‘buil@inz regulations is involved In the case of the District Commissioners vs. Mollis | Schwartz, in which the Commissioners | today submitted a petition for a writ ol certiorari to the Supreme Court. The petition and brief was submitted through the corporation counsel, F. M. Stevens. ‘The “zoning act” and previously enacted laws aathorizing the Commissioners to make building regulations are invelved. The Court of Appeals awarded a writ of mandamus against the District Com- misdioners und the inspector of build- ings, compelling them to issue a build- PO ing permit to Moiile Schwartz to con- 1 str o L Joining o west. The permic had becn refused by, the Luilding inspector on the ground that the responceat did not comply with regulation 167a and with building rega- lation known a 21. Buildirg regulation 167a provides: ‘On a residence street where thers is no property on the same block oc- cupied and used for business purposcs no permit for the cstablishment or conduct of a husiness of any char- acter, retail or wiolesale. shall be granted untii there shall be written consent of the owners of three- fourths of ine property within 200 feet of the site of the propused estab- lishment. —_— BUDGET BILL BY HOUSE. Passcs by 344 to 9—Duts It Under Executive Control. By ¢ vote of 344 to 5 the House yesterday passed the federal budget bill. The measuré approved by thé Houcze differs in one importaut ré: spect from the measure ag passed by the Senate. Senate " made budget bureau a bureau of the Trcas- ury . Departmer while the Houge, makes it an independent establish- ment connected directly with the ex- ecutive. This and severai other changes will necessitate the measure going to con- ference between the two houses. While providing, as does the Scnate. bill; for abolishment of the effice of coptroller of the Treasury and crea- tion in its place of a controller Zen- eral, to be selected by the President for a term of seven years, the House measure would make the latter of- ficer subject to removal by a concu! rent resolution of Congress not ré&- quiring_the signature of the Pre: dent. The Senate bill provides for re- moval by joint rleloluuon requiring xecutive approval. ©The House retained the Senate pro- vision for appointment of the diree- tor of the proposed budget bureau and his assistant by the President, al- though voting to make the buréau in- dependent of the Treasury Deperi- ment. v BLAMES “DRY” RAIDERS. U. 5. Judge, Dismissing Slayer,: Says They Had No Wayrant. MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 6.—Judge, Henry D. Clayton of the middle Ala-’ bama district United States court de- clared_in the trial of a prohibition case that he would be compelled tp order a verdict of not guilty in the / case of & man brought before him fop’ killing an _officer of the law who h; entered his office without a s warrant to search for liquor. Jy rraigned = the. and seizure” act wi 80 'far ‘a8 he kne w, officersy I A the - / / / /