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WEATHER. Showers probably tonight and to- morrow: no change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. toda: at 2 v~ todav: lowest, yesterday. Full report on page 16. 3 e 5 Highest, 58, at 11 p.m. _,J Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. No. 28,137. WATER BILL FIGHT OF D. C. RENEWED BEFORE SENATORS, Military Affairs Committee Pressed to Favor New Conduit Measure. DRIVE LAUNCHED TODAY i, LED BY CONGRESSMEN Influential Support of Need for Better Supply Centers Hope in Army Measure. | Capital is depending for its water| #upply upon a sixty-year-old conduit that may go out of commission at sny time. “The last Congress passed the Army 11 with a conduit provision attached. :Ill( the measure was killed by Presi- dent Wilson’s “pocket” veto. Surprise was occasioned when the House mili tary affai committee failed to in- clude the item in the bill reported at this session. Tn view of the fact that the proposal originated in the Senate, it was dgclded to wait until the bill reached the Senate before again calling the attention o!i Congress to the seriousness of the water | situation. Omission Explained. ission of the conduit item from the bifl"z‘ep‘or!ed to the House was explained in some quarters on the ground that the Secretary of War had not recommended it as one of the measures calling for immediate action. N The Secretary, however. in an in- formal statement to a reporter for The Star. set at vest speculation as to his attitude toward the need of a new con- duit. He said Army engineers had in- formed him a new conduit is an imper- ative necessity and that he would favor the improvement being authorized by | the Army bill if this was the quickest| way of accomplishing it. As a result of this statement, sentative Zihiman today ,expect! to call upon Secretary Weeks to urge that| he send a special communication to the | Senate milita ting forth his uation. affairs committee. set- | ws as to the water sit- Such 1 communication. e could make practically certain ble actim by the commitice. | Francis R. Welier, chairman of the water supply committee of the Board of also expected to request the com- | ¢ 10 give a hearing on the: question. ¢ mittee water . i ol It is believed that if the Sgpate com. out the Army bill author, hew conduit the item will stan: 1Hing 2 Ment chance of belng approved by both houses of Congress. “In’ the closing hours of the lu seseion the seriousness of the water situation was brought to the atten- fion of Congress when an amend- ment to the Army bill making an in'- 2 opriation of $2 Trrucon of a conduit was offered on the floor of the Senate. The amend. | ment survived a point of order an Was passcd by a substantial Jority. 1t was approved by the con- farees on the Army bill and when it was submitted to the House it carried by an overwhelming majority. ‘Congress recorded its views as x; the need of water legislation by suc decisive votes that every confidence had been felt the Army bill, killed by formdr President Wilson. would come out of the House committee with mittce repori | permitted {given the 00 for con- ma- | Entered as second-class matter post_office_Washington, D. C @he WASHINGTON [COMMISSIONERS TO FIX | TAX RATE FOR NEXT YEAR | Hope to Reduce Revenue on Per- sonal Property Next } The Commissioners will turn their attention next month to fixing a real estate and tangible personal prop- !erty tax rate for the fiscal year. b ginning July 1, Commissioner Ru- | dolph, chairman of the board, an- nounced today. | Commissioner Rudolph expressed { the hope that he and his colleagues { would be able to make the new rate | xomewhat lower than $1.95 per hun- dred dollars of assessed value. which | was determined upon for this year. Although the $1.95 rate was fixed | last summer, its existence did not dawn upon the community as a whole | until this month, when the time ar- | rived for the payment of tax bills, The Commissioners have received a number of amusing and indignant letters from taxpayers, who, appa | ently not advised of the change rate, complained of the incrgase in the bills. " The old rate was $1.50. higher than before. Under existing law, the Commis- sioners are called upon to fix a rate that will, in their judgment, produ: 60 per cent of all appropriations charged against the District in that | ratio. The United States government, | after many years of paying half the cost of running the National Capital, now pays only 40 per cent. While the new tax rate has not been worked out. there are indications that I!l may be 10 or 15 cents less than 1.95. APPROVES OF BOYS' SUNDAY BAGE BALL |0yster Not Opposed to Using Playgrounds Except Dur- | ing Church. Time. Commissioner Oyster, who super- vises playgrounds, is not opposed to the boys of Washingtqn being per- mitted to play base ball on the mu- Tnder the leadership of members of Congress, Washington today launched & new fight for