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. Many Interests Had Participated .~ BATTLING WITH BURGLAR m_ today: Hi rday; on page 10. 1l tonight and tomorrow. e for twenty-four hours lowest, 81, at at 9 ighe: Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. No.. 28,141. post office Wa: Entered as second-class matter shington, D. WASHI NGTO wening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION credited to paper and als Al rights of p dispatehes bere: “ Member of the Associsted Press ' The Associated Press i exclusively entitied to use for republication of all bews dixpatches t or not stherwise dited :m anis || ucrein al news publisa~t Sunday's net circulation, 91,675 D. C, MONDAY, 5 MAY 16, 1921 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES TWO CENTS. INCREASE IN VALUE OF ASSETS IS MADE TAXABLE AS PROFIT] '!,Government Wing Test Case Involving Hundreds of Millions Revenue. SUPREME COURT RULING AFFECTS CORPORATIONS in Suit Whose Decision Is Announced Today. zovernment won today in the e Court its contention that in- e capital asset nsidered in corporation < were computed. ision was given in Belle iron works .5 of the Treasury that - lands purcnasea for $190.000 in )4 must be returned in the 1917 re- $11.000.000 and a_profits tax port at §1 5 t paid on the difference. The opinion todey sustained this ruling. The court was unanimous in its de- of any 1 ion, except that Justice McRey- is concurred only in the result. ate Justice Pitney read the e meaning of the act as to in- vested capital is clear,” the court said. "It was to cover actual cost of property. disregarding anything that docs not change the torm of the investment.” Hundreds of millions of dolars in excess profit taxes were involved in the case, which was characterized by a high government official as “the wost important legal suit affecting federal finances to arise in several decade: ily every American: corpora- size was interested vital- . counsel for the iron sking the court the case. the cas company said, when 10 expedite hearings 1y in INCLUDES D. C. CONDUIT. Senate Committee Inserts Item for $200,000. The Senate military affairs subcom- mittee ¢ idering the Army appro- !priation bill today inserted in the ap- i Propriation hill an item of $200.000 for the increased water supply of the District of Columbia The item is the same as that in- | serted by the Senate in the army bill jat the 5L S on of Congress. The | bill failed because President Wilson {did not sign it. It {the full committe, action taken by the is_expected that will approve the subcommittee. NEGROWOUNDEDBY COL . E. SHELLEY [Former Said to Have At- tacked Officer Following Rebuke for Misconduct. His opinion was supported by the number of briefs filed with that of the appellant as “friends of the court.’s Lumber companies, steel foundries and individuals joined in the effort to show that the natural enhancement in value of the company’s holdings could not be considered profits. D. C. YOUTH SHOT TWICE John King, Student at Massachu- setts Institute of Technol- ogy, Wounded. CAMBRIDGE."ME&E. May 16.—John B King of Washington, D. C., a stu- dent at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was twice wounded early today by a supposed burglar. He said he was awakened by a noise in the adjoining room of his brother, Gilbert King, a Harvard student, with whom he rooms in Drayton Hail In seeking the cause of the noise he encountered the intruder. They grappied and King was shot twice. His wounds, in the shoulder and thigh, were not considered serious. His assailant e: Father Gets Word by Phone. ‘Word of the wounding of King was received today by his father, William B. King, Washington attorney, resid- ing at 1822 Wyoming avenue, from his other son, Gilbert King. Mr. King sald he had a telephone con- versation with his son Gilbert in Cambridge, and learned that his son| John was not seriously injured. John and Gilbert are graduates of the Sidwell’s Friends $chool of this city, and also are graduates of Prince- ton University. John is a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology and Gilbert is a freshman at Harvard University. Both John and Gilbert are officers in the United States Naval Reserve. During the world war John was a leutenant on the U. S. S. Nebraska and Gilbert an ensign on the V. S. §. Nevada. MME. CURIE TO OFFICIATE IN MINE BUREAU PROGRAM ‘Will Dedicate, in Presence of Dis- tinguished Company, New Low Temperature Laboratory. In the presence of high ofiicials of | the government, including probably. the President and Mrs. Harding, Mme. Curle, discoverer of radiug, will dedi- cate the new low temperature labora- tory of the