Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1921, Page 1

. j WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; moder- ate temperature; gentle variable winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 p.m. today: lowest, 45, at 5 day. Full report on page Highest, 70, at a.m. to- 4, part Closing New York Stocks F2%°3 - @he heni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star, | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication ofH Dews dispstches credited to it or not therw.e credited 1o this paper and also the local news publisa™ herein. All right dispatche s of publication of special s herein are 2lso reserved.” Y Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,663 * No. 28,132. PRESIDENT HARDIN WILL CUIDE ENVOYS INALLIEDEQUNGLS Part of U. S. Representatives i Will Be Limited by In- structions From Here. OFFICIALS ASSERT ACTION IS NOT LEAGUE SANCTION Senator Harrison Charges Admin- istration “Switched” Foreign Policy by Acceptance. Instructions to Ambassador Wal- lace at Paris and Roland W. Boyden to resume their posts as unofficial ob- servers for the American government at the conference of ambassadors and reparations commission, respectively, | were prepared today at the State De- partment. This is in conformity with the decision of President Harding, announced yesterday, to have Ameri- can representation on the internation- al councils overseas dealing with problems growing out of the war. George vey, ambassador to Great Britain, who is to sit with the allied supreme council as the repre- sentative of the President, will re- ceive his instructions upon his ar- rival at London next week. His par- ticipation in the proceedings of the council will be less definitive than that of the other American repre- sentatives, not, it was explained, be- cause of any desire by the United States to restrict his work as be- cause of the difference in the powers - given their representatives by the other governments. Limited by Constitutions. It was said that the constitutions and traditions of the different gov- ernments permitted a varying degree of authority in their representatives. The American representatives. how-( ever, will be limited by the instruc- tion of the President, who, it is explain- ed, is limited in authority by the Con- stitution. The supreme council was described as a deliberative body whose, acts must receive the approval of the gov- v ernments represented. - Expediency was urged as the principal motive for joining in its deliberations. The common interest in many problems that have arisen from the war or- dinarily would require diplomatic ex- changes, it was said, which personal contact of the representatives of the different nations will go far toward ' obviating. Not Samctiom of League. le was emphasized again today that the United States does not regard its resumption of participation in the de- liberations of the supreme council as| indicative of any sanctioning of ‘he league of natigns. Administfation of- ficials insisted that there was no con- Dection with the league and that the United States had assumed no obliga- tions by re-entering the meetings. The American enunciation of the attitude toward mandates was de- clared to be unaffected in any way,| ‘but it was pointed out that the posi- | tion of the United States on that| question and others in which it is| interested was strengthened by hav- 1n€ & representative on the council. ‘The State Department is in receipt @af reports regarding the hostilities | S byt that is one of the questions it considers at present as European. Rebbing It In, Says Harrison. | The decision of the administration | sccept the invitation of the allied ! couneil to send American rep- ves to the allied councils got | Senate discussion today, Senator democrat, Mississippi, de- eclaring that in sending the invitation | the allies were “merely rubbing it in" | o0 the American government “for de- | serting them.” . ‘The Mississippl senator also charged that in accepting the invitation the administration had “switched” on its foreign policy again. “We find the leaders seitching all the way,” he said. ““We see this Sen- ate offering a practical insult to the allies by passing a separate peace with Germany. Then we find the ad- | | away entirely from the Versailles Entered as second-class matter post office Washinz.on, D. C. { REGAINS VOICE IN AIR. EOverseu Veteran for Second Time | Benefited by Aero Trip. H. A. Renz, jr, an overseas veteran of this city, who recovered his voice during an airplane flight here some weeks ago, made another flight today and again regained his voice, which failed him on April 25. When Renz reached Bolling Field today he was un- able to speak above a whisper, but after flying for half an hour at an altitude of 12,500 feet he could talk freely without difficulty. Public health service officials who ar- ranged for the tests are not certain that the flights will affect a permanent cure, { but plan to continue the experiments if necessary. KNOX RESOLUTION CAUSES FRICTION Senate Disturbed Over House Holding Up Peace Measure for Administration. There