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WEATHER. Fair tonight and what colder freezing. Temperature for twenty- ended at 2 p.m. today: Higl 2 p.m. today; lowest 38, at 1 Full report on page 7. tomorrow ; i lowest temperature near some- four hours hest, 51, at a.m. today’s Closin; Nev_l York Stocks, Page 22 No. 28449. PRESIDENT REFUSES 10 APPROVE BONLS COMPROMISE BIL Republican Leaders’ Attempt to Push Measure Through . House Fails. SUSPENSION OF RULES IS DENIED BY GILLETT; Not Essential to Make Recommen- dations, View Taken by Mr. Harding at Conference. Republiean House leaders failed to- day to obtain presidential approval of the compromise soldiers’ bonus bill, but went ahead with plans to put the measure through the House. Speaker. Gillett refused to permit the measure to be brought up today under a suspension of the rules, how- ever, and a special rule will be neces- sary for its consideration. Leaders were to confer late today as to pro- cedure and the time that House con- sideration of the bonus would begi Representative Mondell of Wyo- ming and five other House members were closeted with the President at the White House this morning for mearly two hours. Upon leaving the executive's oflice Mr. Mondell issued this in writing: i Statement by Mondell. “The legislative situation relating to the bonus bill was fully pre- scated to the President. with detailed explanation of the provisions which! remove the menace of excessive| drafts on the Treasury in the imme- diate future and avoid afly program '’ of added taxation. The President went over the entire situation. with an appraisal of commitments made. He ‘advised the committee that the legislation is a responsibilits of Con- gress, and in view of expressions pre- viously made, he did not think it es. sential to offer any recommendation. House leadgrs calling on the Presi- dent were Representative Mondell, Wyoming: Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee; Chalr- man Campbell of thé rules commit- | tee; Chairman Fess of the republican | congressional committee; Chairman | Towner of the party conference. and Representative Longworth of Ohlo, a member of both the ways and means and republican steering commjttees. Gillett Not Present. Speaker Gillett also had gn appoint- | ment with the President, but because | of the length of the conference be- tween Mr. Harding and the House leaders the Speaker had to return to the Capitol to preside over the House session without seeing the executive. Upon.reaching the Capitol the Speak- er met with the House leaders &nd made known to them his decision not o recognize Chairman Fordney today for a motion to suspend the ruled and pass ths bill., ‘While at the White House Mr. Mon- dell and other members of the House committee went over the whole bonus situation with the President, who was understood to have given no ex- pression of his views on the compro- mise measure with its bank loan pro- vision in lieu of the original cash pro- recommendation as to the les procedure, as the responsibi legislation rested with Congress. also was said to have indicated a| desire to study more closely the pro- visions of the bill before d i ing in his own mind whether he ¢ approva all of its features. Desire Suspension of Rules. House leaders stressed their desire that the bill be taken up under a sus- pension of the rules, explaining that the original bonus measure had been put through under a suspension of the rules and that this procedure would prevent opponents from offer- ing amendments designed to embar- rass those in charge of the bill. Emphasis also was laid by the leaders on the change that had been made in | the bill since the President suggested ; that the bonus either Le paid with a| sales tax or the legislation posiponed. | They said the bank loan provision | would remove the necessity for heavy | drafts on the Treasury and at the: same time make unnecessary any new or added taxe: Administration officers who have discussed the bonus with the Pre- sident were under the impression that the cxecutive had not changed his mind with regard to the legis- lation. These officers were of the opinion that the compromise measure would not be passed by the senate; that the measure elther would be held up there or So changed that cash would be availible to the vet- erans desiring it and the cost financed either by taxes or the sale of bonds. When the House met todsy Repre- sentative Garner of Texas, ranking | for deals in llquors, is found by buy Entered as second-class matt post officc Washington, D. (e:r. Col. Nutt Bares Huge Network Of Liquor Runners in Florida | Systematized Method of Landing and Shipping Rum Camouflaged “as Fruit Backed by Leading By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fia., March 20.