water legislation. The rooms of the Senmate military affairs committes will be the scene of the renewed campaign. The commit- tee has before it the Army bill passed this week by the House. Effort will Bo made to have the Senate commit- Ree report the bill out with an item sathorizing construction of a new eonduit from Great Falls. Senators Capper and Sutherland #md Representatives Zihlman and Moore are directing the efforts of Washington citizens to impress upon Congress the fact that the National nicipal playgrounds Sunday after- noons. The Commissioner has decided, ihowever, that the playgrounds should {not be made available for base ball The question came up today in the |form of a request that boys of the | northeast be allowed to use the Ros |dale grounds for base ball Sund: afternoons. Mrs. Rhodes’ Position. ! Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of grounds, said the boys would be to use the small diamond at Rosedale Sunday afternoons, using the soft type of ball. Men have been: use of the large diamond | t;Rosedale Sundays for some time. making this year's bills 33 per cent | } Trade, | chants tion I he FITZGERALD BILL BITTERLY OPPOSED * BY D.C.INTERESTS Business and Civic Bodies Flay Insurance Measure Be- fore House Committee. BOARD OF TRADE HAS U. S. Chamber of Commerce Also Voices Opposition—Another Hearing Monday. Opposition by organi; and civic interests of Washing- ton to the Fitzgerald bill to establish compulsory industrial insurance in the District, not only for those en- gaged in hazardous employmen:. but including domestic help in the home as well, was voiced today at the hear- ing before a special subcommittee of the House District committee. the ed busi- Monday, when other opponents to ti bill as now drafted will be heard, in cluding spokesmen from the Board of Chamber of Commerce. Mer- and Manufacturers Asso _ Charles F. Nesbit, formeri suranc for the Dis- who will tell his opinions. forti- f experience with government insurance under the bureau of war risk insurance. and Walter B. ¢ representing the Wa ngton Auto- motive Trade Association Opposition Explained. Tt was emphasized today by the speakers in opposition that there is no real opposition to compulsory in- dustrial insurance. but that the op- position is based chiefly on the gov- €rnment entering into the insurance business and against administrative features of the Fitzgerald bill, which, it was claimed, would shoulder an ad- ditional tax burden upon all the resi- {dents of the District. David M. Lea. representing the Washington Board of Trade, centered the objection of the business men of the District to the Fitzgerald bill on {Sunday mornings. when the boys!three points. might be tempted to aveid church| First, opposition to monopolistic servies or Sunday school. {features. He raid that the busine: men felt workingmen's compensation should be open to competition from all sources, stock and mutual ‘tom panies, self-insurance and bonds. Question of Hazard. Second, on the question of hazard described the Fitzgerald bill as too embracing. He pointed out that the District of Columbia is a small residential community and has few factories or other places of really hazardous employment and that it is Mrs. Rhodes stated today that she | has never advocated Sunday base ball on the playgrounds because she does not believe the playgrounds should be | open without a caretaker present, and ; she is opposed to the caretakers) working seven days a week. W Keep Boys Off Streets. In declaring himself not opposed to Sunday afternoon base ball for boys. C‘ommissioner Oyster voiced the belief that it would keep the boys off | the streets. He made it clear. how- | ever. that he would not approve of | Sunday ball at any hour when it might conflict with Sunday school or church attendance. While boys and girls havk always Zone to many of the playgrounds Sun- | day in small groups, there has never | been organized play under municipal ‘He emphasized seven objections unfair to the community at large, be- cause it puts a useless burden. of in- definite taxation on the entire public. “Industrial fined to really ment,” he argued. Third, he said that the definition in_the bill of injuries was entirely too broad. “The word injury in this bill unless limited to accidental in- juries from hazardous employment, would cover mere iliness and merge hazardous employ- fit proposition, necessary in’ a character,” Mr. ‘ward formal protest of the Board of Trade. to community of Lea said. thi the bill as it now stands. Makes Sevem Objections. First, it contemplates the entry of 'leaders Sundays. the government into busines: Sec- Watihass sl PenaiB hasated: ond. it sets up a monopolistic fund. Congress gave the playgrounds de- | [ 1i*d, the extent of the District is partment a lump Sum_ appropriation | oo, FAI 0 S€t uP A sate fund last year for the employment of extra | /2%t U 5 < watchmen at 23 cente an hesr bot|of the government