is friction between the House and- Senate leaders over the Knox resoultion repealing the declaration of war with Germany for the purpose of establishing technical peace. Sen- ate leaders are vexed with the House because it has not accepted the Senate resolution without cavil. House lead- ers are irritated against the Senate because it sent the resolution over so hastily, at a time when the House was not ready to take it up, and in a form known by senators to be distasteful to the House. The parliamentary advantage rests for the time being with the House. The resolution is in committee and is likely to remain there for the present. Chairman Porter of the House com- mittee on foreign affairs, told his col- leagues that he has not made up his mind when he will ask the commit- tee to take it up. 3 What is really happening is that the House is handling the resolution in accordance with the wishes of President Harding and Secretary of State Hughes. The administration at- titude favors the soft pedal on the Knox resolution pending the critical situation of the hour on the German reparations compaign of the allies. That is the crux of the delay at the House end of the Capitol. Otherwise it would be easy enough to amend the resolution to suit the House and thrash out the differences in confer- ence. Some Faver House Demand. In point of fact, there is sentiment among senators favoring the House demand that the resolution shall not repeal the @eclaration of war. but shall merely declare peace. It was expressed in open debate in the Sen- ate, particularly by Senator Townsend of Michigan, and his views are known to be shared by other senators. The irreconcilable group of senators are thought to have been respomsible for the action of the Senate com- mittee on forelgn relations. in jam- ming through the Knox resolution in 1its existing form. The view is said to be held by some of that group that the House has not s0 much latitude of jurisdiction over the peace resolution as is vested in the Senate by the contention that it is really identified with the 8enate’s powers to ratify peace treaties. This is classed as a novel proposition and is not admitted by the. Ho leaders in any respect. Gall to Irreconcilables. The holding up of the Knox reso- lution and the action of the admin- istration in accepting the invitation of the allles to have representatives of the United States present at the meetings of the supreme council of tho ambassadors and of the repara- tions councils is gratifying to that element in Congress and in the ad- ministration which has held all along that the United States cannot get treaty, but must eventually take cog- nizance of it in some way. Secretary of State Hughes fs work. ing on that subject diligently and President Harding is known to have thus far declined to accede to the view that the Versailles treaty must | be absolutely discarded. All of which is gall and wormwood to the irrecon- cilables, who insist that the treaty ministration tendering its offices as a sort of compromise. And after that| there comes the offer of a seat in the silied councils. That was merely ‘ rubbing it in." i Attacks President’s Action. { “Next we find the President naming | #s the man to represent him in those | cou a man who has insulted | practically every one of the nations. He's not in a position properly to| represent this government. But that's the man who is to do it.” | Senator New, republican, Indiana, | Interrupted to read a London news ! dispatc h quoting Bainbridge Colby, former Sccretary of State, as havingy complimented Ambassador Harvey as, an “accomplished and cultivated gen- | tleman.” | Mr. New said that information ought | “to relieve the distress of the Senator from Mississippi.” “Isn't that about all he could say?" tnquired Harrison. “And is not that| a doubtful compliment?” insist that if I said to a charm- | lady that she was ‘a nice girl’ she ould not consider it a compliment.” Paris Press Pleased. | PARIS, May 7.—Newspapers of this | eity today expressed great satisfac- | tion with Washington dispatches an- nouncing the United States had de- cided to resume her part in the su- | preme allied council, the council of | ambassadors and the allied repara- ions commission. It was declared ernment the result of French 4 diplomacy, and would facilitate a gen- eral settiement of peace probiems. Referring to divergencies between Prem Briand and Prime Minister Lloyd George, which arose during the meeting of the supreme allied counsel at London, the Matin declared that the opposition of the British prime minister to many of M. Briand's de- mand< “stopped as if by enchant- ment” when he was (old of the United States notc to Berlin rejecting the German reparation proposals. B e Associnted Press. BERLIN, May 7.