bureau of mines Salurd;y‘ morning at 10 o'clock. Among those expected to attend, in eddition to the President and Mrs. Harding, are the ‘@rench ambassador and Mme. Jus- serand, the Polish minister and Prin- css Lubomirska, the Secretary of COL. J. E, SHELLEY. After shooting and probably fa- tally wounding Richard Christmas, colored, Lieut. Col. James Etter Shelley, U. S. A., replaced the revolver in his pocket, got.into an automobile and drove to the Army remount sta- tion at the south end of the High- way bridge today. There he con- ducted his duties, and upon return to the city was arrested by Detective Mor- gan and Flaherty. The shooting occurred at the Army quartermaster stables, 19th street and SUTHERLAND URGES MARTIAL LAW IN - MINE RIOT ZONES Senator Also Asks Secretary of War to Rush Federal Troops to Restore Order. {MR. WEEKS BELIEVES | | | | i | | | | SOLDIERS NOT NEEDED" 1 Less Shooting Today Along Battle | Front—Militia Active. Five Arrests. Senator Sutherland of West Virginia, called on Secretary Weeks today to urge him to promulgate the proclama- tions signed Saturday by President Harding declaring martial law in the strike area in West Virginia and Ken- tucky. Senator Sutherland also urged the immediate dispatch of federal troops to the strike district. Before calling on the War Secretary Senator Suther- land talked to Gov. Morgan of West Virginia_over the long distance tele- | phone. He said the governor believed the presence of federal troops was imperative if law and order were to be restored in the riot regions. Martial Law Much Desired. Martial law, in addition to the pres- ence of the troops, would be much preferred by the West Virginia au- thorities, Senator Suthcriand said, in order that the military officials might have complete power to take charge of_the situation. Earlier in the morning Secretary Weoks had said that his information was that the situation was much im- proved in the Mingo area and that the presence of 300 special deputy sheriffs and two companies of Ken- tucky national guardsmen called into service Saturday and Sunday, was working to restore order. Holds Proclamations on Desk. The proclamations declaring a state of martial law to exist were still in his desk, Secretary Weeks sald, and he added that they would remain there until he had information that the sitnation had become much more serious. He had received no com- munications up to that time, Mr. Weeks said, from the governors of Kentucky or West Virginia today. Forty mnon-union miners employed by the Stone Mountain Coal Corpora- tion at Matewan, W. Va, began to move from the district today, accord- ing to Superintendent P. J. Smith. He said the miners had been ordered to leave by supporters of the United Mine Workers. Robert Gilmore, national organizer of the union, denied that any such orders\nad been issued with union sanction. “This {s a false report put out by enemies of the union for the purpose Virginia avenue, a federal reserva- tion, and in view of this fact the Army officer was turned over by the civil authorities to Gen. A. E. Wil- liams, chief of the Quartermaster Corps of the Army, who placed him “under arrest and confined to quar- ters.” The trouble started yesterday in Virginia, when Christmas, according to the story told, was told by Col. Shelley that he would be reported for cruel treatment of an Army horse which he was riding. A fisticuff en- sued then. following which, it is re- ported Christmas threatened the of- ficer. When Col. Shelley arrived at the ctables this morning he was accosted by the negro, who grabbed his riding crop and struck him several times. Col. Shelley drew from his pocket a small caliber revolver and fired one shot Into the negro’s body. The bul- let entered the man's left side,and inflicted a serious wound. Col. Shelley said that he antici- pated trouble with the negro, and be- fore leaving his apartment at the Hadleigh this morning he placed the revolver in his pocekt. When Christ- mas approached him he waned him to g0 _away, but the colored man, he said, persisted in renewing the argu- ment of the day before. Christmas was taken to Emergency Hospital, where it was stated his condition is serious. Col. Shelley is the son of the late Representative Shelley of Alabama, who was a Confederate general in the civil war and later served in Congress. RECALL FAMOUS BATTLE. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va. May 16.