as to the funds e Tt has becalth an our. bt land the system starts bankrupt. Fifth new appropriation will | July 1. Al present the only playground con- sidered for Sunday afternoon ball for | boys is Rosedale. CONSTANTINOPLE IS MADE | be available i it should be administered by a local board of District residents. Sixth. the classification of hazardous occupation is too broad. Seventh. competition of mutual and stock companies would have a salutary effect in holding down premiums. The thought behind this was that if it was a government- conducted insurance business, the 7 STRONG OBJECTIONS | The hearing will be continued next | insurance should be con-| very closely on the state’s sick bene-! which is certainly not Brashears, presented the | bening Sfaf. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION I | Member of the Associated Press | The Associated Press is exclusively eatitied to the use for republication of all news dlspatches credited to It or not yherwise ~rcdited tn ihis paper and also All right D. 5 ) THURSDAY, ) MAY 12, 1921 -_THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ispatches herein are aiso reserved. the local news publisasd icrein. s of publication of speeial TWO CENTS. | | | | | | 1 IVEET PRESIDENT ON REORGANIZING Work of Congressional Com- | i mittee Formally Begun at | Conference Today. ! | The spec i 3 reated for the p readjusting t congressional com- | | mittee rpose of re- | {organizing ana the i rious departments and bureaus of the | re government ganized today in the office Ipresence of President Harding and {at once entered upon its work. The first official step of the com- mittes was taken during the confer- ence with the President when Walter | F. Brown of Toledo, Ohio, wha yu-} terday was appointed as the adminis- v o tration'y personal Tepresentative on| this committee, was elected perma- | Inent chairman and Semator Reed| Smioot of Utah was elected vice chair- | man. Quarters in_the Capitol or in| ! either House or Senate office build-| }ings will be commandeered today or; { tomorrow by the committee. at chl | t'me’an official force will bé obtained | and an actual physical part of the task entered upon. Confer for Hour. | President Harding sat with the com mittee more than an hour. durin which time the scope of the reor- | ganization contemplated was briefly | | outlined and aszreed upon. The execu- | tive made known his views regarding | | the problem, as well as those of several {individual members of his cabinet, | who. like himself, are intensely inter- | ested in the governmental reform. The | va- forma al or- and in the | objects to be attained also were dis- i cussed. and the meeting concluded with | the development of an unanimous | | agreement among the committee mem- bhers that no time would be lost in car- rying on the work. and that the inves- | tigation to be made preliminary to any | Tecoinlnenuauons 1or cndanses should | | be of the most thorough nature. H | As agreed upon following the con- | ference with the President, the first step of the committee will be the | i making of complete surv of the | personnel of the departments and bu- i reaus and the individual work of the federal employes. When these sur | tion field. Alliesw iVi" H arket German Reparation Bonds in America Ry Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 PARIS, France, May 12. ternational money for the first | time in the world's history will | | result from Germamy's accept- ance of the allled deman cording to M. Loucheur, mi ter for t THOSE » @ ALLIES LL AN THINK Wl THEY _ .\WON IF THIS KEEPS com- d guaranteed by G many under threat of occupa- | | tiom of the R: basin. 1 These bondw are not which cannot | financial situation of th pPowers, but they constitute we- curities anlable in the w 1l capital will buy them, pro- ing money for the Fremch | | and other governments mow | | desperately in meed of hard | cash. The necesmary guarantee may be provided by the Freach occupation of the Ruhr and an allied receivership of Germany. HARVEY RECENED AT BRITSH COURT New American Ambassador Meets King George at Buckingham Palace. Ry the Associated Press LLONDON, May 12.—Col. SR (UGB George at Buckingham Palace, th ambassador presenting his letters of A {Holder of Dual Role Carries No Gossip From in bers of the embassy secretariat. The of whixky were rolled out p cab et ‘ambassadorial party drove to Burae under the hay. credit to the king. Ambassador Harve Was accompa . . ingham Palace in royal carriages. Five men, whe, the police | | to . H g oFTre men. whe. the poliee | | Legislative Hall , ek Ceraes e ded] Horse in Auto Truck | Eating Hay Used as | Cover for Whisky | STAUNTON, Va., May 12—A | ~e quietly munching hay in a | truck in which the crented on the streets of Staunton. policeman becoming suspicious © of the bulky size of Old Dobbin's | luncheon made an investigation nied to the palace by Sir John Han bury-Williams, marshal of the diplo matic corps; J. Butler Wright, cou jselor to the embassy. and the mem- | x barrel ror with the result that eorge Har- | FRENCH WILL KEEP ARMY BEFORE RUHR - UNTILBERLINPAYS Plans for Occupation Order- | ed Held Up, But Will Not | Be Dropped Entirely. \COLLUSION WITH POLAND, {CHARGE OF BRITISH PRESS Acceptance of Allied Terms | Promptly Stimulates Interest by American Business. | BY the Associated Press. ! DUF DORF, May 12.