—Federal prohibition agents, acting under direction of C G. Nutt of the internal revenue department. had made eleven liquor raids in the eity of Miami up to noon today, and at Nutt's henduarters It stated the officers expected make thirty-one more raids hefore night. The ralding parties started their work thix morning. MIAMIL Fla, March 20.—Most brazen operation -~ by bootlesgers along the Florida coast, especially at Miami, with the assistance of some Miami bankers, who hold the mone th prohibition agents working here un- derder the direction of Col. L. G.- Nutt, chief of the narcotic division of the internal revenue department, ing to his report to Federal Prohibi- tion Comissioner Roy A. Haynes at to Washington, made public here today by Col. Nutt. Col. Nutt's report to/ Commissioner Haynes, in full, is as follows: “It did not take long, after one day’s investigation of conditions in Florida, especially in Miami. to de- termine that a_solution of the smug- gling problem lay in cleaning up the shore situation. particularly In cer- tain sections of Florida. “I found that conveving liquor from nearby foreign shores was a minor transaction cpmpared with the pro- gram of bran:r.z it ashore and ship- ping to northern points, Terminate (he existing facilities for shipping. smash the shore-line market. was the solution as our trained men saw it. and with that end in view we went systematicatly to wor “We were startled by the revelations. We found a sort of co-operate plan among, operators. Our investizators were directed to operators with the same frankness that a stranger re- ceives directions from a corner police- man.Operators discussed transactions like bankers. Indeed, several of them gave bankers as references, and in two instances, after negotiations were closed. had leading bankers hold the purchase price in trust and sign con- tracts to that effect. Brazen Propositions. “In substance the operators brazenly proposed: ‘We will contract for all the liquor you want—Scotch, Irish or champagne. in twenty-four hours and deliver it wherever you say—at your hotel, at the courthouse or at the post office. We will deliver it at the railway sta- tion, If you wish it shipped. and will iattend to placing it in cars and will the necessary grapefruit or to- matoes to cover it up. That is all that is necessary; just pile it into refrigera- | tor cars, with a camouflage of fruit or vegetables, and, with the cars sealed. the shipment will go wherever you wish.” i *More than a dozen of our investiga- tors, .on the first day's operation, re- ported propositions of the above char- acter, and in two {nstances negotla- SECRETARY WEEKS WARS ON ARMY CUT Proposal te Reduce Strength to 115,000 Brings Flat Opposition From Him. Flat opposition to House appropria- tions committee proposafs to cut tha Army strength to 115,000 enlisted men was expressed today by Secretary Weeks on his return to the War De- partment from a three-week visit to Florida for rest and recuperation. The department had recemmended to Congress, Mr. Weeks said, an Army of 150000 men. including 7,000 Phil- ippine Scouts. Secretary Weeks said he was convinced that it would be un- wise ‘and unsafe to §o .below that authorized strength, although {re_- quently, as at present, the Army was Snable to keep with the colors the full! number of men it had authority to enlist. 140,000 Now in Service. There are now in the service about 140,000 men all told, according to Mr. Weeks, who added it was not unusual for the Army to be 5 or 10 per cent below its authorized strength, due to the difficulties of recruiting. Mr. Weeks also took sharp fssue with the committee’s proposal to limit the size of the garrisons in Hawaii and the Canal Zone by con- gressional action through limitation of pay appropriations. The War Sec- retary said he would not accent responsibility for any reduction in strength of those present garrisons, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) < (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. J GHOSTLY NIGHT FLIGHT OVER ICE BY RUSS SCIE BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. STOCKHOLM, March 20. — Prof. Alexander A. Maximov, the world-re- nowned scientist, who has been con- nected with the Petrograd Medical @cademy for twenty-five years, has aped from Russia and is now on is way to the United States, where he expects to continue his research work in the University of Chicago. His flight from Petrograd was at- tended by continugl fear of capture by red guards and was accomplished only after two years of careful prep- tion, eulminating in a Wild dash across the frozen f of Finland in a sled driven by smugglery. Prof. Maximov on his arrival here| toid the writer that there is littlej hope of his fellow scientists in Pet-{ rograd surviving the ordeal of hun-l ger, cold and misery through which they are passing this winter. NTIST WINS LIBERTY and courage under terrible living conditions. Every night for the last eighteen months I carried my belong- ings