Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1922, Page 1

- WEATHER. Tncreasing cloudiness, not qulte so Il cold tonight; lowest temperature about } 30 _degrees; tomorrow rain or sleet. ‘emperature for twenty-four hours ended. at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 46, at _ mble result of confere 3 today. i Cln_dufiflev_l York Stocks, Page 16. No. 28,447. HOUSE TOAGCEPT MOSTINCREASESIN DC. APPROPRIATION Senate Attempt to Change Fiscal Relations Will Be Rejected. FUND FOR NEW CONDUIT WILL NOT BE DISPUTED Schools and Other Important Items to Be Passed—Object to Parks. Rejection in toto, without any at- temp? to amend, the legislative rider to the District appropriation bill, which would entirely change the fiscal relationship between the federal and District governments, and ac- ceptance of practically all of the in- creases, amounting to $3.536,164, writ- ten into the District appropriation Bill by the Senate. will be the prob- es between the two houses of Congress. Chairman Davis of the Iouse con- ferees sufd today that he expects to arrange for conferences on the Dis- tri appropriation bill to start Wednesduy. The House conferecs have been delayed by hearings on other appropriation measures. Chair- man Davis has been attending hear- ings on the Na appropriation bill, and Representatives Fvans and John- =on, the other two conferees, have been attending hearings on the Si v 5 and Justice Department appropri tions. Chairman Madden of the whole ap- Ppropriations committee is known to be liberally iuclined toward District appropriations. and., in conference With the republican conferees. has as- sured them of his support if they de- cide to give the District a majority of the additional items of appropria- tion put in by the Senate. The Dis- trict bill, as passed by the Senate and awaiting agreement by the House, calls for an appropriation of $23,933,- 43. Againat Jones Rider. Chairman Madden of the full appro- priations commwittee, Chairman Davis of the subcommittee on District ap- propriations and Representative Evans are all determined that the Jones legislative rider shall be re- jeoted In conference. This provides that for the fiscal year 1 and an- nually thereafter the rate of taxation in the District shall b fair and rea- sonable, and the revenues derived from this source sh: paid into the Treasury of the 17 tes. It provides that until otherwise de- termined by law the rate of taxation in the District shall be $1.76 per hun- dred. The Jones rider would also dis- pose of the unexpended or unappro- priated surplus of the. District. and Lereafter there would be no limit on the amount of estimates to be sub- mitted to Congress to meet the an- nual needs of the District. In fixing the value of improvements on real es- tate for the purposes of taxation the first two thousand of value would be exempt. Boiled down, the Jones amendment means a fixed tax rate of $1.75 per hundred for the District, ail of the District's money to be expended and Congress to pay any deficit. The republican leaders in the House favor rejection of this rider without attempt to amend it by changing any of the provisions. Water Increase Sure. Every assurance ‘is given, that the item of $1,500,000 for increasing the water supply, with authority to con- tract for an additional $1,450,000 in duilding the new conduit from Great Falls, will be retained in the bill after conference. A _canvass of the conference today shows that while the result will prob- ably be a pretty general acceptance, especially of the more important jtems in the bill as now framed, that the conference will be a spirited and protracted one. - Practically all of the Senate amend- ments providing for the District schools will be approved by the House conferees, as will also some of the jtems for street improvements. The total for public schools added to the ®ill by the Senate is $616,180. The three largest items in this are $150,000 for the Armstrong Manual Training School; $140,000 for the Lovejoy School and $140,000 for Phillips School. There also an item of $50,000 for addi- tional land for Dunbar High School and $25,000 for additional land for the Tenley School. It is probable that all of these items will be retained. The provision of $300,000 written into the bill by the Senate for the Rock Creek and Potomac parkway commission, Klingle Road Valley and Piney Branch Valley parks and Pat- terson tract, will be under heavy fire in conference. It is known that Chairman Madden is particularly ad- verse to spending any considerable @mount of money for the development of a park at Patterson tract. More Building Inspectors. .