—The fifty-seventh anniversary of the bat- tle of New Market, fought May 15, 1864, in which the boy cadets of_ the Virginia Military Institute of Lex- ington made their memorable charge against a large federal force, was celebrated yesterday on the New Market battlefleld ground. The address was made by Dr. B, F. Wilson of the Harrisonburg Pres; byterian Church. World war vet- jerans and clvic organizations joined with ex-Confederate soldiers in the parade from New Market to the bat- State and Mrs. Hughes, various Army | tiefleld. and Navy notables and scientists con- nected with the different government establishments and non-government organizations. Addresses will be made by Secretary —_— ADVERTISING MAN DEAD. PHILADELPHIA. May 16.—Albert Py o of Interior Fall, Dr. H. Foater Bain,| & Bradford, a member of the firm of director of the bureau of mines, and |y, o; advertising man, died at his Dr R B Moore, chief chemist of the |} ome here today. He had been a mem- bureau of mines. Mme. Curie, in addi- | = | ber of the firm for twenty-three years 1.0n to_delivering the dedlcatory ad-| ef sixty-. - ) will press the electric button dre that will set in motion the compli- cated machinery instailed in the new laboratory. The lahoratory has been constructed for the purpose of obtaining scientific | data for use in the operation of the xovernment helium plants, and to furnish facilitics for special low tem- perature investication by American scientists SAVED BY HER DOG. Four American Women Nearly Drown at Constantinople. LONDON. May 16 —Four American women engaged in itef work at “onstantinople narrowly escaped from drowning in the Bosporus yester- says the Constantinople corre- ondent of the Dally Mail. They re«in a rowboat In midstream n it sprang a leak and quickly CONSTANTINOPLE, May 16— Zors, the “muman psnk horse” who claims to be 147 years old and still can carry 206 pounds with esso, attributes his Jong life and health to hard work and proper diet. Ho has always been a aur- rier of heavy weighta His rules of health are: Hard work, eleep, cold baths at night, no tobacco, no aloohol, no ocoffee, no meat, no olls, no butter, no drinking water, but plenty of hot tea, honey, sugar, cakes, bread and cheese, particularly ~butter- milk or clabber. Every flve years he takes a three-month rest In his native home in the country. Whatever his age, Zora is @ plc- ture of health and physical vigo mentally alert, benign, and fr quently blessing the curious Amer- fcan sailors who visit him at his favorite cafe on the Galata water- fron | { A Miss Cushman sank, but upon ris inx managed to seize her dog by the | collar, and the animal dragged her to | rufety. Miss Aslers and Mrs. Uhls| swam ashore, and when safe the lat- ter found she was clutching a bank note with which to p: the boatman. received the money. The mber of the party was a -~ —_— e HUMAN PACK HORSE, 147 YEARS OLD, FEARS IDLENESS WILL RUIN HEALTH Zota. bas. heon Imarmbed. SauE of bringing about federal interven- tion.” Mr. G ore - i “We don’t believe the trouble here can be settled with guns. It can be settled only around a conference table.” COMB BATTLE ZONE. Militiamen Make Five Arrests. Little Pighting Today. By the Associated Press. ‘WILLIAMSON, W. Va, May 16— Kentucky militiamen recently arrived | in the Willlamson fighting zone have started combing the wooded moun- tain sections and already have ar- rested five men, according to reports reaching Sheriff Pinson’s office today. The men were taken to Pikeville, the reports stated. For-the present. it was said, the militiamen will devote their efforts to apprehending those who have been engaged in the fighting, but will make an effort to locate the base of sup- plies from which point distribution of arms and ammunition has been made, according to officials here. Little firing was reported this morn- ing along the battle line between M Carr, Ky., and Rawl, W. Va. THINKS TRUCE WORTHLESS. Ky.| CHARLESTON, West Va, May 16.— Governor Morgan of Weat Virginia said here last night that federal Ltroops were needed “as bad as ever' iin the Mingo battle zone. “I have the ipromise of the War Department,” he jcontinued, “that troops will be sent iat once, if they are still necessary. Saturday night's truce evidently means nothing and I cannot see that the situation is greatly changed one way or the other.” CARS AWAIT TROOPS. May 16.—Sixty CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, freight, baggage and passenger cars were set in the rallroad yards at Camp Sherman yesterday for instant use in case the 19th Infantry is or. | dered into Mingo county, West® Vie ginia. Food and provender has been packed for quick handling. TAKE UP RECLASSIFYING. Hearings on reclassification of the government employes will begin be- fore the Senate and House civil meeting ice committees at & joint meeting tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock tin room 235, Senate office bullding, it was announced today. The witnesses will sentatives of the various depart- ments, of the Federal Employes Union and probably members of Congress who have Introduced re- classification bills. include repre- times. All of his wives and all but two of his .