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WEATHER. Rain tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 60, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 44, at 7 a.m. today. ¥ull report on page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 26 Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. The ‘WASHINGTO. ‘ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 q ’ D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. . TREASURY Vl[ws Lenin Gives Haywood Control ||(RLDASSOCIATION Of Works to Employ4,800L.W.W. lSoviet Assigns $300,000 Toward Financing -Undertak- ing—Whole Production of Factory and Mine Concessions to Go to Government. EXPECTED TODAY ATBONUS HEARING Secretary Mellon, Controller Crissinger and Gov. Hard- ing Called. i UNCHANGED BILL TO BE REPORTED, SAYS FORDNEY Seven Republicans Join With Six Democrats on Committee in Call for Officials. Secretary Mellon, Controller of the Currency Crissinger and Gov. Harding Pf the Federal Reserve Board will be @sked to appear before the House ways @nd means committee this afternoon to Eive further statements with regdrd to the bank loan provision of the soldiers’ onus. Chairman Fordney said Jiould be reported out as soon as the liree officials had been heard and ghat he did not think the measure %ould be amended any further. The motion to c4ll in the three ad- inistration officers was made by epresentative Garner of Texas, the Fanking democrat, and was adopted, 33 to 11, after what was described as ® sharp contest. Sevep republicans Joined with six democrats in voting in the affirmative. The republicans were Longworth, Tilson, Bacharach, Jreadway, Watson, Young and Mott. Wwo democrats, Tague and Carew, Yoted against the motion. “Conflicting Statements.” In announcing that Secretary Mel- [Yon, Gov. Harding and Controller Cris- *Binger would appear before the com- gnittee at 2 p.m. today in open ses- Bion, Chairman Fordney said it had %een decided to call them because ghey had “made statements conflict- fng with one another.” The ways and means committee foted down a motion to reinsert the ash feature of the bonus and to im- se the excess profits tax and an- ther motion to restore the war- $ime income surtax rate of 65 per nt, These were sald to have been he ~only important amendments rought up at this, the first meeting Bt' the entire committee, to consider e bonus bill Immediately after the House con- Wened discussion on the bonus meas- tire was_ precipitated when Represen- fative Andrew, republican, Massa- £husetts, obtained unanimous consent to insert in the record a copy of & Jctter he had written to members of the ways and means committes and Blso the House, urging that there be included in the bonus bill a provision for the im- men_who aVe~ ated the bill idied during the war o ‘since that time. Question by Mr. Garrett. Representative Garrett of Ten- Dessee, the democratic leader, asked that Representative Mondell of Wyo- ing, the majority leader, inform the House when the bill would be taken “wp and in what Manner it was to be eonsidered. Mr, Mondell said he thought accurat¥ information as to these points could be given far enough in advance to give- absent members time to return. Representative Garner then asked the Republican leader if it was the plan to take the bill up Monday under a suspension of the rules if the Speaker of the House would recog- nize him for that purpose. “I don't think that a fair question J am called upon to_answer at this time.” replied Mr. Mondell. Representative Garrett suggested that the House adjourn so members could attend the committee session this afternoon. Mr. Mondell said he did not think the House should meglect the business before it. Mem- bers who desired to do so were at liberty to attend the hearing, Mr. Mondell said. Representative Garner told Mr. Gar- Fett that the open hearing was in or- der because there was a sufficient pumber of members of the committee Wwho desired information to send for Secretary Mellon, Mr. Crissinger and Gov. Harding. “It was done,” he added, “over the protest of some committeemen. Only Minor Amendments. Despite uncertainty as to pro- tedure for securing early action on the measure by the House, republican members of the ways and means com- nittee were prepared today to go shead with their plans to have the compromise bonus bill reported out &t the postponed meeting today of ghe full committee. No changes were ®xpected in the bill additional to the minor amendments agreed on by the gnajority members of the committee yesterday when they decided to Pland pat on the measure despite objections to its provisions voiced by Socretary Mellon and controller of the Currency Crissinger. The question of _procedure in Pringing the bill to a vote in,the House was being held in abeyance today by republican leaders because ©f their inability to ascertain wheth- er Speaker Gillett, who is in Florida | with President Harding, would en- tertain a motion for suspension of the rules under which it was hoped to put the bill through next Monday. Reports that he might oppose this program, which would require a two- thirds vote for passage of the bill mnd would automatically bar all amendments, were followed by the conference late yesterday republicans of the ways and means committee and members of the re- publican steering committee.' It was decided at this conference to with- hold a final decision as togprocedure until the views of the speaker could Be le: ! By the Assoclated Press, By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, March 14.