~The item in the bill providing for @dditional building inspection under proposed increase in appropriation bf the $7,200 for the municipal ar- thitect’s office will probably stand without any serious-objection. Chair- Madden, it is understood, has asdured the republican conferees that he con- w@iders this one of the most important items in the DBill and as evidence of his sincerity carried an appropriation for three additional building in- spectors in the deficiency bill The increase of $29,150 for the fire department and the item of $14,850 for health department will be ca: fully scrutenized and be debated at oconsiderable length in conferenc: The total of $416,150 added by the BSenate for improvement and repair ©f streets will be one of the matters on which the conferees will divide. Opinions privately expresséd by the conferees indicate that about half of this sum may be to. The total increase for- sewers of " $30,000 probably will be allowed. The jtems for the gourts and for charities and corrections will meet Wwith very favorable consideration. It is known that th ublican con. ferees believe that everything pos- gible zhould be done ta take-care of the indigent in every way, and while particular items, such as $125,000 for the Home ai School for Feeble- Minded, and $55,000 for Gallinger Municipal Hospital will be very care- ully considered. The provision for: additidnal park police is likely 'to be- rejected. The ftems of $25,000 for constructing e ‘bathing beach for the colored papu- Jution and $5,000 for camp. tomac. Park b- | officials but which was r gonist 1 .3 s R vrlgno gl; u. liquor purchased .before the wa- | federal approved, §13 000 lorn‘:a}’lh: m. yesterday; lowest, 25, at 7 a.m. Full report on page 7. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. ‘e: ‘GANDHI GETS SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEDITION | Indian Revolt Leader Sentenced, but Follow- ers Advised by Him to Keep Peace.- Term Without Hard Labor. By the Associated Press. AHMEDABAD, British India, March | 18.—Mohandas K. Gandhi. the Tndian | non-co-operationist leader. who arrested recently on charges of sédi tion, was sentenced today to six years' imprisonment without hard labor. Tufluential Among People. The arrest and sentence of Mohan- das K. Gandhi, whose power and per- sonal magnetism have gained for him the title “mahatma,” or wonder work- | er, were preceded by a long series --r‘ 1 disobedicnce activit which | have aroused world-wide notice. For | some years he has been considered | the most influentiul public wan in India. Gandhi published his scheme for non- co-operation in September, 1 In| hik program were included ihe resigna- | tion of their posts by honorary mag- istrates, the withdrawal of pupils from government or state hools and col- GROUNDED TANKER | * HOLDS UP TRAFFIG Ship Blocks Highway Bridge | Draw—Hinders Crossing and Impedes Navigation. | The S. S. Paraguay of Philadelphia, on lher way to Georgetown with 26.000 barrels of oil for the gas plant | there, went aground shortly after 6| o'clock last night just after squeez- ' ing through the draw of the Highway bridge. Early this afternoon six tugs werd stfaining at hawsers in an endeavor to turn the ship's nose up river. Three were naval tugs, including the big| seagoing Mendota and the large tug | Catawba; two were smaller river tugs and the sixth was the Firefighter. After working for almost two hours this morning the Firefighter, the Catawba and a river tug pulled the | bow of the ship off the mud bank just outside the channel toward the District shore. In Ticklish Fosi: The swift current, however, coming abeam-ships upon the tanker, held her fist against the efforts of the tugs to bring her nose into the channel. In getting the ship off the mud bank, moreover, she was forced to back water until she was in a ticklish position in the center of the draw, where it was believed any further slipping aft would endanger the bridge. It was expected at 1 o'clock today that the combined power of the six | tugs would be sufficient to swing the tanker back into the channel and allow her to resume the journey to Georgetown. . +Hit by Swollen Tide. l A small tug had the tanker in tow | last night and snugged her through the draw safely, when the swollen tide, rushing down river with a tre- mendous current as the result of melting snows up country and spring freshets, seized her nose and swung it down river, in spifg of every effort to keep the ship's bow pointed up- stream. After coming to rest on the mud bank, Capt. C. R. Berg ordered to let go the starboard anchor and settled down to await high tide this morning at 11 o'clock. The ship was piloted up the Poto- mac by A. B. Topping. Virginia state pilot, who declared that the current was the strongest seen this year on the Potomac. The tanker is the property of the! Sun Oil Company and draws approxi- mately elghteen feet of water with her tanks full. She is approximately 