él‘fl!d!:::: His son, ninety-seven, being in poor recently re- daughter, Zora's father died at the age of seventy-six and mother at the age of eighty-three. Zora ien‘t rich because of so any oXponses in caring for his family. He lives in a Kurd khan, where he pays a dollar and a half & month for & place to sleep and hot_water to make his tea. “What I want is work,” declared Zora. “Idlen will " ruin my health. TIl pray all my life for him who giveth me work. Health, happiness and wisdom come from work only." Asked if he intSaded to join the | | | i Turkish nationalist army, Zora smiled benevolently shook his head. *“I fought times for my Bfignlry. and mhl ':;: to end » my 's in prayesr r pros- HotiiT of the ompis” he-saite . _° Bue, THERE AT ARE Tuere — 23 My e, [HAT Wit 15 IRODUSAN 12 G g0 Wwo Savep THe AND Wi WHERE 1S BILL HaYwoop? DEFWE Priority AS Be- TWEEN HEN anp EGG — Qe A Tenw, lORD - Tion oF ReLarme ™ L Hoasq, 8y FR&SEVT e — AS Mayy 2 Constiryn, en? UTon LATmiTy ~— Diogenes Looking for the Man That Can Answer a Few Simple Questions. PAR COLLECTIONS DENED U, S, BANKS Supreme Court Rules Federal Reserve Cannot Insist on Face Payments. Federal reserve banks have not the right to insist on par collection of checks of member banks, the Su- preme Court ruled today in effect. The court reversed decrees of Georgia courts, which had refused to en‘ioln the federal reserve bank of Atlanta from taking steps to force collection of checks drawn on a num- ber of Georgia state non-member banks, “except through the usual and ordinary channels.” T opposing the injunction, the Fed- eral Reserve Bank claimed that one of the principal purposes of the fed- eral reserve act was to establish par colleation of checks throughout the ocountry. Campaign Not Legalised. The alleged campaign of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank ocould not have been justified on any grounds if the controversy been between pri- vate busine: ies, Associate Jus- tice Holmes said, and it should not be justified in the present case with the government more or less directly in- terested. “The policy of the Federal Reserve Board is that of the government.” he said. “and Congress clearly had no intention of legalizing any such campaign.” Authority of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Ga. to insist upon par collection of checks drawn upon non-member banks was at_issue in the suit brought by more than forty state banks of Georgia in comjunc- tion with the American Bank and Trust Company of Atlanta. The plain- tiffs insisted ~throughout the case, however, that behind this issue was an attempt of the federal reserve in- stitution to compel them to join the reserve system. Injunction Is Denfed. An injunction was sought to re- strain the Atlanta. reserve bank from collecting non-member checks in any ; manner “except through the usual and ordinary channels through corre- sponding banks and clearing houses.” It was denied and the case brought an appeal to the Supreme Court. Counsel charged that a carefully planned campaign had been decided upon by the Atlanta reserve bank and that the very existence of the state banks was threatened. Checks drown against them were to be held until a large amount had accumu- lated, it was asserted, and then a sudden demand made for the entire amount ‘over the countr” or such checks in large amounts were to be Sent through the local postmaster for collection without notice, all for the one purpose of embarrassing the “hold-outs” from the reserve system. The Atlanta Reserve Bank denied that it intended gny illegal act. Today’s News in Paragraphs Liloyd George makes unconditional offer to meet De. Valera. Page 1 Harding_consents to deliver P'l‘l'e’:l’:r:fl day address at Mln?’laogn; yreme allied council likely to take up s‘ls‘ile-xm wrangle. "Txe t B Court rules increased value o puting taxes. Page 1 Naval observatory and weather bureau differ on sun spots. Page 1 Senator Sutherland wrges martial law in mine riot zones. Page 1 1. J. E. Skelley shot and prob. u::lti ?:mlly wounded Richard Christ- mas, colored, at the Army quarters stabies this morning. He was placed under arrest. Pu‘f: 1 ‘housands play In card party for bene- ot Eaivation Army. Page 2 Unfonists expect to win 32 of §2 Ulster election. i ! 