from my apartment in small bundles, which I deposited with friends, at the game time hoarding every ruble that came into my pos- session, exchanging the Russian money occasionally into foreign cur- rency. Early this year I bargained with Finnish smugglers to get me, with my wife and-“sister, across the sulf. N About the middle of*February I was informed secretly one cvening that we must leave the next night. When the time arrived the thrce of us pro- ceeded quietly to a little coast vil- Iage, where we met the smugglers in a hut near the shore. "We waited until a mist arose after dark and then bundled into a sleigh and dashed out upon the icé. L “When half-way across the gulf the great searchlight at the naval base on Kronstadt Island swept over us, but failed to pick us out in the mist as we were covered with sheets and the accord- | We will go and fetch it! ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & o Star. The Associated paper and also the use for republication of all news di credited to it or oot otherwise credited in this Member of the Associated Press’ Press is exclusively entitied to tehes the lecal news published berein. All rights of publication of speeial dispatches bereln are also reserved. Saturday’s Sunday'’s WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1922—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. in Refrigerator Cars, Bankers, Disclosed. | tions were closed. with the aid of bankers, all of which will be revealed lsharlw in court procedure. “Our investigators discovered that many of the operators owned their own smuggling ships, would make night voyages (o a point near Nassau, Biminl or Gunkey, meet a schooner laden with liquor, make purchases at the average price of $18- per case, re- | turn the next night and receive double | the price from their purchasers. also { make a snug profit on the fruit and | vezetables for ‘They would explain that by diluting the consign- ment could Dbe doubled and even | trebled in quaniity and sold ‘up nortin for at least $100 « case—in all. a tempt- | ing proposition. “All of this our investigators more than verified and continued for more than a week to carry on negotiations for big and little shipments without | | the slightest trouble. Our men saw | the smuggling vessels go north, saw | them return, well laden with liquor, | and. in one instance, witnessed & | fiying boat used for the purpose. They had no trouble in having prominent banks act as_trustees for purchase funds, even after explaining that it was a liquor deal. ‘Win Liquor in Raffies. “S6 brazenly was the law violated | in the city of Miami that in several | instances the. principal prizes of | | punchboards operated in prominent cigar stands were bottles of diquor. Our investigators not only made win- nings of Gordon gin, Johnny Walker Scotch and Bushnell rye, but carried away the punchboards as souvenirs. “Concentration of warehouse liquor, to be relecased to bona fide concerns, properly certified. for medicinal pur- | poses only, coupled with other re- | sirictive methods. is bringing about eal enforcement, to an extreme that is amazing even antagonisty. who are compelled to admit that the eight-| amendment is a reality and| { | eentn not a joke.” MANY ARRESTS IMMINENT. Imminent arrest of a number of | individuals, some of them prominent in Florida commercfal circles, was in- { dicated in preliminary reports from | Col. L. G. Nutt. Commissioner Haynes | said Here today. Mr. Haynes said the | results obtained by federal prohibi- tion forces in Florida were the out- |come of four weeks of intensive nder-cover investigation” by a large force of federal agents. Col. Nutt was in Florida, Mr. Haynes | said, as the personal representative of | the prohibition commissioner and was in complete charge of the campaign. “We are simply doing In Florida,” Mr. Haynes said, “what we have been | doing in other sections of the coun- . try. Of course, the conditions have | been somewhat different in_ Florida | because of the proximity of the near- | by jslands from which liquor has| been shipped. and there have been | roblems peculiar to the loghlity to | andle. i | Mr. Haynes expressed satlsfaction | of the reported outcome of Col. Nutt's investigation and indicated that the federal forces would continue their efforts until Florida dried up. MINERS PREPARING - FOR STRIKE ACTION |Meeting of Policy Committee;; Called to Plan Course” After April 1. The general policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America was called today to meet Friday in Cleve- land to formulate a policy to be fol- lowed by the bituminous miners when work is suspended April 1. The call was issued by John L. Lewis, international president, and announc- ed here today. The policy committee which was appointed by the ‘international con- vention at Thdianapolls in Febroary, has full and absolute authority to conduct