300 feet over all and of the 3,000 dead- welght tonnage class. Trafie Meets Delays. The accident gubjected traffic on the Highway bridge to intermittent de- lays this morning, since, in the ma- neuvering of the ship it was neces- sary to open and close the draw at | intervals. The electric trolley service schedule was disrupted to noon today some of the delays being from three- quarters of an hour to an hour in duration. Scores of spectators flocked to the scene, watching the jockeying and yanking of the three tugs at the nose of the ship. The first progress was made in getting the Paraguay afloat when the navy yard tug steamed up and took a hand in the situation. It ‘was lashed beside the Firefighter and the two puffed and hauled until the bow was brought clear of the mud- | bank, but they did not have sufficient power to swing the ship into posi- tion for going up river. To get the ship afloat it was nec- essary to bring her astern. This process wedged her into the draw- mouth, clogging the northern draw- channel. 3 3 $50,000 LIQUOR TAKEN FROM CLUBMAN’S YACHT Millionaire Asks Daugherty to. In- tercede—=Says Stock Was Seized and Released Before. MIAMI, Fla, March 18.—Customs officials today seized 505 cases of fine wines and liquors aboard the Patrica, a palatial yacht tied up here and said to be owned by James Schoen, mil- Honaire member of the New York Yacht Club. The liquor was esti- mated by cfficials to be worth $50,000. ‘When the officers boarded the yacht ‘Mr. Schoen rushed to a telegraph of- fice and wired United States Attorney General Daugherty to order the re- lease of the cargo. Schoen claims the liquor is the same seized at San maintenance of a | Francisco a year ago by prohibition eturned to prohibition - amendment came effective, = ’Mine Walkout Sure and May! SENATORASKSBAR | jagreement in time to avert a suspen- Ldata Dbe- | national b h WASHINGTON e boycott of the courts, the of their practice by lawyers. bstention from other activi- a tic at Ahmedabad by Police ident Railey, whe had previously taken into custody a leading nationalist named Shankerlal, a banker r the Stayagrahashram, which is Candhl’s religious and political insti- tute, sftuated a few miles from that city. Askx Peopte to IKeep Peace. | Work hard, aid tire not,” were| ndhi's last words to his followers before being taken away. IHe exhorted | 1 thoxe who loved Tndia to maintain | se throughout the country. A few = previously, when his arrest was imminent, writing in the news- - of Bombay, sald that cre arrested the people should remain unmoved. Ile asked that they fulfill the whole construction program of the non-co-operationists “with clock | work rezularily and speed like the | Punjab expre: HAVE BUT T0DAYS 10 AVERT STRIKE pe Last at Least Three Weeks. Associated Press. W YORK, March 18.—The arbi- | tration committee of eight of anthra- cite coal miners and operators, charg- ed with the task of negotiating wage sion of the mines. April 1, today re- duced the “margin of safety” to ten days by deciding to delay its first session until next Tuesday. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, a member of | the committee, announced that the de- lay was due to desire of labor men to | nsult their organizations and amass concerning the wage contro- versy before opening the conference. It is generally agreed the new con- tract cannot be drawn and acted upon within the ten days. X Negotiations of previous agreements have ‘required from a month to seven :‘:lek&hl:‘tey |:mlnt out, and It is prob- o, thut _the syspension of mines, slated 16 1@ice plide 4t the iratio) of -the present contract, April 1, will continue for at least three weeks. Operators expressed a belief that the new agreement would be drawn and effective before the consuming public began to feel a coal shortage, as the supplies on hand would be sufficlent for a considerably longer period. The whole mining industry, from the digging of the coal in the col- lieries to the shipment, distribution and sale to the consumers, will be taken into consideration in negotla ing the new contract, it was said. Will Take Up Every Angle. The miners expressed a determina- tion to “get down to the bottom of costs and profits.” The owners were equally emphatic in asserting that every angle of the industry should be gone into. “Despite the great divergence of views with which we begin negotia- tions, I believe the committee intends honestly to try to work out a solution of the wage problem in the anthracite mines,” was the statement of Mr. Lewis. Neither he nor Mr. Warriner, speak- ing for the operators, would predict upon what basis wages of the miners would be computed; whether the de- mands of the universal adoption of the check-off system would be con- sidered; or for how long it was de- sired that the