2 tmaster General Hays elp boos Pn:ua.ooo Chevy Chase church drive. Page 3 office figures 'show that the mail- POt O eampalgn has resulted in twice 2s many letters being sent out before 4'p.m. as in February. Page 4 Pelaes, noted Mexican independent G ad friena of United sufi., declares t Obregon is making good. Presiden! s v. W. P. Johnston resigns trom D. C, R Furch. i Page ;l nch “war milllonaires™ arreste el l::;:r‘»a of swindling. Page 1 E e for C. & O. canal as Secre- N'{:'yymgeuby rejects coal bids. Page 17 Japanese prince enjoys his week in Lon- don. Page 17 Movement reported to impeach Georgia governor. Yage 17 Radicals and liberal constitionalists at grips for control of affairs in Mexico. Page 17 Conducter and baggageman on Southern rallway arrested on charges of theft. seats in Page 2 HIGHEST COURT REJECTS PLEA AGAINST DRY LAW {Holds Limitation on Ratification of Amendment Does Not Invali- date Entire Measure. The requirement that the prohibi- tion amendment be ratified within seven years by three-fourths of the {states does not invalidate the entire I measure, the Supreme Court today ruled. The decision was given in the ap- | peal of J. J. Dillon of San Francisco from decisions in lower courts refus- ing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the limita- tion made the amendment invalid. “We_find that proposal and ratifica- tion of an amendment are treated as succeeding acts in a common en- deavor,” the opinion said, “and there is a fair implication that they should be fairly contemporaneous.” Dillon was arrested while transport- ing a case of wine to the home of its owner. His counse] asserted that sec- tion 3 of the amendment originally proposed by Senator Harding placed a limitation on the action of the state legislature, and was therefore uncon- stitutional. court ruled formally that tha prfohi- bition amendment went into "effect January 16, 1920. Dillon’s alleged of- fense was on January 17, 1920. SENATORS REPORT GUN-TOTING BILL Judiciary Committee Favors Shields Act—One Amend- ment Added. Senator Shields’ anti-pistol toting bill was favorably reported today to the Senate by the Senate judiciary committee. In this bill Senator Shields attempts to curtail the gun-toting evil through the regulation of interstate commerce in pistols, revolvers and other fire- arms of like form and size commonly used in homicides and assaults. Provisions of Bill. The bill provides that it shall be un. |lawful for any person or corporati ito deliver or cause to be delivered {any common carrier, or to deposit in the mails, to be carried from any state or territory or the District of Columbia to another state of terri- tory to the District of Columbia, any tol or revolver for the purpose of ception is made in the case of arms for the Army and Navy. It is made unlawful for any common car- rier to transmit from one state to another, or to the District of Co- lumbia, a pistol or revolver. Penalties for Violation. Any person or corporation violating provisions of this act shall be subject than $500, in the case of a corpora- tion, and in tho case of a person shall be subjected to imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. ‘The committee added an amendment providing that the act shall not apply to contracts for sale and transporta- tion of pistols to any state, the laws of which, now or hereafter, shall pro. hibit the sale of such firearms. WILL STUDY PROMOTIONS Bureau of Mines Employes to Try New Experiment. An experiment in employe partici- pation_in the administrative affairs of a federal bureau was conducted at the bureau of mines Satyrday, when the non-technical members of the force chose, by popular ballot, three of their number as a personnel comm‘ltt:hn !t; confer 'l(h‘thn direc- tor of the bureau regarding promo “ol“.‘lmeh ordinarily are made on July 1. ‘Those selected were H. E. chief clerk of the bureau; H. H. erick, chief clerk of ";lheol ’":'flmnnt,' A'ln gested by Dr. exp was sug; y Dr. H. Foster Bain, director, as a practi- for the insuring of fair- stice in ing promotions and one admitting of the direct and helpful co-operation of the employes themselves. R BAPTISTS’ BUSY DAY. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., l(l.y‘ 16.