the affairs of the union dur- the suspension. It consists of 116 men, as follows: Twenty-four members of the international executive board; thirty-two members of the scale com- mittee of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana_and Tllinois, the four states | composing the central competitive | of the | fifty-seven in all, and the three in- ternational officers. The authority of the policy commit- tee to deal with all matters in con- riection with the suspension and the negctiations for a new wage agreement between the bituminous miners and op- erators is contalned in the following declaration, which was adopted by the convention : b= “For. the purpose of meeting in a-prac- tical and constructive way. all unfore- seen emergencies which may arise a nollcy' ‘c'omm moomposed of the scale committee ol e itral competitive fleld, three l‘epruelmlvu from each of the outlying districts, members of the international executive board, and the international officers, is authorized to take \such action for the protection of our best interests as circumstances may require, ard to advise the member- ship ~ upon ~ unexpected developments which may arise and which cannot now be foreseen.” | | | {COAL SUPPLY CLIMBS AS STRIKE THREATENS Stimulated by the possibility of a strike on or after April 1, production of bituminous coal in the United States is climbing upward to levels never surpassed except during,the peak of the way boom and the'fol- lowing industrial expansion, .accord- ing to statistics issued today by the geological survey. During the week ended March 11 output of reporting mines was 11,058,000 tons, or 4,100,000' more ‘tons than were mined on the same week of the previous year, and only 2,000,000 less than the greatest total ever mined in a similar period. Rallroad car loadings reported for Monday and Tuesday of the succeed- (tl':glweck .indicated, the survey said. i now in progress. | tnis service be continued until all of |ate District committee on the subject field: three representatives from each | nineteen outlying districts, ! ALL RHINE TROOPS | HOME BY JULY 1, ORDER OF WEEKS Operation of Two Army Transports Bringing Men Back to Be Continued. MERELY A CONTINUATION OF ANNOUNCED POLICY Ayproximiely 2,000 Remaining to _ Embark by End of This TFiscal Year. Orders directing the return to the United States by July 1 of all Amer- ican trodps now on the Rhine were issued today by Secretary Weeks. The order includes the return by the end of the fiscal vear of the entire force of approximately 2,000 men ex- cepted from the previous order of several weeks ago, under which the homeward movement of the majority of the American Rhine contingent is Secretary Weeks did not go into de- tail as to how the functions exercised by Gen. Allen in the Rhineland com- mission and those of the American forces at Coblenz would be trans- ferred to the allled commanders. He confined his announcement to the statement that all of the troops would be back in the United States by July 1. Service Continued. Secretary Weeks said that the operation of two Army Lransports. now being employed in the return of the troops. had been ordered con- tinued up to July 1. by which date all of the force would have been with- drawn from the Rhine. The action of the War Department was merely a continuation of the policy previouslty announced for with- drawing the American forces from the Rhine territory as early as possible. Mr. Weeks said. It was indicated that the status of Army legislation in Congress in no way influgnced the de- partment’s decision, and also that the ‘controversy over payment by Ger- mapy for the maintenance of the Rhineland troops was not involved. Formal Statement. In his formal statement announcing the orders, Secretary Weeks said: “Some months ago the President directed that the troops in Europe at least. Py excess of 2,000 officers.and men, should be returned to the United States by the regular transport ser ice which was then and is now in op- eration. He has now directed that the. troops have been brought to the United States, which would mean that before the end of the fiscal year the entire force will have been returned. Additlonal transports will not be op- erated to complete this movement.” —_—— STREET CAR OFFICIALS AT SENATE HEARING Express Views on Merger Bill In- troduced by Ball in Altered Form. Officials of the street car companies were heard this afternoon by the Sen- of the new street car merger bill in- troduced by Senator Ball, which pro- vides for a tax on the net operating income. Among those heard were President George E. Hamilton of the Capital Traction Company, J. H. Hanna of the same company, C. Selden, jr., rep- resenting the Washington and' Mary- land Company, a subsidiary of the Washington Railway and . Electric Company. and B. H. Warner, jr., rep- resenting the Washington Railway ang Electric Company. The hearing was granted at the re- quest of officials of the Capital Trac- tion Company, although the Senate committee had already determined to report the'bill favorably. The biil has not actually been reported. however, but was merely introduced in its new {fcrm by Senator Ball last week. e ——————— iPRINCE AND PRINCESS TAKEN IN BERLIN RAID By the Associated Press, RERLIN, March 20.