contemplated new con- tract should extend. “The labor situation is constantly changing,” said Mr. Warriner. “The cost of living is golng down, there is considerable unemployment. Higher wages In the coal industry are im- possible at this time. The ‘public would have to pay the increase, and it is not prepared to do 8o0.” Loss on 40 Per Cent. Mr. Warriner refused to estimate what portion of e possible cut in miners' wages might be reflected in reduced prices of coal to the con- sumer. “It costs $550 a ton to produce anthracite coal at_the mine,” he as- serted. “Seventy per cent of this is the labor cost. But, inasmuch as 40 per cent of the coal mined is of buckwheat size, and only suitable for steam purposes, we sell it at below the cost of labor, thereby losing money on 40 per cent of our busi- ness. - “It becomes necessary, therefore, to make up these losses in the nut and stove sizes, which we sell to the individual consumer. That partly ac- counts for the $15 coal you buy in the cities, and is partly the reason why the total of a possible reduction in the miners' wage scale cannot be expected to appear in reduced prices of retail coal.” Refusal of bituminous coal opera- tors in the central competitive field to confer with the United Mine Workers on & new wage agreement, announced at Washington by Secretary of Labor Davis, “will inevitably force suspen- sion of the bituminous mining ind: try on April 1,” President Lewis d clared. i Mr. Davis’ statement places the re- sponsibility for any suspension or strike which may occur squarely upon the shoulders of the operators,” sald Mr. Lewis. 3 “The operators’ refusal to meet with us constitutes a complete repudiation of the terms of their contract with us. “It certainly is not an honorable course for them to pursue. If th operators maintain this attitude, o ganized labor in the bituminous i dustry will be forced to suspend oper- ations when their present contract expires.” MAY STRIKE IN CUMBERLAND Miners in Georges Creek and Upper Potomac Fields Vote Favorably. CUMBERLAND, Md.,, March 18— Francls J. Drum, president of Dis- trict No. 16, United Mine Workers of America,_announced today that the local mine workers, employed in the Georges cresk and Upper Potomac flelds will quit work- April 1-if the decides to_strike, the ~ (Contlnued on Fage 5 Commn 1) - D. 0 SECRET PACTS Robinson Asks 4-Power Treaty Amended to That Effect. Amendment of the four-power pact treaty to bind the signatories against secret dimplomacy was urged in the Senate today by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, in a speech at- tacking the pact,as a dangerous instrument if accepted as it is. Many charges of secret understand- ings regarding the far east already have been made, Senator Robinson sald, and not entirely cleared up by information furnished the Senate. He cited in particylar the charge of the i | far castern republic of Chita that af{ secret agreement exists between France and Japan relating to Siberia, apd suggested that there apparegtly alfo . was some well defined 'unfér- standing between Great Britaln and Japan relating to China. Unless th truth could be learned about these alleged agreements, he argued, it would be unwise for the United States to enter a “partnership” with the three other Pacific powers. : Reservation Favored. An argument in favor of a reserva- tion designed to give outside powers the benefits of the four-power treaty also was made by Senator Robinson, who said that although the proposal had already been voted down three times when offered in the shape of an amendment, he would present it again in such form that senators who desired the act “without political blas” could not fail to support it. He declared an “unfair effort had been made to inject politics into the treaty fight,” particularly by “that portion of the press which has been unquali- fiedly in favor of the treaty.” In the course of the debate, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the repub- lican leader, put into the Tecord with- out comment a_statement by Rene Viviani of the French arms confer- ence delegates, characterizing the treaty as standing “outside all alli- ances.” Mr. Lodge sald he desired to present this statement in view of charges that Mr. Viviani regarded the pact as an alliance. Geddes Address Recalled. s&mor Shields, democrat, Ten- nessee, called attention to an address made in Los Angeles yesterday by Sir Auckland Geddes, the British am- bassador, in which he was quoted as saying that the treaty had removed a menace from the far east.