— The Southern Baptist convention, with Me Fred Forelgn missions, a today. south-wide evangelistic program and reports of the committees on social service, new seminaries and universi- ness da ties and destitute churches, and that of the relief and annuity board were under consideration. ‘Women's and laymen's work will oc- PRESDENT AGREES TO MAY 3 SPEEH Mr. Harding Consents to De- liver Arlington Memorial Day Oration. President Harding has agreed to make the principal oration at the Me- morial day exercises to be held in the amphitheater at Arlington, May 30, and it is considered likely that earlier in the day he will review the parade inci- dent to the celebration from the front portico of the White House. Col. John L. McEiroy, commander of the Department of the Potomac, | Expects House to Pass Peace Resolution Without Undue Delay After a conference today with Prexident Harding. Representa- tive Mo f Wroming, t republi rder. snid he saw be reasonably prompt action by aswing a resolu- tion state of war with said the situnt repar; Republican H. clded a week a had improved. EW OFFER MADE SUPREME COUNCIL LIKELY TO TAKE U SILESIAN WRANGLE |Briand to Lay Whole Situa- tion Before French Depu- ties Next Thursday. SUGGESTIONS FOR PARLEY NOW DECLINED BY PARIS TOIRISH LEADERS s coes e Unconditional Proposal for Meeting With De Valera Reported at Dublin. By the Associated Press. -DUBLIN, May 16.—Premier Lloyd George, says the Freeman's Journal today, has offered to meet.Eamon de Valera, or other Irish leaders, without conditions. Mr. de Valera, adds the newspaper. replied that if the premier made such a statement public, he (de Valera) would give a public reply. Place between Eamon de V Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier designate, at which these two leaders of their respective sections of opinion in Ireland talked over the situation. The meeting was said to have been without tangible results, but the fact that it was held was commented upon in Dublin Castle and other circles as a hopeful sign. Expressions of willingness on the part of the British government lead- coupled with conditions, notably as to the cessation of hostilities in Ire- land and with regard to the person- ality of the delegates. persons under the” British government ban being barred. Statement by Boland. NEW YORK, May 16—"Eamon de Valera and his Irish republican col- leagues are ready to discuss peace land, now that the people of Ireland have clearly demonstrated their will it was declared here today by Harry Boland, representative of the “Irish ers will name their conditions of peace when they meet the British G. A. R, who is In charge of the ar- | 8overnment representatives, he added. rangements for the observance of Me- mortal day, was at the White House In the conrse of the decision the|today to confer with Secretary Chris- fian regarding tentative plans for the President’s participation. It has not yet been definitely decided whether. the President will review the parade, but unless there is some very pressing business at hand at that hour it is believed the executive will consent to review the marchers. Elaborate Plans. Plans of an elaborate nature are be- ing made for the observation of Me- morial day this year, and it is expected that one of the largest crowds in its history will be assembled within the Arlington amphitheater to hear the President’s address. This will be the first set speéch to. be delivered by him in this vicinity |a soldier and you can try me.” since his inauguration. “If there is any truth in the state- ment published in the Freeman's Journal of Dublin today. that Lloyd George is prepared to meet. de Va- lera without conditions, de in position to deal Mr. Boland said. touch with his cabinet, and they en- joy the confidence of the people.” DANIEL O’BRIEN EXECUTED. CORK, Treland, May 16.—Daniel O'Brien of Knockandbane, Liscarrol, County Cork, was tried by drumhead court-martial Saturday and executed in the Cork detention barracks at 8 o'clock this morning. O'Brien met death bravely, main- taining the same attitude that he dis- played at his trial, when, in answering the request to plead, he replied: “I have no defense. 1 was caught as A few women in the vicinity of the One of the big features of the cele- | prison offered prayers as the execution bration will be the parade, which will | was carried out. be heade Miles, U. S. A, retired, as grand mar- shal, and including an escort of Reg- ular Army troops and a battalion of bluejackets. The veteran organiza- tions to be in the line are the veter- ans of the civil war, the Spanish war, the world war and members of the American Legion. The paraders will assemble on the White Lot at 10 o'clock, and before heading for Ar- lington_ they will pass through the White House grounds. O'Brien was attend- d by Lieut. Gen. Nelson A.|ed by a priest yesterday. FOUR KILLED IN AMBUSH. DUBLIN, May 16.