—Rudolph Schwan- der ix persistently mentioned as an availuble candidate for the chancel- (orship. He was formerly governor of Alsace-Lorraine and is now presi- jent of Hesse-Nassau. He is sup- posed to lean toward the democratic party and is not opposed by Dr. Gus- {av Stresemann, who is generally ex- pected to take the post of foreign minister if his party enters the new government The attitude of the center party is jne of the chief enigmas of the situ- ation. It is believed the centrists will join the n ¥ socialists in form- ing a new « ccept the ¢ died conditi in preference Posug Germany to occupation This two-party bloc probably would " AContinued on Page 2, Column 4.). that the action of the American gov- | must be rejected in toto and that the United States shun the league of nations and all its work: Today’s News in Paragraphs Postal employes here begin pistol prac- tice. Page 1 Duponts offer $400,000 for Warder prop- erty on K street and new hotel is possible. Page 1 Knox resolution causes friction between House and Senate. Page 1 Yeggs blow open safe at Accotink post office. Page 1 Allies urge speed in use of troops to quell uprising in Silesia. Page 1 School pupils plan to serenade Presi- dent. Page 2 Daniels discusses mysterious disappear- ance of “black war plan.” Pago Senate inquiry may take up cost of building schools here. Page 2 Tax exemption for new housing proposi- tion to be discussed by City Club group. Page 3 Postmaster estimates deliveries of local letters day of mailing has increased 100 pef cent. Page 4 Mrs. J. W. Frizzell made head of D. C. Federation ef Women's Clubs. Page 4 Law requiring visiting motorists to reg- ister starts fight. Page | President rests today and he and Mrs. Harding plan to spend night in Lees- burg. Page 4 Salvation Army opens budget drive. Page 10 “Uncle Joe” Cannon, holder of the American record for, service in Congress, celebrated his elghty- fitth birthday anniversary today by sticking on the job. The House was not in session, but the former Speaker “refused to adjourn,” and attended a meeting of the appro- priations committee, which is working on the deficiency bill Somebody asked Mr. Cannon if he could tell how many cigars he had smoked since he first got the habit. | | How Many Did He Smoket | | “I don’t know, but that reminds | me,” he said, as he reached in his pocket, pulled out one of those long black cigars and borrowed a ‘ mj X WASHINGTON, D. C, ALLIES URGE SPEED INUSE OF FORCE TO END POLE UPRISING Ask High Commission to Act Energetically and Use Troops in Silesia. FRENCH CIRCLES STIRRED OVER CAPTAIN’S ARREST German Request to Open Silesian Frontier and Free Political Pris- oners Held There Granted. By the Associated Press. MAIDSTONE, England, May 7— The prime minister, Mr. Lloyd George, declared today that if Ger- many rmed in accordance with the treaty of Viersailles she was entitled to ask that the allles in- sist on the disarmament of Poland. Mr. Lloyd George made this declaration in addressing a meet- ing of 5,000 persons here under the nuspices of the National Unionmist Association. By the Associated Prees. PARIS, May 7.—The allies have sent to the allied high commission in Upper Silesia an urgent request to act energetically in the suppression of the Polish uprising in that district, usigg the allied troops for the pur- pose. They also urge that the com- mission report as quickly as possible on the settlement of the boundaries between Poland and Germany in this area as a result of the recent plebis- cite, this question not having been considered at the London session of the supreme council because the com- mission, it is stated here, had been unable to reach an agreement. French circles appeared much con- cerned today over news received of the arrest by fifty Germans, who had crossed the frontier, of Capt. Deblois of the French army, controller of the district of Ober-Glogau, who was on a tour of inspection. The Germans took Capt. Deblois to Meustadt. Gen. Lerond, head of the allied com- mission in Upper Silesia, has just re- turned to Oppeln. Frontier to Be Opened. OPPELNE. May 7.—German re- quests that the frontier between Ger- many and Silesia be opened and that all political prisoners held by the al- lies in upper Silesia be released. have been granted by the interallied com- mission here. Decision whether the use of German government troops would be permitted in Silesia and whether the Polish frontier would be closed was expected today. An armored train was run from Breslau to Kreusburg, abof thirty miles northeast of here, by Germans last night, and was turned .gver to allied authorities there. The al ac- cepted the train in view of the reports that the Poles planned to attack Kreusburg today. When Rosenberg was taken by the Poles a British major who was act- ing as control officer there was ar- rested by a Polish leader, who was formerly a police officer under the command of the major. The Polish leader ordered that the major be shot, and ordered a squad of five men to execute him. Al: the squad took its place the major said: “You do not dare to shoot.” Where- upon the Poles lowered their rifles and refused to fire. Situation Tense in City. The situation in this city, which has been growing appreciably more tense, has been made more serious by the arrival of hundreds of refugees. Many have been severely wounded and "have excited the tion yestorday afternoon, parading up and down the principal streets and