—Gen, We- Koutte, commander of the allied ‘ful'"('“ on the Rhine, arrived here this morning from Mayence and imm diately ordered the preparations for occupation of the Ruhr to cease. It Was remarked among the military of- | ficers, however, that the order “the operation has been postponed” ;and not entirely abandoned Troops teo Stay on Rhine. bie to The Star and Chicago Daily News. i Copyright, 1921. | PARIS. France. May 12— French troops will remain on the Rhine. This is one of the outstanding facts of the situation following Germany's formal acceptance of the allies’ ultimatum. The French have consistently main- tained that France was authorized to pply automatically In oase | Germany should default in any detail of her promiscs. These promises in- clude a large number of detafls which must be cxccuted gn the dates fixed Ly the reparation commission. On the first default in the execution of any of these details, according to th French position, French troops will oc- cupy the Ruhr district as has been planned. It is widely asserted that the Briand if the Ruhr is not said | By Ca sanctions noke to Hagerstown, Md., were Vice Presi ~ooli < never|, The three roval barouches employved cabinet will fall placed under arrest charged | |, President Coolidge has never | go, (o (O 000 called at 11 o-clock | occupied. The first of the dates named with bootlegging. ey gave | €CN What you might call a garrulous jat 29 Chesham place. the American fOr some sort of German payment or their names as F Drewry man. and when he was Governor of | embassy, and the members of tite performance will probably be fixed and W. J. Masoa chusetts mi cas not |American party, all of whom were in noke, and H. R. Davix, J. t Missechusetts. Wis: tongue’ was sot|g NS Sl PADS: SoL carriages and Baker and G. H. Nigh of Hager: {"hung in the middle.” But senators|proceeded to the palace. Earl ¢-trso town. The men in jafl isay that in those days he was a veri- |the secretary for foreign affairs, w. {he truck, horse, whisky amd |iable babbling brook of communica- Bresent during AbhassslonRArYey.A n ed. : 2 s L bkt tion compared to what he hus been|ihe letter of recall of his predecessor = ET 7Y —___ |since he took up the dual role of hold-!in the ambassadorial post, John W. DCCOQUAN TO HAVE | ATHLETI GROUNDS Conference Held Today for: Discussion of Provision for D. C. Prisoners. Another step in the development of humane prison work in Washington W ing down the presiding officer's chair | DAVIS. . After 1 . in the Senate and occupying a seat at: s formality the.capinet table twice a week. Seaztors D 2 i Whep the Viee Pi was in- vited {0 join the meetf of:the cabi- Inet. some senators t ht he might | prove to be a kind ison officer between the republicsf lemdership in ! the Senate and the u:u tstration of- ficials at the other emd of the Avenue.! LONDON, May 11—Col. Harvey But there is “nothinig doing.” sena- | presented his ‘credentials to Earl tors are now saying. Mo far as their | Curzon, the foreign minister, at the obtaining from him &ny information | foreign office this afternoon a i# thinking and| Few of this afternoon’s newspapers |talking about. d#BOnet “saith noth- | comment on ‘Mr. Harvey. but the Pal ling. . 5 | Mall Gazette says v Americs After the Tuesday meetings he re-! R e ean turns 1o the Senate about half-past 1 joclock looking as demure as if he; lwere not freighted with mighty af- fairs of state. On Fridays it's the same way.‘ One senator remarked had been con- royal equipages the entire proceedings having taken about an hour. Received at Foreign Office. on what the words of greeting. “which could not be exceeded in cordiality or couched in terms more agreeablée to the peo- ple of this country.” s w The newspaper says A was taken today when Mrs. Susieithat his face was so immobile it! Harvey is cgyy?;xend»iisp:r:):flafi;d‘l‘; Root Rhodes, supervisor of play- [should serve as a warning to Uncle | Englishmen by his record 4y & grounds, and George S. Wilson, sec- retary to the board of charities, met to plan the cstablishment of athletic fields for man and woman prisoners stanch upholder of the allied cause in the hour of strain and anxiety. “But it gives a peculiar pleasure.’ { the Pall Mall Gazette adds, “to read ! the warm words in which at the very Joe Cannon not to sit in and ask for a hand in a friendly game: he would | prove a formidable adversary. Delicate Position. R by Thex realize, however. ichat | the | outset of his mission he has describ- c h e President holds a delicate posi-|ed the aims which are behingd it agreed at the conference 10 |(ion, and that probably his only safe- | This is heartening and hraci"g“lan begin work first on the installation of apparatus for a woman's recrea- In all probability it will include tennis courts, a basket ball field, a schlag conrse and swings. Base Ball Provislon. The two municipal officers also dis cussed plans for the laying off of a ity lies in keeping absolute silence. He is the repository of an unlimited Quantity of senatorial talk, plans and policies, and it is assumed that he is just as reticent in ¢he cabinet room about them as he is in the Senate cloakrooms about the cabinet. There is no particular objection to his performance of the dual roles, and no senator has suggested that the guage. and in full accord with : manifestations of the government | from which Mr. Harvey received ‘his credentials.” the CONTINUED RAIN HERE INDICATED BY FORECAST jcluded King George, Ambassador Har. {vey and Lord Curzon had a few min- utes’ informal chat. following which the members of the new ambassador's suite were presented to the king. The party was then driven back in the | 1o Chesham place, | ambassador announced himself by his | jwithin a month. Hence there is a bility that the Ruhr district will ccupied within a month. Ac -ording to the French contention. French troops may advance without Great Britain's consent in the event of a German default. but no doubt such an action would bring another struggle over the question of Franco- British policy. The public a whole virtually demands French occupation of the Ruhr, though in certain French ndustrial and financial.circles there {1z a strong indlination toward the | British point of view. Urge Action in Pola Ly Cable to Ti® Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921, ! LONDON, May 12.—Strong pro-Ger- ! man comment appears today in many | British newspapers renowned for their anti-Germanism in the past. These | papers think that a certain element {in_Poland, apparently instigated by {irresponsible French influences, are | seeking to defeat the treaty of Ver- | sailles at Germany’s expense. Against ,any such action there is an indignant outery. High British officials, including Il'l’lme Minister Lloyd George, are also ! with the Germans here. They declare that the insurrectionary Poles must be put in order and the treaty vin- dicated. The Westminster Gazette this afternoon says: “The allies must find a way of deal- |ing with the Poles or must confess that the treaty of Versailles in all this region is waste paper. We do inot and cannot believe that the | French officers who have connived at | Adelbert Korfanty’s proceedings and {left their colleagues in the lurch are | acting on the instructions or with the { approval of their government, and w. assume that communications are pass. | ing between London and Paris which { will clear up the impossible situation conduct has produced. In anx i | their i | regulation base ball diamond some- |32 ; e their the edniuig {femiirataine ¢ ! jsalaries paid out to political ap- | \iys have been made and revicwed!T¢5Y M- | Constitution defines the Vice Presi | case it must be said quite clearly that E il e WSS NEUTRAL TERRITORY NOW !pointees and drawn from the pre- | ye’ihe committee invescinntions will i where on the campus surrounding |dent's duties, but without delimiting | Gredt Britain will have no part or lot e s fail to —_ jmiums would run up the cost too high | follow, as will hearings, which will | the workhouse. them to presiding over the Senate, Ohio Valley E teq | IM (hese proceedings or in any under- hn““.:.;;‘p i}\.‘:,\“:n:oa“:r;‘:u:;en‘ will and there would be no other system !y, fore the purpoge of getting more| While the men Serving time at|{They only wish he wonld “loosen up- |Storm Over Ohio Valley Expected |ground plan for defeating the plebi- restore the ite shift to the floor of the Senate. where the odds would be against it through the possibility of use of the deadly point of order. However, those who aided in steering the legislation Yhrough at the last session believe the Senate committee will look favor- | 1y upon the item. especially if it re- :l’l Dsnfl indorsement of the Secre- tary ar. Army enginecrs have told Secretary Weeks that the existing conduit can- not he empticd for repairs without shutting off the city's water supply. They do not know the condition of the interior of the big tunnel and frankly say it may be very much in need of irs. r"le.hewe offi s are a unit in the be- lief that the health and welfare of the eitizens of the capital are being jeopardized through delay in starting Work on a new conduit. = Preliminary pans have been made =0 that. in the Following Decision of ! Allies. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.