- Senator Robinson said the press report read made it appear that Sir Auckland had indicate@ he belleved the treaty “avoided a war that was imminent,” in the Pacific or the orient. “Does the senator mean to say, asked Senator Johnson, republican, California, “that the British ambassa- dor now s engaged in making ad- dresses for this treaty?” = Senator Robinson replied that he only knew what he had seen pubiished, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | _— C., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1922— — (ol TKNow Just” 2\ Lacks Income Tax, | But Sends Check To U. S. as “His Bit” By the Associated Press. TAKOMA, Wash,, M resident here, =0 down to fume under the name of John Doe becaune of govern- | meat remulations, sent Burne | » ctor of internal reve- | | i 1 | i | A 5 H e Ej H E H g hut 1 do land should government, the bit,* he wrote. I PARGEL POST BAGS WILL BF LOCKED Discovery Made That Pack- agés Have Been Carried Without Safeguard. Carrying parcel post In unlocked pouches will be ended shortly, under plans prepared by the Post Office Department today as a necessary step in the campaign to safeguard the mails. Revelation that parcel post has been carried unlocked since its estab- lishment, being transported clear across the continent In practically open bags, has caused officials to take drastic steps. With the withdrawing of United States marines from post offices and terminals, where they have been protecting the mails for several months, it was suddenly realized that every possible precaution must be taken. Then came the realization that par- cel post packages, many of them very valuable, are being carried the length and breadth of the land in unlocked bags. Letter Mail .Locked. ‘Whereas letter mail is carried in locked pouches, parcel post goes in bags ‘without fastening of any kind, many bags requiring many changes in transit, the bag at. each change being more or less at the mercy of the unscrupulous. It seems that ' officials, in the anxiety to protect the mails, had overlooked the parcel post bags, so that when one official brought the matter to the attention of others it came as a genuine shock. Locked bags have been tried out in some offices, and it is understood that such bags have met the tests, so that it is likely that shortly every parcel post bag in the country will be so equipped. ASKS FOR RECOGNITION. A resolution calling on the admin- istration to recognize the republic of | Lithuania was introduced yesterday by Reprseentative Sabath, democrat, Illinois. f WOMEN DEFEND RIGHTS AS JURORS WHILE DISSATISFACTION SPREADS A great principle that was estab- lished at the cost of ‘much blood at the time of the Magna Charta—the right to sit on juries—will not easily be relinquished by women,- notwith- standing such inconveniences as irate husbands . who protest against their wives being locked,up for the night with male jurors, and irritated prose- cuting attorneys who -claim that mis- trials too often result' from mixed Jurles. “If.jury service -has been precious to men during all these years since the time of the Magna Charta it ejuflly 18 precious to women,” said Alice Paul of the Nationsl Woman's Party todsy. At the various headquarters of na- tional women's organizations today the country-wide reports of’ growing dissatisfaction with woman jurors have caused something bordering on com- motion. ¥or if there is one thing that all factions of women Eengiged litics -are united upon, it is the {ght of women to sit upon juries. The -objection that segregation of the sexes at night causes the two ps to arrive.at Uifferent conclu- sions with opinfons so firmly fixed that they remain deaf to argument and ";W.!rgm the other side also was ai of “Partitions could be erected in the rooms provided: for: jurors, with am 5| open space at the top. Any man who objected to his wife spending the night under such an arrangement might just as reasonably object to her traveling on Pullman ‘cars, where flimsy curtains are the sole means of segregating the sexes. We have as yet heard no complaints about women being contaminated by riding on Pullmans,” said Mrs. Burnita Sheldon Matthews,,a lawyer at.Na. tional Woman's Party headquarters. “The charge that women are more lenient with men than they are with woman ‘defendants,” she continued, “was refuted conspicuously in the first Arbuckle trial, where a woman stood out for conviction. Men also have laid themselves open to criti- cism for being more lenient with the opposité sex. c “Women differ just “as men- do. Some are inclined to be severe, others merciful. As a genafal nrog.uluon. ‘women are more inclined to be com- passionate than men. They shrink from inflicting gevere penalties. Gen- erally speakinf, women are disposed to be sévere in cases involving of- fenses against children that appeal to the maternal instinct, such as cruelty toward the helpless, oppres- sion and similar offenses. Men would be_more severe in cages Which appeal to' the intellect rather than to the emotions. A mixed jury would being to the consideration of thé issues a deeper understanding and a broader genéral ence than would - be expected from & jury of' either sex unaided by the other. e 5 - (Copyright, 1822 * WENTY-FOUR PAGES. / e N VISCOUNT PEEL NEW! INDIAN SECRETARY Chancellor of Duchy of Lan-i caster Named to Suc- ceed Montagu. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, March 18.—Viscount Peel, | former undersecretary of the war and | air ministry and chancellor of the! Duchy of Lancaster in the present| ministry, has been appointed secre- tary of state for India, succeeding Ed- | win S. Montagu, who resigned last week. Edwin S. Montagu resigned as sec- retary for India March 9, as & result | of permjgsion he_had given, without | consultation with the other members | of thé cabinet, for publication of a| telegram from the government of In- dia setting forth the position of the Indian Moslems toward the near east problem as affecting the sultanate. By-Election Avoided. Viscount Peel {s a member of the house of lords and his appointment is in line with the forecast that Prime Minister Lloyd George would replace Mr. Montagu by a peer so that an- other by-election might be avolded.| Such an election would have been necessary had a member of the house of commons been appointed.” Viscount Peel is a unionist. Before succeeding to the viscountcy in 1912, he served several years as a member of parliament sfor Manchester and Taunton. During the war he was joint parliamentary secretary for the na- tional service department and in 1919 | was appointed undersecretary of state for the war department and vice president of the air council. He was named chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the Lloyd George ministry was recast last April. | FIUME IN SIEGE; UNDER ARMY RULE Italian Army Corps Ordered by Rome Government to Occupy City. By the Associated Press. FIUME, March 18.—Pending the convocation of a constituent assem- bly today for the election of a new government, in succession to the de- posed Zanella administration, Flume was kept in a state of siege, under military orders. A court-martial law Las been instituted. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, March 17.—Military occupa- tioh of Fiume has been ordered by the Italian government. The army corps at Trieste will be used. The task has been intrusted to Gen. Sanna, to whom it has been suggested that carabineers be chiefly employed for the maintenance of order. ‘The~ occupation of Fiume by the military is considered as necessary to ‘the application of the treaty of Rapallo, which charges Italy with tke policing of Fiume. It is stated that_in sending troops into the city, Italy aims only to insure the elec- tion of a le government which will be capable of maintaining order and promoting industry. BOMB IN PALACE GROUND. Coolie Slays Himself by Own Ex- plosive in Tokio. By the Associated Fress. TOKIO; March 17.—A man dressed 88 ‘a coolie ghined entrance to the imperial palace grounds today and threw. & bomb to the ground, the ex- plosion ‘killing him. On his clothing was found a document criticising the - govérnment and declaring the writers” intention to ,commit suicide. He was identified s & miner, recently arrived from Manchuria. % The man gained entrance to the ground by threatening the guards ble bridge leading to the A ene ‘ohouting: it In dangerous to approach me.” other made_to stop him, whereupon he threw the missel at his feet. 3 > 7l Member of the Associated Press I The Associated Press is exclusively cntitled to || the use for republication of =il news dispatches | | «credited to it or not otherwise credited in this'| | | paper and also the local news published hereln. At the main.gate | b All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Net Circulation, 93,:_;0'1' | wi fe and Husband On Same Jury; Guess Whose View Won Out? By the Associated Prese. MINNEAP S, Minn,, March 18~—Mr. and Mrs. Dell Farra the first couple to merve on a Minnenpolis, disagreed ting, but Mrs. Farrar finnlly won her hushand over, the jury convicted Awher Roxenberg on a theft charge in district court here yesterd: “It way not a family affair at ‘arrar, in discass- “Mrx, Farear about it, of Mra. Farrar was cel e very first that the defendant was gullfy, hut not xo sure about it, xo I until certain points ared up.” PRESIENT LEAVES FOR HOME TODAY Will Return to White House Much Refreshed From Vacation Trip. By the Associated Py ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 18.