—Three zovern- ment officers and the wife of one 0f| them were shot and killed in an am- | inu bush last night at Ballyeirn, miles from Cork, Count Galway. ‘The victims were District Inspector Blake and his wife, Capt. Cornwallis and Lieut. McCreery. The captain and four The colors will be ralsed on the |licutenant were attached to the 17th Arlington staff at noon, following which the graves of the unknown dead will be decorated. gfllow the decoration of other graves. freshments will be served, under t Cdrps of the Amigrican Legion and Ladies’ Auxili- ary‘of the Spanisn War Veterans. As- sembly will be sounded in the amphi- theater at 2 o'clock. NAVY WAGE REVISION. Pay of Civilians at Yards to Con- form to Outside Scale. Wages of civilian employes of navy yards and stations will be revised Lancers. The party was riding in a motor Then will |car When it was ambushed by forty on. Military and police reinforcements | e ; let | Sent to the scena were fired upon and izection of the Women'd| Rtlet sant tolthe acens were frca (yponiand | bis)conteation sexasalog tho matnta- CURTIS MEN STRIKE. Early this month a conference took | alera and | ers to meet Irish republican repre- | sentatives have hitherto usually been | with Premier Lloyd George of Eng- | republic” in America. The Irish lead-! | full Here—O0fficialy Maintain “Hands Off" Policy, But Keep Posted. By the Associated Press LONDON May 16.—There may be a meeting of the supreme allied council for the purpose of discussing the situation which has arisen in Silesia as a result of the Polish revolt there. Dispatches from Puaris indicate that M. Briand intends the situation before the Fren i depu !ties when it me day There [ has been wn of views be- tween the icih govern I ments, but sug ing be held i section in P { possible for o {discuss the » with Mr Lloyd George until ursday. Premier Briand cenforred with Prince Sapieha, Polish forign mine ister, yesterday, and it is assumed {of important districts { | | | alera is | clared with the matter,” . behind “He is in close ; commen | 1 they took up the Silesian situation. from M. Briand has reccived the German government w that reports relative to ii note ich a alloca n Sil Germans were published in P pers. and could not be 1 mans in way. As sles in upper e alarmed by th re- ports. and sought to take over & tricts that the supreme allied coun- cil was aileged to be planning to give to Germany. Fighting About to Cease. Advices over the week end appeared to indicate a cessation of fighting in Upper Silesia, but there was nothing to show that the Poles were with- drawing from regions they occupied during the past two weeks. News- paper comment here seemed to be more moderate, and reflected a dis- bosition to advise Mr. Lioyd George ang M. Briahd to reach an amicable understanding. Indignant comments of the French press regarding Prime Minister Lloyd George’s speech on Poland before the house of commons on Friday attracted much attention from London news- papers today. For the most part they were regretied and deprecated, al. though in quarters where Mr. dL!on George's attitude reiutive to Poland is condemned blame was placed upon im. The Daily Telegraph. which de. “the British nution is solidi the premier in this matter, ded M. Briand, pointing out that Mr. Lioyd George was misinter- preted by French commentators, who Tchresented him as urging authoriza- ion of the occupation of Upper Silesi by German troops. el Moderation In Advocated. “The lack of restraint displayed only adds to the dificulty in which i the entente governments find them- selve: the newspaper added. *It is to be hoped that before a meeting occurs passions may cool and it may be generally recognized that the foundations of European peace are gravely imperiled.” Confidence that the differences be- tween the two premiers can be bridged was expressed by the Chronicle, but it pointed out that the “difficulty of finding such a bridge can be reduced only -by the people keeping their heads.” “The explosion of wrath against Mr. Lloyd George in a large part of the French press,” the newspaper con- I “is very ill adapted to this end. The Daily Express said, “The at- tacks of Paris newspapers upon Mr. Lloyd George as a representative of Great Britain naturally are resented by the public, but rude newspaper articles do not constitute a break.” Under the caption “The Need for Calm” the Times, while agreeing with the attitude of Premier Lloyd George with regard to Silesia, suggests that his contention regarding the mainte- any, diminished in force “had it been tem- perately stated and supported by ar- guments devoid of any savor of par- tisanship.” Part of Saturday Evening Post May | VIEWED WITH CONCERN HERE Be Printed in Chicago. PHILADELPHIA, May 16.