—At a| meeting today of the allied commis- | |Greece Must Give Up War Base | | i | ioners. generals and admirals, it was ' decided to proclaim the neutrality of | Constantinople, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles in the hostilities between the Turks and the Greeks. i PARIS, May 12—With the neutral- ity of Constantinople. the Bosporus | and the Dardanelles, Greece will |unable to use to reduce her effectives there minimum, which will be fixed by the allies. I he will also be asked to send warships outside of territorial erated business bodies throughout the jof more than |tions and | Board of Trade and Chamber of Com- | be | Constantinople as a| base any longer, and will be invited | to al with which to compare it in 8aying|complete informa it was too high. Business Fi on and for the de- | velopment of ideas and suggestions | for the general improvement government ser The of the | a Against It. committee | Elliott H. Goodwin, resident vice s ; pin, made it very | that these hear- jchairman of the Chamber of Com-|inU's® it be public. The committee, | merce of the United States, abpeared jn fact, is most desirous of making | in opposition in behalf of the fed-in, secret of any of its activities. | The members also gave evidence of there are nearly|their determination to do plenty of derlying membership | glashing and weeding out in the de- 50.000 firms. corpora- | partments when it is deemed neces- viduals. including the|sary for the good of the service. Iconomy and efficiency are to be the merce of Washington. ! keynotes of its investigations and | He emphasized that the Chamber of | recommendations. Commerce of the United States is nol‘ To Consider New Departments. obposing the principles of workmen'si pegiges these efforts at readjust- compensation. The opposition. he said. |\, n the committee will consider the was based principally on the policy . cation of proposed new government of the national chamber, dezerm'mu!depu"m(,m_. such as a department of tby referendum vote, against the in-i1i¥ional defense, to embrace both the | { country. of which 1.500. with an ind terference of government in business. | _ oV 3 i = i Army and Navy departments: a de- He laid stress on the point that this | Uortment of public welfare, for which Occoquan are required to work, they have ample time in the late afternoon during the summer months for base ball, Mr. Wilson stated. 1. l. Tweedale, inspector of play- grounds. will g0 to Occoquan with Mr. Wilson within a week or ten days. to bLegin the installation of the equipment for women. Lends in Penal Methods. ccoquan has for a number of vears past Kept out in front among the penal institutions of the country in adopting advanced theories of prison management, and _the decision to make athletics a part of the daily life of the institution is in line with the scheme of lifting these unfor- tunates to a higher plane of living. | O Today’s News , in Paragraphs once in a while and discuss with {them some of the things the admin- istration is thinking of doing, but this thought is not by way of criti-| cism. i MELLON IN REVENUE ROLE Acts Because Time Expires for As- sistant Chief to Serve. ! missioner devolved today on Secre. " tary Mellon of the Treasury Depart. ment, by reason of the expiration of ! the thirty days’ legal limit durhuz( which M. F. West, assistant commis- | sioner. could act as commissioner. cretary Mellon will continue to discharge the duties until,a commis- ark weather was forecast District today by the weather bureau. | days was observable in German politi- {Continued rain tonight and probably tomorrow was. the forecast Ohio valley, { fuses to budge, The duties of internal revenue com- ' 5t i from v umbrelias. overshoes and other pr about & mile away, are completely sub- ! the d; seite:” Relaxation in Germany. By the Associated Pres: BERLIN, May 12.—Marked relaxa- tion from the tenseness of feeling which has prevailed the last few to Keep Wet Weather in D. C. Beach Lands Submerged. | Continuation of the present Noah's | for the! {cal circles today, now that the crisis | raised by the allied ultimatum has i been passed through acceptance of the “There's a storm anchored over the | gllied terms by the ministry of Chan. and it persistently re-|cellor Wirth, organized to meet the and as long as it!emergency. s we will have rain,” declared the| Today had appeared in prospect as ocal forecaster. K ¥ |likely to prove one of the most mo- The National Capital dripped rain;mentous in the history of the country. every pore today. Raincoats, owing to the fact that the allied ul- jtimatum was timed to expire at mid- |tections worked valiantly to Kkeep night tonight. With the question of mankind dry. |acceptance settled in the affirmati teports from Chesapeake Beach, two days in advance, however, the Md., today say that the lowlands lying | red between that place and North Beach, letfering of the date had been totally erased from the calendar, and offered no probabilities of g C in: ac arding’ i i s sual happenings, unless ; I o by Concatst twators: is in acccrd with President Harding's | > w being made by Brig. sioner has been confirmed by the | merged by the high waters of the bay. | Supplying unusua - . unles ';‘",',?.L’.:I.