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WEATHER. Fair today and tomorrow; not much change in tempcrature. Temperature for twenty-two hours onded at 10 p.m. last night; Highest, Member of the Associated Press The Associated *Preas is cxclusively entitled to e use for republication of all uews dispatches eredited to it or not otherwixe credited 4n this Daper and also the lceal pews pubiished berein, lowest, 42. ull report on page 5. No. 883.—No. ALLIES DISREGARD UL 3. INDIVISION OF 28,441. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Roses on Girls’ Cheeks Painted by Dumbbells, Urged by College Dean CHICAGO, March 11—Paint- ing roses on the cheeks of UNDERWOOD FIGHTS SENATE ONSLAUGHT Sundy * WASHINGTON,- D. O, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 1922 ~7, WORSE “THAN SOME o OUR- STREETSY Al rights SALE TAX ONLY | SOURCE, STILL HARDING VIEW | of publication of special FIVE CENTS. ALL GIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYES VOTED Hold America, Not a Party to i Versailles Treaty, Must Negotiate Alone. Philadelphia, Pa. “There in nothing better than five minutes with a pair of dumbbells if a girl wants red roses tn her cheeks,” sald Dr. Tracy. “It has the lipstick and the rouge pot backed oft the ‘boards.” Battle -of Wits RafieS ffir Hours About United States Parley Delegate. \DENIES TREATY.INSPIRED ext proposal for the 'bonus broy t from officials close to Mr. Harding a reiteration of his position as outlined in the letter to Mr. Fordmey, in which he suggested the enactment of = sales tax to provide the neces- sary fumds or postpomemcnt of the legisiandn No other ‘statement, ndminis- > Upper House Reverses Rul- ing of Attorney General on-Construction. STERLING BILL PASSES DEMAND IS, RECOGNIZED WEB mf TR“UBLES raion iciat oot it von UNDER SPECIAL CLAUSE FROM LONDON AND TOKIO (el WITHOUT OPPOSING VOICE TU. S. Right Is Reserved and Ques- FflR I_I_UYD GEURGE No Alliance Contemplated; Aims at 7P|-ANS I[] REPUR.I. {Eighty Thousand Government tion Left to Diplomacy = | Peace, He Dramatically | Workers Given New Hope as to Settle. Replies to Critics. Measure Is Rushed Through. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 11.—The allied finande ministers signed an agree- ment this afternoon for the distribu- tlon of the first billion gold marks of German reparations. The agree- ment disregards the American claim of priority for its expenses in con- Tiection with occupatien of the Rhine- Jand, so far as the actual sharing of thls money is concerned, but recog- nizes the claim by a special clause, which states that all the agreements on this question are subject to the Empire Involved in Mesh of Difficulties. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BAD neers in London Adds to Army of the Idle. Political Place and Unity of| Lockout of 300,000 Skilled Engi- | The four-power Pacific treaty, its |purposes and possibilities and the menner of its negotiation, .passed through another spectacular combat of argument and oratory ygsterday on the floor of the Senate. Throughout’ the battle of wits the burden o defense: was carried by Senator Underwood ot Alabama, the democratic floor leader and a mem- ber of the American delegation to the |arms conference. Ringed by enemies of the treaty, largely of his own party, the minority leader stood for A PERTINENT QUERY. BONUS UNCHANGED House Leaders Undisturbed by Rumors Prestient Opposes Draft. “NO'INDICAT|0N OF VETO0” Desiring to give civil employes of the government every benefit under the civil service retirement act as criginally intended by Congress, the Senate passed practically by unani- mous consent yesterday afternoon the Sterling bill “construing” the language of tifé retirement act to cover all the employes now in the civil service, whether they entered through competitiye examination or not. Under a recent ruling by the At- torney General that the retirement : . - | House leaders are undisturbed by American rights as the various gov- !i;re; hours in his place in the center ITHIRST FOR REL'G'ON i reports ‘reaching the Capitol that|law appiied only to those who had ernments may establish them, the BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER. \|of the chamber and replied in kind President Harding is opposed to the | entered the civil service through finance ministers considering that jto the thrusts directed at him. s Us ! OR RELIGION FOR THIRST; present draft of the bonus bill and | competitive examination, Secretary they do not have power to decide this question. Acted Under Versallles Pact. The ministers decided, after long discussion, that the question was not for the reparations commission to de- cide, because that body was acting solely under the provisions of the treaty of Versailles, to which the Tnited States no longer was a party. Consequently it was decided that the question was one for the various gov- ernments concerned to settle. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. [ (Copyright, 1922,) LONDON, March 11.—Premier Lloyd {the same complexity of difficulties that he met so courageously in 1918, when the British had “their backs to the | wall.”" His own political position, as well as the unity of the British empire, is again involved. Briefly, this is the situation: George faces today on a smaller scale 1. Well-organized attempts are being made to split India off from the British|the reading by Senator Underwood Letter From Secretary Hughes. Among the weapons of argument used by the Alabama senator was a letter written to him by Secretary Hughes, head of the American con- ference plenipotentiaries, replying to charges that the treaty resulted from a British-Japanese plan to allay the embarrassments of the.*Anglo-Japa- nese alliance. The argument duel which followed INANY COAL STRIKE Sufficient Fuel for Trains and Industries May Be Provided. DRY AGENT WONDERS By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.— General Prohibition Agent Andrew P. Stroup today had taken a hand in the affairs of the cult of Holy Rosicrucians and cut off the sup- ply of wine accessible to them from the cellars of the California Wine Association. He stated his action was prompt- NEW BANKING L Passes Measure Requiring Sanctioning of New Insti- tutions in District. is likely to veto it if it is passed, and.| they stated last night their un-| changed purpose to have the measure reported from the ways and means committee tomorrow and brought up for a vote one week later. Th:y in-| timate that they believe the attitude | of President Harding has been mis- understood or misinterpreted. Representative Mondell, republican leader, Chairman Fordney and other members of the ways and means com- mittee in the capital said that to their Fall, of the Interior Deuartment, un- der whom comes the administration of the retirement act, estimated that $0.000 employes now in the service were not eligible to receive the bene- fits of the retirement act. He esti- mated. too, that some 6,400 are at present receiving annuties under this act who would be prevented from so, | doing by the ruling of the Attorney General. Urgent Need of Action. The bill was called up in the S n- ; . £ the Secretary's letter and wiich o S The finance ministers also con- | €MPire [ | ed by a desire to find out whether A knowledge the President had given| ate yesterday by Senator Sterling. o 2. The Irish republicans are organiz- | interposed itself in the senator's pre- | BY. the Associated Press. . bill providing that any corporation A s e Cluded that it Was Impossitle fOT|ing. with considerable success, a eoup'nared address was fougnt for an hour| DAYTONA, Fia, March 11— [0 ROstouemnyt worien WCC | desiring to start a banking business in |70 Indication, directly or indirestly | chairman of the eivil service com- O e T /%" | &retat to overthrow the free state and |between the Speaker and Senator|Government intervention to insure| 2CL 0 AeCRR (8 FOCIC) U8 |the District of Columbia hereatter | ' &nY member of Congress hat he| mittee, who explained to the Senate and Sifficulr deliberations which Te | blace Ireland once more in open conflict | Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, who |suficient fuel for the movement of ; e lends +i |must first obtain the approval of tne | would veto the bill If it were passed| the urgent need of action. sulted in the present agreement, 50 : . selves the “illuminatl” and just without a sales tax provision. The| Senator Jones of Washington pro- they could only reserve the Ameri- can right and leave the question for diplomacy to settle.. Divides Army Expenses. The agreement provides that the expenses of the armies of occupation after May 1, 1921, shall be divided as follows: One hundred and two mil- lion Belgian francs to Belgium, £. 000,000 to Great Britainegad 460,000, 000 French francs to France. The distribution of deliveries in kind by Germany in 1922 will be on the basis of 65 per cent to France and 35 per- cent to the other allies. The Wies- baden agreement will continue " in force for three vears, with the res- ervation that payments will not ex- ceed 330,000,000 gold marks' worth of with England. 3. A labor war has broken out in i South Africa, with heavy casualties already reported, and, on the admis- sion of Premier Jan C. Smuts, the government’s efforts to protect theé na- | tive workers have not been wholly | successful. 4. A lockout of 300,000 skilled en- neers began in London today, after a long series of negotiations, i which the premier had intervenmed unsuc- cessfully. 