—The polide to- day raided a restaurant in the Rus- sian quarter and took into custody olghty persons, among whom were included a Russian prince and prin- cess, a baron formerly a high officer in the imperial regime and a num- ber of officers of the bolshevik army. The prince and princess, according to the police reports, were playing balalatkas, claiming they had to work in this manner because they had lost their, fortune in Russia. Only a few of the prisoners had proper identifca- tion papers, and they will be deported i to Russia. No names were given in the police announcement. Today’s News In Brief Miners. preparing post-strike plans. Page 1 Party leaders confer with Presi- dent. Page 1 Constant firing between forces on Ulster borderline. Page 1 President refuses to approve com- promise bonus bill Page 1 Detectives recover $175,000 in' miss- ing Treasury bonds and make two arrests Page 1 Mr. Hughes urges delegation to attend Brazilian centenary. Page 3 Story of Miss Clark’s suicide told by student who =also ends life. vroduction was going - still higher. - Page 3 The total Is “now miich above con- | Gandhi cheerfully accepts sentence. j sumption.” it was declared, ang -the 5 Page 3 excess is largely being accommodated | ., e Y " in"“storage by consumersr Bxact| "China’s Sorrow” claims thousands. estimates of the amount in storage \ , Page 12 were not available, it was added, but | New director of mint takes oath of since January 1, when about 55,000,000 | office. Page 13 tons were on hand, stocks have in- creased every week. Executive order permits allens over - quota to remain in United States. sled and horses were-similarly pro- fott 2 y Fllehts el T sroased: the \eBist. for” the “wack ‘ot Conditions serious in. Mex mg.“ = 3 cal capture by e she s ions us in. jcan “T eacaped because T mever relaxed | ,aProiiing the international oundary. | sosoures "ot T ols 000 fons' oo |l > " Page 13 in my preparations” said the pro-[The sentries are stationed a quarter|DPOWCTEd Ut 191 sne year | Huag jury in OPenchatn murder trial Jessor, “and maintained my health [{ I on Page - SR SN & LA Seag -~ Page 15 > » § £ p: e s 4 £ e 2 | 1imfhary hearing. = §175,000 N BONDS FOUND; TWO HELD Clevenger, Treasury Clerk, Held for Grand Jury—Friend Also Arrested. Recovery of $175,000 in liberty bonds, stolen from the Treasury Department branch at 119 D street northeast, and two arrests in the case, were an- nounced by the secret service today. The case of two months' standing virtually has been “cleaned u 1t was stated. The men arrested are Charles A. Clevenger of 516 Rhode Island avenue northeast, an employe of the Treasury Department, .and U. Q. \amsley, a friend of ‘Chvenger's.’ Iy of ‘1219 Fairmont Stimet, but niore reécently.of Charlottesville, Va., where he was found yesterday. The bonds were recovered early yesterday morning at the home of Clevenger, according to secret service operatives, hidden beneath a board of the atticifloor. They were resting upon one of the rafters supporting the floor and were in a large blue envelope. They represent the erftire group of missing securities, according to officials of the secret service. Held For Grand Jury. Arraigned Dbefore United -States Commissioner Macdonald in the Mec- Lachlen building -today. Clevenger pleaded not guilty and waived pre- \ action of the grand jury and turned over to the United States marshal's office in default “of * $10,000 bail. Wamsley is expected to be arraigned late this afternoon. The 'charges against Clevenger, when arraigned, constituted viola: tigns of the federal code, sections 37, 47 and 48, covering, respectively, con- spiracy to defraud the government, embezzlement or theft ©of government property and the receiving of or con- cealing” government property, know- ing the same to have been stolen. Clevenger was accompanied to the hearing by his father, who said that his son’s wife is ill as a result of the arrest. Clevenger would make no statement on the case. “My life has been ruined already by what has been said in the press.” he declared. Veteran Detectives om Cane. Operatives McCahill and Bratton of the secret service, recognized as the veterans of the bureau, were assigned the case several weeks ago and have been plugging away under cover ever since. The disappearance of the bonds at first was believed to have been the result of the numerous transfers of packages of securities from one stor- age spot to another in the bond de- partment. Sometimes, in the trans- fer of government securities, a