%r'"fim- w".w’.— line from | As & result of this step Greece will, frequently repeated slogan, """f;cwngu'vi-:r(.’ l're;fin»m H rdlng":x Senate. The nomination of Da\)'ld H. | Yesterday and all night long a heavy | it mx:lg“b‘? in connection with the h ".-( Falls may be begun with the be able to supply her troops on the |business in government and less ‘ov'lph cian; unification of the various|p,siness and civtc bodies in District flay | Blair of Winston-Salem, N. C., to the | southeaster has beer‘; ha‘r’nn')eri:ng awa lgir\l?:gr ;o'l';':'fi: m(c\:;xa?‘sesgmohn; at w be - - | central Inves service 5 ¥ ance = E i - A e ding a conduit range from three R e lutions on this point adopted in the | hma piaced under the Department of | Dearing: = i ey et el B | In domestic political eircles thoush: o five years. Many engineers are annual conveniion” of the “nationl | Justice: and" the placing of sueh in: | French will keep troops before Rubr|™\11" N e1i0n said the issuing of regu- | Nobody was able o reach the depot | centered upon’ the brobable term of aoubtful whether the present conduit: CHARGE BUILDING FRAUD. |chamber in 1913, ‘readopted in 1920, qependent agencies, such as the Ship., untl Germany pays. a8¢ 1ljatigns to movern the sale of beer|at the Chesapeake Beach terminal this | li net and the ques- | morning but the fireman of the early (ion of the selection of a foreign min- 1K chmitt declares increased freight t oo t Tocal, 4nd he was forced to removs | ister to relieve Chancellor Wirth from will hold out that long. rates have not decreased freight busi and again in 1921, when it was en-|ping Board, the Interstate Commerce for medicinal purposes, in accord with larged with a more specific pronounce- Ithe decision of Attorney General | Commission. under one of the gov- WOMEN STAY IN POWER. No Man to Have Part in Ruling Jackson, Wis. |New York Grand Jury Will Get Legislative Evidence. NEW YORK, May 12—The legisia- tive committee investigating building combines decided today to turn over to the Kings punty grand jury evi- ment. He said that this bill would establish a governmental body to ad- minister a form of governmental mo- nopoly. In summarizing the objection of the national chamber, Mr. Goodwin d: he application of these principles | ernment departments, probably the Department of Commerce. Besides Chairman Brown and Vice Chairman Smoot, the other members | of this reorganization committee are { Senators Wadsworth of New York | ‘ and Harrison of Mississippi, and Rep- ness. Page Department of Justice warned of Berg- doll's probable escape, agent testifies. most of his clothing to get through the water to make the train. The canal { was within a.foot of the flooring of the >almer. would be held up until a com- missioner had qualified. —_— Page 2 only bridge which crosses it. Radium reat cure tor cancer, sass me, | KILLED BY LIGHTNING. |, 2o “peilts ureps, wases the | during tite twenty-four hours ended at | {performing the duties of that post. which he assumed temporarily when the new cabinet was organized. i Text of German Reply. LONDON, May 11.—The text of th German reply as delivered to the . ‘Womnn Slain by Husband's Side as She Sleeps. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 12.--Mrs. Alice Binyard was instantly Kkilled | last midnight by a flash of lightning | as she slept in her home at Sayreton. Willlam Binyard, the husband, sieep- officials ask Washington people to beau- tfy lawns. Page 2 Plans outlined to safeguard health at meeting arranged by surgeons. Page 3 Daniels tells of heroic work of destroy- ers guarding troopships. Page 3 The opening of the National Capital horse show at Arlington Park, Va. 1 o'clock today, at 1.11 inches. —_— MINISTER WOULD RETIRE. ROME, May 12.—Count Sforza, Ital- ian foreign minister, has indicated to Premier Giolitti his desire to retire from that post, according to news- papers here. It is said that he may | Gqiman 8 | prime minister began as follows: ! “Mr. Prime Minister: In accordance | with instructions just received I am commanded by my government, in ac- | cordance with the decision of the | reichstag and with reference to the i resolutions of the allied powers of | May 5, 1921, In the name of the new government to declare the dence tending to show that New York city paid $1,001,000 for construction of a_Brooklyn Hospital for which the original contract price was $557,000. The decision was reached ' after samuel Untermyer, committee (‘oun-l sel, declared evidence already gath- ered indicates one of the most brazen swindles yet discovered by the com- JACKSON, Wis. May 12.—The all-| woman government of this city, lieved here to be the first in ! country, was reinstated by election by a good sized majority. ! 