5. A considerable body of the pre- mier's coalition supporters are in re- volt against him and the downfall of the government is threatened. Task Greatest Simce War. . Lloyd George has handied many dif- originally had raised the question of the origin of the treaty and who de- clared that the Secretary's letter had not'dispelled evidences that the four- Power arrangement was inspired from jLonden and Tokio. Other democrats then joined in the questioning of their party leader, including Senators Reed of Missouri, Glass of Virginia. Walsh of Montana and Watson of Georgia. From the republican side of the chamber their efforts were mec- onded by Senators Borah of Idaho snd France of Maryland. No “Aliiance Contemplated. His support of the treaty, Senator TUnderwood said, was actuated by the same spirit that prompted him to vote for the treaty of Versallles with trains and the running of essential industries may be recommended to the administration as a proper course of action in the event of a coal strike, it was declared here today by a mem- ber of the party accompanying President Harding on his Florida trip. It was emphasized, however, that this view did not, necessarily reflect the opinion of President Hard- ing, who has made no comment on the situation fesulting from the ex- piration of thg wage contracts the fast of the moRth. Cunstderatian might also be given, if the emergency warranted, the of- flcisl “to s program which would provide ‘for & commission rep- resenting the operators, miners and public, to arbitfate the controversy. Failure of arbitration, it was added, . what sort of illumination they seek. The wine supply will be cut off. he said, until he deter- mines whether the Rosicrucians have a ‘“recent thirst for a new religion or merely a new religion for an old thirst” The Rosicrucian creed, he stated, makes the use of wine obligatory, as per article 5 of the constitution of the cult, which says: “The use of well fermented wine is obliga- tory upon every person physically otherwise able canonically to keep and observe the rules.” PRESIDENT'S REST -| controller of the currency was passed by the Senate late yesterday. The measure was called up by Sena- tor Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District committee. He explained that there are at present twenty-five state chartered corporations doing a bank- ing business in the District which are not under the supervision of any official of the federal or District governments, and that five more are in the process of organization. The national banks, he pointed out, must obtain the ap- proval and consent of the controller of the currency before starting busi- ness hers, and the tyust companies must ficst have the consent of the District Commissioners, under exist- ing law. Senator Ball sald that the District Commissioners had strongly reccom- members of the committee: Repre- sentatives Longworth, Ohio, and Bacharach, New Jersey, who have advocated a sales tax as a means of raising the necessary revenue, were not in Washington yesterday and it could not be learned whether they had been able to ascertain the Presi- dent's views. Against Six-Month Provision. Chairman Fordney said the bill probably would be amended by the committee before favorable report is ordered, to do away with the require- ment that a war veteran must decide within six months which of the| options provided in the bill he would accept. A former service man should | be permitted, the chairman said, to tested. not against the bill. but against its form. He held that a mere construction of the language of the retirement act was not sufficient. but that Congress should provide actually for the inclusion of the em- ployes referred to by the Attorner General in his opinion in the oper- ation of the law. Senator Sterling insisted that this ‘was not necessary; that Congress had a perfect right to make a “legisia- tive construction™ of any act it h put through In the past. To this Senator Jones demurred. and added that he hoped when the bill came up in the House its £o: would be changed. No Dissenting Vote. material in 1922, 750,000,000 in 1923 | ficult problems, but never since the|jts jeague of nations. He declared SR 2 Without an opposing vote the meas- @nd 750,000.000 in 1 Other powers | war has he faced so many complica- | no .m‘:;c, was’ GoRtémpIatén’ but m:fitdr::zl;t“l;o ;,,'.“,f{:',‘:,:",,f:: :-::e:edmt'n- ;n.lc‘t'l::n:“::";heedpro- :::k;r:f;:egi::g:v:: -‘::“t;-:-e‘;e‘n«zlu,, e Doiesel artss eropiie besides France under the agreement|tions at one time s now. With the|a4ded that he could see no objection | - g med re- e 2 jan amendment offered by Senator are permitted to conclude arrange- |beginning of the engineers 10ckout, | sven t5 an alllance If 1t w.