—William D. (“Big Bill") Haywood heads a group of American 1. W. W. men to whom Promier Lenin has granted a conces- sion to operate the big Nadejdinsky iron works, in the Ural mountain re- gion, part of the coal mines in the Kosnetz basin and auxillary factories. (Haywood disappeared from the United States last vear while under $65,000 bail after he and about ninety other I. W. W. men had been con- victed of espionage and conspiracy against the government in the war. He has since taken some part in the deliberations of the third internation- ale at Moscow.) It is stipulated that 4.800 fully qual- ified American workers, with a tech- nical personnel, shall be brought into Russia to operate the properties, and that each of them must purchase $100 worth of tools or instruments for his own equipment and sign an under- taking to observe all the rules of the soviet labor code. The announcement states that the government has assigned $300,000 to- ward financing the undertaking. It is also to provide wood to build homes for workers and assign 27,000 acres of land for agriculture. The Ameri- can workmen are to be organized into a trade union association. The whole production of all these concessions is to go to the govern- ment, which undertakes to supply the workmen with a ration and allow them part of the production as nec- essary means to carry on further work. The agreement is to hold for two years. If the workmen desire to leave Russia earlier the government THREATEN T0 BOMB POLE CONSULATES “Ukyanian Blackhand” For- wards Letter of Warning to Senator Willis. A threat by the “American Ukranian Black Hands” to blow up every Pol- ish consulate in the United States and Canada is contained in a letter received by Senator Frank L. Willis f Ohio today. The letter, inclosed in a common envelope, postmarked Cleveland, Ohio, March 14, reached Senator Willis this morning, who called the attention-of the authorities to it and made the letter public. Text of Letter. The letter follows: “13-3-1922 “Dear Sir: We notife ts you the building at 3147 16th street will be blow out by the bomb by American Ukranian veterans world soldier or black hand. The everyone polish konsulate in United States and Canada will be blow out. “The Polish government kill and murder 500,000 Ukranian people and 350,000 keep in jail. Americans Ukrun- ian veteran world soldier fignt for America United States for frce and liberty for all and whole naucnality Europe. Now all nationality is free. But Ukranian people is ‘not free. Ukranian people is 50,000,000, 40,000.- 000 belong to Russia ‘government, 8,000,000 belongs to Poland country,| 1,000,0000 to Rumania, 1,000,000 to Czechostowaklo. “The Polish country is 27,500,000. The Polish people Is 11,500,000, Ukran- ian, 8,000,000; Germany. 3,500,000; Jew, 3,500,000; Lithunian, 500,000. The east Galicya in Polish country should belong to Ukranian Galicyan people. “The Ukranian American Black hand will be blow out every one polish consulate in United States and Canada. “Washington, D, C.. 3147 16th_street; New York, 955 Third avenue; Chicago, | 111, 1115 Robey street; Detroit, Mich., { 80 ‘Garfield street; Buifalo, N. Y., 761 Filmore avenue; Pittsburgh, Pa., 217 Craig avenue. “Canada: Winnipeg. 53 Balmoral place; Montreal, 47 wishop street. “american ukranian black hand.” Legation on List. The address mentioned in the let- ter, 3147 16th street, is the Polish ion. ST leEt oas said today by officials or representatives of the post office in- spection service, the Treasury De- partment secret service, Department of Justice investigating forces, and State Department secret agents that the respective organizations had re- celved no information as to the black- hand letter and had started no in- vestigation into the matter. e . FILIPINOS COMING HERE. MANILA, P*L, March 13.—The Phil- is to assist them to return to their country after they have handed over to the state the works and factories that had the instu=ations and istru- ments brought from abroad. PREPARE TO MOBILIZE MEN., Party of American Engineers Ready to Go to Russia. NEW "YORK, March 14.