3 and that expressed by the chief ex- | resentatives Reavis of Nebraska, that by the provisions of the bill the | DISARMAMENT DEBATE created and administers a fund fo ecutive of the American government Temple of Pennsylvania and Moore of to the bill in question lies in the fact | Virginia. United States employes compensation | commission, a governmental body, i r ) | assurance of compensation. excluding| STARTS AGAIN IN SENATE tina Halght were elected council- | mittee. ued on Pag olu scheduled for today, was postponed |ing by the side of his wife, was un- ' be appointed Italian ambassador 10| °.Tn, German government is fully T"lz“"'r The other councilwomen are | mm—————_ 00 T 07 EFP Y Columnl) King Asserts Naval Bill Digs Up until tomorrow, owing to mn.mn J injured. France. .rcsol\'ed, first, ‘;(&'rlr?; ou;"wut!:ont . ioldovers j 7 1 | reserve ‘or condition its obligations s G e PR e | JUDGE LINDSEY TO PAY $500 FINE,- | :Obsolcte Program of |ress-kenson bil again under oo | THREE CHILDREN IN EACH FAMILY s ictoed e repuriions chmusi” jer apnounced, and no man will have | i 1915.” 3 a : = = | cond, to accept and carry out, s g = BUT WILL KEEP BOY'S CONFIDENCE | ... simcn sens viovs ssilo et President guest of honor at brilliant af- fair at Pan-American Union. Page 9 Unions drop charge before Railroad Labor Board that Pennsylvania rail- | gations prescribed by the reparations | commission. el minimum must be maintained even | “Third: {0 cArry out without reserve r | without Teserve or condition, the y | thy again in the Senate today during de- A]A Y BE DECREE OF GER/‘[{L\ LA W guarantees in respect of those obl | bate on the naval appropriation bill. Senator King, democrat, Utah, as-| DENVER, Col, May 12.—Ben B. | Lindsey. judge of Denver's juve- The boy’'s mother was tried for the murder and acquitted. i NORWAY MAY GET LOAN. BY GEORGE WITTE. | = Judge Lindsey refused tos ob. i i £ fclal wrote defamatory let- Star and Chicago Dail if the physical or mental condition | 0% d aerial disarmament notified N nile court, announced today he | U ” L 0+ obey | gerted that the bill indicated that “the road o Y By Cable to The r and icag y of the parents indicates that the | Paval and aer! ent notifie Danish Financiers Have Report of | would pay afine of $500.ana costs | ush:,m:::;:‘:n':-r:;i" because, he said, | Navy Department had gone back into| 1er- Page 10, News. Copyrright, 1921. offspring will be inferior; or in |10 the German government by the al- he would be “be- Secretary Davis to hold new conference 12.—Three chil- BERLIN, on marine strike. Page 10 dren to the family may soon be- > S Ma; i ied powers in their note of January Arrangements Here. assessed against him following his D juch cases the minimum must not | 10, BONONE e overdue (o be complet. be exceeded. Persons who are par- traying the confidence of a child.” !the tomb and dug up the ‘obsolete’ Judge Lindsey’s fine and costs | ! l ind = = conviction on charges of con- A program of 1915." iiallplasit/executivasiplas ratidy L Ja : s ed at once and the remainder by the . 12 = Norway s f o y G 2 ticularly healthy have the privilege ryceived as ol 3 °la| action will end a five-vear contro- | clined aid proffered by bar asse. |man militarism” Senator King con- | papists open sixty-sixth annual cons| °f B % Limesatld ar e en ad e el ye o sy e dcial T ot ernment loan of 150.000.000 kroner in| (T 07 | Ciation, boys' clubs, civic and oth. | linued. “We haven't apparently learn- | Danntion ih Chattanooga. Page 17| clologists, Frof Alffed ‘Groljshn, 4. a ibonusifor everyichlldiaboyeithei} serysor dalay the JEistl ol seacioriml New York, it is understood in Danish | He was adjudged in contempt by | er organizations and individuals. | ed anything from the war. Some are |, i " harge Omotokyo sect in Japan| has proposed the following new mintmam: A Ltar 1 itetbe Aty R e e an i financial cirel, { Judge John Perry of the district | “T have no regrets,” said Judge nnwi‘ trying "A *erm:l"’fln';l JGerman | "igitn plot to kill emperor. Page 17| law % i:;“'r’e:rp\::o-:’:nmur-\-q"m N Ito in the first paragraph of the note of n.'.‘f'f»r'fm‘;:'\ ‘\.,?:s»i.;'.:kh?r‘:fim"’" s fi:;'\:a:an lm' m\’.'.';]:; '\:fl:” { fa:nl.': LA wr::fie wls h:.!,';'h‘.‘_' 'rgf, mgnlj:;fi'o"nso"wer« made by Senator | Basin to be kept hygienic for swimmers. “Every married couple shall be Prof. Grotjahn urges the passage | the a\ll;d 'g:ve:‘i"n;e‘nla nrezq.l,os_lu hegn steadily rising since last Friday Wright. a fourteen-vear-old juve- court again will ask a juvenile |Borah, rcpuhl:u?n. ldu:\o, leader ,:t' o P AIandE Talabas “::‘l‘te:: 3?" '3’;{‘;‘:"5?.:5.'.::’;;‘?(5:&"22 ::n‘l:ll_!";:nwm;os’::nn;:fi: ‘::; “t: az:medl:lely e 3 ul:;).w“u".“ e : o t g i h o b the disarament forces. to many com- | Decsion, o erf, v o Mot {his being dus, # it said. to the promised | nile court ward. lhad tol him | court suage ‘to betray what a O o o L e o e e aveouanychliren (Signed) mittee increasgs in appropriations. 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