“’m of onerltl:n of the mines by the :;n.rd.l;\:" l:c p;:v‘l:ionul;f u:a bll‘l :.nd ::':l‘:e‘b‘_"‘;‘:::”;c‘:o:: ;“ '::f,: Tetro- | sterling which would make the “con- ments with Germany similar to the | the number of unemployed in England | o1 arbitration rather than force and |50 cnment: Y. Senators 'Norris of Ne- pudal struction” * applicable to ‘“classified ‘Wiesbaden agreement, provided such agreements do not call for deliveries in kind in excess of the total amount fixed by the present agreement. Unexpected, Say Papers. None of th® powers, the agreement provides, will be compelled to turn back any cash as a result of deliv- erles in kind received in 1922. The first billion *marks paid cash are to be distributed as follows: (leaving out of account the American clalm): Five hundred million gold marks to Great Britain, as partial reimburse- ment for the expenses of her armies of occupation, up to May 1, 1921; 140,000,000 gold marks to France, for the same purpose, and the remainder 1o Belgium, with the exception of 172,000,000 lire allotted to Italy. The American demand for the pay- sment of $241,000,000 before any Ger- snan reparations are paild was treated by the Paris afternoon newspapers, &8 by the morning editions, as a bill which the allies had not expected. In Response to Opinmion. The semi-official Temps says the WUnited States is certainly entitled to reimbursement, but she should col- Ject from Germany, inasmuch as she did not sign the treaty of Versailles and subsequent agreement, and made @ separate treaty with Gernmmany. The femps says that the United States wvould have demanded payment in May, 1921, if she had believed the willes should pay. “How could one suppose,” it says, “that they would gnvoke now'a pretended right whose inanity is proved by their silence?” Jacques Bainville, writing in La YL.iberte, says the demand was made 4u response to American public opinfon. He adds that American opinion “calls for European disarma- approaches 3,000,000, and this idleness comes at a time of general trade de- pression. For political as well as eco- nomic reasons the government has |'been most anxious to start the spring ! under cheerful conditions, but events |are piling up so badly that the general picture is most depressing. | After the Washington conference the people thought that the prospects for lower taxes and better trade relations with America were much Improved. Consequently there is no disguising the fact that America’s refusal to go to the Genoa economic conference was a con- siderable blow to those hopes. Even the government newspapers show little enthusiasm for the Genos meeting now that Great Britain must go there with no backing from the United States in the campaign of recon- struction as they call it. A Blow to Cotton Trade. The Indian crisis, with the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and the forced resignation of Edwin S. Montague, secretary for Ihdia in the London cabinet, has many alarming features, aside from the political phases. It means a further serious loss to the great cotton mills of Manchester, and a staggering blow to British busi- ness houses that- trade with India. Great Britain’s whoie Asiatic folicy as framed by Lloyd George and the Marquis of Curzon, foreign minister, which has steadily been opposed by the French, is expected to undergo a complete revision in the next few weeks, particularly in the course of the coming Anglo-French negotiations in Paris. ROYAL RUSSIAN DIES. Duchess Anastasie Was Grand effaced dangers fhat threaten Amer- ican interests in the Pacific. To re- ject the pact because it does not bind the signatories to employ force, he asserted, would be to revert to the reactionary philosophy of the { past.. 3 The democratic leader conceded that the negotiations leading: up ‘to the treaty were carried on in “se- crecy,” but argued that such a’course was necessary in view of the pe- culiar circumstances surrounding the effort of the American delegation to rid the world of the Anglo-Japanese | alliance. In the main, he sald, the arms conference was conducted more openly than any similar consultation in the history of the world. Further Information Asked. Senator Robinson insisted, in turn, that the provision for' consultation ‘among the signatories to agree on a course of action In case of aggres- sion by an “outside power” could mean only that the force of all four wis to be united against the ag- gressor. When any such consulta- tion took place, he argued, and any one power signified that it was not able to meet the attack alone, the only means the others could suggest was united action. Hs asked that Mr. Hughes now inform the Senate why he had remained silent so long as to the method by which the treaty was drafted. . Because of a desire by many sen- ators to complete work on an’ ap- propriation bill, administration lead- ers did not carry out their purpose to force a vote yesterday on the first) of the proposed reservatiqns, and the treaty was laid.. temporarily aside without action. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, UNION HEADS MARK TIME. Declare They Have Exhausted Ef- forts to Get Conference. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11.— Officials of the United States Mine ‘Workers of America marked time today in the impending bituminous coal strike. awaiting final word had exhausted their efforts to bring about a conference, and added that they knew nothing of the government plans. President John L. Lewis left here for his home in Springfleld, Ill, for a week end visit, and will go from there to New York to attend the anthracite miners’ conference with operators on Wednesday. OPERATORS ARE WILLING. Do‘pl'fl:mant’nt Labor Gets Large Number of Communications. Recelipt by the Department of Labor of a large number of communications from coal operators ociations and individual mine operators outside the central competitive fleld favoring negotlations with miners’ unions was reported yesterday by department officials. The messages, it was said, were brought forth -by Secretary Davis' recent appeal to the miners and opey- ators to get together in an attempt to compose their differences and avert the strike threatened April 1. The attitude of mine operators not directly associated with the central competitive field, composed of Ohio, Indians, Ilinofs and weatern Penn- Golfing. Tour Down Florida Coast Doing Him Good, Doctor Says. ' By the Associated Press. NEW SMYRNA, FI Harding ‘Washington publisher, said today. The President, who is accompanied | new banks from entering the Dis- by Mrs. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Mec- Lean and the party of officials who accompanied them from Washington, has stopped at points where oppor- tunity offered and played golf. Playing with him have been Speak- er of the House Gillett, Undersecre- con- tinuing a vacation down the Florida east coast. Benefit to the President|ate a letter from the Commissioners is already evident, Brig. Gen. Sawyer, | in which they declared that the pur- the President's personal physician,|pose of the bill was to protect the March 11.—|adopted, whether government officials would | Three days after leaving Washington |branch of the banks already doing succeed or fail in bringing about aifound President wage conference between miners and | ghoard the houseboat of E. B. Mc-|proval of the controller before start- operators. The union men said they | Lean, tonight | business here must obtain the ap- braska, Overman of North Carolina, and Reed of Missouri, Senator Norris suggested that the bill should be amended so as to cover banks al- ready organized and doing business here under state charters. But Sena- tor Ball replied that the District Com- missioners did not belleve that this could be accomplished. He offered an amendment, .however, which was that provides that any ing business. Senator Ball had read to the Sen- investing public and not to prevent Provisions of the compromise sol- dier bonus bill relating to bank loans to former service men have been “ieither misunderstood or misrepresent- ed in some quarters,” Representative Green, Towa, who s ranking republi- | can member of the ways and means committee and who helped revise the measure, declared in a’statement yes- terday. - While the Towa member made no direct comment on the announced in- tention of Controller of the Currency Crissinger to advise banks not to ac- cept adjusted compensation certifi- cates as security for loans, it was generally regarded that the state- ment was a reply to the opinion of the bill's provisions expressed by Mr. Crissinger. Ways and means committee mem- bers have been reluctant to take issue trict in competition with the old. —_— ALBANIAN MINISTERS QUIT. Officials: Resign as Rebel Forces March on Capital. tary of State Fletcher and Mr. Mc- | By the Associated Press. Lean, with Secretary Christian in the foursome at times when one of the|patch says that ‘Amer P: others did not play. ROME, March 11.