— Invigorated and refreshed by relaxa- tion and golf in Florida, President Marding planned to end his vacation trip today and to start this afternoon for Washington. The special train which is to convey the President and his party is expected to reach the capltal shortly after noon Sunday. In addition to the President and Mrs. Harding those who plan to make the return trip are: Secretary and Mrs. Weeks, Attorney General Daugherty, Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the President's personal physician: Undersecretary of State Fletcher and Secretary Chris- tian. Mr. Harding's program for today called for a round of golf in the fore- noon before boarding the train for home. Benefited by Trip. The President has been greatly ben- efited by his trip, Gen. Sawyer said, and the exercise obtained as a result of the golf, which has been a feature of each day's program, except for last | Sunday, during the ten days since leaving Washington. Consultations with cabinet members | in Wyshington and with congression al leallers are expected by adminis- tration officials to be among the first matters which will face Mr. Harding on his return. The bonus legislation is thought to be among the subjects which House republicans will want to take up with the President. Secre- tary Denby has already talked with the President over the long-distance telephone concerping the appropria- tion for fuel, now before the House. | The cuts which Congress is planning in the Army and Navy personnel, the threatened strike of coal miners and the reorganization plan submitted by the commission headed by Walter C. Brown are among the matters which administration officials believe will come before the President, probably within the next week. Mr. Harding during his vacation trip has been kept as free as possible from all except the necessary official business in order to get as much rest as possible. BELFAST WOMEN KILLEDBY BOMBS Ulster Terrorists Resume Activities After Quiet St. Patrick’s Day. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, March 18.—Terrorists, who had remained under cover all of St. Patrick’s day, resumed their activi- ties today. Shortly after the curfew bour a news vender proceeding home- ‘ward on his bicycle was shot through | the breast, and a man was shot and killed in Newtonards road. A bomb was thrown in Thompson street, the missile wounding several persons. A girl who was wounded by the bomb died after being taken to the hospital. Newtonards road was in a turmoll until after the breakfast hour. Two men dashed into Thompson street in the Sinn Fein district and threw a bomb through an upstairs ‘window of a small dwelling where an elderly woman, Rose McGreevy, and her niece, Mary Mullan, were sleep- ing. Pedestrians who forced an en- trance found Mrs. McGreevy seriously ‘wounded and her niece mortally hurt, one of the young woman's legs having been blown nearly off. The two women were taken to a hospital, where Miss Mullan died shortly afterward. Early this morning the body of a man was found in Claremont lane ‘with a bullet through the head. The Ulster home office in the last forty-eight hours has suppressed five local bodles In the six-county area, all having Sinn Fein majorities, regarded by the northern government as re- calcitrant. Commissioners have been appointed to discharge their dutles. The bodies suppressed were: The Magherafelt, County Derry, guard- ians; the rural councils of Cookstown, County Tyrone; Downpatrick, Cou ty Down; Lisnaskea, County Ferman- agh; the city council of Armagh. Ulster had an entirely blank St rick's day so far as celebrations Were concerned. Shamrock wearing was the sole signal of recognition of the day, apart from its being a bank and school holiday and the fact that services were held in the Catholic and some of the Protestant churches. Political tension was regarded as en- tirely responsible for this failure to universally celebrate the traditiopal Irish holiday. ‘COLD LIGHT’ DISCOVERED LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 18— “Cold light” was demonstrated here before a group of scientists by M. J. Ritterrath, Los Angeles inventor, who told his hearers his invention was the result of fpur years' work. . “Cold light” is said to be pure white, and so free from heat that highly ex- plosive photographic films may be subjected to it for hours without m‘:’laflu&l the discovery will be Jof great value in the-projection of motion pictures. TWO CENTS. LEADERS TOTAE BONUS BIL TANGLE BEFOREPRESIENT House Republicans Expect to Confer at White House To- morrow Night. GILLETT STILL HEARING PRO AND CON APPEALS Advisers Call on Speaker Imme- diately After His Return From Florida. Republican House leaders expected to confer with President 1lardipg at the White House tomorrow night re- garding proceedure in handling the compromise soldiers’ bonus bill. They are hopeful that he will approve their plan for passauge of the measure un- der a suspension of the rules. Several of the leaders were in con- ference carly today with Speaker Gil- lett and arrangements were made for him to meet majority members of