—H. S. Cal- verf, one of the men associated Wwith ‘William D. Haywood in obtaining a con- cession to operate an iron works and | coal mines in Russia, says that & party | of engineers and techniclans will soon leave for Russia to prepare the way for six tmousand American workmen. Calvert, like the other concessionaries, is a member of the I. W. W. and was formerly a foreman in the Ford auto- mobile plant in Detroit. The others in the group of concessionaries, Calvert said, are Thomas Barker and D. Bayer, who are well known in I. W. W. circles in this country, but are now in Russia with Haywood, and G. J. Rutgers, a na- tive of Holland, who has been ldenti- fied with the T. W. W. movement in the United States. Under the terms of the concession, Cal- vert declared, the soviet government will collect a revenue of 7 per cent from the properties and reserves the right to | commandeer approximately 50 per cent of the colony’s output of coal, iron and mechine products, for which it agrees to give the workers credits with which they can purchase other supplies. The re- mainder, he said, is to be left to the workers to dispose of as they see fit. The Nadejdinsky iron works are about 1,300 miles east of' Moscow and the Kosnetz basin is about 3,000 miles east of Moscow in the Tomsk district of western Siberia. MAY NEED 70 JOIN REPARATIONS BODY U. S. Membership Is Seen as Possibility in Official Cir- cles Here. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States government may find itself compelled by circumstances to become an official member of the reparations commission. The fact that under the present state of afiairs European govern- ments can get together and dispose of Germany’s assets without regard.to the rights or claiffs of the United States is giving concern in official quarters. Up to now, America has been able to drift along with an un- official observer, R. W. Boyden, who)| has been presenting the views of the United States carefully and dis- creetly. _Congress alone can give the execu- tive permission to send a representa- tive to participite officially in the disdussions and actions of the repara- tions commission. It can be stated positively that the American govern- ment, in presenting its claim for $241,000,000 of the German repara- tion payments, to go toward the ex- penses of the American Army of oc- cupation, did not have in mind, one way or the other, the deustion of membership on the reparations com- mission. No preconceived plan has been adopted which seeks to demon- strate that America had better be a member of the reparations commis- sion. The government is really drift- ing along, Jetting developments speak for themselves. President Quoted. On one occasion not long ago President Harding publicly expressed his regret that the United States was not officially represented on the reparations commission because it| might have a voice in the contro- versy over German dyes. The claim for expenses of the American army of occupation is a second develop- ment. In the absence of President Hard- ing, officials here cannot very well say whether the executive would| agree to ask Congress its views on| American membership or the repara- ticns commission. Certainly a joint resolution would have to be adopted before the executive would be free o act. The reparations commission, of course, has nothing to do with the league of nations. It is a separate and distinct institution. It was greated by the Versailles treaty, and when the United States made & separate peace with_Germany the identical clauses of the Versailles treaty which relate to reparations were taken textually and made & part of the American-German treaty. So the United States is entitled to membership in the commission whenever it wishes to exercise the right. The Senate, however, interposed a reservation that the consent of Con- ippine mission to urge the claims of the Filipinos for independence will depart for Washington aboard the steamer Keystone State, April 30, it was announced today. The mission is headed by Gen. Emelio Aguineldo. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14— ed. Among developments of vesterday the bonus situation were the is- nance of statements by two mem- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) —————— ' BOMBS ROUSE LISBON. 'Explosion Victims Carry Pictures of Lenin and Trotsky. LISBON, March 13.—Bomb explo- Bions have occurred recently in sev- eral parts of the city, and others v reported today. Several cas- ‘walities have resulted, the victjms in- cluding two of the bomb throwers, upon whom the police reported find- ng portraits of Lenin and Trotsky.- The government is taking strong gneasures to prevent the projected Bocial upriging, details regarding the lans for which were found in the ossession of Oporte syndicalists. 