—A .Durazzo dis- a Virioni and Antonio Pistulli, members of the The party spent last night on board | Albanian government, have resigned. and today stopped at Ormond for a round of golf. made to New Smygpna, A motor trip was|marching on Tirana, Rebel forces, it is added, are the Albanian where nine|capital. Nelek Frasheri, commander holes of golf were played this after-|of government troops, was killed in noon, and tonight the party continued | the fighting. the cruise down the coast, leaving here at 6 o'clock. A London dispatch late in January Just how far down the east coast)described the Albanian situation as the cruise wil extend is uncertain;rapidly developing toward anarchy. and apparently depends on the con-|The Albanian cabinet, under the pre- dition of the weather and the de-|miership of Djater Ypi, had resigned, mands of official business. Secretary |and Bishop Fan Noli, the foreign ‘Weeks, who had been vacationing at|minister, has refused the task of Miami, remained at, St. Augustine {orming a new. government. after meeting. the presidential party. The' dispatch quoting dispatches re- with tho controller, and Mr. Green's views were the first definite expres- sion from republicans of”the com- mittee as to the stand taken by the civil service” as it may occur in other acts. The text of the bill as amended follows: “That in the administration of the civil service retirement act, approved May 22, 1920, the expression ‘all em- ployes in the classified civil service of the United States' as used in sec- tion 1 thereof shall be construed to include all persons who have hereto- fore or who may hereafter be given a competitive status in the classified civil service, with or without com- petitive ‘examination. by legislative enactment, or under the civil service rules promulgated by the President. or by executive orders, covering groups of employes with their posi- tions into the competitive classified civil service, or authorizing the ap- pointment of indivaduals to postions within such service. . “The expression ‘classified civil service’ as the same occurs in other acts of Congress shall receive a lik construction to that herein given.” currency controller. Mr. Green's Statement. Representative Green in his state- ment said: “When the ways and means commit- tee struck out the cash provisions of the former bill, to which so much ob- Jection had been made, it was thought advisable to make some provisions —_— THOUSANDS OF VETERANS FACE ACTUAL SUFFERING Legion Official, Seeking Jobs for 700,000 Men, Warns of for soldiers who were or should be- come in need, and for this purpose the bank loan provision was inserted. "It seems to be assumed by some that all of these loans would run to October 1, 1925, but that date was merely inserted as the very latest which might be fixed for the maturity of loans by the banks, in order that transactions with the banks might thereafter be closed. It was not in- tended that the banks would make Grave Situation. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11.— Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the American Legion and in charge of its campaign to relieve unemploy- ment, tonight declared “extraordi- nary” efforts must be exerted to keep jobless men from actual suffering in the near fature, adding that the legion’s program expected to result in employment within thirty days for 500,000 veterans. “While more men are being steadily ment” “Mr. Boyden's demand was 7 2 announced, howéver, that tomorrow | . . .o~ although’ helptul, i It is understood he will stay there|ceived from Janina sald further a{the loan In the first instane for more o $olanded fo make the silies realize| ‘MothET of Denmark’s Gnoen 4| Be woula attempt to secure an agree- | STETE MULEY ST T IO |the reat of the week. group of mationalist leaders had|than the time usually given on com. | placed In employment” said the that thelr military expenses are’ un-| NICE, F;‘n:::'_.‘:");f:h_:l‘.;v_n“‘“:‘ ment for & time for votimg, and, | P TN ot eve the formed a - government at Elbassan,|mercial paper, although a savings | statement, “the gain is so slow un- uchess ° = > productive and harmful and that they absorb all reparations.” He warns the French that-the American note must be taken seriously. YANKS LEAVE FOR U. S. By the Associated Press. COBLENZ, March 10.—Two battal- fons of the 5th United States Infan- try, consisting of 45 officers and 3,100 men, left tonight for Antwerp, wwhere they will embark on the United ftates transport Cantigny, bound for Yortland, Mea. Their departure leaves 1hé region between Mayence and An- dernach without & single American soldier. \ The German residents, among whom the soldiers made many friends dur- §ng the two years they were here, gave the Americans a hearty farewell The towns evacuated by the Ameri- Mecklgnburg, mother of the Queen of Denmark, dled this afternoon at| her villa at Eze, near Nice. She was born in 1860, a grand duchess of Russia. | should he fail, would hold the Sen- ate to “long sessions” until the de- bate had worn itself out. ™ Although they cared to make po —_— (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) R e e NEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES By the Associated Press. SWARTHMORE, Pa., March 11.