the ways and means committee and other republicans late today to discuss the questfon of procedure. Mr. Gillett said he =till was open to argument and added that he might not arrive at a decision today. Difference in Opinion. A number of the Speaker's advisers called on him at his office immediatc- 1¥ after his return to the Capitol after his trip to Florida with the President Some_advised him against cntertain- ing a motion 1o suspend the rules, while others urged that he do o, as- serting that there was an overwhelm- ing sentiment among Iouse republi- cans for such a procedure. Representative Lincberger of Cali- fornia, a former service man, who holds a petition carrying a sufficient number of signatures to insure a call for a party conference next Tuesday evening, called on both Mr. Gillelt ai Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican House leader. He would not discuss his conferences, but it was understood that he had urged the call- ing together of House republicans to { thresh out the whole bonus question { Leaders do not lock with favor on a |plan for a party conference. at least until they have talked with the Presi- dent. ~ They expect to obtain the President’s views on the compromise bill tomorrow. Exact Time in Doubt. It was indicated that if the bill were taken up Monday debate would con- tinue for two days under a special rule temporarily setting aside the rule limiting discussion under suspension of the rules to forty minutes. Replying to a question by Repre- sentative Garner. democrat, Texas. | Mr. Mondell told the House today that {“there was no way of determining now the exact time that the bonus , bill would be called up. I would said Mr. Mondell, | “that T have said to those on our side who have to do with the matter that |1 think our people ought to be here i next week, beginning Monda: Extended Time for Objections. Mr. Mondell went on to say that there were many' matfers of impor- tance before the House warranting the attendance of absent members. “Is that all that the gentleman from | Wyoming knows about the subject?” asked Mr. Garner. “That's all” replied Mr. amid laughter. On behalf of Representative Kitchin of North Carolina, the democratic leader, who is absent from the House because of ill healthi, Mr. Garner ob- tained unanimous consent for the ex- tension until the ajournment Monday of time for the filing of minority views of the ways and means com- mittee democrats. Program May Be Left in Afr. Stould Speaker Gillett decline to permit the bill to come up under & suspension of the rules, the program of those in chaarge of the bonus measure would be left somewhat in the air. Thero have been reports that a majority party conference might be called to consider procedure, but in advance of their meeting with Mr. Gillett leaders would not say that they had this in mind. If the measure was taken up aftcr Monday, it would be considered under a special rule, which would limit debate and amendments, but which would carry the right of & motion to recommit the bill with instructions to the ways and means ccmmittee.. The democrats Were prepared in that event to offer a motion instructing the committee to Teingert the cash bonus in liew of the bank loan provision recently written into the adjusted service cer- tificate title. KITCHIN IN OPPOSITION. Mondell, Urges Democrats to Submit Minor- ity Report. Developments yesterday in the sol- dlers’ bonus situation included: An unexpected visit to the Capitol by Representative Kitchin _of North Carolina, the democratic House lead- er, who urged his party members on the ways and means committee to submit @ minority report opposing certain features of the bonus meas- re. “n attack on Secretary Mellon, Con- troller of the Currency Crissinger, Wall street and others, delivered in the House by Representative Frear, republican, Wisconsin. Xll announcement by Representative Treadway of Massachusetts that he and Representative Tilson of Connec- ticut, both republican members of the ways ‘and means committee, would submit joint minority views on the s bill. boA.n‘ilflldllmer by Secretary Mellon In a letter to Representative Frear that he had attempted in any of his let- tets regarding the bonus legislation to “argue the"merits of the soldiers’ bonus.” Difference of Opinfon. The conference by Representative Kitchin with the democratic mem!| of the ways and means committee de- veloped asdifference of opinion among those members as to whether there should be a minority report. sentative Garner of Texas declared after the conference that he would not sign such & report. Representa- tive Oldfield of Arkansas declared that & minority R%‘;r! ‘would be filed and that it would be signed by some democrats who voted for the bill. As now contemplated by M: (Confinu ge umn 24 ’ Kiteh-