past the administration building. Allied “officials, frankly expecting an outbreak, say they would be un- able to cope with an insurgent Ger- man populace. Prince Hatzfeld, Ger- man delegate on the interallied com- mission, declared _yesterday that every effort was being made to hold back the Germans, but that the dan- ger was increasing hourly. “We have asked the ailies to in- crease their forces here,” Prince Hatzfeld declared. “From 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers are needed and needed badly, if the most serious situation i8_to' be avoided. We fully realize what the consequences of a fight be- tween German and French soldlers would be, and we will spare no_ ef- forts to stave off an incident which might lead to war and would cer- tainly cause widespread fighting among German civillans and Poles.” He added that, according to Ger- man information, thero are at least sixty thousand Poles under arms in Upper Silesia. They are declared to be led by former Polish army officers and are well disciplined. TRY TO SLAY NITTI 3 Fascisti Members Charged With Attempting His Life. ROME, May 6.—The charge that Fascisti, or extreme nationalis made an attempt on the life of for- mer Premier Nitti s printed by Il Paese, the new organ of Signor Nit- ti. The newspaper says: “Several Fascisti, under the pre- text of starting a new fascisti club went _to Rionero, through which Sig- nor Nitti was to return from a speak- ing engagement. As s0oon as an auto- mobile_appeared the fascisti fired at it with_revolvers, the shots going wild. Signor Nitti did not occupy this automoblle, but the one follow- ing 1t.” “UNCLE JOE” CANNON, 85 TODAY, HAPPY WITH INSEPARABLE CIGAR Representative Cannon explained his determination to attend the hearing on the deficlency estimates by saying that he had heard Secre- tary Hoover was to testify, and he wanted to see how a “reformer could explain his deficiencies.” Alds Disabled Soldier. At the door of his office Uncle Joe met_a disabled soldier from Walter Reed Hospital, who was seeking assistance to expedite his compensation through the hureau of war risk insurance. Mr.? Can- non immediately dictated a lotter to the director that this scldier's claim should be investigated. Mr. Cannon's desk was heaped high’ today with letters and tele- grams of congratulation, and his office was besieged by colleagues and other old friends offering their congratulations personalige . _ SATURDAY, = U.S. IRREVOCABLY AT SIDE OF ALLIES Germans Will Get Small Com- fort Out of Any Treaty With America. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States government has placed itself irrevocably alongside its associates in the war by the decision to participate in all councils on ques- tions growing out of the European con- flict. Any hope that America would act the part of a neutral as between the allies and Germany has been swept away. ‘When a new treaty is negotiated, either with the Versailles pact as a basis or a pattern, the Germans will get small comfort out of it. Irrespective of the league of nations contfoversy, the Harding administra- tion is carrying forward the policy of the wadlnx administration in en- deavoring to co-operate with Europe for the benefit of the world. The foregoing points are emphasized today as the National Capital realizes that gradually President Harding and Secretary Hughes are defining Ameri- can foreign policy along lines that are not altogether inconsistent with that of the preceding regime in Washing- ton. The passage of the Knox resolution by the Senate, hailed as a victory for the “irreconciiables,” was short lived. That resolution, which has not yet passed the House, does not mean a separation of the United States from the allies. All such thoughts have been d! pated by the action of the gove ment here in aceepting the allied 1 vitation for a resumption of the part- nership entered into during the war. Treaty Is Necessary. Indeed, the expectation that imme- diately after the passage of the Knox resolution the United States ‘would send an ambassador to Germany is also without foundation. Senator Lodge himself stated to the Senate that the Knox resolution was a law and not a treaty. Until a treaty or agreement of some kind is entered into with the Berlin government dip- Jcmatic relations between Germany and the United States will not be re- sumed. Technically, of course, there is no legal reason why the United States cannot send an ambassador to Berlin even before a treaty is negotiated and ratified. Many a precedent exists for such a procedure. But the govern- ment here realizes that the resump- tion of diplomatic relations with Ge: many carries with it more than pass- ing significance and conveys a moral effect of extraordinary importance. Until Germany, for example, makes satisfactory settlement of the claims growing out of the sinking of the Lusitania- subject to be fully co ered in any new treaty with Berlin— it would difficult for reasons of sentiment to send an ambassador to Berlin. That, at any rate, is the pres- ent feeling here. Dresel to Stay at Post. The_ public may expect, therefore, that