— The next presidential campaign will be conducted largely by means of the wireless telephone, “en- abling millions of voters actually to hear the appeals of candidates, Prof. G. O. Aubrey of Swarthmore Preparatory School tonight pre- dicted in an address before the radio club at the school. 2 “In my opinion,” Prof. Aubrey cans have not yet been occupled by sald, “the wireless telephone will TO REACH MILLIONS BY 'RADIO collegiate institutions of learming may hear and distuss in class some of the most important and vital subjects of the day. 3 “Better acquaintance with the various candidates for the presi- dency- in 1924 is ‘almost assured . with the increasing use of the ‘wireless telephone. Voters, mil- lions of them, most likely will hear the messages sent out by candi- dates by wireless, for receiving sets will be found in -homes and : main cause of strife. Mr. Davis is sald to be mnot ready as yet to take further steps in the endeaver to bring the coal operators. and fhe ininers into conference, and it I3 considered likely that the department may wait upon results of the - conference be- tween the anthracite mine operators and miners’ union, March 15, before taking further ini- tiative in the bituminous industry, where the prospects for a disruption REPORT 600 CASUALTIE IN JOHANNESBURG CLASH — scheduled - for | By the Associated Press. i JOHANNESBURG, March 11—The | Rand Datly Mail places Friday's cas- issuing a proclamation refusing to recognize the authorities at Tirana or the regency council. bank might.do so. The government agrees to cash these notes if they are six months overdue. BEGIN RAZING FAMOUS OLD HOME " TO BUILD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ‘Workmen yé-urdxv ‘began clearing the site of the ‘old Corcoram house, are considered to be the most grave. | ualties at 600, of whom eighty are be-{on H. street.®which Daniel Webster —_— DISABLED SHIP IN TOW. NORFOLK, Va.; March 11.—The de- stroyer Parrott is headed for Hamp- ton roads with the disabled Ameri- can steamer Lake Winthrop, which was put out of commission by engine trouble, in tow, according to reports received in Norfolk today. The Par- rott was near the Lake Winthrop when the efeamer’s -engines broke lieved §o have been killed. The casualties among the strikers are not known. The situation is regarded as some- what improved today. A ttish detachment was ambush- ed at Benom! today by strikers hid- poured a heavy fire into the soldiers, killing eighteen of them and wound- ‘occupfed.while. Secretary of State, to make way ‘for the immense bullding which”'is to be the home of the | Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The celebrated old chestnut tree i the old-fashioned garden, which has been . pointed out to thousands of tourists, is to be cut down because The big boxwood. tree, Beneath which ‘Webster used to sit'and read, is to coln Memorial in Potomac Park, which is to be dedicated May 30. Both old trees are in the Hall of Fame for trees with a history of the American Forestry Association. The site of Webster's. home is just across’ Lafayette Park, looking orth from the White House, near he home of Slidell, one of the Con- federate commissioners, and just a few steps from the home of John Hay. Across th treet stands the den in a plantation’ who suddenly(j cannot be preserved and moved. home of Commodore Decatur of Tripoli fame, which is next door to the house that Theodore Roosevelt leasjcxiraprdinacy/ means sre exartn to create temporary employment and stimulate permanent employment during the next month, there wil be estitution and suffering within the next six gonths more widespread than anything this country has seen within a generation. “It is precisely this condition which the American Legion and co-operat- ing organizations intend to avoid ang the vigor with which the jegion organization and the bodies’ wé have asked to work with us are re- sponding to our appeal fills us with high hope of success. We have re- ceived reports from every state and practically every gommunity in. thé land that the’ work is going for. ward. We expect to have 500,000 of the 700,000 jobless veterans ‘of thé world war in employment ‘ within thirty days.” Special appeals for the unemployed, Mr. Bolles added, would. be: made to Fronch troops, but 1t is probable they | 590 "0 WS Gl o LT arin. | meoting. places /throughout the |down.. The LaXé ‘Winthrop was off iag.twenty-ive. Most of.the detach- |be:transplanted.tomerrow to u place |pccupied while ithe White House was| churches throughout the country ‘on Stencheon Betaken over Y tho| figes Stutents in acsdemio‘snd | “mation .t o mpmriCape Hatteras when luat reported,” < ment were ex-servicomens . lon: the graailgrodarvard at’ the Lin- "belng remodeled. " Merch 1. C -