pack- e representing thousands of dollars misplaced, but generally is found after a thorough search. In _the checking-up process on the $175,000 of missing securities it was dis- covered that there was no possibility of misplacement, and investigation was started immediately by the secret servi It is known that some of the securi- ties at _one time were sent outside of the District. it was said at sec service headquarters today, but ability to turn the securitles into cash' resulted in their return to this city. Clevenger 25 Years Old. Clevenger is but twenty-five years of age. He was married two years ago and has a four-months-old baby. He was arrested early Sunday morn- ing after a search warrant had been procured by agents of the secret serv- ics shortly ‘before Saturday midnight from 'Commissioner Macdonald. With the warrant #® search . of.the house was made, and resulted in the discov- ery of the'bonds under & board In the attic. Every angle of the case, as far as the secrct service is concerned, has been completed, it was stated today. 72 POLICE AUTOMOBILES. N. Y. Launches Further Effort to Check Crime Wave. _NEW YORK, March 20.—A fleet of seventy-two motor cars, each carrying half a dozen policemen, was launched by the police department today in further effort to check the crime wave. ‘The fiset will be in service day and appearing will B s P with a_ 15 to be ¢ to All ~be He was held for| | ACCUSED OFFICER QuITS. Staunton, Va., Dry Agent Had Been Mentioned in Disclosures. ! William Grubert. attached to the Staunton. Ya. prohibition enforce- ment office, wliose name has been mentioned in céunection with dis- closures regarding the operation of an illicit still there, has submitted his resignation, Commissioner Haynes anuounced today. Action by prohibition headquarters upon the disclosures will depend upon recommendations to be made by Fed- eral Prohibition Director Fulwiler of Virginia, Mr. Haynes added. CONSTANT FRING ON ULSTER BORDER | { £ i i i Rival Forces Now Within Rifle Range—Bridges Blown Up and Roads Blocked. By the Associated Press. LONDON. March —The border- line of Ulster is dUescribed as “like a battlefront” by the Evening News Belfast correspondent, who savs rival and of Ulster special constables were actually within rifle range and ing the week end. The combatants were too well con- icealed ~for serious losses to be |inflicted. and the exchange of fire i was mainly intended to prevent the springing of surprise attacks. As fan éxtra precaution the area between the -two forces was sprayed with machine gun fire at intervals. rival armies, continues the corne- spondent. are gradually creeping closer to each other. and the first collision is expected to occur on the frontier near Caledon, County Tyrone. Many Evacuate Homes. forces of the Irish republican army | continually firing at each other dur-! The | |EADERS CONFER WITH MR. HARDING iTreaty Passage * Declare Sure—Opponents Renew Attack in Senate. Republican party leaders respons- ible for the direction of the coming | congressional campaign, accompanied by Chairman John T. Adams of the I republican national committee, con- ferred with President Harding today and discussed the relation of the treaties growing out of the Washing- ton conference to the coming elec- i tions. The treati now lefore the Sgnate, are regarded in administration circles |25 the major achievement of the first { vear of President Harding’s adminis- | i | tion of th® party to put them forward as an issue in the November elections. Those conferring with the President today besides Chairman Adams were Senator Lodge, republican Senate leader and a member of the American delega- | tion which negotiated the treaties: Sen- ator Curtis of Kansas, assistant repub- iican Senate leader, and Senator Me- Cormick of Illinois, chairman of the i jrepublican senatorial campaign com- | mittee. Thefrepublican leaders, it was indi- cated, are planning to base some of their campaign arguments on the treat- ies as they relate to world peace, set- tement of tae Pacific question and a reduction in milizary expenditures. _ The senators told President Hard- ing they believe the treaties were igafely on their way to ratification. i After the conference the opinion was expressed by those participating i that the four-power treaty and the {reservation reported by the foreign relations committee would be adopt- ied. The whole treaty situation, it lwas sald. was talked over and the situation was declared to be sati i factory. | Charge Unwritten Agreement. Charges of an unwritten agreement between the United States and Great Britain to act together in any case | tration, and it is said to be the inten- | “The sound of the blowing up of| arising under the four-power Pacific bridges on the Ulster border during| treaty brought on another storm of the week end could be heard miles| debate today in the Senate. 