Mr. Dresel, the American com- missioner in Berlin, will continue in- definitely at his post negotiating any new agreements or treaties which may be necessary for the carrying on of relations between the United States and Germany. The Department of State is very much pleased with the tact which Commissioner Dresel has_exhibited thus far, and for the next several months anyway he will remain in charge of American Inter- ests in Berlin. The determination to wait until a treaty is signed before sending an ambassador to Berlin will perhaps come as a disappointment to those who_believed the Knox resolution would bring immediate peace between the United States and Germany. But the policy now is to regard that reso- {lution as simply a domestic affair— repeal of the war laws on the statute books of the United States. (Copyright, 1921.) |WIFE, SEEKING DIVORCE, SLAYS HER HUSBAND NEW ORLEANS, May 7.—Mrs. Fred R. Levee of Los Angeles shot and jkilled her husband. at the corner of heart of the business section of the city, shortly before noon today. Levee, according to meager informa- being divorced by his wife. Business linterests also were aid to be involved. Mrs. Levee, the police said, recently was in Baton Rouge, where she en- deavored to have Gov. Parker sign extradition papers 8o that her husband could be returned to California. This the governor refused, {t was stated. ‘The shooting was witnessed by hun- idreds of persons. Mrs. Levee simply walked up to her husband, who was standing on a hotel corner, talked with him & few minutes and when he started to walk away shot him.in the back. She then gave herself up, has refused to-talk. X St. Charles and Gravier streets, in the | tion in possession of the police, was | MAY 7, "\\'\" " W\‘i \ . 7 |SUSPEND 6.P.0. WORKERS | Eleven Suspected in Investigation Into Gambling. Eleven men have been suspended from the Government Printing Office in con- nection with an investigation into re- ports of gambling in the various divisions there, Public Printer George H. Carter sald today. Mr. Carter said that the investigation had developed nothing new since vester- day, when an order was promulgated by him making it an_offense punishable with dismissal to be found guilty of gambling. ““We are pursuing the investigation,” he said. 0 further action than the suspension of the eleven suspects and the promulgation of the order has been taken.” Reports have been made to Mr. Car- ter, it is declared, stating that horse- race bettig, which is the subject of the investigation, is not confined to em- officials. UNSTABLE FOREIGN FINANGES HIT U. 3. American Business Depres- sion Declared Result of Trade Relations. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, eighth annual convention of the Na- tional Foreign Trade Council closed a four-day session here this morning with the adoption of the platform for the coming year, as recommended by the general convention committee, which was drafted after consideration of the many addresses and ussions at the general and group sessions of the convention. “The business world is suffering to- day from unbalanced exchanges. Not- withstanding the position of the United States as a creditor nation, the present unstable financial condition of a large part of the world, especially of Europe, is the fundamental cause of our own business depression,” the committee report said. - “A return to normal conditions in this country depends-in a large part upon an improvement of our foreign trade. The present retrogression is evidenced by the maximum of the country’s export trade of $928,000,000 in June, 1920, decreasing in October to $751,000,000, and in March, 1921, to $384,000,000. “Foreign nations whose imports ex- ceed their exports have been compelled to curtail purchases because of in- ability to pay by exports. Must Increase Imports. “The United States must continue to increase its imports of raw material and merchandise not detrimental to existing industry in order to receive pay for the exports necessary to em- plpyment by labor in agricubture and industry; and to permit of the liquida- tion of the obligations of the debtor nations. “It is generally agreed that the solu- tion depends upon our ability to create adequate facilities drawing upon sur- plus American investment funds in order that the long term chedit so badly needed by the European coun- tries may be furnished. Most of the countries of Europe are unable to pay us now and for some time to come in gold or merchandise and unless they are enabled to obtain credit to pur- chase raw materials, their business and ours will continue to stagnate. 