—Follow- ing out the action taken yesterday, pressmen employed by the Curtis Publishing Company went on strike today for the forty-four-hour week. to conform with scales in effect for|None of the foremen composing the to fines of not less than $100 nor mors | the different classes in civilian indus- | executive staff of the plant quit and trial life by boards meeting In every|a few of the pressmen remained at naval district between now and June|work, the company said. 1. Secretary Denby in discussing the proposed revision _today, would not say whether in his opinion that would mean a reduction in some or all lines of work. The Curtis company announced it however, | was negotiating with two Chicago printing establishments to print part | nomic benefits. of the editions of the Saturday Even- | ing Post and the Country Gentleman. U. S. Decision to Keep Hands Off Not to Be Taken Literally. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Trouble between Great Britain and France gives great concern here, not because of any fear that the two countries will come Into actual physical conflict, but because the controversy may keep the European mind agog over war and its implica- tions instead of peace and its eco- America’s decision to keep hands off the Silesian gquarrel cannot be | closely at all times with those in in- Special Dispatch to The Star. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., May 16.—A movement looking toward the establishment of a presiden- tial summer home near Colorado Springs during . President Hard- ing’s administration has been start- ed here, with Ralph C. Barnes, president of the chamber of com- merce, as leader. —— The-pian calls Lov-tha-use.of . ¢ Revision of wages by boards is made| The pressmen's strike in Phila- semi-annually, it was explained. in|delphia began about ten days ago, order that the scales may conform|but was not made effective against the Curtis Publishing Company until dustry generally. The boards are ex-| today. pected to report In time for the new schedules to go Into effect with the T beginning of the fiscal year, July 1.|PRESIDENT TAKES HONOR. T = PICKED FOR PATENT POST. |Made Honorary Head of Pan-Pa- ST cific Union. William A. Kinnan Nominated for HONOLULU, T. H. May 16 _Alex- Assistani r Hume Ford, secretary rector o asloner i Pan-Pacifio ’ Union, with dquarters in Honolulu, has re. Willlam A Einnan of Michigan | berddier I er Trom President Hard- ‘was nommated today to be first as- ing accepting the honorary presidency sistant commissioner of patents. of the union, succeeding former Presi- fme th, dent Wilson. named Kafi Fenning of Ohto toont | *Ta his Iotier the President exprassed assistant commjssioner of patents|deep interest in the problems of the and Sidney F. Smith of Massachusstts | Pacific and'in the unlop's objective, -in- r co- 2 s i e TR Dt | e e e Glen Eyrie, former home of the late Gen. Willlam G. Palmer, and now owned by Alexander Smith Cochrane, New York millionair who bought the famous castl after becoming charmed with its beauty, while out driving, and who gave the taxi driver pointed it out to him a $10,000 commission. The mansion is considered one of the most beautiful in the west and has not been occupied by the east- millionaire since he purchased taken literally. Of course, President Harding end Secretary Hughes do not {want to mix in what might be for the moment a strictly European | quarrel, but American interest in | what i$ going on is just as true to- |day as it was when Senator Knox, {1cader of the irreconcilables, inserted |in the now famous paragraph five of i nis peace resolution a declaration [that the United States would view | with grave concern anything that | threatened to upset the peace of the { world. | Hope Flare-Up Will Subside. So long as the dispute over the possession of Upper Silesia is a terri- torial squabble between European nations and gives no sigr. of growing into a major quarrel America’ looks on and says nothing. But the possi- bility that the United States might be asked to mediate or might even be urged to tender her good offices is being discussed as a phase of the situation _that would bring t s changs of attitude at once. The United States government ap- nears hopeful that the French an British will get over their latest flare-up just as they have so manay | outbursts in the past. Official Wash- ington discloses little talk of a poesi- ble war between France and Great Britain as some of the French dis- es have hinted in order to im- England with the serious effort patche press . e Minister Lioyd George's ut- O e At bottom, the bellef here is that aside from the conflicting ts of France and Germany in I estan coul flelds, domestic Doli- tice are playing a far greater part im France and Great Britain than any- Thing elee and that when the usual Parifamentry crises are passed the Puropean nations will siowly, bu surely resolve the Silesian problem