'here have been more than 100 ar- ests of agitators, 5 e Margarete Matzenauer, famous diva, apparently has lost her chauffeir husband, whom she termed “100 per cent man.” The~ husband, Floyd Glotzbach, has come back to his job at the .Del Monte Hotel here driving tour- ists about. A year ago he took Mme. Matsze- nauer out for a drive—for hire She sat on the front seat with him, better to enjoy the scenery. Later came the engagement and mar- riage and Glotzbach left the driv- ing wheel.\ 5 The San Francisco Examiner to- day gives Glotzbach’s reasons for leaving- his bride In New York: “Babylon Palaces” Bore. “I'd rather be a chauffeur in California than to dwell forever in' the palaces of Babylon,” he sald. It would seem Glotzbach was forced to let another man drive his wife's automobile. “Jt would drive any man crasy.to sit back among the cushions and squirm_every time- he felf the X gress must be secured before a repre- sentative is sent to any international commission under the treaty. This ac- tion has been referred to by President (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BeadeasbylCo R e “100 PER CENT” CHAUFFEUR HUBBY LEAVES DIVA WIFE FOR OLD JOB backlash of the transmission, when all it needed was a real mecha- nician,” the reporter quotes. Neither did Glotsbach enjoy breakfasts in bed. Nor did sitting up night after night through the RAFT SUBMITTED FOR SENATE AGTION McCumber Declares Plan Would Fulfill G. 0. P. Cam- paign Pledge. NAMES NINE NATIONS AS ELIGIBLE TO PACT Proposal Condemns Wars and Fixes Six-Month Period for Investi- gation of Differences. Creation of an association of na- tions was formally proposed in the Senate today by Senator McCumber, republican, North Dakota, during de- bate on the four-power Pacific treaty. The North Dakota senator read the plank in the republican platform of 1920 regarding such an international agreement and then placed in the record his proposal, which, he said, would carry out the campaign pledge. Provisions of Draft. ‘The draft which he submitted would provide for consultations on all sub- Jects threatening war, would con- demn wars of aggression, and would fix_a six-month period of investiga- tion when hostilities were threatened. The parties {o the association would be the United States, Great Britain, France. Italy, Germany, Aus- tria, Spain, Japan and Russia. For Peace in Pacific. Senator McCumber declared the four-power treaty was “an associa- tion of nations for the maintenance of peace the Pacific,” and then asked: “1s it not an opportune time to ask the President and the administration what became of the general associa- tion of nations for the peace of the world?"” “When the Versailles treaty was before the Senate,” Senator McCum ber continued, ‘“the members of the Senate and the public generally, no matter how wide their differences on the Versailles treaty, all agreed that some step should be taken through some kind of international agree- ment to prevent another such world conflict. The republican party in its platform met this sentiment for some kind of international world agree- ment. “That declaration did not mean that we should enter into an associa- tion with just those nations with whom we had been allied in war. It meant an association with all the great nations, with our late enemies as well as with our late allies. It t an assomdationi with Germany and Austria_as well ds with France @and Great Britain. An association with a portion of them only would be & trouble breeder rather than a peace assurance.” Senator McCumber's argument was directed toward the arms conferenc: program generally, but he laid par- ticular stress on the four-power treaty, urging extension of the con- ference plan to embrace all the great powers, including Germany and Aus- tria. He declared he would support the “no alliance” reservation proposed by the foreign relations committee, “not because 1 consider it necessary, but beczuse there are some who feel that it ought to be inserted and might keep us out of future trouble.” Comments on Treaties. “From the standpoint of disarma- ment alone,” said Mr. McCumber, “these several treaties may not mean much for world peace. In their broad- er contemplation there is something of human weakness, an inate ridicu- lousness in their provisions. But it is encouraging to know that these agreements lead toward world sanity. So this conference has breathed the living soul of peace into the physii bodies of these disarmament treaties.” Supporters of ‘the four-power Pa- cific treaty again took the offensive when the Senate resumed debate on the pact today, under an agreement to vote late this afternoon on the first of the proposed amendments. Senators McCumber of North Da- kota and LenPoot of Wisconsin, both | republicans, led off for the ratifica- tion advocates, praising the treaty as a long step toward international un- derstanding and denying that. it em- bodies dangerous entanglements. On the opposing side Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, was given right of way for a legal argument attack- ing the treaty’s obligations. Might