1 “We urge the immediate creation of financial institutions under. the Edge law, whose machinery ~will facilitate extension of long-term joredits to promote free exchange of exports and imports. We commend efforts to acquaint our investing pub- lic with the necessity of purchasing debentures issued by such institu- tion» againet approved foreign secur- ities for this purpose. Pante Crisis Over. “The reducion of loans and accum- ulation of tanking reserves now per- mit the extension of credits sufficient to accelerate recovery in certain lines. This should gradually thaw frozen credits and end stagnation and provide export and import car- goes for our now partially idle mer- chant marine. “The increased confidence prevailing {in the American business world de- |notes the disappearance of danger {of financial panic. As liquidations progress and reconstruction in Europe Proceeds normal conditions. will be restored gradually. It will continue |to be the part of prudent commercial 'and financial interests to refrain from | hasty and ill-advised expansion. “A number of manufactured prod- ucts remain too high in cost of pro- duction to compete in neutral mar- i kets with foreign goods. It is essen- tial that the substantial reduction in cost of living be followed by econ- omies in cost of production until a stable balance of values of all com- modities and _productive effort is ostablished. No readjustment, how- | over, can be complete without reduc- tion’ of costs of rallroad transporta- but | on. both for, domestic and export X ployes alone, but that it also extends to | May. 7.—The| 1921 _TWENTY-TWO PAGES. AGCOTINK P. 0. SAFE BLOWN BY YEGGS $300 in Stamps and $65 in | Cash Taken—Follows Other Crimes. ACCOTINK, Va., May 7.—Yeggmen blew up the the post office safe here between midnight and 5 a.m. and got away with $65 in cash and $300 in stamps. ‘When Postmaster John W. Ander- son opened the doors this morning he looked upon a rifled safe and a chaotic jumble of papers and articles scat- tered about the fioor. The’ door of the safe remained on its hinges, but the lining about it had been blown out. Entry was forced by demolish- ing the combination knob. Ezxcept for possible finger prints, it is believed that the ye left no clue as to their identil In some manner they packed of" the explosives so that only. ight noise s heard by one or tWo of the near- ' residents. e blow-up of the safe here last night 3dds another item to the list of robberies and outlaw acts for the last few months. Seve: weeks ago Post- master Tillinghast was knocked down. beaten and robbed of $400 near his office at Lorton, Va. He had been left on the railroad tracks in a helpless condition and was found by a passer- by. Just previous to the hold-up of Tillinghast a store at Lorton post of- fice, at Accotink station, three miles from here, was broken into and robbed of a large quantity of provisions. Police at Washington and the in- spectors’ division of the Post Office Department have been notified and are already at work on the case. TWO INDICTED ON CHARGE OF ‘FAKE’ STOCK SWINDLE to Get $25,000 From In- diana Farmer. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 7.—Thomas E. Blair, Chicago, and Walter G: | Carson, Salt Lake City, were held to the federal grand jury at Birming- ham, Ala. following preliminary hearing before United States Com- missioner Gregory here on charges that they misused the mails in fur- therance of a scheme to defraud. They are charged with promoting a scheme to swindle Marshall Hinchman, Rush- ville, Ind., farmer, out of $25,000 with an alleged “fake” stock transaction. Post office inspectors testified that Hinchman dld not know until in- formed by them at Cincimnati that he was the intended victim of an alleged gang of confidence men, mem- Ark. ton, Ky., alleged accomplice, was continued. He denied wrongdoing on his part. PACIFIC FLEET TO STAY. Will Remain Permanently on West Coast, Says Rodman. | LOS ANGELES, May 7.—Admiral Hugh Rodman, retiring commander |of the Pacific fleet, at a farewell {luncheon given him by Angel |business men, said he was “persua ed from newspaper accounts” that the fleet will remain permanently on the west coast and will be “consider- ably augmented” The admiral em- Dhasized that he was not speaking officially. Admiral Rodman will start east next Monday to sit as a member of the naval selections board at Wash- ington. ———— JEWS AND MOSLEMS CLASH. JERUSALEM, May 7.—Another dis- turbance between Jews and Moslems ocurred today near Petah Tikvah, in- volving some casualties. The mili- tary intervened. No other details have been received here. Quiet is re- ported at Jaffa, where fighting re- cently occurred. CRANES LOCK BIG Alleged to Have Promoted Scheme | bers of which he met at Hot Springs, | The case of John Hayes, Coving- | OPPOSE BRIDGING RIVER. :7 D. C. Heads Advise Against South Cap.toi Street Structure. The Commissioners do not belleve there is need at this time for a bridge across the Anacostia river from the foot of South Capitol street to Poplar point. They so advised the Senate District committee today in reporting on a bill 1 pending in Congress for sucha bridge. The Commissioners tell Senator Ball. |(-hmrman of the committee, that the question to be considered from the strict's standpoint is whether traf- conditions require another passage- ' way across the river. and they have lcom‘ludt‘d that mo such need exists at the present time. | The city heads made a favorable re- port on another bill, to authorize the closing of Piney Branch road between 17th and Tavlor streets and 16th and Allison streets WARDER PROPERTY SOUGHT BY DUPONT $400,000 Offered for K Street Plot and House. Hotel Possible. I Negotiations for the purchase by the Dupont interests of Delaware of the valuable Warder estate, compris- ing much of the block on K street be- tween 15th and 16th streets north- west, are under way, it was learned today. 