24 i Senator Borah, republican, Tdaho, lawhy,” adds the dispatch. “Thelg(aried the fireworks by reading a northern forces were mainly respon- | statement, said to have been made by A | Mooney, who was injured. sible, and as the result of their| | activities every important bridge] {leading from the Free State has been | | demolished, While hundreds of roaus! ]have been .trenchad and closed with!} j trees. * “The tension is already beginning Paul D. Cravath, the New York law yer, saying he had *“been told by every member of the American del gation” that an understanding for fu- ture co-operation between the two governments in any emergency in the Pacific had been reached at the arms conference. The assertion promptly was denied | missioner Bundeson. Net Circulation, 89,731 Net Circulation, 93379 TWO CENTS. RIGHT OF PENSION GRANTED BY HOUSE OINELIGIBLE 80,000 Lehlbach Bill Covering All Presidential Appointees Is Passed. MEASURE NOW READY TO GO TO WHITE HOUSE 6,400 Receiving Annuities Illegally at Present Included With Aflected' Employes. The House today passed the Lehl- bach bill, which specifically writes into the law the pension rights of 80.- 000 government employes, 6400 of whom are already on the pension rolls, which a recent ruling by the Attorney General declared were in- eligible for government annuities under the existing retirement act. The bill has been passed by the Sen- ate and now goes to the President. The bill as passcd provides that in the administration of the civil serv. ice retirement act, approved May {1920, the expression “all employes in the classified civil service of the { United States,” shall be construed to |include all persons who have been i heretofore or who may hereafter be |®iven a competitive status in the iclassified civil service, with or with- {out competitive examinations by leg- islative enactment or under the civil service rules promulgated by the President, or by executive orders cov ering groups of empioyes with their i positions into the compctitive classi- {fied service. or authorizing the ap- I pointment of individuals to positions jwithin such service. In emphasizing the need for this legislation, Chairman Lehlbach re- ferred the members of the House to the letter by Secretary Fall. un= der whose jurisdiction ithe adminis- tration of the retirement act ‘comes, which was sent on March 7 to Chair- man Lehlbach and Chairman Sterling of the corresponding Senate com- mittee, urging the passage of this new regislation. According to an opinion rendered by the Attorney General under date of February 1922, only those em- ployes who came within the service as a result of a competitive examina- tion were declared to be within the meaning of the term classified civil service, as used in the retirement act Secretary Fall pointed out that about 6,400 already receiving annuities are i doing so without warrant of Jaw. ac- cording to the Attorney General's ruling and_that the opinion of the Attorney General affects approxi- mately 20 per cent of the employes of the government, or about $0,000 persons. The bill was passed today, under unanimous consent, just before the House adjourned. —_— CLAIM GIRL’S RELATIVES WOULD DEPORT FIANCE NEW TYORK, March 20.—Alfega tions that wealthy and influentia relatives of a Pittsburgh society girt are attempting to cause the depor- tation of August Probst, twenty-four years of age. a Swiss, to prevent their tmarriage, will be investigated to- | morrow zt a federal court hearing as la result of habeas corpus procced- i ings. Papers ordering Probst’s appearance { for examination_were served on Ellis Island officials at the behest of two Manhattan attorneys, who charged Probst was being held at the immi- gration station on suspicion of in- sanity. The attorneys, Bernard Sand- ler and David Steinhardt, obtained the writ on allegations that relatives of unidentified Pittsburgh girl. who_seeks to marry Probst, plotted his deportation on insanity charges. Details of the alleged plot will be revealed by Probst at his hearing be- fore Federal Judge Knox on Ellix Island Tuesday. the attorneys de- clared. RATS CAUSE BIG DAMAGE. CHICAGO. March ~Rats cause a property damage estimated at $8,000,- 000 a vear in Chicago, according to fiz- ures made public by Heaith Com- He declared that | to affect the inhabitants behind the|by both Senators Lodge, republican,|there were 4,000,000 rats in the city | battle line. frontier are much perturbed over the menace of invasion, and have asked that more protection be afforded them. Many close to the battle zone, which is no man’s land, have had to evacuate. their homes, which im- mediately have been occupied by the fighting forces.” BELFAST GUNMEN ACTIVE. Woman Among Latest Victims of Present Outrages. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, March 20.