Withdraw Others Emphasizing the importance of the four-power pact as an Integral part of the arms conference program, Senator Lenroot suggested that, if ratification of this treaty failed, President Harding might consider withdrawing the others produced by the conference and asking for a popular verdict on the whole sub- ject at the November election. Senator McCumber also declared the four-power arrangement was the key 1o the whole armament program, but asked what had become of the republi- can campaign pledge of 1920 for an “association of nations,” embracing the entire world in its scope. Roll Call to Show Stand. Although not regarded by the lead- ers as a test vote with direct bearing on the question of ratification, the roll call to be taken at 4 p.m. today was expected to show for the first time the attitude of mind of various mad scene of “Lucia” appeal to an ear attuned to the hum of a smooth-running motor. The reporfer says Glotsbach told - him there had been no friction; that the chauffeur husband just “escaped” when his bride was not looking; that he will not go back. . ‘Wants Husband Back. Mme. Matzenauer, it is said, wants her husband back. There iy talk of compromises from New York, but unlistened to, says Glotz- bach. After this marriage Mme. Matze- nauer said her .first marriage, to Ferrar. Fontand, failed because of artists’ temperament. She want a “man,” she said. The antithes of her temperament theory is responsible for the wreck® of the new romance. Glotzbach, a six-foot westerner, comments: % “Orchids, will -thrive in hot houses; but wild mustard needs the California sun.” senators who have: not previously taken an active part in the treaty fight. The amendment to be acted on was offered by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas. It proposes par- ticipation of non-signatory nations in the benefits and “conferences” of the treaty involving their interests. Senator Lenroot's suggestion that withdrawal of the other treaties might be considered should the four- power pact fail, was made in connec- tion with a long prepared reply to charges that the four-power agree- ment would bind the United States to use force. Not only was such an in- ference wholly unwarranted, he said, but the treaty constituted such an im- ¢+ | portant—peace step that its failure Fmay mean failure of all the treatjes.” -, France Not Enthusiastic. “We know,” said Mr. Lenroot, “that France is not bnthu {0 _over the “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ' . News Note: ¢ nearing the cataract, a mile abov HIGHER BREAD PRICE TOBEINVESTIGATED U. S. Attorney to Probe for Trust at Concerted Increase of 1¢c Per Pound. United States Attorney Gordon will investigate the increase in the wholg- sale price of bread which takes effect tomorrow, and if evidence is obtained that the bakers by an agree- rrent or concerted action have decreed ! the increase, Maj. Gordon will bring the matter to the attention of the grand jury. “An agreement among the bak- ers,” said Maj. Gordon, “to increase, the price of bread would. in myj opinion, constitute a violation of the Sherman anti-trust Jaw, and if evidence of such’ géement or{ criminal concert is obtained from an investigation, I will present such evidence to the grand jury at once.” Maj. Goraon explained that he made ‘an extended inquiry through a mum- ber of investigators some weeks ago, and has the data then gathered on his desk. The demands on his time in presenting the Knickerbocker and Morse cases to the grand jury have! prevented him from giving considera- tion to the evhlence relating to the actions of the bakers at that time. He expects to be able to review the reports of these investigators shortly. “4n increase of 1 cent per pound in the price of bread, wholesale, was an- nounced today, to take effect tomor- leading bakeries of i ! by two o w:shin)glun. The increase, which is expected to be gemeral. will make 1 to 2 cents difference—accord- ifl:;n:o the retailer—in the retail price ad. O b aise was made, according to one of the larger bakeries here, be- cause of the increased cost of flour, Which in turn was caused by the jump in wheat from 99 cents to $1.50 per bushel during the past few nths. m’:‘he wholesale price of bread will go up from to 8 cents for the pound loaf and from 10% to 11 cents for the pound-and-a-half loaf. Coincident with the announcement of the raised prices, one large baker tcday explained that since December his firm had been losing money | steadily on account of the increased cost of materials. Flour, he said, had jumped appreciably in price at one lime during this period, touching a mark $2 in advance of the price prior to December b. ‘As a result, his firm has lost more than $15.000 during that time, ex- clusive of ‘the profits which would have been realized normally, he said. The retail price, depending on the type and location ,of the