4 It is understood that the Duponts have offered the American Security & Trust Co., trutees for the estate, ap- proximately $400,000 for the property. Negotiations are expected to be com- pleted within a few days through the office of the F. H. Smith Com- {pany, real estate agents. ’ The fact that the Duponts are in- | 1 terested in extensive hotel holdings in many of the big citles nas led to the report that they are contemplat- ing the erection of a large hotel here. to eclipse in size any of the local hostelries. ! The property was part of the es- {tate of the late B. H. Warder, and consists of 9,498 square feet of land, improved with a handsome residence and outbuilding. The house and out- building alone are said to be worth more than $60,000. It is reported jthat all buildings on the premises will be razed to make way for the proposed hotel structure. The site is considered by real estate men excellent for hotel purposes, be- ing within a block or two of the downtown commercial and banking scction and of the White House. A good many out-of-town Interests have been reported from time to time as negotiating- for the purchase of the land, but in the present case the re- ports are said to be authentic. RARE SHRUBS BLOOM. ’I'vo Specimens of étynx Japonica in West Potomac Park. Lovers of plants and shrubs will be interested in an examination of two specimens of the Styrax Japonica, located about 500 hundred yards west of the Paul Jones monument on the speedway between main park road and the west Potomac tidal basin, it is guaranteed in a statement from the office of public buildings and grounds today The tree grows to be about twelve | to fifteen feet high. The two now in blossom in the park are in the neighborhood of seven feet in height. Blossoms are white grow- ing in clusters underneath corre- sponding clusters of leaves. There are two other specimens of this tree existing in the parks of Wash- ington one of which is on the east side of the White House grounds, and the other just east of 14th street, in the grounds of the Department of Agriculture. —_— PREHISTORIC CITY FOUND. American Discovers Greek Ruins | Dating Back to 2,000 B. C. ATHENS, May 7.—Ruins of a pre- historic city have been discovered by Prof. Carl Blegen of the Ameri- can Archaeological School here. The city he has found was situated be- tween Corinth and Mycenae, in south- ern Greece and pottery and frag- ments of statuary unearthed fix the date of its prosperity at about 2000 B. GUARD CUBAN RAILROAD. iMilitary Authorities Ordered to Act in Strike. HAVANA, Cuba, May T.—Military authorities ‘at Cumaguay. a railroad center of eastern Cuba, were ordered last night to establish vigilance serv- ice over property of the Cuban Rail- way Company, the lines of which have been tied up by a strike of em- ployes for ten days. This action fol- lowed the burning of a mail car in an emergency train sent out from Camaguey yesterday and reports of an attempt to burn a bridge near that place. 2 " Press dispatches from the prov- inces of Camaguey and Qrientes, serv- ed by the Cuban company lines, de- clare the strike has seriously inter- fered with the sugar harvest. Government mediators thus far have tailed to bring the opposing sides into agreement. SRR BIG SHIPS FOR FAR EAST. Dreadnaught Goes to Asiatic Fleet, Replacing Armored Cruiser. A dreadnaught is to be assigned to the American Asiatic fleet for the first time. It was learned today that the Florida will be sent to the far eastern station some time this summer, replac- ing the armored cruiser Huron as flag- ship of Admiral Strauss. SAFES IN PLACE ON NEW BURGLAR-PROOF MAIL CAR By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, May 7.—The first trial trip of a new type of burglar-proof mall car, designed to combat the efforts of mail thieves, whose loot is said to have passed the $100,- 000,000 mark in 1920, was complet- ed today when one of the specially constructed cars arrived from New York carrying 27,000 pounds of mail and accompanied by a com- mittee of postal officials, which will decide on the adaptability of the car to general mail service. The car consisted of.aine.sec- safelike containers. These ners, equipped with the most modern locking devices, were load- ed at the New York post office, car- ried to the train in motor trucks and then by means of a crane locked in place on the car. ‘When the trip was completed an- other crane lifted the containers to motor trucks and they were rushed to the local post office and un- locked. The time of transferring the containers from the train to the post office was thirty-one min- utes, which officials said was one- fifth of the time taken by the old hand methods. . tional con! S — i —— TWC,,CENTS. 