—Gunmen were were again active in Belfast today. A mimber of carters procceding to work were stopped by a man who pointed a revolver at them and or- dered them back. In the ensuing al- tercation one of the carters was ‘wounded. 3 An ashman employed by the city was wounded in the jaw while work- ing in the Ballymacarrett section. The. police barracks at Maghera, County . Londenderry, were captured during the night. = A_“B. Special” constable was shot dead =t Tobermore, near Maghera, by ralders engaged in cutting wires and obstructing the road. . The police yesterday seized a large aulnlh.y of documents in St. Mary's all, which are alleged to give com- plete information of republican ac- tivities here. St. Mary's Hall for- merly was the headquarters of the Irish republican army division. store of bombs, rifles and munitions also was seized. - Raiders entered a house on Camso- bell street and shot and killed the Gceupant, Margeret Murphy. Two men; named Harkness and Rogan, who were wounded recently, died yesterday. A‘bomb was thrown dur- ing the day in the home- of John | The garrison at the Maghera bar- racks consisted of three members of the regular police force and eight specials, who were surprised by an overwhelming force. Previous-to the attack the.roads. had -besn blocked (Contined on Page 2, Column 2.) The Unionists along the | Massachusetts, and Underwood, demo-{and that each one caused approximately $2 damage each year. DEAD DOCTOR TO BE HONOR GUEST ‘AND PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT DINNER Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, March 20.—Dr. James M. Peebles, who died a fort- + mate friends of Dr. Peebles, has an- nounced the receipt of a message from the dead doctor, through a me- dium_selected as its bearer, that he night ago, will be the guest of honor | will be present in spirit at the party and principal speaker at his birth- day party Thursday evening. A mes- ge-of acceptance has been received from that happy spirit land with which hi8 friends and former asso- ciates say they hold constant com- munication. Dr. Peebles, an eminent scholar, of independent means, loved and re- spected in this community, where he had made his home for so many years, would have celebrated his 100th birthday anniversary March 23. His friends, and especially his fel- low members of the Longer Life Club, had plans under way for a celebra- tion. dinner wHen Dr. Peebles, fully conscious that the period of his earthly dwelling was drawing rapidly to & close, painlessly and peacefully entered into the long sleep without & sigh or murmur of regret. His as- sociates, hastily gathered at his bed- side, did net mourn his passing. Rather they rejoiced in the wider frecdom _attained by his spirit ™ pass brief space that they might have done him honor in the flesh at the birthday party which would have marked the century milestone in a life of calm and cheerful philosophy, nd to which a Jarge number of spirityalists had been bidden from many parts of the country. It was taken for granted that the passing of Dr. Peebles automatically that his eir one. concern' was canceled all arrangements for the birthday party. But those who as- sumed as much now. find themselves execu- spcretary of the longer life or- =y tranches had been cut and | 11y ¥ Bowart, - ‘Wmh‘o&mu, sanization, and one of the most inti« in error, for Dr. Gu: | | | as guest of honor. Preparations for the dinner have not only been renewed. but a larger attendance than at first arranged for is assured. A chair will be set for the spirit guest, and the program calls for him to make the principal address of the evening. Those who are arranging the din- ner have not the slightest doubt of the materializatio: of the honor guest, nor have they any doubt that words of good cheer and comfort wfil come from him, even if the message is again conveyed through a spirit bearer from astraland. This eon- fidence i{s based upon a second rile: sage from Dr. Peebles, sent through a bedrer. whose spirit had materfal- ized before his. ‘This second message was sent to Mrs. Susie Macfarland Page, in whose apartment the eminent spiritualist passed away, and who was a close friend. “Susle took me by the hand when it reached to God and God was there. She walked with me every step to the brink of the river Jordan, and A | through th€ medium known as death. | looking across with me to the other side, saw there is no death” is oné ng had not been delayed for a jof the cheering and reassuring pass- ages to the spiritualists from this second message. Wedded to his belief in spiritual- ism, Dr. Peebles at the time of his death felt he already had bridged in spirit the gap that lies beyond the grave, and regarded death without fear or concern merely a release to a higher and happier sphere of life. The longer Life Club, which oelebrates his birthday, has on its rolls many prominent men and ‘women who are one in:their faith in a u:alfod and very humas epirit w & \