retailer, varies in margin from 1 to 2 cents on he pound of bread. The increase, it is estimated, will send the retail price of bread from 8 and 9 cents to 9 and 10 cents per pound. Mixed bread, including rolfs and piscuits, also will be affected by the 5 | increase. Today’s News In Brief will be investi- Higher bread price will be investi; gated. i ty-two in_south- T:}‘:;!l'io kl"’, twenty-tw Page 1 mmittee today voted to fa- ng::blc; report Senate bill amending federal employes’ retirement ;lw. age 1 United Mine Workers make final plans for conference with operators tomorrow. P)l:: 2 to be revoked. Expect library ruling to £l P ter accused of million-dollar ;:Vr'l‘:dle denies charge. Page 2 President fishes off Palm Belcl;.xe 5 American publishers seek rellef from operation of 1917 war revel?ulgn;:L o anton l]filn stirs ire by reading letters com- ?n‘e:fi?x‘x';' Ymeelf and criticising members for previously eeyll’..u'l:,.‘ him. Final arguments made at trial of Mrs. Obenchain. e Plt;hl King’s speech, opening Ulster parlia- eace in Ireland. ment, hopes for P! e 1d ‘in Indiana accused of hay- Vi eieven wives | " Fage s couts. made y orange-ade; B:Zl.lsth office acts. i "P‘l{’gla bers see profit to the U. §. H;::; :ep:l":'t':ng Genter Market. Page 13 Representative. Bl D. C. pawnbroker bill Action d In House by Representative Burtbn. - Page 13 flee Viadivostok as Chita R::::g;‘:t:ppronh city. Page 20 S. T. Cameron, at citizens’ association ‘meeting, questions accuracy of olice Inrctivity in detect- charge of D Rk et ing criminals, Menb‘er_of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively emtitled to the use for republication of il news dispatclies credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hereis. All rights dispatches of publication of special Berein are also reserved. —— Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,850 Two brothers were rescued from a cake of ice in the Nia e the falls. COAL STRIKE CERTAIN, SAYS SECRETARY DAVIS, AFTER TALK WITH LEWIS A general strike In the bitu- minous coal industry om or about April 1 is inevitable, Secretary of Labor Davis and Johm L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, “agreed to- dny, following a prolonged con- ferenye at which they discussed the situation growing out of the controversy between the miners and mine operators. TORNADO KILLS 22 HUNDREDS INJURED Sweeps Through Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana With Big Property Loss. By the Associated Press. PINE BLUFF, Ark, March 14.—A tornado, sweepifig through farming settlements of Jefferson and Lonoke counties early today took a death toll of four whites and six negroes and wrecked farmhouses and other prop- erty, according to meager reports reaching here. MCcALESTER, Okla., March 14.—Nine persons were killed and a number riously injured by a tornado that leveled a path_through Gowen, a mining village fifteen miles east of here, last night, according to Dr. W. W. Sames of Hartshorne, who re- turned to his ing in relief w stricken town last night. Most of the dead and Injured are Mexicans, Dr. Sames said. Many persons were slightly in- Jjured. List of Dead. The dead are Mrs. Sidney Wilker- son, Clifford Wilkerson (infant), Mrs. Pat Laney. Mrs. George Glembo, Rena Glembo, fifteen; Annie Glembo, thir- teen; Mrs. Pete Alnabols, Pete Alna- bois, Matilde Alnabois._ BATON ROUGE, La, March 14.— The settlement of Sunrise, La., in West Baton Rouge parish, was prac- tically obliterated this morning when a cyclone struck it. Two persons were killed, sixteen injured and a number of dwellings were demol- ished, according to reports reaching here. Fifty Buildings Wrecked. SULPHUR, Okla., March 14.—One man was dead and half a dozen other persons were in a hospital seriously injured today as a result of a tornado which ripped through the west side of this city late yesterday, wrecking about fifty buildings, with property damage estimated around $100,000. Several of the seriously injured were not_expected to live. Volunteer workers began clearing away the debris at daybreak. Ap- proximately 150 per sons are home- less. They are being cared for in residences which escaped the path of the tornado. Several score of persons are nursing minor injuries. The tornado swooped down from the southeast, passing over the east- efn portion of the city and dropped into the west side, leveling a path two blocks in width and more than a half mile long. Most of the struc- tures in the twister's path were dwellings. The courthouse and the Presbyterian Church were demolished and the roof of the Methodist Church was, carried away. e ) ONLY WOMAN IN HOUSE GOES -HOME TO FIND WOMEN SET AGAINST HER home today after assist- vork at the stri | gara river as they were FAVORS AMENDED - RETIREMENT BILL House Committee Approves Senate Measure in Interest of Non-Classified Employes. To protect the pension rights