7,294 MORE PUPLS FURTHER TAXD.C. SCHOOL FACILITIES Increased Enroliment Over Last Year Stresses Im- provement Need. 61,635 PRESENT TOTAL, AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE Large Number Unusual at This | Season—A@irls Outnumber Boys in Advanced Grades. Statistics compiled today by school authorities show that there are 2,294 more children enrolied in the Di trict public sclovls now than in May, 1920. The treal registration is 61,63 against 59,34% last year. These figries, school officials con- tend, are irlicative of the need for increased actommodations which are provided for ‘n the original $5,000,000 building prosram of the board of education. An increase in enrollment of at least 2,000 also is expected at the inception nf the new academic vear in Septem:ber, making the ready lamentable congested cond tions even more serious. The registratiot, in the high schools is 9979, an increase of 1,201 over last year, while the elementary school enrollment has ristn from 50,387 to 51.425. The enrollment in the two normal schools likewise has in- creased, the figures showing that there are 225 students in these inggitutions as compared with 176 {p May, 1920. More Girls Than Beys. The enumeration of the school children reveals that there are 717 more girls than boys in the high schools. In these institutions there are 5348 girls and 4,631 s en- rolled. School officials ~attribute this to the fact that more boys than girls leave high school to go to work. The enrollment figures for the va- schools and normal schools are as follow: Wilson Normal, 101; Miner Normal, 127; . 2.929; Eastern High, 756; Western High. xsusi- ness High. 1,195; Tech High 1316; O Street Junior High. 505; Armstrong High, 709; Dunbar High, 1,410, and M Street Junior High, 384. The enrollment figurés for the vari- ous elementary school divisions are: First division, 5,202; third, h;nklln-’l‘homwni,floz spec| fitth, 6,263; sixth, 3543; seventn, eighth, l.‘ll:‘ nln!,!zl.‘ Normal practice, i eleventh 4.768; twelfth, 1,402; thir- teenth, 5,147; Miner Normal practice. 197; Cardoza_Vocational, 42, and O Street Vocational, 100. . The increase in school enroliment at this time of year is unusual. school of als po! dye to the fact that heretofore’ ms:! children have left school in. April and lh{ to work for the summer or to leave the city, cous- ing a noticeable decrease in the reg- istration. This year, however, it is believed by school authorities that few children have left school for |these reasons, while on the other {hand some government employes who |came to Washington for war work have just ht homes and brought their families here. POSTAL EMPLOYES PRACTICE SHOOTING Clerks of City Office and Mail Wagon Drivers Pop Away at Range Targets. Pistol practice by employes of the ‘Washington city post office began to- day at the District National Guard rifie range at Congress Heights, fol- lowing receipt of the full quota of arms and ammunition given the local office under recent orders of Post- master General Hays. Fifteen clerks of the registry di- vision and mail wagon drivers popped away at targets on the range, under the instruction of Lieut Col. George Taite, superintendent of the 1ith street postal station, and Capt. Harry E. Shilling, appointment clerk at the city post office. Started by Chance. City Postmaster Chance personally started the truckioad of armed em- |ployes on their way to the range, which is being loaned the post office by Gen. Stephan of the District Na- tional Guard. Under the instruction of the two former service men, the clerks and wagon drivers soon felt at home with the .45-caliber pistols, and before the practice was over felt confident they could hit any mail robber who might dare to show himself. Practice te Be Daily. From now on the daily practice with the pistols will be a feature of train- ing at the post office. All employes in vital sections, handlers of mail and drivers of postal trucks and wagons will be instructed in the use of the weapons. The postal employes will be assign- ed the range in small groups, similar to the one which initiated the pistol practice today. The work will be con- tinued until all the men are able to give a good account of themselves with the weapons. This _means, officials said, that would-be mail robbers will encounter postal employes not only fully urmed, but employes who are more or less expert in the use of the pistols they carry. OPPOSES TAX ON AUTOS. Automobile Chamber of Commerce to Fight Levy on Makers. DETROIT, Mich., May 7.—Plans to oppose proposals for an increase in federal taxation on the automobile ipdustry were completed by the Na- tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, meetiag here. The industry, Alfred Reeves, general manager of ithe organization declared,: was being heavily burdened, and. any additional taxation would be unfajr. C. C. Hanch, an officer of the .cham- H. H. Rice, president of -the Cadillac Motor Car Company, and J. ‘Walter Drake of the Hupp Motor Car Company, were named to represent the body n hearings by congressional committees. . George M. Graham, vice president of the Plerce-Arrow Motor Car Com~ pany, Buffalo, will represent the truck interests. e