of | 6.400 superannuated government em- ployes, who had been retired from the service, and of 80,000 who are still | in tae service, the House committee on reform in the civil service today voted to report favorably on the bill, which has already passed the Senate, specifically writing into the retirement law provisions which will protect this la:‘g‘; army of government workers. s General, which declared that while these men and women for many years have ibeen considered part of leivil service, they really had mnot been because they were not appointed through competitive examination and therefore were -not entitled to benefits under the retirement act. The bill to be reported, probably to- day, by Chairman hibach of the House District committee, was decom- mended by Secretary Fall of the Interior Department, under whose jurisdiction the administration of the retirement act comes. EXPECT REJECTION OF PARKING PLANS When the Commissioners meet this afternoon to act on the new parking regulations recommended by a citi- zens' committee several months ago, they probably will reject the sugges- tion that machines found overstaying | the parking time be chained or im- | pounded by the police. It is_understood the corporation coursel's office has advised the Com- missioners that the courts would not be likely to uphold the validity of such a rule. Against Broad Powers. The committee also suggested that lcertain broad powers be given the major and superintendent of police to | designate places where parking re- strictions are deemed necessary. It is_understood the corporation coun- sel's office also has advised the city heads that such discretionary power could not be delegated to the super- intendent of police, but.such places would have to be designated in the regulations. The most important phase of the parking problem to be decided by the Commissioners is the time limit which vehicles will be allowed on the vari- | ous thoroughfares in the congested downtown district. Another suggestion which will re- ceive the careful consideration of the Commissioners, is that spaces of ap- proximately thirty feet be left open in each block downtown where park- ing is permitted for the convenience of machines desiring to discharge .or take on passengers without parking. ‘Another proposal of the committee to be acted on is that parking be pro- hibited in front of the entrances to churches, theaters, office buildings, | public halls, clubs, hotels, depots, fuel intakes or freight entrances to business establishments, where trucks are constantly loading and unloading merchandise. | ! legisiative _action was made necessary by a ruling of the Attorney |} f the classified | |-question TWO. CENTS. UPBODTLEG JOINTS, OYSTER'S WARNING Tells Captains Inaction Will Result in Transfer of Of- ficers at Once. NAMES 20 PLACES NOW BREAKING DRY LAWS Bares Latest Methods Used in Traffic—Ex-Policeman and Six Others Arrested. Calling their attention to more than twenty places in Washington where he has been informed the pro- hibition law is being flagrantly vio- lated, Commissioner Oyster today told the captains of the police pre- cincts they “must close up such es- tablishments.” Addresging the precinct command- ers in the office of Maj. Sullivan, the Commissioner told them they may ex- pect transfers in assignments if they fail to put a stop to alleged boot- legging, complaints of which have come to him. Bares Latest Bootleg Methods. The Commissioner cited to the cap- tzins one bit of information which reached his office to the effect that private trash men haul debris to a dump outside the District, where, the Commissioner has been informed, they stock up with liquor for the return trip to the city. e He told the officers of another in- stance brought to his attention about an alleged wholesale “speak-casy.” to which, the Commissioner is informed, fifty drummers go gaily for their stock of wet g0ods to be peddled. Still another case was mentioned of an automobile accessory station. The Commissioner has received information that motorists enter on the pretext of buying implements for their machines and emerge with intoxfcating liquors. Demands Law Enforcement. Commissioner Oyster told the tains that the Commissioners back of them in enforcing the He urged them not to be overzealous. but to proceed when they were sure of their facts, He reminded the captains that they are responsible to Maj. Sullivan and the latter to the Commissioners. It is their duty, he told the captains, to support the’ superintendent and the Commis- sioners by enforcing the law. Discussing police activities in general, Lapt. Oyster advised members of the force not to hide behind tree boxes to watch for violators of the law. he said, is the function of plain clothes men. The uniformed force, he con- nued, can do more to suppress crime by _being seen constantly on the streets. When the conference was over Commissioner Oyster stated that the precinct commanders had evidenced a good spirit of co-operation ind he felt sure they would do evervthing possible to break up traffic in whisky in the National Capital. Ex-Policeman Arrested. Michael Ceferatti, a former police- man, residing at 502 Tth street south- west, was arrested today and charg- ed with the sale of corn whisky. Seizure of fifteen gallons of the liquor was reported. Isaac Neviaser, forty-five years old. and Leor Neviaser, his sixteen-year- old son, 512 3d street, were arrested for alleged violations of the prohi- bition enforcement law. The father was charged with illegal possession and the Son with selling. Seizure of eighty-six bottles of Jamaica ginger and thirty-eight bottles of peach ex- tract was reported. Seizure of four quarts of whisky was reported as a result of the ar- rest of Morris D. Horan, 226 41 street southwest. for the alleged sale and illegal possession of liquor. Other Arrests Made Today. Thomas M. Wright, 235 41 street southwest, was arrested for the al- leged sale of one-half pint of whisky. Charles H. Kidwell, Cherrydale, Va., was arrested at 35th and M streets and charged with selling liquor. Seizure of one quart of the liquor was reported. Charged with selling one-half pint of whisky, Willis Headen, eolored, 18th and U streets, was arrested by police of the eighth precinct. REFUSES FIUME POST. Signor Giuriati Decides Not to Ac- cept Governorship. By the Associated Press. ROME, March 15—Yielding to the pressure of the Italian government, Giovanni Giuriati has decided not to accept the govephorship of Fiume. In a final interview today with Pre- mier Facta and Foreign Minister Schanzer, Signor Giuriati was in- formed that although the Fiume was intimately involved with Italian sentiment, it also must be regarded from the viewpoint of international policy and his appoint- cap- Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 14.—Are the woman voters, in the heyday of their new enfranchisement, deter- mined to defeat this fall the only ‘woman representative in Congress? Homesick. for the community that knows :her as “Miss Alice,” Repre- sentative Robertson came home re- cently to rest—and found herself fac- ing the crisis of her political career. She bas returned now to Washington deflant. She believes the movement against Her by certain women's or- ganizations is entirely partisan. If Oklshoma women want to bring in outsiders to helf fight, Miss Alice is willing to meet them. The opposition i8 based upon the fact that Miss Rob. ertson voted against the Sheppard- Towner “maternity bill” and, it is fur- ther charged, has shown & lack of sympathy for other measures de- signed solely in the inlgrut of 'fl:'r"f'huu raliying to her detense, claim that\"Miss Alice of Muskogee’ L possesses many womanly sympathies. Her one unopposed politica] indorse- ment, for postmaster in herAhome town, was given to a woman. While herself postmaster of Muskogee, un- der President Roosevelt, Miss Alice favored women wherever possiblc in the assignment of postal employea. IIn the pioneer days of Indian terri- educator of young |Jews Average $68 Per Capita in tory she was an womanhood. Yet it is the direct charge of the League of Women Vot- ers of Oklahoma, which has influ- ential chapters in Muskogee and Ok- mulgee, in the second district, that Miss Robertson failed to espouse the of womanhood when the ma- y bill presented the opportunity. Sees Politics at Root. Miss Robertson was frank in her | reasons for opposing the bill. She 18 just as frank in saying that the hostility of most of the league mem- bers is fostered by women who op- pose her for political reasons. “I am agamst sex in politics,” says Miss Alice. “I did not want to run at the beginning, but the men in- sisted and I did what I considered my duty. The people put me in. If \(Continued on Fave 2. Column 7 cause ternit: ment by a non-constitutional - body, like the Fiume committee on national defense, was illegal. Signor Gluriati, while not sharing the views of the government, agreed ot to accept the governorship, as- serting that he desired to act only for the best interests of Fiume. GIVE OVER $14,000,000. Drive for European Relief. NEW YORK, March 14.—The Jews of America have oversubscribed the $14,000,000 campaign fund for the re- lief of eastern European Jews suf- fering from war, pogroms and famine, it was announced at the final rally of the New York city drive by David A. Brown ot Detroit, national chair- man. Cash and pledges in hand total $14- 009,624.19, Mr. Brown said, with as- surances that the sum will reach $17,310,000 by April 1. More than $1,000,000 was given by persons of other races. “The 3,000,000 Jews of this country have contributed nearly $6 per capita, as compared with $3.30 and $4 re- spectively in their two rrwlon cam- paigns—those of 1917-18 and 1919-30," 12 regort -